I loaded the dream game

Nogi Sonoko, who was blindfolded, could not see her expression at the moment, but she still couldn't help shivering.

"Today's little eagle feels a little scary..."

Is she planning some terrible punishment?

Despite this bad premonition, the girl agreed to play the game after all, and stood in front of the sand sculpture with the wooden sword in hand.

"Brother Xia Zhi, you have to take responsibility."

She sought a sense of security from the boy.

After all, it was the boy who dragged her into this game.

Summer Solstice:…

Although I didn't say anything wrong, could you please rephrase it?

He sighed slightly, looked at the girl who was a little uneasy because she had lost her vision due to the blindfold, and reminded her of her movements.

"Left foot slightly forward half a step, sword blade raised three centimeters, wrist slightly lowered..."..."

Hearing the young man's words, Feng and Dongxiang and others on the side were stunned.

Rather than indicating a location, this seems more like guiding the action?

This made them hesitate as they were originally preparing to make a noise to interfere.

Ah, this...

How can they interfere? They don't even report anything.

"Relax your body and mind, keep your body relaxed and your mind absolutely clear,"

Nogi Sonoko listened to the boy's voice and felt a little unnatural at first, but soon, she gradually let go of her thoughts and immersed herself in his voice, as if she had completely given her body to his words, and she moved naturally...

"Don't hold back at all, just go all out..."

The girl clenched the wooden sword in her hand and took a step forward.

If it were Lilia, Xia Zhi's two instructions alone should have been enough to teach her how to use the "Sword of Sorrow".

It’s a pity that although Nogi Sonoko is also a genius, she does not have the incredible talent like Lillia, and is unable to use "Sang"... Or is it that this is actually related to the fact that she is a spearman?

However, the good news is that she did not miss the target.

The bad news is...

"boom--!"

As the girl swung the sword with all her might, an extremely heavy sound was heard, and sand and dust flew up into the sky, and the ground began to shake like an earthquake.

When the raised dust gradually subsided, the original "palace" had disappeared, leaving only a deep pit like a meteorite falling.

Nogi Sonoko looked at the "wooden sword" in her hand that had already broken into pieces, then looked at the deep pit in front of her, and blinked blankly.

"Yuanzi, did you use the power of a hero?" Feng, who was standing aside, came to his senses, looked at the girl in surprise and asked.

"Eh? No?"

Nogi Sonoko answered and lowered her head to look at her slender, white arms and her petite body.

It is hard to imagine that such a huge deep pit was created by a single blow from this seemingly fragile body.

It should be said that she is not unfamiliar with such power. After all, she can easily do similar things when she is in the brave state.

But the problem is...she hasn't transformed into a hero yet?

...After all, he was completely transformed into a demigod by himself.

Looking at the girl's somewhat confused expression, Xia Zhi thought this in his heart.

Unlike the sacred tree, his own divine power was abundant and he had no intention of calculating carefully.

In addition to the qualitative change caused by quantitative change that improved the girl's physique, even if she didn't try to retain it, just like there will always be some water droplets hanging on the wall of a cup after pouring water, if she doesn't deliberately collect it, a small part of it will eventually remain in her body.

Even if she doesn't transform, the power that remains in her body, if accidentally leaked, can give her the power of a hero for a short period of time.

On the other side, Nogi Sonoko seemed to realize something and turned around to look at Xia Zhi.

Then she saw that the boy was holding a green watermelon.

Looks... somewhat familiar?

She tilted her head in confusion.

"He was rescued." Mio on the side exclaimed.

Xia Zhi nodded: "He was rescued."

Fortunately, he noticed it in advance and saved the watermelon in time.

Otherwise, with the force with which Yuanzi smashed the watermelon just now, the watermelon that was hit would become completely inedible, right?

　(Li Mahao) However, this also means

It failed completely, not only failing to hit the watermelon, but also completely destroying the Nogi Garden where the sculptures were piled up in Togo.

"Xiaoyuan, are you ready to be punished?" Dongxiang seemed to be prepared. He took out several sets of exquisite clothes from somewhere and said to her with interest.

"Oh~! The professional cameraman Kojima appears again." Nogi Sonoko said with emotion.

It's just... eh? The target this time seems to be me?

The girl blinked, turned around, and looked at Xia Zhi again.

No matter what, he was also partially responsible for dragging her into the game and taking the watermelon away, right?

"Brother Xia Zhi, you promised to be responsible for me, right?"

Summer Solstice:…

How do you want me to be responsible for this?

.......

Chapter 919: Is this also a gift from nature?

Considering that lunch is coming up soon, time doesn't allow for too much hassle, plus the charcoal fire still needs to be looked after, and the only place that can be used as a changing room is the school bus, which is not very convenient after all...

...All of the above are the excuses that Xiazhi came up with help in response to Yuanzi's pleading look.

With his help, Togo reluctantly gave up his plan to play dress-up with Sonoko.

"If Xiaoji is willing to change clothes with me, I won't object."

"That wouldn't count as a punishment, would it?"

Having said this, Dongxiang decided to change the punishment method and postponed the time to the evening accordingly.

As for what kind of punishment Yuanzi would suffer at that time, Xia Zhi had no idea.

Currently, he was taking Mio to look for additional ingredients for lunch.

This behavior of turning over sand and stones on mudflats or reefs to find food is now generally called sea hunting.

"Look at the summer solstice!"

The girl's cry attracted Xia Zhi's attention. He turned around and saw an eight-legged hard-shelled creature half the size of a palm crawling out of the dug sand pit. It ran around on the beach and soon ran to the barefoot Mio.

Seeing that the girl had no intention of dodging, she still stood there and looked curiously at the little guy who crawled under her feet.

Xia Zhi walked forward and bent down, and before the little creature waving its pincers could clamp onto Mio's little feet, he grabbed it from the beach.

"It's a crab."

As Xia Zhi spoke, he threw the crab in his hand into the bucket he carried with him.

"Take it back."

In view of the fact that it had just committed the crime of intentionally injuring its girlfriend, Xia Zhi sentenced it to death.

Beside him, Mio looked at the crabs in the bucket with some curiosity.

“Is this delicious?”

Although elves have no nationality, as Xia Zhi's girlfriend, the girl has already learned the fine traditions of her ancestors before she even got married.

Come to think of it, Mio has been in this world for so long, but it seems like she has never eaten crab?

Xia Zhi thought to himself and suggested to her enthusiastically:

"Mio, are you going to be the first Pokémon to eat crabs?"

"Hmm?" Mio tilted her head slightly: "But didn't Sonoko say that there are other spirits besides me? Maybe she has already eaten it."

...That's true.

Xia Zhi shook his head, gave up the idea temporarily, and continued to look for wild ingredients.

"Look at the summer solstice! There's an octopus here!"

Not long after, the cheers of the girl were heard again from the side.

“And sea cucumbers!”

"There are sea urchins in this reef puddle!!"

"Huh? Is this a pufferfish?"

Xia Zhi: “…No, let’s just put this one away.”

Gradually, the buckets they carried began to fill up.

Mio, who has memorized an entire encyclopedia, doesn't even need Xia Zhi's introduction to accurately identify various types of seafood.

only……

"Summer Solstice! There are lobsters hiding behind the rocks here!"

Why can we pick up lobsters on the beach?

Looking at the big lobster that took up almost half of the space in the bucket, Xia Zhi couldn't help but complain in his heart.

Is Mio's luck a little too good?

He suspected that if this continued, the girl might be able to bring back a bluefin tuna.

In comparison...

Why can't I pick up anything?

If we say that in this closed little world, seafood like this are basically gifts and blessings from the sacred tree.

Sacred tree, won’t you give me a gift?

Xia Zhi, who had just received a brave man from someone not long ago, thought to himself unconsciously.

...As expected, is it because Mio is a pure and beautiful girl? He found the "answer" for himself in his heart.

"It seems that there is not enough space..."

Looking at the bucket that was already filled to the brim, Mio said with some regret.

But, this is enough to eat, right?

She turned around and looked at Xia Zhi: "Are we going back?"

"You go back first."

Xia Zhi shook his head and handed the bucket to her. Reluctantly, he took out the fishing rod that had been sealed for a long time and walked towards the reef not far away.

No matter what, even if he drained all the water here today, he couldn't go back empty-handed!

Shikoku is a closed area. Beyond the horizon, where the water and the sky meet, is a towering wall surrounding the entire Shikoku. In other words, the actual sea is only the part within the wall.

So...if I want to, I can drain it, right? Xia Zhi pondered in his mind.

Mio looked down at the bucket in her hand, then looked at the boy's receding back, tilted her head slightly, and followed him without hesitation.

"How did you catch up?"

"I want to be with Xia Zhi."

The girl answered simply and clearly.

"If I'm not with Xia Zhi, there's no point in coming out."