Having found a demon, I've decided to raise her.

I wonder if Miss Sword Fairy felt embarrassed at all. And after all, although touching a girl's leg is not good in the first place, he didn't do anything too outrageous... right?

I felt a little guilty.

Rumble!

Splash splash splash...

It really started raining heavily. He watched the last customers leave, then flipped the "Open" sign on the shop door over to reveal two different words: "Closed."

He sat in the shop, with only one orange light bulb on to save electricity, and played on his phone for a while, not knowing when the rain would stop.

It's been a long time since he played YGO, so he started a game.

After playing for a while, he suddenly felt something was wrong and looked up outside.

On the dimly lit road, there seemed to be a shadow standing there, which startled Chen Ming in the middle of the night. Fortunately, the streetlights still provided some light, and he took a closer look.

It appeared to be a slender young girl standing outside.

The torrential rain poured directly onto her.

Chen Ming frowned, found a long-handled umbrella in the shop, pushed open the door and went out.

"Hey? Are you alright?"

He walked over, holding an umbrella.

The slender girl seemed somewhat surprised, her gray eyes watching him approach.

Chen Ming walked to her side, shielded her with his umbrella, and looked down at her. She had long gray hair, gray eyes, and was wearing a familiar-looking outfit.

He raised an eyebrow.

Then I saw the long, black box she was carrying on her back.

Could it be that……

He put aside his doubts and looked at her, saying—

"What's wrong with you? Why are you standing in the rain?"

"I……"

She waved her hand and said—

"The rain suddenly started to get heavier, and I didn't have time to find shelter..."

Is that so?

Chen Ming blinked, then took her hand. A cold sensation washed over him. He frowned and said—

"Then come with me, let's take shelter from the rain in my shop first."

"Huh? Um..."

The gray-haired girl was at a loss, but didn't know how to refuse.

I looked up at his face.

He's a busybody.

……

Chen Ming was initially worried about what would happen if the girl got completely soaked, but after arriving at the store, he found that she didn't seem to have gotten much rainwater on her.

He found it a little strange, placed a bowl of hot wontons in front of her, and said—

"Drink this to warm yourself up."

"No need, I don't have any money..."

The gray-haired girl declined.

He smiled and said—

"I wasn't planning to charge you. Since it's already made, if you don't want it, I'll just have to throw it away and waste it."

Upon hearing the word "waste," the girl scratched her head in slight distress, then smiled at him and said—

"Okay, thank you."

He's such a kind person.

She thought for a moment and said—

"I forgot to introduce myself. I'm Fu, you can call me A-Fu."

"I am Chen Ming."

"Mr. Chen Ming, is that right? I understand."

Ah Fu smiled, took a sip of the hot soup, felt the warmth spread through her heart, and let out a sigh of relief.

Chapter 63 Afu's Thoughts

What comes to mind when you hear the name Afu?

A burly, red-haired man whose basic attack has a sound effect; his signature moves are "Crow Takes Flight" and "Tornado Destroys Parking Lot".

A popular character from a classic animated film.

Black Tiger Afu.

Chen Ming looked around, fearing that Uncle Long, who borrowed something and wouldn't return it, might suddenly appear.

Well, the Miss Fu in front of me is clearly a slender and beautiful girl with gray hair and gray eyes, giving her an otherworldly feel.

He was wearing that school uniform; Dongyi also had a set.

However, Dong Yi was wearing white stockings, while Miss Fu was wearing black ones.

Black...black stockings, Ah Fu?

Miss Fu pulled her feet back, and Chen Ming, realizing his gaze was somewhat impolite, looked away. He was a long-time foot fetishist and sometimes couldn't control himself.

The atmosphere seemed a little awkward.

Chen Ming looked outside, and, trying to make conversation, said—

"Where does Miss Fu live? It's raining harder now, would you like to call and let her know you're safe?"

"It's okay, my family knows I can protect myself."

If a delicate girl said this, Chen Ming would generally only think she lacked a sense of security if he didn't know she was a sword immortal.

Afu looked at Chen Ming and said—

"Mr. Chen Ming, have you met a strange person recently? Someone who is dressed similarly to me?"

"..."

Chen Ming knew perfectly well who she was asking about; it was probably someone looking for Dong Yi. That useless swordsman had escaped from school, and A Fu was probably here to take her back.

He thought for a moment, then gave a vague answer and said—

“I met her. She was dressed the same as you, and she was very pretty, so I remembered her.”

"Um...pretty or something..."

Afu smiled somewhat embarrassedly, then continued to ask—

"So, do you know where she went?"

"Yeah, I gave her a pancake, and then she said she wanted to exorcise demons or something. I guess it's just chuunibyou (middle school syndrome)."

He tried to choose what he wasn't lying to say, but he didn't let Afu know that Dongyi was currently at his house.

After all, what Dongyi said was quite terrifying, something about being imprisoned for thousands of years. He felt that he should help if he could.

and……

The thought of Dongyi inevitably brought to mind that embarrassing incident, and a sense of resistance to her leaving arose in my heart.

It's probably his possessiveness that's causing this; thinking about it that way, he really has the potential to be a scumbag.

Sometimes I really feel like I'm pretty bad.

Chen Ming sighed.

Afu blinked and asked—

"What's wrong?"

"No, it's just that I suddenly realized I'm sometimes pretty terrible."

"I see..."

Ah Fu lowered her gaze, drew her eyelids, and said—

"It's true, sometimes I feel like I'm no good at anything, and I can't compare to others in anything I do."

"...I was just making a casual remark, why am I suddenly feeling so down?"

It's not even 12 o'clock yet, even NetEase Cloud Music doesn't start this early. Chen Ming looked at A Fu, who had a gloomy face. She took a sip of soup, which felt warm.

She said—

"I just suddenly wanted to say this. I wouldn't dare say it at school or at home because it seems like I'm already quite outstanding in other people's eyes."

"...But you don't think so?"

"Sometimes I think so too, because people keep saying and admiring you, so sometimes I believe it."

Afu smiled softly, but there was a hint of self-mockery and helplessness in her eyes.

"The result is just an illusion..."

"..."

What does that mean? It was all so nonsensical; Chen Ming had no idea what A Fu was talking about.

He thought for a moment, then smiled and said—

I guess you're the kind of 'perfect child' that everyone admires.

"what is that?"