I loaded the dream game

"It's just that your hair color reminds me of someone I know."

"Same hair color as Ruoye?"

Hinata next to him seemed to be interested and asked curiously, "Is he your friend, sir?"

"That's it."

Xia Zhi didn't want to stay here for too long, so he said hello to them and walked in the direction indicated.

"Well, see you next time~"

As he said this, he took the hand of the girl beside him and left.

"…We have a very good relationship."

Looking at the two figures gradually moving away, Kamisato Hinata couldn't help but sigh.

"Let's go back quickly."

She turned around and looked at the girl next to her and said this.

She didn't know why, but she felt uneasy since this morning.

So, it would be better to return to everyone as soon as possible, she thought to herself.

Ruoye nodded, and when she was about to go back, the ground beneath her feet suddenly shook violently.

earthquake?

The world in front of him was shaking. Hinata lost his balance and uttered a cry. He fell down the hillside.

However, it did not land.

The expected impact and pain did not come, and instead a warm feeling supported her body.

When she came to her senses, she was already standing on the spot.

"Hold on tight."

A familiar voice came from her ears. She turned around and saw a strange boy holding her wrist to help her steady her body.

Obviously, he had saved himself just now.

...Is he the boy from that couple just now?

There was no time to think too much, the earthquake did not end, Hinata nervously grabbed the clothes of the boy next to him.

It was not until a long time later that the shaking of the ground completely subsided.

"Hinata!"

Ruoye rushed forward and examined her body nervously.

"Are you okay? Are you injured anywhere?"

Under normal circumstances, Hinata probably would not have missed this opportunity and would have taken out her cell phone to take a picture of Wakaba's nervous look.

But unfortunately, she was also very nervous and her heart was pounding.

"...I'm fine."

She answered, took a deep breath, calmed herself down a little, then looked up at the boy beside her.

"Thank you, sir."

By the way, how did he suddenly appear beside me? Hinata wondered in confusion.

"It'll be fine."

Xia Zhi rubbed her head habitually and said to them

"Go back quickly and be careful on the road."

"Um, my name is Kamisato Hinata, what's your name?" Seeing that he seemed to be leaving again, Hinata asked nervously.

"Just call me Xia Zhi, she is my friend Tohka." Xia Zhi looked at the black-haired girl who hurried back not far away and answered.

"Thank you again for your rescue, Mr. Xia Zhi."

After she felt relieved, the girl with long blond hair breathed a sigh of relief and raised her head to thank the boy.

And

"Wakaba... Nogi Wakaba, this is my name."

She introduced herself like this

.......

Chapter 973: Elf Girl's Trust Test

After sending the two girls out of the dangerous area on the hillside and saying goodbye to them, Xiazhi and Shixiang returned to their original path.

"Xia Zhi, did you just say that the girl looks like someone you know?"

Tohka asked curiously as she followed him with her hands behind her back.

“Did we also meet in the future?”

Xia Zhi nodded: "Yes, I am considered her junior."

But it shouldn't be a direct lineage.

He thought to himself.

"I didn't expect that I would be able to meet the ancestor of that child even after coming to the past three hundred years."

In his mind, Tokisaki Kurumi couldn't help but sigh, and then asked

"What does Mr. Xiazhi think this is?"

"...A special fate?" Xia Zhi tilted his head slightly.

"Do you mean the one with Sonoko or the one with those two girls?"

"Maybe it's the special bond between the hero and the god."

If Xia Zhi remembers correctly, that Nogi Wakaba was one of the first generation of heroes?

However, even though their hair and eye colors are very similar, their personalities are completely different.

It would be interesting if Sonoko could meet her ancestors, right?

While he was thinking this, he heard the thoughtful reminder from Miss Time Elf:

"Mr. Xia Zhi, if you think about other girls on a date again, someone will get angry."

Xia Zhi came back to his senses, looked to the side, and met a pair of clear eyes that were blinking and staring at him.

"What's wrong?" Xia Zhi asked, touching her head.

"What are you thinking about? You didn't respond when I called you just now." Tohka shook her head, looking unhappy.

Talking to another girl

Of course, Xia Zhi didn’t say this, after all, they were on a date.

"Would you like something to eat?" he asked, changing the subject.

"Woo..."

Tohka's attention was successfully drawn, and she began to think hard.

“Crepes, donuts, bread…Sukiyaki!”

The span from front to back is too big.

Xia Zhi complained in his heart.

Besides, it’s probably impossible to find a stall selling crepes and sukiyaki in this remote place, right?

"The girl named Hinata just now said that there is a convenience store up ahead. Shall we go over there first?"

After thinking about it, he suggested, "Maybe they'll sell oden."

"Oh~ Oden!"

The girl's interest didn't seem to decrease at all. Perhaps in her eyes, these were all delicacies, so it didn't matter what they were?

He thought to himself as he led the girl towards the route Hinata indicated.

On the way, they passed the shrine that Ruoye had mentioned before, but Xia Zhi did not go in to visit. After all, they had to solve the lunch problem first... and he couldn't go in to eat the offerings.

...I just feel that the shrine here seems to be quite lively?

Looking at the endless stream of people lining up to walk into the shrine, Xia Zhi thought that they looked like a group of people traveling here for a visit.

If Moriya Shrine had been this popular back then, Suwako wouldn't have to worry about religious issues at that time, right?

…It just feels like they all seem to be in a hurry?

Xia Zhi thought about it, shook his head, and no longer cared about what was happening over there. He continued to lead the girl forward, and soon they found the convenience store that Hinata mentioned.

"Summer Solstice, there really is Oden!"

Tohka let go of his arm, ran to the counter happily, and started to order.

"This, this, this, and this!"

"Oh, I want this too. Xia Zhi likes this~"

The waiter looked at the "menu" she ordered and his expression became serious.

It looks like a big customer has come to purchase goods.

A few minutes later, a "Sold Out" sign was hung in front of the oden counter.

"Huh huh huh~"

The girl was humming a tune, holding a paper tube that looked like a large popcorn bucket, and following the boy briskly, looking like she was in a good mood.

Fortunately, I prepared enough, otherwise I would have been broke by now.

Sure enough, dating is an expensive thing.

Xia Zhi sighed in his heart.

This was the third day of his date with Tohka...if you didn't count the first night.

Over the past few days, the two of them visited several cities and tasted the food from various regions.

...Having said that, I actually haven’t been to other places very often. When I go on dates, we basically go to places like snack streets and food courts.

If feeding in the game could increase favorability, it should have been maxed out by now, right?

But when it comes to trust, it feels like there hasn't been much progress.

Xia Zhi thought.

The girl's attitude towards herself seemed to be no different from the first day?

That's normal, after all, only a few days have passed.

But sometimes I feel like I trust myself so much.

Xia Zhi was a little unsure. After all, it was a recognized fact that girls' minds were hard to guess. So, after thinking for a moment, he decided to do a trust test.

"Tohka."

"Huh? What's wrong?" The girl asked him puzzledly while biting the squid roll.

"Can you give me that in your hand?" he asked.

"Would you like to eat Xiazhi?"

Shixiang looked at the squid roll in her hand and handed it to him without thinking too much.

"Ah~"

As long as you don’t guard your food, you’ve passed.

Xia Zhi opened his mouth and swallowed it, thinking to himself while chewing.

...I still feel a little bit inadequate, after all, on the first day

"Can you just stand here and don't move?" he thought for a moment and asked again.