Comet Dragon, breaking into the gravity field

It would be a bit inappropriate to train a group of primary school students at this time, so Mingse Ritsu, who has always been caring for the humanities, specially found a Feng Shui treasure land and asked them to form a team to do their summer homework.

As for Sanjiao Chuhua, who had finished most of his homework at the beginning of summer vacation, he naturally got the right to go out.

It was still a combination of watermelon ice and small pudding. The two stood in the shade, watching the ship on the sea not far away gradually approaching the shore.

Glancing at the girl next to him, Mingse Ritsu suddenly asked, "Hatsuka seems nervous?"

"Hey! Am I nervous?"

Touching his face, Sanjiao Chuhua smiled embarrassedly, but did not deny his words.

Knowing the reason why Sankaku Hatsuka came here, Narose Ritsu stopped joking and continued to observe the figure that appeared on the boarding bridge.

Soon, a familiar yet unfamiliar figure appeared in Ritsu Narose's sight.

A graceful blue-haired girl wearing a white sunhat emerged into the sunlight, following her family. As she walked down the boarding bridge, she turned her head slightly, quietly observing her surroundings.

Seeing an acquaintance appear in front of him in another form, Ritsu Narose's mood suddenly became a little subtle.

"I think I saw Chuhua's friend."

"Really?!" Sanjiao Chuhua's face lit up with joy, but then he blinked in confusion, "Master Shen also knows Xiaoxiang?"

"I know her, but she doesn't know me." While telling the truth, Mingse Ritsu changed the subject: "Don't you plan to go over there and take a look?"

"I..." Looking towards the dock, Sanjiao Chuhua withdrew his gaze and shook his head, saying, "No, it's better for me not to disturb Xiaoxiang."

As a resident who has lived on the island since childhood, although she has no awe of Toyokawa Shoko, it is different for those adults who look very powerful.

Seeing the bustling scene in the distance, a vague sense of loneliness floated in her heart. But when she saw that there was someone accompanying her, pure peace of mind smoothed out the wrinkles in her heart.

"Is it really okay?" Naruse Ritsu asked with concern, "Hatsuhua has seemed absent-minded these past few days. You've been looking forward to it, haven't you?"

"Hmm..." He responded muffledly, but suddenly Sankaku Hatsuka showed an expression that seemed a little aggrieved in the eyes of Naruse Ritsu.

"I'm sorry, did I make a mistake?"

The purple eyes reflected the expression of Ritsu Narose. Sankaku Hatsuka looked at him and gradually gathered courage in his heart.

"I want to say—" Her throat suddenly felt dry, but she still insisted: "What I want to say is that I am very grateful to God-sama."

"Before Lord Shen showed up, I always thought I would be alone on the island waiting for Xiaoxiang. I never thought it would be like this."

"Well, I don't know how to describe this feeling... But I know that I am happier now that I am with God-sama than when I was standing alone on the lighthouse in a daze before I met God-sama."

Thinking of the words she heard a few nights ago, the regret she felt turned into another motivation that drove her to speak the truth.

"so--"

"Although I'm looking forward to Xiaoxiang coming here, I also enjoy spending time with Master Shen. Because..."

"Because this is a unique memory that belongs to God and me!"

Her inner thoughts blurted out, and only after she finished speaking did she realize what she had said. Her cheeks were slightly hot, and her long eyelashes covered her eyes. She lowered her head and took a bite of the white ice cream in her hand to hide her shyness at the moment.

——"Chuhua?"

There was no response from Ritsu Narushe, and another clear voice suddenly appeared.

In front of Ritsu Naruse and Hatsuka Sanka, they saw their childhood playmate Shoko Toyokawa, who smiled with great joy.

Just as she was about to move forward, she saw another stranger standing next to Sanjiao Chuhua.

And in her opinion, the distance between these two people seemed a little too close?

Sanjiao Chuhua had never expected to see Toyokawa Shoko here. She stood there in a daze for a moment, letting the little pudding in her mouth fall to the ground.

9. Xiao Xiaoxiang is so cute~

Stepping out of the closed cruise ship, onto the boarding bridge and gazing into the distance, Toyokawa Shoko had already spotted that small golden figure. As soon as she got her parents' permission, she couldn't wait to head over there.

Before she greeted him, she had anticipated the identity of Naruse Ritsu. Toyokawa Shoko thought this young-looking man might be a relative of her friend, but she didn't expect his relationship with Sankaku Hatsuka to be more complicated than she imagined.

"The tourists who live next door?"

As Ritsu Narose said goodbye to them and walked away, Toyokawa Shoko could barely contain her curiosity. The atmosphere between the two of them, and her intuition, told her that the man and Chuhua seemed to have more than just a "neighbor."

While smiling at her friends whom she hadn't seen for a long time, Sankaku Hatsuka tried to identify the parts of her story with Naruse Ritsu that she could tell.

As for Ritsu Narose, he also didn't intend to get too involved with the current Shoko Toyokawa - not because he was afraid that something strange would happen in the future, but because he really couldn't maintain a decent smile in front of this girl.

Thinking about the Shoko Toyokawa he knew, and then looking at the current one, the huge sense of absurdity made Ritsu Narose laugh.

Do you want to secretly take a photo as a souvenir?

With thoughts that were enough to make the person involved call the police in his mind, he walked leisurely towards the town.

"Yo--"

Hearing someone greeting him on the street, Ritsu Narose nodded in response out of habit.

Although the time was short, his ability to control the children in the town left a deep impression on the townspeople.

His actions were as wonderful as the Pied Piper of Hamel in the fairy tale, but he was much gentler than the one in the story, not to mention that his act of assigning the group members to do homework brought smiles from the group members to their families' faces.

He thought it was another parent thanking him, but when he turned around, he saw Sanjiao Chuhua's father and another very familiar man.

Looking at the young man approaching, Toyokawa Seikao nodded.

The three of them had no intention of staying on the island for too long - this was originally just an insignificant part of their family's summer trip this year, but he couldn't bear to see his daughter suppressing her loneliness and coming to ask him when they would go to the island every day, so he decided to change the itinerary at the last minute.

Arriving on the island, his wife and her maid went to the villa to tidy up the rooms, while his daughter went to see her long-lost friend. The man, who was left alone, didn't feel lonely. After setting a departure time with the cruise ship captain, he also wandered around the slow-paced town.

After turning a few corners, he saw the father of his daughter's friend.

Because of this relationship, the two of them could be considered familiar with each other. Although he was now committed to the Fengchuan family as a son-in-law, the habits left over from the past had not turned him into a despicable person who would "forget his friends if he became rich and powerful."

When discussing recent events, the topic inevitably turns to the island itself. And aside from the meteor that vanished from the sky, the only topic of conversation these days is the person who has ascended to the throne as the king of children. Seeing his old friend enthusiastically greeting a passing teenager, Toyokawa Kiyoshi knew the character from the story had appeared.

Just as Toyokawa Kiyoaki was observing him, Naruse Ritsu was also secretly observing this human being who was completely different from Mirai.

At this moment, he looked high-spirited and quite elite, completely different from the depressed look he had in his impression.

Thinking of the decadent middle-aged man who drank to drown his sorrows, gave up on himself and was taken to the police station for re-education a few years later, a sigh of impermanence of life emerged in Ritsu Narose's heart again.

What caused him and Xiangzi to fall into such a state?

After pondering it secretly, Ritsu Narose decided to investigate after returning.

Without stopping for long, he said goodbye to the two middle-aged men and continued to travel through the small streets in the town.

After dismissing the group of elementary school students he had tortured all morning, Naruse Ritsu returned to his residence. He checked his phone again, but found that the time point with the smallest error for crossing had not yet arrived. Naruse Ritsu could only continue to wait patiently for the right opportunity.

——"Mr. Farouk, are you home?"

As if a special event was triggered just when he returned home, there were two gentle knocks on the door outside the house, followed by the clear voice of Sanjiao Chuhua.

Opening the door, he saw a blonde girl holding a covered bowl, a friendly, endearing smile on her face. Beside her, Toyokawa Shoko faced him with a generous and appropriate demeanor. Her slightly wary gaze suggested she hadn't yet fully trusted this "neighbor of the Hatsuka family."

After inviting the two to the living room, Ritsu Narose, knowing the purpose of their visit, did not exchange too many pleasantries and chose to get straight to the point.

He opened the container Triangle Chuhua had placed on the table and stared quietly at the purple-black strips and scattered dark green irregular solids in the bowl. After a long moment of careful scrutiny, he suddenly turned to stare at the two people standing beside him. "Is this a prank you guys planned?"

Sanjiao Chuhua's face froze, and he mumbled, "This..."

“This is my scrambled eggs with purple cabbage!”

Without giving Chuhua a chance to save her face, Toyokawa Shoko resolutely stood up and took the initiative to admit what she had done.

"amazing……"

Hearing Naruse Ritsu's frank evaluation, Toyokawa Shoko's fair face immediately flushed. Although she felt very unhappy, facing the reality of failure, she had no reason to refute.

"Ah, I don't mean to be sarcastic." Picking up the chopsticks and tasting a piece, Naruse Ritsu looked calm. "Ms. Toyokawa, you're a newbie. It's quite good that you can do this for the first time."

"Is that so?" The slight embarrassment she felt at her own incompetence vanished, and Toyokawa Shoko bowed slightly, saying with impeccable grace, "Thank you."

"That's enough compliments. As for this—" Naruse Ritsu poked the bowl of unprecedented catastrophe that seemed to have been blessed by Nurgle with his chopsticks again, looking at the blue-haired girl whose face was full of tension, as if she was facing a great enemy, "Do you know why?"

"This... this part I'm also curious about..."

Seeing that Toyokawa Shoko actually lowered her head in shame, Ritsu Narose couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth.

Is this still Toyokawa Shoko? Was she always like this? Could the soft, tender little Shoko of her childhood be so adorable? Could capturing a dark past feel so wonderful?

A violent laugh formed a huge vortex in his heart, almost tearing off the disguise on his face.

No, I feel like if I keep teasing him like this, I might get addicted... Trying hard to keep a straight face, Narose Ritsu suddenly felt the gaze from the other side becoming more and more piercing.

Turning his head silently, he saw Sanjiao Chuhua tilting his head and looking at them with a smile.

...Is it an illusion?

Thinking that the goosebumps he just felt were a sign that he had something to hide, Ritsu Narose hesitated for a moment, but ultimately gave up the idea of ​​continuing to play a prank on Xiangzi.

10.Born a Stranger

Human energy is always limited.

When you make new friends, it's hard not to neglect your old ones. Even if you don't mean to, it's just the way it is.

Although Ritsu Narose didn't care, the other members, seeing the deputy leader's recent dereliction of duty, started to spread rumors and complain, with the ambition of "I can replace him." However, when Ritsu Narose asked who had finished their summer homework and had enough time to coordinate the group's relationships and their respective demands, the loudest members fell silent, staring at the math problems in front of them and wondering where the end of the universe was.

In fact, Triangle Chuhua is only like this during the day.

At night, when no one else knew, she would knock on Mingse Ritsu's door with various excuses, such as "asking for help with difficult summer homework", "sharing the rhinoceros beetle she caught in the forest today", "researching home cooking that Xiaoxiang can also learn", etc.

The door to the inner courtyard was open, letting in the summer night breeze.

Ming was sitting in the living room, and Ritsu Narose was arranging the dishes - to be more precise, she was doing the post-processing of the fried food she had developed tonight.

The oval fried pieces covered with red spots serve as the cap, while the green flat strips that are fried until soft and then become hard when cooled serve as the stem.

Looking at this dish with rich characteristics, Ritsu Narose felt that it would definitely be well received by some mushroom lovers.

However, Toyokawa Shoko and her family probably don't have that kind of hobby...

Continuing to think about how to improve the situation, Ritsu Narose was about to ask for information from Sankaku Hatsuka, but he saw that the girl had closed her eyes and was quietly lying on the homework on the table.

The pen in his hand was put aside, and the open exercise book was already filled with answers.

Her slender arms were resting under her face, and her round, white face rose and fell slightly with her breathing. Her golden hair covered the other half of her cheek, like a piece of fine brocade gently draped over her body.

Her fine eyelashes trembled slightly with her breathing, and her petite body swayed accordingly - if it weren't for these lively details, Ritsu Narose would probably have mistaken her for an extremely delicate doll.

"Am I really that trustworthy..." Sighing, Naruse Ritsu slowly approached the sleeping girl. "Wrong time, wrong place, sleeping here defenselessly... Should I call you naive, or should I criticize you for being foolish?"

Seeing that she was already asleep, Ritsu Narose did not deliberately lower his voice when talking to himself.

He gently patted Sanjiao Chuhua's shoulder, his silky blonde hair brushing against the joints of his fingers, and his fingertips accidentally touched her fair neck, and he felt another different kind of soft touch like an electric current.

The girl groggily opened her eyes after waking from her sleep. She yawned, and her already gentle purple eyes sparkled with an unfathomable brilliance, like water.

The first second was hazy, the second second she regained clarity, and in the third second, only gentle shyness remained in her eyes.

Seeing the figure of Ritsu Narose, the chaotic thoughts that had occurred before she fell asleep flooded into Sankaku Hatsuka's mind again, leaving her stunned and speechless.

Sighing, Naruse Ritsu looked at the blonde girl who was sitting at the table in a daze: "Is Chuhua worried about something?"

Concerned words reached her ears, and Sanjiao Hatsuka, who had been immersed in her own little world, as if falling into a misty fog, finally escaped. Looking into Naruse Ritsu's eyes, she swallowed some of the words, using other feelings to mask her true emotions.

"I just feel like time used to go by so slowly every day, but lately it feels like time has flown by so quickly..." Focusing on the food that others were avoiding, Sanjiao Chuhua's tone seemed the same as always, "Am I being weird?"

"That's not surprising at all," Narose Ritsu's serious words drifted over, his back turned. "Although the passage of time remains unchanged, the way we experience it is different, and therefore our perception of time is also different."

"Besides, Chuhua feels that time has passed quickly. Is it because he dozed off? It's already late."

The joking words did not receive any response. When he turned around to look at the other party, all he got in response was the girl's confused and helpless expression.

"So, something really happened, right? Chuhua doesn't seem happy?"

"I..." Sanjiao Chuhua was silent for a moment, seemingly still affected by the afterglow of his dream. Suddenly, he said, "Because... Xiaoxiang will be leaving in a few days."

"It's really frustrating to meet friends you haven't seen in a while and then have to say goodbye again." Following up on this topic, Naruse Ritsu offered solace, "But there will always be opportunities to meet again in the future, so Chuhua shouldn't worry too much."

There was no response. The girl's fingertips gently brushed over the words on her Chinese homework. Her fingers resting on the footer, she hesitated to turn to the next page. She looked up at the boy, only a few meters away, and suddenly sighed, "We all look like lighthouses..."

"lighthouse?"

"The lighthouses are thousands of miles apart, unable to touch or communicate. The only thing we can do is use our own light to illuminate others." Sankaku Hatsuka softly read the words on the page and looked at Naruse Ritsu's back: "Where is Kami-sama? Will Kami-sama leave too?"

Without dodging or evading the question, Naruse Ritsu answered frankly, "This isn't where I belong, so of course I'm leaving."