I loaded the dream game

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Looking at the silver-haired girl who was still hugging him tightly and unwilling to let go even after landing, Xia Zhi had a question mark over his head.

"Can you let me hold you for a while longer?"

The girl raised her head and tilted it to ask.

Xia Zhi was touched by the cuteness, ruffled her hair and said, "Mio, it's okay to hold me for as long as you want."

Mio chuckled and was about to put her head back on his chest, but suddenly she thought of something and asked curiously:

"Is this a proposal?"

"...No." Xia Zhi curled the corners of his mouth and replied.

Mio was not disappointed. After being gentle and affectionate with the boy for a while, she let go of her arms that were hugging him.

"It's a little different from what I imagined." She lowered her head and looked at the ground beneath her feet, which looked like plant tissue.

The walls of the sacred tree are not made of concrete like a dam, but are an organic aggregate formed by tightly entwined vines or roots of plants.

The slightly rough and uneven surface forms a sharp contrast with the girl's delicate feet.

The tangled plant tissues are uneven and have gaps. If you walk carelessly at night, you may easily trip over a vine.

If you fall accidentally, it will be troublesome.

Mio glanced down... The sea surface was swallowed by the deep darkness. Just judging by visual observation, the height was probably at least several hundred meters.

Fortunately, I am not worried about falling.

"The border of the world doesn't seem to be anything special?"

She looked around, and there was no other noteworthy scenery except the extended darkness and starry sky.

"It's quite special outside, but it's a bit of an eyesore." Xia Zhi replied after thinking for a while.

"Then don't go."

As Mio spoke, she came to the edge of the wall and simply sat down.

His feet were dangling in the air, and he seemed to be having a lot of fun.

Maybe she felt it was too painful to walk barefoot here?

"Next time you sit down, remember to pay attention to your skirt."

While Xia Zhi was reminding Mio, he also sat down next to her, reached out to help adjust the hem of her skirt, pulling it back to a position that could cover her knees.

Mio blinked (cdbh) and didn't answer. She just watched quietly as the boy patiently helped her adjust the hem of her skirt.

After he withdrew his hand, the girl spoke softly:

"...Xiazhi, you have always been very patient in helping me."

"It's just this period of time." Xia Zhi replied.

"Mio, you learn everything very quickly. I guess you won't need my help after a while, right?"

As soon as he finished speaking, he felt his hand being tightly grasped.

Xia Zhi turned around in confusion and met the girl's nervous blue eyes.

“I need the summer solstice!”

Mio looked at him closely, eagerly expressing her thoughts.

"I need the Summer Solstice, no matter what time it is!"

I just said I don't need help anymore.

"Don't worry, I don't mean to abandon you."

Xia Zhi patted her head to comfort her, thought for a moment and gave an example, saying, "It's just like the feeling you get when you see your child grow up and become independent."

Mio breathed a sigh of relief, then emphasized very seriously: "I am not Xiazhi's child, I am your girlfriend."

"Yes, yes, my lovely elf girlfriend."

Listening to the boy's words that sounded like he was coaxing a child, Mio snorted lightly, said nothing more, and turned her head to look at the opposite coast.

The brightly lit city and the stars in the night sky complement each other.

This was another scene she had never seen before.

Every time it was a "first time", he was always by her side, the girl thought to herself.

"Do you want to shout something?" Xia Zhi looked at her and suggested.

Mio had also seen such plots in TV dramas. It seemed that humans quite liked shouting something when they climbed to high places.

"It's too late?"

"It's okay. No one can hear you from such a long distance."

She hesitated for a moment, but finally gave up. Mainly because she didn't have anything she wanted to shout to herself or others. If she was shouting to Xia Zhi, he was right next to her, and it would feel a bit weird to shout to someone else.

Mio took a deep breath.

The air at high altitude is a little cold, with a slight salty smell from the sea.

There is a cold and rough wall beneath me, and a warm and broad hand in my hand

…She is very happy now.

The sea under the starry sky, the edge of the world, the city with brilliant lights, the scenery she had never seen before, each of these things she experienced for the first time moved and excited her.

But there is more to it than that.

The girl gently placed her hand on her chest again.

The excitement and emotion in my heart are definitely not just the joy of seeing this beautiful scene for the first time.

I am so happy to experience this joy with Xiazhi.

Xia Zhi is by her side at this moment

The girl thought with certainty

This incident itself was the thing that made her happiest.

"Summer Solstice." She called out softly.

"Um"

"Summer Solstice."

"Ok?"

Every time I call the boy's name, the feeling in my heart becomes stronger.

Mio couldn't help but open her arms and hug the boy's body.

"Summer Solstice."

"What's wrong?" Xia Zhi lowered his head, gently stroked the girl's hair and asked softly.

"I like you."

Mio raised her head, looked him in the eyes and said:

"I like you so much that I don't know what to do. For you, I think I can do anything."

Mio put the emotions arising in her heart into words.

However, this alone is not enough.

Mio knew very well that the power of language was limited. It could not fully express all the emotions in a person's heart, and it was even more impossible to convey the strong love in her heart at this moment to Xia Zhi 100%.

That's why she hugs Xia Zhi tightly now.

This was not a deliberate action on her part, but rather a feeling of an unbearable impulse taking shape.

Xia Zhi once said that some human emotions are transmitted through close physical contact... Now she deeply understands this truth.

Just feeling the body temperature, heartbeat and breathing from Xiazhi close to her brought Mio a heart-stirring sense of happiness.

However, this is not enough.

Mio felt an indescribable desire filling her heart.

I want to be closer to the boy than I am now.

So, she did just that.

The experience of every night in the past made the girl subconsciously know what to do.

When her lips touched the boy's, the love in her heart was released.

...If it were in the past, it would indeed be like this.

However, now that her feelings for the boy are growing stronger day by day, this method seems unable to convey all her inner feelings.

"Summer Solstice..."

After a long time, Mio separated again and looked into the boy's eyes, blushing and whispering

"I want to go back."

"Where are we going back to?" Xia Zhi gently lifted the hair from her ears, looked at her and asked

"... Let's go home, okay?"

Xia Zhi said "hmm" softly and hugged her tightly again.

This time, he lowered his head.

.......

Chapter 925: Xia Zhi, who is still thinking about his students at this time, is a lesson for teachers.

Nogi Sonoko stopped at the door of her room.

There were sounds of playing and laughing coming from inside the door. It was obvious that Xiaoji and the others had returned from the hot spring. Maybe they came out at the same time as Sister Mio?

She thought to herself, lowered her head to check the towel on her body, confirmed that it was tied again and there was not much difference from before, and slightly tidied her hair... Because there was no mirror, she had no way of knowing whether her face was still red, so she just left it this way for now.

After doing these things, she took a deep breath and reached out to open the door.

"I'm back……"

"Take that—brave PUNCH!"

Before the girl could finish her words, she was hit in the face by a white pillow as she just opened her eyes.

Nogi Sonoko:......

Why do I feel like I always encounter ~Open Door Kill tonight?

"Ah! Sorry Yuanyuan, are you okay?"

Seeing that she had accidentally "hurt" a passerby, Yuuki Yuna hurriedly went up to him and asked with some concern.

"It's okay, it's just a pillow." Nogi Sonoko took the pillow and held it in her arms, shaking her head and comforting her.

"But your face looks so red..." Yuuki Yuna was still a little worried.

Eh? Has your blush not subsided yet?

Nogi Sonoko stopped the urge to touch her cheek with her hand, and hugged the pillow in her arms even tighter with some embarrassment.

...I wish I had known I would come back later.

"It's unlikely that the blushing was caused by a pillow, right?"

Feng also came over and tilted his head to guess

"Maybe it's just the heat?"

Is it hot now?

Looking at the girl who was only wrapped in a bath towel with her arms and lower legs completely exposed, and who was "dressed" cooler than anyone else, Touxiang thought puzzledly in his heart.

"Xiaoyuan, you just came back from Teacher Xia Zhi, right?" she asked after thinking for a moment.

Nogi Sonoko blinked her eyes and asked, "How did Koji know that?"