I loaded the dream game

On the other side, Xia Zhi put away the calendar in his hand as if nothing had happened.

"Today is the tenth." He said again seriously and affirmatively.

"..."

Tokisaki Kurumi felt a sense of disobedience.

She was not quite sure what had just happened. The only thing she was sure of was that after she "saw" the boy do something, the girl immediately changed her story.

But, today is indeed the 10th...

She couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

To some extent, although Xia Zhi made up the previous part, he did not "lie".

Tokisaki Kurumi's sense of disharmony comes from the contradiction between the girl's previous and subsequent actions and words. Even though she is a time elf, it is impossible for her to detect the abnormality of the date change by herself.

The ability to overwrite reality is not simply a modification of cognition, but a real change of "today" into another date. For beings that cannot be exempted from the characteristics of the calendar, this is the real reality.

...However, as long as we get past today, it will be the 28th again, so there is no need to worry about the monthly report, right?

Xia Zhi thought to himself, picked up the coffee in front of him and was about to take a sip, but suddenly remembered something and hesitated.

On the other side, the girl finally came back to her senses from her thoughts, raised her head and looked at Xia Zhi, took a deep breath and said:

"Thank you for saving me, but... I have to leave."

Xia Zhi tilted his head slightly: "Where are you going?"

Where to go?

A trace of confusion appeared in the girl's eyes, but then she shook her head:

"I don't know, but I can't stay here."

This world does not welcome her.

Now, she could barely protect herself from the threats of those unknown beings. Staying around others would only bring danger to them as well.

...I just don't know why they didn't pursue the victory this time?

A trace of doubt arose in the girl's heart.

"Summer Solstice."

On the other side, the boy's voice interrupted her thoughts, making her stunned for a moment.

Xia Zhi ignored her daze and looked into her eyes and asked, "Do you know how to write it? My name?"

"...Yeah." She glanced at the wet handwriting on the table and nodded.

“Try to write it?”

After hearing Xia Zhi's words, the girl hesitated for a moment, then imitated what he had done before. She lightly dipped her fingers into the water in his cup and tried to imitate the handwriting of the boy next to her on the table. She began to write with some difficulty.

Summer Solstice:…

Why do you want to take a dip from my cup too?

...Forget it, that kind of thing is not important.

He shook his head and turned his attention back to the girl.

Compared with "十香", the strokes of "夏至" are more complicated.

The girl wrote carefully for a long time, and finally wrote these two words crookedly.

She seemed relieved, looked at the writing on the table and nodded with satisfaction.

Although the handwriting is not that beautiful, it is acceptable for an elf that was born not long ago, right?

Xia Zhi thought to himself, looked at her and smiled and continued: "You know my name, and I know your name, so we are friends."

"friend?"

Hearing his words, the girl blinked blankly.

She lowered her head slightly, as if chewing on this word in her heart

"Yeah, friends."

Xia Zhi repeated it again.

"If we are friends, we should be honest with each other."

He said this, looked into the girl's eyes, and said seriously:

"Tohka, I'm here for you."

.......

Chapter 968 "Date with Me"

As the sun sets, the number of people in the park begins to decrease.

The two people sitting at the leisure table and chairs nearby had been silent for a long time, and the coffee on the table had also been replaced by Xia Zhi.

The girl lowered her head, not knowing what she was thinking. She did not touch the cup of coffee in front of her until it had cooled down.

…She doesn’t like coffee?

Xia Zhi tilted his head slightly

Although coffee is bitter and some people really can't get used to it, but...the one I made was sweet instant milk coffee?

While he was thinking about this, the girl opposite him finally raised her head slowly, looked at him and asked:

"You mean... my future self will die in these few days, right?"

I actually believed it.

Although what he said was indeed true, he had not yet produced any evidence to prove that he was from the future.

Xia Zhi thought.

More deceptive than expected... No, I'm just innocent.

"Are you lying to me?" The girl showed a puzzled expression.

My intuition is sharper than I thought.

"Of course not." Xia Zhi denied

"We are friends, and friends will not deceive each other."

Hearing this, the girl believed his words again.

She did not refute Xia Zhi's friend's statement, but lowered her head slightly, and her voice became lower.

"So, it is because of my appearance... that such a great disaster has been brought to this world?"

There is a reason why she thinks so.

According to Tohka Kurumi, it was because of Tohka's appearance that the gods realized for the first time the existence of elves, which led to a series of events that followed.

However, it would be too absolute to say that she was the one who brought the subsequent disaster to the world.

"It has nothing to do with you. Even if you are not here, there will always be other elves behind you." While Xia Zhi was comforting him, he was also stating a fact.

However, the girl's mind didn't seem to be on him, still immersed in her own thoughts.

As expected... this world does not welcome me...

She thought silently in her heart.

"Shouldn't we take action now?"

In her mind, Tokisaki Kurumi, who had been silent for a long time, asked this.

Xia Zhi was stunned for a moment: "Huh? What?"

"Your goals are to save this space and time, and to obtain the spirit crystal, right?"

As if she was giving a suggestion, Tokisaki Kurumi continued

"She is defenseless against you right now. Isn't this the best opportunity to attack?"

You said that as if it were difficult for me to directly snatch the spirit crystal.

Xia Zhi complained in his heart and replied aloud:

"First of all, although my goal is to obtain the spirit crystal, saving the elves is also one of my main goals."

Even if we put aside the main quest, I was originally planning to save these elves.

...It is better to say that the current main quest was originally re-released out of my own desire to save the elves.

"Secondly, I am not simply 'obtaining' spirit crystals."

The "collection" in the main quest does not mean simply obtaining the spirit crystals. Instead, it is necessary to integrate them into the newly born "sacred tree" to become the material for its sublimation.

Xia Zhi didn't know the principle of this process... Maybe there was no principle at all, it was just a series of settings. For the dream game, it was not difficult to create such a set of sublimation and replacement mechanisms of the gods out of thin air.

What he needs to do is to follow the set mechanism and collect spirit crystals according to the method given in the dream game.

Of course, he can also use dream points to create some other method by himself, so that he does not have to follow the settings of the dream game and can bypass this mechanism.

But this mechanism was originally created by the dream game according to his wish to save the elves and this world. Why should he waste extra energy doing something unnecessary?

"So, if you don't have to rob her, how are you going to get the spirit crystal from her?"

Miss Time Elf asked.

Well this...

Xia Zhi lowered his head and looked at the tree-shaped mark on the back of his hand.

"It requires her to completely open her heart to me without any psychological defenses."

It goes without saying that because Mio and the others all come from the world of the battle, Dream Game must have incorporated some of the main elements of that world when designing the mission mechanism, Xia Zhi thought.

To open up completely means...

"I see... you want girls to like you?"

Tokisaki Kurumi seemed to understand something, and her voice took on a thoughtful tone.

"¨々 is something that Mr. Xiazhi is very good at."

Summer Solstice: ?

"What am I good at?"

"…cheating on your feelings?"

Xia Zhi seemed to be able to see her tilting her head and saying this.

"Do I look like the kind of person who would cheat on a girl's feelings?" he couldn't help but complain.

Tokisaki Kurumi remained noncommittal and did not answer.

Xia Zhi didn't care, and continued: "Besides, opening your heart doesn't necessarily mean you like someone, trusting someone from the bottom of your heart is the same."

"So, is this the reason why you chose to tell her everything from the beginning?" asked Tokisaki Kurumi.

"That's just because I've always been sincere to others." Xia Zhi replied.

He said that he is a Leo.

Tokisaki Kurumi chuckled and said nothing more.

Xia Zhi turned his attention back to the black-haired girl opposite him.

　(Li Zhaozhao) At this moment the girl still lowered her head, looking depressed.

Under the shadow of her drooping bangs, she pursed her lips slightly, a trace of hesitation appeared on her face.

According to the boy, even if he tried hard to resist, he would still die in a few days.

However, giving up resistance is impossible, as it will only make things worse.

It is wrong to resist, and it is wrong to give up.

It seems that my arrival itself has brought disaster to the world.

...As expected, I shouldn't exist?