I loaded the dream game

The old priest standing in front bowed respectfully to the girl and said, "I am deeply honored to report to the respected Lord Nogi Sonoko. Today, our country can be preserved thanks to Lord Sonoko's hard work and sacrifice. In terms of this achievement, it is no less than the heroic spirit of eternity. I wonder if Lord Sonoko is in good health today?"

"The opening remarks are too long."

Nogi Sonoko said with some annoyance: "Just shorten it to less than ten words, 'Sonoko, how do you feel today?' Isn't that enough?"

"You must not be so rude to Master Sonoko!" the priest said in panic, bending over.

That's why people feel bored.

Nogi Sonoko thought with disdain in her heart, and couldn't help but recall the scene when she visited the boy a few days ago. It has been a long time since she felt that kind of close and easy-going feeling that made people feel very comfortable.

So, I was so happy that day.

She sighed slightly.

There was actually nothing big about the priests coming here. After all, they had already asked the right questions a few days ago. They just came to ask routine questions. After receiving the response of "there's nothing wrong", they left a sentence like "I'm very happy to hear that you are in good health. If you need me, you can summon me at any time" and a long string of respectful words that I was too lazy to remember, and then left the room.

This was the case every day, and it was more of a formal worship than a greeting, because it was the same "ritual" as the daily worship of the ancestral spirits and the sacred tree.

"I am also... a human."

In the empty room, Nogi Sonoko muttered alone.

This feeling of being treated as a non-person and a sacrificial object made her feel disgusted and nauseous.

But what can we do about it? After all, it is something we can’t help.

The girl turned around and looked at the blue sky outside the window. She thought about this and became dazed again...

"Dong dong dong..."

Just then, there was another knock on the door.

Why are you back?

"Is there anything else?" She frowned slightly, turned her head to look at the door, and asked impatiently.

However, as the door opened, what appeared before her eyes were not the priests, but the figure that had just appeared in her mind.

"Are you not welcome to me?" Xia Zhi tilted his head slightly and asked the girl with long gray-yellow hair who was sitting on the bed.

"……Eh?"

Nogi Sonoko blinked blankly, as if she didn't believe her eyes.

"... Mr. Unknown?"

"It's Brother Xiazhi."

Xia Zhi walked up and corrected him.

I've already told you my name, why are you still calling me by that nickname?

Nogi Sonoko stuck out her tongue, then asked curiously, "Why are you here?"

No, I should say how did he get here?

"I'm here to give you a present and take you out to play."

Xia Zhi said, looking into her golden eyes and continued to ask:

"Want to leave here with me?"

"……OK."

Without asking the boy how to do it, or paying attention to other questions, Nogi Sonoko smiled brightly and happily agreed.

.......

Chapter 878 Summer Solstice: Strictly speaking, I wasn’t the one who “cheated” this time

“Hmph~Hmph~~”

The rolling sound of the wheelchair, accompanied by the girl's cheerful humming, echoed in the green streets.

Nogi Sonoko gently closed her eyes, not caring where the boy was going to push her. She quietly enjoyed the warm sunshine falling on her face, and the slightly raised arc at the corners of her mouth showed her good mood at the moment.

The girl was no longer wearing her hospital gown. Instead, she had changed into a dress with white and lavender as the main colors. Her slender legs were wrapped in white silk stockings and her feet were wearing thick-soled leather shoes. She formed a sharp contrast with her previous sickly image. If you ignored her skin that looked a little too pale due to not going out for a long time, she looked basically no different from other people of the same age.

After all, she only sacrificed her body functions, she didn't really lose her limbs, and she didn't have any physical defects. Strictly speaking, those bandages actually had no medical effect on her, and it wouldn't have much of an impact even if they were removed.

Of course, it was impossible for Xia Zhi to help her change into this outfit, but she asked a certain witch who had been taking care of her to help her.

In fact, except for the dress she is wearing now, the rest are the girl's original personal clothes... After all, neither Xia Zhi nor Mio are very good at choosing stockings, let alone the size of the girl's shoes.

Xia Zhi had originally prepared slippers for her, but it seemed they were of no use.

However, even with all these preparations, the size of the dress bought for the girl was still a little too big... Xia Zhi did not have the "battle-hardened" experience and skills of his younger sister. If he did not try them on in person, it would be difficult for him to choose clothes that fit.

Fortunately, even if it didn't fit her well, it wasn't noticeable from the wheelchair, and the girl herself didn't care too much.

…Or rather, she looked very happy.

"Huh huh huh~"

The girl was still humming happily, her little head swaying gently to the melody.

Then, she didn't know what she thought of, but she chuckled softly.

"What are you thinking about?" Xia Zhi looked at her curiously and asked.

"No." Nogi Sonoko shook her head and replied with a smile:

"I just thought of the scene when you, Brother Xiazhi, were trying to take me away and were stopped by the priests of Daxi. You said, 'You don't want me to use my spiritual power here, do you?' This is the first time I've seen Daxi and the others being threatened like that."

As she said this, the girl couldn't help but chuckle again. Obviously, for her, it was a very happy thing to see Amnesty suffer a rare setback.

"This is a very serious matter."

Xia Zhi reminded her:

"If I'm serious and really do that, the world will be destroyed."

"Will you?" the girl asked back, and her tone sounded as if she had already acknowledged a certain fact.

Is this child too trusting? This is only the second time I've met her, right?

Xia Zhi sighed slightly, touched her head helplessly and said: "After all, Yuanzi asked you to do that before."

Nogi Sonoko hummed lightly and narrowed her eyes slightly, seeming to be in a good mood.

But speaking of please...

"Brother Xia Zhi asked me to help arrange work for you. We have already... woo!"

Before she could finish her words, Xia Zhi interrupted her by rubbing her hair roughly.

"Didn't I tell you? We're here to have fun today, so we won't talk about serious matters."

I mean, why don't we get down to business today?

Nogi Sonoko blinked.

Although she basically doesn't do any serious work every day, she hasn't experienced the feeling of "sneaking out" to play with others like this for a long time, not to mention that the person this time is a boy.

It feels like...

"Brother Xiazhi, is this a date?" she asked curiously.

"Why do you think so?"

"I'm also an adolescent girl, right? It's normal for me to be eager to experience dating," the girl replied.

"Has Sonoko ever dated anyone before?"

"I've been on several dates with my old friends!"

After thinking for a moment, she added:

"Three of us together."

You can't tell, they're having quite a bit of fun.

Xia Zhi complained in his heart and continued:

"So you've already experienced it, right?"

"But that was with the girls." Nogi Sonoko shook her head and replied:

"This is my first time dating a guy like Xia Zhi."

Rather, as the eldest daughter of the Nogi family, she had little contact with men outside since she was a child. In addition, she was pardoned and enshrined not long after she finished her battle as a hero, so she basically had no male friends.

It would not be an exaggeration to say that the boy was her first male friend in recent years.

But unfortunately...

"I'm sorry to disappoint you, this isn't a date, it's just a simple outing."

Xia Zhi denied it mercilessly.

The girl was obviously disappointed when she heard this. But she quickly cheered up, looked around at the unfamiliar streets, and asked curiously:

"Where are we going?"

"I don't know." Xia Zhi replied.

"So you haven't thought it through yet?" Nogi Sonoko's expression became serious, and she began to impart her "experience":

"That won't work. If you want to take a girl out on a date, you have to think of a date location first."

"I already said this isn't a date..."

Just as Xia Zhi was pushing the girl's wheelchair on the road and chatting with her, a familiar voice suddenly came from the side.

"Eh? It's the gentleman from yesterday..."

Misaki Togo, who was pushing a wheelchair out of the door, couldn't help but blink when she saw two people walking towards her on the road outside the door.

I didn't expect to meet you again so soon.

"Isn't this Dongxiang classmate? Good afternoon." Xia Zhi greeted the girl after seeing her.

"Good afternoon, Wang Zhao..."

Togo Mimori responded, and his eyes couldn't help but fall on the girl with long gray-yellow hair who was also sitting in a wheelchair in front of him and looked cute and lovely.

Is she the girl who looks like herself that the boy talked about yesterday?

It is indeed very beautiful and cute, and very likable.

She thought to herself.

only……

The conversation between the two people that she had just heard came to Togo Mimori's mind...

They seemed to be talking about a date?

She couldn't help but hesitate, recalling the image of the incredibly beautiful silver-haired girl yesterday.

Although it was not her turn to take care of this matter, but...

Thinking about how she helped refuel yesterday, after hesitating for a moment, she couldn't help but remind him:

"Um... sir, cheating is not good."

Summer Solstice: ...?

Cheating? Who did I cheat with again?

...delusion.

Chapter 879: Do you want to make a wish?

If it had happened before, Nogi Sonoko would definitely be very interested in the topic between the two, and might even turn around and ask the boy who he was cheating with.

But now, she seemed not to have heard the conversation between the two. She just stared blankly at the black-haired girl in front of her, not knowing what she was thinking.

"...?"

Togo Mimori also noticed her gaze and tilted her head in confusion.

After hesitating for a moment, she asked hesitantly: "Um... do we know each other?"