I loaded the dream game

"Really, Master, how did you come up with that kind of question?" Following the young man closely, Cong Yu complained in a low voice.

Even though she knew the other person couldn't see her, she couldn't stand the awkward atmosphere any longer.

"I do have some unique experience in adapting to changing circumstances." Xia Zhi answered confidently.

"I'm not praising you!"

"Huh? Really?"

Looking at the young man sitting under a parasol on the roadside, eating a delicious-looking cup of ice cream, Cong Yu felt a little helpless.

How did I end up with such a master?

Oh, it seems like she found it herself. That's okay.

"Come to think of it, Xiao Congyu, you are really familiar with this town."

Xia Zhi scooped a spoonful of ice cream and put it into his mouth, feeling the sweet taste spreading in his mouth, while sighing like this.

Whether it was the sushi restaurant or the dessert shop, the food tasted pretty good and the prices were not expensive.

Logically speaking, since she can't taste anything, she shouldn't be very good at this.

"Because, after all, I've been here for five hundred years." Cong Yu sat opposite Xia Zhi, holding her little face with her hands and looking at her master. She answered while gently swinging her legs under the table.

"I have watched this place grow little by little until it became what it is now. It is impossible for me to say that I am not familiar with it, right?"

In other words, most of the people in this town, including the owner of the store just now and his father, grew up under your watch?

Xia Zhi thought to himself.

only……

"Five hundred years..."

"Yeah, five hundred years." Cong Yu nodded his head and answered complacently.

So, Master, please don't always treat me like a child...

…Before she could finish her words, she heard the young man ask.

"It's hard work, isn't it?"

"...Huh?" Cong Yu was slightly stunned.

"I haven't experienced it myself, so I can't feel it firsthand, but... five hundred years have passed, and there's no one around you that you used to be familiar with. You must feel lonely, right?" Xia Zhi looked at her and asked.

Unlike Eluk, Hubie and Suwako, Cong Yu has no one by her side to accompany her through these hundreds of years.

Moreover, from the previous conversation, it can be heard that Cong Yu is not a natural immortal. Before becoming the human pillar similar to the spirit of the knife, she was just an ordinary human girl.

Judging from her appearance, she was probably not very old at the time.

Such a young child has to endure the loneliness that no one can see, watching her relatives and friends pass away one by one in front of her eyes. Everything that was once familiar in the past is slowly changing with time. She is alone walking towards an unknown future. Even because of her own special situation, she can't find anyone who can listen to her story. Even if someone notices her, the loneliness and grievances accumulated over hundreds of years are probably difficult to empathize with simply through narration.

Even so, she still insisted on protecting this town without a single complaint...

"Really? Thank you for your hard work." Xia Zhi gently stroked her head and said softly.

Although he was not a resident of this town, it seemed that he was the only one who could comfort the girl in this way now.

Cong Yu stared at him blankly, feeling the gentle touch on her head and listening to the soft words in her ears. The grievance in her heart surged up in her heart at this moment, making her vision gradually become blurred...

"Owner……"

She pursed her lips and turned her head slightly, not wanting the boy to see her current expression.

But the next moment, she saw a spoon filled with ice cream extended in front of her.

This is……?

"This is a reward for your hard work over the years." Facing her puzzled look, Xia Zhi replied.

"All our hard work over the years is only worth a scoop of ice cream?" Cong Yu puffed up her cheeks deliberately and said with an angry and dissatisfied look.

"Besides, Master, you should have remembered that we cannot eat these things, right?"

"How do you know if you don't try it?" Xia Zhi said as he put the spoon to her mouth.

"Come on, open your mouth, ah——"

"Really? You're treating me like a child again..."

Cong Yu muttered softly, opened her little mouth cooperatively, and took the spoon handed to her by the boy.

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Then...

"Well--!"

The girl's eyes immediately lit up and became sparkling.

A hint of sweetness spreads in your mouth with a cool temperature, the delicate and soft texture, the sweet and delicious taste, as if it can penetrate into your heart.

"Hmmm... Master... It's sweet and delicious..."

Summer Solstice: "..."

It's just an ice cream, is it necessary to lick it so carefully?

"what……"

After a moment, Cong Yu showed a regretful expression on his face. He looked up at the young man and said anxiously, "Master, it's tasteless! Another bite, another bite!"

.. 0 ...

"Sorry, this is all I have. Wait another five hundred years."

Xia Zhi said this, pulling back the spoon, scooping a spoonful of ice cream for himself and putting it into his mouth, speaking vaguely.

Cong Yu tried to touch the spoon in the boy's hand again, but it passed through him just like before.

"why is it like this?"

She puffed up her cheeks unhappily...this time she was really unhappy.

Of course, Xia Zhi was just joking. The main reason was that there wasn't much ice cream left in the cup, and it was what he had left, so it didn't feel right to give it as a reward, so he planned to buy the girl a full cup later.

However, the girl, who had tasted dessert for the first time in a long time, did not seem to intend to wait any longer.

Her eyes fell on the corner of the boy's mouth with a little ice cream on it. She blinked and an idea came to her mind -

Since I can touch my master and even touch his clothes, does that mean...

On the other hand, Xia Zhi suddenly realized a serious problem.

...By the way, does this count as an indirect kiss?

He looked at the spoon in his hand and couldn't help falling into deep thought.

Does it count? Does it not count?

If it's a ghost, do they also have body fluids?

Because the sweet taste of the ice cream was completely overshadowed, Xia Zhi was unable to verify this.

only……

Soon, looking at the girl throwing herself into his arms, Xia Zhi felt that he didn't need to worry about this issue anymore.

Chapter 447: You have to take responsibility, right?

“Ah…”

Cong Yu put the ice cream handed to him into his mouth, feeling the sweetness spreading with the coolness, and a happy smile appeared on his face.

"Really..."

Looking at the girl who was completely immersed in the world of sweets, Xia Zhi sighed helplessly.

How can I put it... I had always been worried that she had some improper thoughts about me, but I didn't expect that she would succeed in the end.

"No matter how anxious you are, you wouldn't do something like that, right?"

"Well, there's nothing I can do about it..." Hearing his words, Cong Yu's face flushed slightly, and she stammered, "And, moreover, I'm also very shy about that kind of thing, could you please stop talking about it, Master?"

How strange! You also know how to be shy? Then who was the ghost who jumped on me before?

"I've already said it, there's nothing I can do... I didn't think too much about it at the time..."

The girl blushed slightly and said shyly, "...In the past, I would never have done this, "203", but after experiencing that taste, there is no going back..."

Summer Solstice:…

It's just normal words, but why does it sound so wrong?

For a moment he was not sure whether the problem was with him or the girl.

"I could have endured the darkness if I had never seen the light...food version?" Xia Zhi tried to correct his thoughts with famous quotes.

"As expected of our master, he is so knowledgeable." The girl, who was in a good mood after eating the ice cream, did not hesitate to praise her master.

Xia Zhi gladly accepted it, although he did not think that his knowledge in liberal arts could compare to that of this ghost loli who had lived for five hundred years.

"But, Master, how did you do it?" Looking at the spoon in the boy's hand, Cong Yu asked curiously.

If the boy was able to touch me, I could explain it with the reason that "he is special", then how could I explain the fact that he was able to let me touch the spoon?

"I didn't let you touch the spoon, I just let you eat the ice cream." Xia Zhi corrected.

Isn't that what it means? Cong Yu wondered.

"As for how I did it..." Xia Zhi thought for a moment and continued to answer: "I, your master, can do anything."

"Wow...you sound so arrogant." Cong Yu couldn't help but complain.

"But it's true." Xia Zhi scooped another spoonful of ice cream and stuffed it into the girl's mouth.

Without expressing dissatisfaction with his rude behavior, Cong Yu once again showed a soft and happy smile on her face.

"Hehehe... Master, please have another bite..."

"There's no more. You've eaten it all." Xia Zhi looked at the empty ice cream cup and responded.

"Eh? So fast..."

Cong Yu looked at the remaining ice cream liquid on the wall with some reluctance, turned back to look at the boy, and asked for his consent with a little expectation: "Master, can I have another cup?"

"If you eat too much at once, you will get an upset stomach," Xia Zhi reminded.

"I am not bound by the mortal body, so I won't get an upset stomach."

At this time, not having a body actually becomes an advantage for the girl.

Xia Zhi thought about it and finally agreed... Since she likes it, then buy another cup and get one for himself as well. It’s not very expensive anyway.

after all……

"After we get here, we probably won't be able to eat it again."

"...Huh?" Cong Yu was suddenly stunned, and the expression of joy and expectation that she had shown after hearing the boy's answer suddenly froze on her face.

Only then did she recall that her master was only a tourist and not a resident of the town. It was natural that he would have to leave here one day, and that day would surely not be too far away.

She knew about this, she should have known it...so, she shouldn't feel bad about it.

"That's it..."

The girl pursed her lips and asked softly, "When will the master...come back?"

"It depends on the situation. I guess I won't come here often..."

Also.

The girl thought to herself.

How many people would travel to the same place twice? There is nothing particularly attractive here, and the owner has his own life, so it is normal that he does not come here often...

"Why do you have that expression? Aren't you going with me?" Xia Zhi looked at her strangely and asked.

"……Eh?"

The words that came to his ears made Cong Yu stunned again.