I loaded the dream game

"If the person who took my things was someone I liked, I wouldn't be angry."

"So, maybe it's because the sacred tree likes you, brother Xia Zhi very much."

I haven't even met it, how can it like me? I'm not some pure girl. Xia Zhi complained in his heart.

"And, from another perspective, perhaps it would be a good thing for Lord Divine Tree to have me less of a burden, right?" the girl continued thoughtfully.

This is indeed possible. After all, after hundreds of years of protection, the power of the sacred tree is now almost gone. However...

"If it's the garden, then it can't be a burden, right?"

Nogi Sonoko let out a small "Ah".

"I'm so happy to be praised by my own god~"

.... ......... .......

"..."

Looking at the smile on the girl's face that didn't seem fake, Xia Zhi noticed that since just now, she had been talking about the sacred tree and her own affairs, and had not mentioned anything about her own thoughts.

"Do you mind?" He brought the topic back to the girl.

Without consent, they were poached.

"If it was a god I didn't know, I would certainly mind."

Nogi Sonoko said this, and after a pause, she continued in a joking tone:

"But like I said just now, if it was Brother Xia Zhi who 'robbed' me, I wouldn't be angry or mind."

"Thank you for your special treatment." Xia Zhi ruffled her hair and continued to ask, "What are the other reasons?"

The girl uttered a soft “hmm,” and then continued, “Because, I haven’t lost anything, right?”

Rather, it could be said that he had recovered his body as a result, and the "price" was simply that he had changed the god he served.

If you are still not satisfied with this, then you are too greedy.

"Besides, didn't I say that before?"

She stopped, looked up at the boy's eyes, and said seriously:

"I will do everything to protect you."

For her, it was the same as before, nothing had changed.

It's just that this time, the one she has to protect is an additional god of her own.

This is how she thinks of the teenager, and how she thinks of herself.

after all

Nogi Sonoko stared into the boy's eyes, took a deep breath, and said softly

"I am... your hero."

……Several.

Chapter 886: Does eye assist count as an assist?

I am a god, I don't need protection.

...Xia Zhi originally wanted to say this, but then he thought that although the sacred tree in this world is also a god, while protecting humans, it still needs the power of humans to protect itself.

After hundreds of years, perhaps the idea of ​​"guardian gods" may have become a kind of mental inertia for humans in this world.

"You can't generalize between gods." Xia Zhi tried to help the girl break this fixed mindset.

"...?"

Nogi Sonoko tilted her head slightly, a hint of confusion in her eyes.

At this moment, a clear voice came from the front of the two of them.

“Summer Solstice!”

Xia Zhi heard the voice and looked in the direction it came from. He saw an extremely beautiful girl standing on the steps not far away.

"Mio?"

"Four-nine-seven" Mio smiled happily, and as if she couldn't wait, she jumped down from several high steps lightly.

Seeing this, Xia Zhi subconsciously reached out his hand to catch the girl. But such a short step was obviously nothing to the girl, and she didn't need his help, and Mio landed steadily on the ground.

"..."

Seeing the boy's hand frozen in mid-air, Mio tilted her head and asked:

"Xiazhi wants to catch me?"

...Sorry, I was overthinking it.

"Mio-sister..."

Nogi Sonoko gently pulled the girl's skirt and whispered to her, "In this situation, if you can follow the boys' wishes, they might like it more."

"……Yeah?"

Mio thought about it, walked up and gently hugged the boy.

Summer Solstice:…

That's not what I meant.

He thought to himself and looked at Nogi Sonoko beside him, only to see her blinking at him with an expression that said, "How about it? Did I do well?"

It seems that the girl who has just become God's new hero is trying to show her caring side as a qualified hero.

However, this doesn't seem to be within the scope of a hero's obligations, right?

After hugging for a while, Mio raised her head, looked into the boy's eyes and asked, "Is this okay?"

"Yeah, Mio is really considerate." Xia Zhi touched her head and praised her.

Mio narrowed her eyes in delight.

She began to understand why Sonoko said that boys prefer this...Now she feels very happy.

"how did you find me?"

Looking at the girl who was still holding him in her arms and unwilling to leave, Xia Zhi asked curiously.

"Didn't you, Xia Zhi, say that you work in the library?"

Mio tilted her head and replied, "So that's why I came here."

Xia Zhi was stunned for a moment, then looked up and realized that they had returned to the library entrance without him noticing.

Unconsciously I came back again...

As he was thinking this, he felt the girl's soft body leave his arms, and then a box wrapped in cloth was stuffed into his arms.

"Bento, eat quickly?"

The girl blinked at him and said this.

……

Mio came to school not only to deliver lunch to Xiazhi, but also to "work".

After all, Xia Zhi's original purpose of wanting to work was not to make money. If the girl wasn't around, there would be no way to teach by example, right?

So Xia Zhi hoped that Mio, who was from another school, could enter and leave the campus freely.

What he didn't expect was that after receiving his request, Amnesty also arranged a job for the girl.

Compared to Xia Zhi's job, her position was obviously much more free, she was just his teaching assistant.

...Although he is just a library teacher, he also has a formal teaching position. It is normal for him to have an assistant teacher, right?

Xia Zhi complained in his heart.

Of course, being an assistant to the library teacher was only secondary. The most important thing was that, like herself, she also served as an assistant teacher in the Brave Club.

If Xia Zhi was still confused at first as to why Da Xie was so proactive in arranging for them to contact the Brave Division, now he probably understood.

The position is not important. Amnesty just wants to put them under the protection of the heroes indirectly in this way.

After all, whether it is "gods" or "elves", they are the focus of their attention and protection...

Xia Zhi thought about it and put a meatball into his mouth.

Because the girl had just finished making it and brought it to me, the food inside was still hot, and the texture and taste were completely different from the cold bento I was used to eating at school.

"Woo woo! These shrimp balls are so delicious!"

Nogi Sonoko's eyes lit up and she praised vaguely.

"Didn't I tell you? Swallow the food first before talking." Xia Zhi said helplessly.

By the way, does this scene seem familiar?

Being taught a lesson by her own god, Yuanzi stuck out her tongue a little embarrassedly, but her hands did not stop moving. After thinking for a while, she also picked up a shrimp ball and put it in front of the boy.

...Thank you for your recommendation. I know you like it very much, Xia Zhi thought.

You are not allowed to eat in the library. Although Xia Zhi is a library teacher, he still needs to abide by this rule.

Fortunately, there are benches for rest at the entrance of the library, so they don’t have to sit on the steps to eat.

And from this location, you can also see the scene inside the library through the floor-to-ceiling windows... So, it can also be considered an open-air restaurant with a view of the library?

Xia Zhi thought about it and looked into the library. He saw a girl with short wheat-yellow hair sitting on a movable ladder between two rows of tall bookshelves. She was holding several books in her arms and seemed to be arranging the bookshelves.

It seems that she should be the student who came to the library to work part-time today.

But she seemed a little unskilled.

Xia Zhi thought to himself, looking at the girl standing on the mobile shed ladder, it seems that she has not mastered the balance, and her figure is a little shaky. He couldn't help but start to worry about whether she will fall.

On the other side, when the girl stood on tiptoe to try to reach a book high up, she seemed to notice something and turned around in confusion, just in time to meet the gaze of the boy outside the window who was looking at her.

"!?"

She seemed to be startled, and the whole person was a little flustered. Then her feet suddenly became unstable, and her body tilted to the side, and she was about to fall off the mobile ladder.

Summer Solstice:…

It won’t come true so soon, right?

.......

Chapter 887: What does it mean to feed someone when you first meet them?

This was not the first time the girl had worked in the library.

Rather than work, it's more like a volunteer commission... Just like everyone in the department usually goes out to volunteer, she occasionally comes here to help out outside of club activities and class time. Even during the summer vacation, the school library is always open to take care of students who need tutoring and study during the summer vacation.

It’s just because we don’t need too many people here, so usually it’s just her or her sister who comes here.

Ever since something happened before, she prefers to stay in quieter places like this.

Books were quietly arranged on the bookshelf, and were covered with a light shadow by the countless tiny dust particles floating in the air. In the spacious library, the sound of pages turning could be heard from time to time, and there was also the sound of stools being moved below, and the sound of pedestrians walking was also so clear. Such a quiet environment with a hint of light noise was like soothing white noise, which could make her feel much more relaxed and comfortable.

So, today, as usual, she came to the library to volunteer part-time.

Although the administrator didn't seem to be there, she was quite familiar with the work here. Seeing that there were relatively few students in the library at this time, she began to count and organize the books.

After sorting out all the books borrowed and returned by students on the counter, the girl breathed a sigh of relief and wiped the sweat from her forehead.

Next is...

Her eyes moved to the mobile ladder between two rows of bookshelves not far away, and she couldn't help but hesitate.

Although I have come here to help many times, this kind of troublesome and somewhat dangerous work has always been done by the administrator teacher.

But today, the teacher doesn’t seem to be here... Should I wait for my sister to come?

But, I should be able to do it, right?

She thought about it, hesitated for a moment, and then carefully climbed up the ladder of the mobile shed holding the book.

She didn’t know if it was a psychological reason, but she always felt that the ladder under her feet was a little unstable, as if it was shaky.