The next morning, Gensou woke up slowly, holding the coat that was covering him. He tilted his head in confusion, but didn't pay much attention. After all, since he hadn't been woken up, it meant that the visitor was not hostile. Perhaps Nanoha and the others had come and, seeing that he was asleep, hadn't woken him up.

Ah... sleeping feels so good, I wish I could go back to sleep for a while longer.

Still somewhat drowsy, Yuanxiang leaned back in his chair, rubbed his coat against his face, and slowly drifted off to sleep again in the warm morning light.

But just as he was about to drift off to sleep, Yuanxiang suddenly remembered something, sprang up with a 'whoosh', and the cold glint in his eyes was so intense that no one could look him in the eye. After quickly tidying himself up, he pushed open the door and strode off to the east.

"Oh ho ho ho, Brother Yuanxiang, it's been a while since you've shown up. I thought you'd fallen for someone else."

The woman in blue squinted at Genjiro, who was charging towards her at full speed, and said with a hint of annoyance, while Genjiro calmly patted his sleeves and replied with a smile:

"Hmph, don't make me sound so heartless. You know, when I get busy, it's normal for me to disappear for three or four days."

"Oh my, Yuanxiang is as talkative as ever."

The woman in blue smiled, her eyes narrowed, and said with a hint of resentment:

"They don't care, but it's pitiful that those bright red and tempting little ones waited so long for you, and ended up being taken away by other customers."

"That is indeed a pity."

Yuanxiang sighed with great heartache and replied helplessly:

"But I've been thinking about this day and night. Look, I came as soon as I had some free time, haha. This time I'm going to treat myself to something luxurious. But Hanako-nee, the peaches don't look very fresh today."

"Pfft!!!"

As soon as Gensou finished speaking, he heard a spray of water behind him. He and Hanako looked up at the same time and saw Kirisu Mafuyu, her face flushed, patting her chest to catch her breath. After noticing the two men's gazes, Kirisu Mafuyu's face turned even redder. She made a few random, mumbling gestures, seemingly trying to explain, but after realizing how ridiculous she looked, she ran away as if her life depended on it.

"Oh my, I didn't expect Kirisu-sensei to be such an imaginative person."

Hanako chuckled, touching her cheek as she watched Kirisu Mafuyu's retreating figure and spoke softly. But immediately, her expression hardened, and she glared at Genji, saying angrily:

"How can these peaches not be fresh? Look at the sheen, feel the texture, smell the aroma—they're top-notch! They even specially saved them for you... Oh, sorry, the ones they saved for you are over here..."

"I knew it!"

A moment later, Gensou, carrying a box of peaches, walked back to the office humming a tune with satisfaction. After such a big battle, he felt like something was missing if he didn't eat a few more peaches.

"Brother Yuanxiang!!!"

Just then, a familiar voice came from the upper left. Takamachi Nanoha, who had just stepped out of her house, called out happily and then rushed towards Gengo with quick steps. Gengo immediately lifted the box up to prevent the cute peaches from being crushed by brute force.

The result was that Nanoha Takamachi bumped into Gengo's chest with a 'thud'. The little girl touched her slightly sore nose, put her hands on her hips unhappily, and glared at Gengo, saying:

"Brother Yuanxiang, shouldn't you have just put down the box and hugged me?!"

"Ah, generally speaking, I would definitely do that."

Gensou chuckled as he put the box down, showed it to Takamachi Nanoha, and said:

"But these are peaches in there! If you just throw them on the ground and they get crowded together, it'll be..."

"But it will taste different and it will rot easily, right?"

"Uh-huh!"

Seeing that Takamachi Nanoha had learned to answer quickly, Gengo nodded with a look of gratitude and said:

"That's right, as expected of Nanoha, you really understand me. Of course, it's not that I don't care about you, but I'm not bragging."

Gengo grinned smugly at Takamachi Nanoha, flashing his bright white teeth, and said:

“Your brother Yuanxiang has pectoral muscles, so you won’t bump into my ribs and get a sore throat.”

"But the muscles are really hard! Ugh~~~~"

"That...that..."

Just as Nanoha Takamachi reached out and patted Gengo's chest in an annoyed tone, a weak voice came from the side. Gengo looked up and saw Sakura Kinomoto and Tomoyo Daidouji standing at the door of the Takamachi house with a smile on their faces. They greeted Gengo with very subtle expressions.

"Good morning, Yuanxiang-gege."

"Good morning, Sakura! Good morning, Tomoyo."

Gengo responded to the two children with a smile, and after hearing Gengo call out their names, Kinomoto Sakura and Daidouji Tomoyo breathed a sigh of relief.

Are you guys going out to have fun?

Looking at the three children's attire, Yuanxiang casually tucked the suitcase under his arm, waved his free hand, and said:

"Let's go have fun then, there are lots of fun places in Fuuto... What's wrong, Nanoha, why are you looking at me like that?"

"Brother Yuanxiang..."

Nanoha Takamachi pouted and looked at Genjiro, saying:

"Before that, shouldn't you tell us where you've been these past few days?"

Regarding Gengo's sudden disappearance, not only Nanoha Takamachi, but also Sakura Kinomoto and Tomoyo Daidouji were very worried. After all, Gengo's condition was visibly poor at the time, and he certainly wouldn't have acted unless it was something urgent. And for Gengo, a Kamen Rider, anything urgent would undoubtedly involve an incident with a monster. So they were genuinely worried, worried that Gengo in that state might...

"Don't worry, I won't lose. No matter how powerful the enemy is, I will drag him to hell. So have more faith in me."

Gensou noticed Takamachi Nanoha's unease, reached out and ruffled her hair, and said softly:

"Alright, go play now. Brother Yuanxiang is going to enjoy a peach feast!"

Actually... we didn't have any sightseeing plans for today.

At this moment, Daidouji Tomoyo interjected, crossing her fingers and raising them to her chest, smiling as she looked at Gengo and said:

"We're just out for a stroll today and are heading home. We've been here for several days now, so... Gensou-nii, if you don't mind, could you tell us a story?"

"Want to tell a story?"

Gensho brushed the fine hairs off his chin with his fingers, smiled, and replied:

"Of course, no problem! I'm really good at storytelling. Come on in, let's eat some peaches and start telling our story, hee hee hee~~~ Peach, peach, delicious peach~~ Whew~ Whew~~"

Watching Genji happily singing his self-composed tune, Kinomoto Sakura and Daidouji Tomoyo couldn't help but laugh as well. Kinomoto Sakura looked at Takamachi Nanoha, whose face was full of helplessness, and whispered:

"So it turns out that Gensou-nii really likes peaches that much. I thought you were exaggerating, Nanoha."

"That's normal. After all, I don't think there are many people in this world who regularly eat peaches for every meal."

Nanoha Takamachi sighed, and said with a wry smile:

"So sometimes, when you're angry, it just doesn't feel right to argue with Momo. But if you're not angry, you feel like you're being looked down upon. Ugh... Gensou-nii, really!!"

"Huh? What's wrong with me?"

As soon as Nanoha Takamachi finished speaking, Genji's head popped out of the office, blinking his clear and curious eyes as he looked this way.

"It's okay, I'm coming right now."

Nanoha Takamachi didn't dwell on the topic of peaches. Instead, she dragged Sakura Kinomoto and Tomoyo Daidouji into the office, expertly rummaging through the snacks in the cabinet. At the same time, Gengo also came over with a large plate of peaches. He put the plate down, sat on the sofa, bent slightly, took a book from the lower drawer, placed it on his lap, casually flipped to a page, held up his finger, and said in a long, drawn-out voice:

"A long, long time ago, there was a child named Dala Bengba..."

"Brother Yuanxiang, you seem to be making a lot of noise today."

Unexpectedly, Gengo actually pulled out a storybook to tell a story. Kinomoto Sakura and Daidouji Tomoyo were momentarily at a loss for words. Takamachi Nanoha, meanwhile, took a bite of a peach, looked at Gengo, and said softly:

Is there something upsetting that you'd rather not talk about?

"Shouldn't you be asking me what's making me happy? Why would you interpret it as something upsetting?"

Yuanxiang couldn't help but mutter a complaint, then closed the book and said:

"This is just a warm-up for the lecture, okay? Didn't you really like this kind of thing back then? Hmm... so Nanoha has finally reached the age where she gets bored with the old and craves the new?"

"Yuan! Xiang! Brother! Brother!"

Takamachi Nanoha, her face flushed red from the teasing, angrily threw the peach in her hand at Genji. Genji caught it, took a bite without ceremony, and then gently ruffled Takamachi Nanoha's hair, saying softly:

"Well, this experience was quite outrageous. If it were written as a novel, it would probably be tens of thousands of words long. Seeing you all now feels like a long time has passed."

Gensho slowly recounted his experience to the three children, naturally omitting and altering some details. The entire story was connected by the knights he had recently met. How to put it... he always felt that if the agency ever stopped getting work, he might have to make a living by writing novels... well, his grandfather once said that writing novels was a dead end.

While eating peaches and snacks, time flowed slowly in Yuanxiang's melodious voice. By the time Yuanxiang finished speaking, the large plate of peaches was empty, most of them having gone into Yuanxiang's stomach.

"What's wrong, Nanoha? Why are you looking at me like that?"

After finishing his story, Yuanxiang, who was rubbing his stomach and feeling that he seemed to have eaten less, noticed the strange gaze beside him, smiled, and asked softly:

"It's like seeing a weirdo."

"It's nothing, I just didn't expect..."

Nanoha Takamachi turned the cup around a little sheepishly and said:

“Brother Yuanxiang, you actually told us about this experience so honestly. I thought you were going to quietly change the subject.”

Because the story went astray from the very beginning.

Yuanxiang smiled calmly. It's always the easiest thing to fool people when nine out of ten things are true. As for this misunderstanding, let it continue as it is.

"I feel like my image in your heart is starting to become distorted."

Gengo pretended to complain pitifully to Nanoha Takamachi, but was immediately met with a fierce glare from her. The boy smiled, leaned back on the sofa, and said softly:

"With that chat group around, you can't be considered ordinary kids anymore, so we can't use the same methods we use on ordinary kids to fool you. To be honest, I'm quite worried. What if one day someone with bad intentions joins your group and you just casually run over there to play with them... I really can't rest easy about that."

“Brother Yuanxiang, this shouldn’t be a problem.”

Hearing the unease in Genji's tone, Takamachi Nanoha felt a warmth in her heart and smiled reassuringly at him:

"The chat group provides adequate protection for its members. Members cannot harm each other at all, and there are options such as one-click disconnection and default disconnection. If there is a problem, I believe we will not be trapped."

"and...."

At this moment, Sakura Kinomoto also spoke, a bright smile on her face:

"Although we had never met before, we could feel each other's feelings even across the distance. I believe we are all trustworthy partners! We may be young, but we are not stupid."

"Is that so? I really underestimated you."

Gengo laughed and gently patted Kinomoto Sakura on the shoulder. Then he stood up, stretched his body a little, and then, as if remembering something, looked curiously at the three children and asked:

"Did you guys have so many functions in your group? It feels like a treasure trove. If you dig around properly, you can find all sorts of treasures."

"Well... how should I put it? You could say it's thanks to Sakura..."

When this topic came up, Nanoha Takamachi looked at Sakura Kinomoto with a subtle expression. In the past few days, while playing, Sakura had inexplicably triggered several vulnerabilities in the chat groups. Some of these vulnerabilities even led to a chain reaction of several bugs. As a result, Sakura now had a very substantial number of points. The features she just mentioned appeared after the vulnerabilities in the chat groups were patched.

"Haha, I was just lucky."

Sakura Kinomoto smiled sheepishly. After observing the child for a moment, Gengo took out a coin, held it up in front of her, and said softly:

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