I loaded the dream game

As the boy finished speaking, Tokisaki Kurumi felt a chill in her hand.

She lowered her head and found that a metal pocket watch appeared in her hand.

"This is……"

Tokisaki Kurumi blinked.

"When I was shopping with Yuxian and Yakuya, I happened to see it on the side of the road, so I bought it specially to give it to you." Xia Zhi explained.

is it?

I have no idea about this... It seems that just like the last time with Miku, after losing contact with me, the boy stayed in that time and space for a while.

Tokisaki Kurumi looked at the metal pocket watch in her hand. It was engraved with an inexplicable retro pattern, but she couldn't tell what special meaning it had. It was just the right size, and could be hung on the chest or worn on the wrist.

“It feels a bit cheap,” she said.

"This is a cultural relic from three hundred years ago."

Xia Zhi emphasized the value of this gift, and then said: "Every time you use your ability, you shout 'Stop time', don't you think it's cool?"

"My ability is more than just stopping time," Tokisaki Kurumi reminded him.

“It’s just an example.”

Xia Zhi didn't seem to care much.

The girl wrinkled her nose imperceptibly, her eyes returned to the metal pocket watch in her hand, and pursed her lips slightly.

"...What if I'm not the Tokisaki Kurumi you were in contact with before?"

"Then please help me give it to her."

Xia Zhi said, before the girl's expression changed, he looked at her and continued with a smile:

"When the time comes, I will give you another thank you gift."

"...Mr. Xia Zhi, you don't think that I'm coveting your gift, do you?" Tokisaki Kurumi chuckled, looked at him, and asked with a smile.

"How could that be? Our kind-hearted Miss Time Elf would never do such a thing, right? 747" Xia Zhi said nonsense.

Obviously, no matter what he thought in his heart about the "kindness" he mentioned, at least the listener himself did not believe it.

But Xia Zhi didn't care.

After a pause, he continued

"But if you're willing, I can help you solve this problem."

Tokisaki Kurumi knew what he was talking about, and she had no doubt that the boy could do that kind of thing, but

"……forget it."

Her words basically acknowledged that what appeared in front of the boy was just a "clone".

Before Xia Zhi could speak, the girl continued to ask

"Can I ask which store you bought it from?"

"...a peripheral merchandise store." Xia Zhi turned his eyes away.

Anime peripherals, right?

In other words, it is more of a cosplay watch than a practical one.

The girl thought to herself and snorted.

But, anyway

"Thanks……"

And

"No additional thank you gift is needed."

She took a deep breath, looked at Xia Zhi again and said this.

In comparison, I still prefer the current one.

The girl thought to herself, with a nice smile on her face:

"I will treasure this, it's the first gift from you."

.......

Chapter 1083: The Girl Who Doesn’t Want and Can’t Be “Conquered”

In the quiet street late at night, the footsteps of two people could be clearly heard.

However, what was slightly different from before was that there was also the sound of a girl humming softly.

It seems that she is in a good mood.

Listening to the pleasant humming sound coming from his ears, Xia Zhi thought to himself.

This was the first time he saw the girl so relaxed.

If her words just now hadn't indicated that she was the Tokisaki Kurumi he knew before, he would have suspected that a much younger isomorph from another time had come up.

"Mr. Xia Zhi, are you implying that I'm very old?" Tokisaki Kurumi turned her head and looked at him and asked.

"I didn't say that."

Xia Zhi denied it on the spot and said in a matter-of-fact tone: "Miss Kuang San, isn't she eighteen years old?"

"Oh, I'm only sixteen years old." The girl replied with a chuckle.

If you look at her age, that's true.

Tokisaki Kurumi could also tell from the boy's expression that it was obvious that he didn't believe what she said at all.

However, since she was in a good mood, she would not worry too much about it, she thought to herself.

"..."

On the other side, looking at the silver pendant on the fair neck of the girl next to him, Xia Zhi felt a little regretful.

Ever since receiving the pocket watch, Tokisaki Kurumi has hung it inside her clothes and never taken it out again.

It’s a bit of a pity, Xia Zhi really wants to see her shouting “The_World”.

It was unclear what the boy was thinking. As if she was finally tired of walking, the girl found a bench on the street and sat down.

"Mr. Xia Zhi, is it really okay for you not to go back to accompany your girlfriend so late?"

After stretching slightly, Tokisaki Kurumi looked at the boy who also sat down and asked curiously.

"It's okay, I've already said hello to Mio." Xia Zhi replied.

"really?"

Tokisaki Kurumi tilted her head slightly, obviously not quite believing it.

After all, generally speaking, no normal girl would agree to her boyfriend going out in the middle of the night to "date" another girl, right?

...Oh, it seems that the other party is not a normal person in the traditional sense.

It should be said that they are not human beings at all.

She raised her head and looked at the starry sky above her head, her eyes flickering slightly, and no one knew what she was thinking.

People often say that the dead of night is the time when emotions are richest. Perhaps it is because there is less interference from other things that makes it easier to have wild thoughts.

The same is true for Tokisaki Kurumi.

"Come to think of it, Mr. Xia Zhi is the first boy to spend the night with me." She couldn't help but sigh.

Could you please not make it so easy to be misunderstood?

Xia Zhi thought unhappily as he took out the lunch box that he had prepared long ago from his personal universe.

On the other side, Tokisaki Kurumi stopped talking and just looked at the starry sky above her head quietly, her vision gradually becoming a little absent-minded.

She recalled again what Xia Zhi said that day.

“——If a story doesn’t have a happy ending, then it’s not an ending”…right?

She repeated these words silently in her heart.

If the boy's goal is to save all the elves

Then one day, I will be saved...right?

"Kyouzo."

Hearing the voice of the boy beside her, Tokisaki Kurumi came back to her senses from her distraction, turned her head back in confusion, and felt something soft and sticky being stuffed into her mouth. Subconsciously, she took a light bite, and the sweet taste immediately spread in her mouth.

...It's an egg roll.

"Is it delicious?" Xia Zhi asked, looking into her eyes.

Although delicious,

"…It's not a good habit to just put things in a girl's mouth."

After swallowing the egg roll in her mouth and taking a deep breath, Tokisaki Kurumi looked at the boy and reminded him.

So, can you please not say things that can be easily misunderstood?

Xia Zhi complained in his heart and explained, "I saved these specially for you today."

"Mr. Xia Zhi, have you already planned to come find me, a weak woman who stays out all night?"

"We've known each other for such a long time, how about you stop calling me sir?" Xia Zhi suggested, ignoring her misleading words.

After thinking for a moment, Tokisaki Kurumi tilted her head slightly: "Then... Miss Xiazhi?"

"..."

That was not what I meant.

Xia Zhi was thinking and was about to say something when he heard a rustling sound coming from the bushes beside him.

Then, as they watched, a little orange cat came out from inside, as if attracted by the scent of the lunch box. Its eyes fell on the lunch box on Xia Zhi's legs, and it meowed.

The summer solstice waved to it.

The little orange cat meowed at the two of them again, but did not come forward immediately.

It should be said that Xia Zhi has always had a good relationship with cats. Although he considers himself to be a cat lover at best, rather than a cat lover, and his attitude towards cats is usually limited to the level of petting and throwing away, he is always inexplicably welcomed by cats, and the kitten at home is a typical example.

Therefore, the reason why the little orange cat seems to be hesitating to move forward at this moment must be due to other reasons.

Xia Zhi thought to himself and turned to look at the girl beside him.

As if she had realized something, Tokisaki Kurumi's expression dimmed slightly.

In response, Xia Zhi didn't say anything. After thinking for a while, he picked up a piece of egg roll and gestured to the cat.

After hesitating for a long time, the little orange cat finally couldn't resist the temptation of food and jumped onto his knees in two jumps.

Xia Zhi touched its head.

The little orange cat showed no resistance to the boy's touch, and its eyes were still fixed on the egg roll between his chopsticks.

It’s worthy of being an orange cat.

Xia Zhi sighed in his heart, checked the little orange cat's body, and after noticing that it was another domestic cat, he couldn't help but reveal a look of disappointment.

Shaking his head, he raised his head and looked at the girl and asked:

"Want to touch it?"

"Can I...?" Tokisaki Kurumi hesitated and showed anxiety and nervousness for the first time.

At this moment, she gives people the feeling of a girl of the same age as her appearance.

"Don't worry, it can't run away." Xia Zhi comforted her.

It’s not that it “can’t run”, but that it “can’t run away”.

Tokisaki Kurumi thought to herself, and with Xia Zhi's encouragement, she finally stretched out her hand tentatively and reached out to the cat carefully.

Fortunately, the little orange cat was completely attracted by the food and didn't pay attention to the girl's actions, allowing her to put her hand on itself.

At this moment, Xia Zhi seemed to see the girl's eyes brighten up, and a blush appeared on her fair cheeks.