Do you like Yu-Gi-Oh even if it's like this?

"This is a gift - I gave your teacher an identical one."

"..."

A middle-aged woman named Ni, the years have not taken away too much of her brilliance.

However, along the gloomy river, her movements still illuminated a curtain that did not belong to white.

"If you drop out of school now and go to the streets to sweep the streets, you can buy a box of this in about three months without eating or drinking."

"..."

"I've already sent one box to the teacher, but you want me to send another one?"

"It has nothing to do with the teacher! I just want to take those classmates away..."

"lotus!"

Ni's face became hideous, and was reflected in Lian's dark eyes which were gradually filled with tears.

"……(shake)"

"Think about it carefully. If you don't give me gifts, why would they help you? Do you want me to deal with those kids?!"

Ni lifted Lian's little head and made her look directly at herself.

"Or do you prefer to go out and sweep the streets right now?!"

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Human evil may have no source.

——I knew it since the first time I saw Udumbara.

Not out of hatred, not out of malice, not out of habit, not even out of love - people can show their evil.

As the sun was setting, I was sitting on a swing in the park, with a black ball curled up in a corner beside me.

She was wrapped in slightly larger clothes, and her immature body was filled with depression, as if the sunset had arrived early.

“I see… this is what happened.”

"..."

——If someone says “You will go sweep the streets tomorrow”, as a child, there is nothing you can do to resist.

Even if we refute it with legal obligations - how can there be any outcome other than conflict and mediation?

Turning a blind eye to the garbage and at the same time attacking the person who made him see it - this is what the parent named Ni did.

Lian buried her head deeper.

“…You won’t speak?”

"Teacher, do you want to help me?"

"I'll wait for you to speak."

"Crack~" I squeezed the swing's armrest tightly.

——People cannot save others.

To be precise, these acts of assistance, if not participated in by the individual himself, will become a "reshaping" of others.

It is impossible to tell whether the traces left behind are good or bad.

In the past, I would not hesitate to create Die as Haruka's rival in her growth, but now I pay more attention to the children's own ideas.

"..."

But I got no answer - only the sunset passed by.

From the distance came the hustle and bustle that gradually died down, and then the aroma of food wafted from every household.

"crunch~"

I jumped off the swing, straightened my clothes, walked over to her and pulled her up.

"...?"

"Would you please, dear lady, dine with me?"

The black nun's uniform no longer looks round after the transformation, but instead has sharp edges at the corners.

Thus, my bow also carried the flavor of a gentleman.

"……it is good."

She stretched out a hand and gently touched the palm of my hand.

Although Alice's outfit was strange, at least it was not a kimono, so she would not be scolded in the street - if she lost something, she would probably be able to find it quickly.

That’s a long story, we chose a western restaurant nearby.

The decoration is decent, and there is a romantic light as the night falls.

I put her in her seat and flipped through the menu.

"What do you want to eat?"

Lian sat upright, thanks to her temperament, she did not look rustic in her school uniform, with her toes touching the ground, looking well-behaved and quiet.

"…I want to drink."

——Of course, requests are not very cute.

“This——haha.”

Instead of refusing directly, I called the waiter.

"Do you have ice wine? Made in Canada."

If it tastes like honey and fruit, I don't think she would hate it.

Each deck can have up to three cards of the same name:

Chapter 266 3 The hustle and bustle of the living

"Ice wine?"

The neatly dressed waiter was stunned for a moment, then turned around and asked the manager next to him.

"Sorry, we don't have ice wine in stock. If you want something similar, please contact us."

He glanced at Lian who was standing beside him, but Lian lowered her head and pretended not to see it.

"…How about fruit wine?"

"Forget about the fruit wine."

——If they don’t even want to tell you the brand, it’s probably not a good wine.

"Excuse me, can I bother you for a moment?"

A voice suddenly came from the side.

I looked up and saw an elegant man in a suit, probably around forty years old, speaking to me.

"Excuse me, are you going to give the child alcohol?"

"……you are?"

"My name is Yae - this is my business card."

A business card was handed to me and I took a look at it - Yae, Bangkui Pharmaceutical.

...Could this guy be?

"Two-character names are rare... in this country."

Then I remembered that I was using Alice's body and added.

"The single-name law was not so strict a few decades ago. At that time, many people still had given names... There were also people like me who only left their surnames."

——Maybe he has Japanese blood...?

Moreover, it is true that if one has bloodlines from other countries, many laws will be relaxed.

By the way, Ji Li Wu's name is also a two-character name, but she completely forgets why it is two characters.

"Let's get back to the point... Although I'm not a doctor, I'm also in this profession, so let me say one thing - drinking alcohol is not good for children's health."

"So I chose ice wine, which is less irritating to the body." I tapped the table with my fingertips. "But if you don't have it, there's nothing I can do."

“Even if it’s ice wine…”

"I understand you, Mr. Yae - but let me just state my conclusion... Your relationship with your daughter cannot be replaced by giving advice to strangers."

"...!"

I shook my head:

"——You have a...relative, I think it should be a daughter, right?"

Cold reading - the technique of reading information based solely on the other person's subconscious reactions.

The efficiency varies depending on the object and the user, but the accuracy is questionable.

"Oh, it looks like you are really hiding something."

The surprise on Yae's face faded, and I could feel his leather shoes swinging towards the door for a moment - a subconscious sign of retreat.

Of course, my cold reading skills are not very sophisticated. At best, I can just copy others’ ideas… After all, someone has used this trick against me before.

But if you know the answer in advance and use some tricks at the card table, you can create the illusion of using cold reading.

"Excuse me, who are you...?"

"Alice--Miga Alice."

"Miss Alice, why are you…"

"From what I know, medical managers are quite indifferent to these unhealthy things as long as they don't affect their relatives."

Whether it is a lamp or...bamboo.

"Doctors are a high-risk group for alcoholism. As one of the leaders of this industry, I think you should know this."

"That's true, but..."