I loaded the dream game

"Ah, thanks."

Mio took the egg that Xia Zhi had peeled for her, took a small bite, chewed it a few times, swallowed it, and wrinkled her nose.

“…It doesn’t taste like anything.”

“Boiled eggs are like this.”

Xia Zhi handed her the milk coffee again, indicating that she should drink it and it would taste good.

Mio took the warm milk coffee, took a sip, held it in her palm, looked at the boy, thought for a moment, and asked,

"Summer Solstice..."

"Ok?"

"What do you think of Sonoko and the others?"

"They are very cute and likable girls." Xia Zhi answered without hesitation.

"So, does Xia Zhi like them?" Mio asked.

"Of course I like it." After Xia Zhi answered, he asked with some confusion: "Why do you suddenly care about this kind of thing?"

"Because I am Xia Zhi's girlfriend now."

Mio replied as a matter of course: "It's normal to care about the girl next to you who likes you, right?"

"According to what you said, they all like you very much." Xia Zhi felt that the same logic seemed to apply to the girl herself.

Mio shook her head and said, "Just like how I like them is different from how I like you, Xia Zhi, their likes for me are also different from their likes for you."

"At least, the two children, Sonoko and Shu, are different."

Speaking of children, you are actually younger than both of them, right? Xia Zhi complained in his heart.

"However, there are some subtle differences between the two of them...especially Sonoko."

As Mio spoke, she seemed to have thought of something and moved closer to Xia Zhi.

"Come to think of it, after every date with me, Xia Zhi would go to look for Yuan Zi, right?"

Looking at the boy's eyes so close to her, she blinked and asked

"What did you do when you were dating behind my back?"

Ah, this...

Hearing this, not only Xia Zhi, but also the girl who was clinging to him behind him, was slightly shaken.

Mio seemed to be attracted by the attention and tilted her head slightly.

It seems like I can’t hide it anymore.

As Xia Zhi thought about this, he felt someone gently pull the corner of his clothes, as if the girl in the quilt behind him was asking him for help.

"..."

He sighed slightly

"543 Mio."

"Ok?"

Mio had just turned around when the boy reached out his hands and gently held her cheeks. Then she felt a familiar touch on her lips.

Her eyes widened slightly, then quickly softened.

The room became quiet, with only the girl's increasingly rapid breathing and the blending swallowing sounds being heard.

After a long time, Xia Zhi separated from her again.

Looking at her blushing cheeks, he said softly

"Shall we go on a date?"

now?

Mio looked out the window at the completely dark sky and the bright moon in the night sky.

then……

"Okay."

Even though the time and opportunity were not right, she still smiled and agreed without hesitation when faced with the boy's invitation for a date.

……

After the two left, the room door closed and silence returned to the room.

After a long time, the girl finally poked her head out from under the quilt.

I don't know if it was because she was bored or shy, but her cheeks were already red.

.......

Chapter 923: Do you want to go on a date to the border of the world?

The beach at night is completely different from the beach during the day.

The bright moon hung in the sky. Under the moonlight, the sea surface seemed to be dyed silver-white, sparkling with waves like scattered silver, and reflecting the stars in the night sky.

The glittering seawater rushed ashore and merged with the beach. The sound of waves crashing against the waves brought a slightly fishy sea breeze.

The girl followed Xia Zhi with her hands behind her back

Under the moonlight, the two walked barefoot on the deserted beach, leaving behind two shallow footprints.

At this moment, the girl was not wrapped in the bath towel, but put on her original dress again. The ribbon tied in her hair had been untied by Xia Zhi before going to the hot spring, and was now tied around her white neck, serving as a neck strap again.

"So beautiful..."

Looking at the distant scene where the waves were gently rising and falling, breaking the reflection of the stars on the sea into pieces of even finer and glittering glass, Mio couldn't help but sigh softly.

Blown by the sea breeze, her long silver hair swayed slightly behind her with her footsteps, shrouded in the faint moonlight with a dreamy and elegant light and shadow, adding a bit of unreality and haziness to her delicate and beautiful face.

Xia Zhi only felt that she was more beautiful now than the beautiful scenery before her.

"Summer Solstice?"

The girl's voice came from his ear, and Xia Zhi came back to his senses, only to see a pair of deep blue eyes close to him, blinking at him.

"What were you thinking just now?"

"I'm thinking about you." Xia Zhi answered truthfully.

Hearing this, the girl withdrew her body, a faint smile appeared on her face, and even her steps seemed to become lighter.

Looking at the girl next to him who seemed to be in a very good mood, Xia Zhi asked curiously: "Why don't you ask me what I'm thinking about you?"

Mio shook her head slightly and replied with a smile: "The fact that Xia Zhi is thinking about me makes me very happy."

...Mio, are you a little too easily satisfied?

When Xia Zhi was thinking this, he felt the girl suddenly let go of his hand and ran towards the place where the waves were beating not far away. With the sound of "pat pat pat" of stepping on the water, she ran into the range of the waves barefoot.

“Summer Solstice!”

Mio, who was standing not far away, raised her hand and waved at him with a smile, as if beckoning him over.

“…Don’t fall again.”

Xia Zhi shook his head helplessly, reminded her, and walked up to her side.

Another wave hit them, and the cold water covered their ankles. When the water receded, the sand that was not firmly planted under their feet was also carried away by the waves. With the visual effect of the receding waves, it felt as if they were moving backwards.

Although she understood the physical principles involved, Mio still found it very fun to experience this novelty herself.

At this moment, she felt a warm touch on her hand, which was different from the cold sea water.

Mio lowered her head, looked at the boy holding her hand, and smiled softly.

"I'm very happy that Xia Zhi can bring me here to see the sea at night." She lowered her head, used the boy's arm to steady her body, and gently kicked the sea water with one foot, while speaking softly.

"I'm happy enough right now, so why not leave the happier thing of asking you what you're thinking about me for later?"

"When I ask you something, you must tell me."

I arbitrarily assumed that what I was thinking about just now was something that could make her happy.

Xia Zhi thought to himself.

But it’s almost the same.

He turned around and looked at the scene in front of him again.

Looking at the starry sky reflecting the stars and the sparkling sea, Xia Zhi suddenly realized something.

Generally speaking, reflections on the water surface are used to refer to illusory things, and the so-called phantom moon in the water refers to such a situation.

In other words, compared to the illusory reflection, the reflected object represents the reality.

However, the situation here is slightly different.

...Xia Zhi felt that he shouldn't have compared this starry sky with Mio just now.

After all, the girl beside him was real, and the starry sky in front of him was

"Unfortunately, it's fake." Xia Zhi said with some regret

Mio tilted her head slightly when she heard this: "Fake?"

"Because this world has been destroyed."

Xia Zhi replied: "Miao, you should already know about this kind of thing, right?"

Mio nodded gently...the outside world had been destroyed by the gods, and only the four countries protected by the sacred tree barrier survived. This was something Sonoko had told her a long time ago.

"The so-called destruction is not just about killing all humans, but about the world itself being overturned."

Xia Zhi continued to explain: "The barrier constructed by the sacred tree is to prevent the humans inside from being frightened by the sight of the destroyed world outside. It is also to allow people in this doomsday to see the stars and the sky and enjoy the normal four seasons. This false sky was created to cover the world."

"...I see. It's not easy for the sacred tree either."

After listening to the boy's explanation, Mio couldn't help but sigh.

Then, she thought of another thing: "So, is this sea also false?"

"That's not it."

Xia Zhi shook his head.

"It's just... it's not really an ocean."

"While using the barrier to separate the inner and outer worlds, the sacred tree also erected a wall to create a physical barrier."

The sea surrounded by the walls of Shikoku is not comparable to the real ocean in terms of area. Rather than calling it a "sea", it is more like a "lake", Xia Zhi thought.

Mio looked in the direction the boy pointed, and where the water and sky met, she saw the shadow of a towering wall that surrounded the entire sea surface like a horizon.

"Over there is the border of the 'world'."

The world's border?

Looking at the high wall in the distance, whose outline can only be vaguely seen in the moonlight, Mio murmured in her heart.

Then, she heard the boy next to her ask

"So... do you want to go over and take a look?"

.......

Chapter 924: Mio wants to express her feelings

The whistling wind blew past her ears, and the shimmering sea surface quickly receded below her, reminding Mio that she was flying in the sky.

Although this kind of thing was nothing to her, and although she had never actually tried it, she knew very well that she could easily do the same thing if she wanted to.

However, this did not prevent her from feeling safe and secure in the warm embrace of the young man as she hugged him.

Unfortunately, it wasn't long before the two landed on the wall.

The feeling of feeling grounded brought a hint of disappointment to Mio's eyes. She wanted to hold him for a while longer.

...Huh? It seems like it's not impossible now?