Comet Dragon, breaking into the gravity field

But she did not raise this point. Instead, after giving an affirmative answer, she turned to ask another question which, in her opinion, could not be ignored.

What does she have to pay?

Anyone who has received a normal education and has a sense of propriety and integrity will not always feel at ease accepting the kindness of others.

Whether it was him offering an umbrella yesterday, or her request being granted at lightning speed, or him offering her a drink after they met...

He wanted to give something in return, but in Shiina Riki's impression, this non-human being seemed to have never revealed his desire.

Or perhaps, the desire buried in his heart is something that Shiina Riki cannot observe or realize.

How much can a student do?

Whenever he thought of this fact, Shiina Riki would feel discouraged.

But her dignity did not allow her to ignore it just because she couldn't do it - just like she knew the situation of the band clearly, but still accepted the request of Rinrinko-senpai and other seniors in the band to ask her to participate in that live.

“…Pay what?”

Hearing her question, Naruse Ritsu blinked in surprise, then looked her up and down. After a moment, he nodded and said, "Hmm... Now that I think about it, I do have to get paid."

"What is it?" Shiina Riki suddenly raised her head and saw him staring at her thoughtfully.

Before she could understand the deep meaning in those blue eyes, she heard Ritsu Narushe's words ringing in her ears.

"As for the reward... it's you." After taking a sip of coffee, Ritsu Narose seemed to be completely unaware of the girl's face next to him gradually getting hotter and redder.

"I'm really looking forward to seeing how much Li Xi will grow with this extra 'shadow time'."

After saying that, Ritsu Narose took out his cell phone and clicked on it.

"If we're leaving today..." He looked at the string of numbers displayed above and said slowly, "11:20 pm, is that okay?"

"It's so late, I—"

"Of course you didn't come to me," Naruse Ritsu knew the girl's concerns and was not surprised by her panic. "I came to you."

"and many more!"

Noticing Shiina Riki's intense reaction, Naruse Ritsu still felt that she probably mistakenly thought that he would act rashly - such as knocking on the door and then engaging in a fierce karate exchange with her parents.

"Don't worry, I won't let your parents know. I'll fly into your room through the window and make sure no one sees."

When he told his plan, he saw the expression on Shiina Riki's face become strange again.

"Aren't we going to your living room?"

"Because there were so many people last time, we found a place that was inconspicuous but spacious and convenient for everyone to gather. Now that there are only two of us, it doesn't matter."

Faced with Naruse Ritsu's explanation, Shiina Riki fell silent. After a long while, she said in a sullen tone that she had no other questions.

After walking to the place where Ritsu Naruse gave her the umbrella yesterday, Shiina Riki returned the umbrella to its original owner and walked alone to the cafe on the second floor of LiveHouse.

The time spent working is fleeting, but Shiina Riki doesn't care about this ability that is envied by countless workers.

After returning home, she was waiting for a long time.

The thought of someone climbing in through the window of her room late at night made a subtle emotion grow in her heart.

Shaking her head, she threw away those messy thoughts and sorted out the books on composition that were piled next to the desk in the bedroom.

Although music is composed using computers nowadays, it does not mean that the creators will become useless without computers.

In the past, before computers were invented, countless masters created timeless masterpieces. Today's advanced tools have improved the way people create, but the essence of their work remains unchanged.

And this essence may be the essence of music.

It's just a different carrier, and Shiina Riki believes that he can adapt to this change.

After taking a shower, she hid in the room—or rather, like a soldier about to go to the battlefield, sitting in the tent, nervously waiting for orders.

Her plan was to use the more ample time to transform the inspirations in her mind related to the lyrics of the lamp abbreviation into symbols and record them on paper like Mingse Ritsu had done before.

When she returns home, she can calmly distinguish the quality of her works and finally choose the most suitable one.

As the night deepened, the Shiina family gradually quieted down.

He had no interest in using this fragmented time to look at the composition tutorial book a few more times like before, but as the time got closer to the appointed time, Shiina Riki's anxiety became more and more serious.

What if Ritsu Narose suddenly can’t come tonight due to something?

What if he thinks he's wasting his time?

...liu ba i research wu xi u zero si qiao liao...

Thinking of this, she took out the tutorial book from her bag with inner conflict, turned on the desk lamp and started to read.

An unknown amount of time had passed before Shiina Riki vaguely heard the sound of wind hitting the glass outside the window, and she hurriedly picked up the phone in her pocket to check it.

Time: 11:27 pm.

And in the message column, several messages sent by Ritsu Narose quietly appeared.

93. Traveling through the world at night

When Shiina Riki hurriedly stood up and opened the window behind the desk, she found that there was no one in front of her.

After a moment of hesitation, she pulled open the curtains on the other wall and saw Mingse Ritsu floating in the air with a lot of bags on her back, surrounded by red lights gushing out with the air flow.

"Sorry, I forgot to pay attention to the time..." She hurriedly opened the window and took the big bag from Ritsu Narose's hand while whispering an apology.

"I thought you were asleep."

Although he floated outside like a ghost for a few minutes, Ritsu Narose didn't mind.

He entered Shiina Riki's bedroom by crawling through the window like a fighter jet entering a warehouse.

Compared to the bedrooms of Chihaya Aine and Nagasaki Suyo that I had seen before, Shiina Riki's room was obviously smaller. However, the overall feeling of the room was more like the bedroom of a student who had lived in it for many years.

It seems that through the objects in the room, you can see the trajectory of Shiina Riki's past life.

After looking at the bookcase filled with books, Ritsu Narose turned around and saw the turned-on desk lamp and the spread-out tutorial book on the desk.

Noticing his gaze, Shiina Riki hurriedly closed the book and stuffed it into his bag, then urged him to set off as if nothing had happened.

Compared to before, her aggressiveness has decreased to an astonishing level.

If a pink-haired girl saw this, she would probably suspect that she was still asleep and would lie down on the bed to catch up on her sleep.

"By the way, I think you should have prepared another set of clothes, right?"

"What's the meaning."

As soon as he finished speaking, Shiina Riki found that the environment around him had changed.

A cold moonlight streamed down from the void above. The campfire had gone out. In this aquarium-like camp, the only sound was the distant cries of an unknown bird, echoing off the stone walls.

"As you can see, it's night here too."

Looking at the astonished Shiina Riki, Naruse Ritsu picked up a few pieces of wood that he had stored and placed them in the fire pit. He then took out the processed gunpowder from the box in the camp, ground it, and threw it in.

Soon, a bright flame rose in the camp, illuminating the slightly distorted shadows of the two people.

"So go to bed early."

Looking at Shiina Riki who was still standing there stupidly, Naruse Ritsu sighed and had to take the initiative to approach her and take the backpack that she had not yet found a place to put down.

"Going to bed early and getting up early is a good habit. Young people should not stay up late just because they think they are in good health."

As he spoke, Ritsu Naruse gently pushed Tachibana Shiina towards the tent.

"wait wait wait……"

"What are you waiting for? If you don't sleep, I will sleep."

"But! You, I..."

"What's wrong with me?"

Not finding any stains on his clothes, and sniffing carefully, Ritsu Narose was sure that there was nothing strange on his body.

However, since Shiina Riki resisted so fiercely, it would be better to keep some distance from her.

"Then I'll leave the packing of the tent to you."

After saying that, Ritsu Narose floated to the other side and began to pack his own things.

He figured the trip wouldn't take too long, so he didn't bring too much luggage. He just said goodbye to Melo and Vera and left home.

When he left, the two were still fighting over the use of the controller - there were extra controllers in the living room, but they insisted on having a fight over this matter.

He had no time to resolve the dispute between the two, nor did he intend to mediate. When he sneaked outside Su Shi's room like he did during the day, he saw someone wearing a nightgown that covered her calves, lying on the bed, staying up late playing with her phone.

There was no light in the room, just the curtains were drawn.

Therefore, when Ritsu Naruse suddenly floated outside the glass window, he clearly saw that Nagasaki Suyo was so scared that her cell phone almost hit her face.

For different embarrassing situations, Ritsu Narose has an almost universal way of dealing with them.

That is turning a blind eye.

Landing on the terrace, he pretended not to have seen what had just happened and directly explained his purpose to Nagasaki Suyo.

The next second, he saw what "a woman's face changing" meant.

Even when he recalled it now, he couldn't help but sigh that women seemed to have a natural advantage in this regard.

Ritsu Naruse really couldn't imagine how Nagasaki Suyo transformed from a "shy and coquettish little domestic fox" to a "vigilant wild animal" at such a fast speed.

And it looks a bit like a Tibetan fox.

Of course, "Tibetan Fox" is not referring to Nagasaki Suyo's beautiful appearance, but is just an objective description of her expression.

Taking out equipment that wasn't hers under her scorching gaze—it was no easy task.

Especially since Ritsu Narose was packing and organizing the things in front of him, as if he was about to use them, made someone's eyes widen.

Although he felt a little sorry for Nagasaki Suyo, Ritsu Naruse was not going to tell anyone what Shiina Ritsuki had asked him to do.

On the one hand, he is not a loudmouth, but on the other hand, he has to consider whether the extremely sensitive girl will turn the pressure on herself into pressure on others after learning that her inward-looking behavior has been exposed.

It was not convenient to tell the truth, nor was it easy to ignore it completely, so Ritsu Narose could only express his apology in a tactful way, saying that he didn't know where he had done wrong.

Based on his experience of reading comics, this trick is likely to be useful.

However, when he discovered that the resentful aura surrounding Nagasaki Motoyo had actually faded a little, he couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

What Ritsu Narose didn't expect was that after he left, Nagasaki Motoyo quickly locked the owner of the equipment to a pink-haired person who was already sleeping soundly in bed.

Back to the present, after he sorted out Shiina Riki's equipment, he began to think about the plans for the next few days.

For Shiina Riki's plan that seemed to have been thought up on the spur of the moment, Naruse Ritsu also agreed to it on the spur of the moment.

He hadn't considered the specific process at all at the time, but only realized the more realistic problem after feeling the weight of the equipment.

It seems that he is the one who should take charge of Shiina Riki's life.

This is not to say that Shiina Riki is a giant baby who is unable to live independently, but in his side of the world... many things are definitely not as convenient as the other side.

After all, there are no convenience stores here.

If she only stayed for two or three days, it would be fine—Shiina Riki must have been prepared for this kind of situation herself, but if it lasted longer...

Not knowing how long it would take to compose the music, Ritsu Narose could only wish her to defeat the pressure chasing after her as soon as possible.

Although her depressed and weak look due to stress is very cute and has a certain degree of contrast, Ritsu Narose still prefers her original appearance.

After recording today's extra thoughts in his notebook, Ritsu Narose continued to stare at the wood that was still crackling.

Not until he heard the sound of tired and even breathing in the tent did he leave the camp with minimal noise and head to the vast coral plateau outside to begin patrolling.

94. He must imagine that Flame King Dragon is happy

When Shiina Riki woke up from the tent and saw a place that was completely different from her own room, her brain, which had not yet fully started, gradually realized that she had come to another world.

She sat up, not feeling cold in her shirt, but just staring blankly at the blanket covering her.

Turning her head and seeing that the clothes beside the pillow were still neatly folded, Shiina Riki breathed a sigh of relief for some reason, but at the same time, she felt a slight chill wandering on the surface of her body.

After getting dressed and opening the tent, she finally calmed down and saw the flickering light from the extinguished flames under the huge stone furnace.

There was something placed inside the stone furnace, seemingly using the residual heat to heat it—or perhaps to keep it warm.

"Good morning."