Comet Dragon, breaking into the gravity field

But the problem is-

Ritsu Narose couldn't just watch Nagasaki Suyo dig a hole and bury herself, otherwise he would have to dig this miserable little fool out later.

Therefore, contact with Toyokawa Shoko is inevitable.

"So Ruoye-san did this to help her relieve some of the financial pressure?"

"……Um."

Since it was Riku Narose who guessed it himself, there should be no problem, right?

He no longer had to choose between concealment and silence like he did when facing Su Shi's questioning. When he no longer needed to hide, Ruo Yemu felt relaxed from the inside out for the first time.

Even the mango juice tasted better.

However, in Mingse Ritsu's eyes, he could never figure out what Wakaba Mu was thinking at the moment.

This girl's thoughts are not as obvious as Chihaya Aine's, nor can they be observed through small body movements like Nagasaki Suyo's.

In a sense, she is even more difficult to deal with than Takamatsu Deng.

There would be no progress if I continued to deal with her, so it would be better to just explain the situation directly.

Thinking of this, Ritsu Narose stated his conditions.

"The starting price is 60,000 yen, and the upper limit is 100,000 yen - this is the price I will charge for hiring Toyokawa Shoko. The difference in price will be determined by the finished product she makes."

"This is the price I gave her based on my listening to 'Haruhi Kage' and my complete satisfaction with it, and based on a comprehensive consideration of her ability, fame, and status. It does not include any other irrelevant factors."

"Just relay the truth later, Wakaba-san."

After saying this, seeing that Wakaba Mu was just looking down at his phone and writing down what he had just said word for word, Mingse Ritsu picked up the bill next to him and went to pay.

After saying goodbye and leaving the coffee shop, Ritsu Narose calculated the time and decided to go to [RING] to check out the situation.

As a result, as soon as he walked into the recording studio that they had rented every afternoon during this period, he saw Lenai, who was still concentrating on playing the guitar, suddenly looked up at him.

The intense guitar music suddenly stopped, and the band's lead guitarist walked in front of Ritsu Narose, like a cat waiting for something.

"Plectrum."

"...Isn't the pick in Lenai's hand?"

Seeing that Kaname Rakuna was still holding the green pick she usually used in her right hand, Ritsu Naruse asked curiously.

“This is grandma’s.”

He held the pick in his hand in front of his eyes and looked at it. Kaname held it in his palm again and looked at Naruse Ritsu again: "I want something like Aine."

"Eh? Me?"

Chihaya Aine had never expected the topic to suddenly focus on her, and her eyes widened instantly.

And when she thought about her relationship with Ritsu Naruse and what happened last night after she accepted the pick in her hand, her expression became even stranger.

"Is there something special about that pick?"

It seemed like she was just asking out of curiosity, but the murderous intent in Nagasaki Suyo's words that could not be concealed had completely exposed her true thoughts.

Fortunately for Chihaya Aine, Kaname Rakuna did not choose to ignore her, but blinked and kept looking at Naruse Ritsu, waiting for him to give a clear answer.

Facing the twinkling blue and gold eyes, Naruse Ritsu thought for a moment and said, "How about I buy one as a gift for Lenai-chan tomorrow? It just so happens that I haven't prepared a gift for you since you joined the band."

"..."

There was no response, but the cat's mood dropped at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Naruse Ritsu had to patiently ask: "Um... why would Rakuna-chan want that kind of pick?"

“It feels very warm.”

Eh? Warm?

I'm not a Flame Dragon, so scales and "warmth" have nothing to do with each other, right?

While Ritsu Narose was distracted doing reading comprehension, Nagasaki Suyo started to act again.

With a faint smile, she walked over to Chihaya Aine and asked her in her most common business voice if she could see what kind of pick could actually arouse Kaname Rakuna's interest.

The noise here naturally could not be hidden from the ears of Ritsu Narose. When he turned around, he saw Chihaya Aine's look of help.

Seeing Ritsu Narose nodded, and remembering what she said to him last night, Chihaya Aine handed over the pick with a guilty look on her face - and turned the side with the stick figure engraved on it upwards, making her last and useless effort.

If the color of the pick only made her doubt, then the cold touch from her fingertips was the final blow that gave Nagasaki Suye the answer.

Although she had never touched Ritsu Narose's scales, she was sure of where the material of this pick came from.

Turning to the other side, Nagasaki Suyo saw four letters engraved on it.

Suddenly, jealousy grew rapidly in her heart like ivy climbing a wall, and the forced smile on her face was finally difficult to maintain.

116. Pink Hair Creates a Shocking Change

"Should I have taken out that pick..."

At night, Chihaya Aine sat on the sofa in the living room on the first floor of Naruse Ritsu's house. Looking at the precious treasure in her hand, she couldn't help but regret her nature of liking to show off.

"This isn't Aine's fault." Thinking of Su Shi's desolation when she saw the pick, Naruse Ritsu didn't know what to say. "Anyway, I'll have a good talk with Su Shi later."

As he spoke, a warm feeling came over him.

"Narose-kun actually likes Suyo too, right?"

"yes……"

Unable to deny this, and unwilling to lie in front of Aine, Ritsu Narose chose to admit it directly.

"Hum~"

Chihaya Aine smiled softly, as if she was proud of guessing the answer correctly, and also as if she was satisfied with Naruse Ritsu's honest expression.

"If Suze confessed first, Naruse Ritsu would agree, right?"

"Ah."

"At times like this, you should just say 'No!'"

While using the old London Union Jack pronunciation, Chihaya Aine grabbed the exposed tail of Naruse Ritsu.

The silver scales sparkled in the light, making one curious about what it would look like in its true form.

"But to be honest...it's okay even if I agree to confess to Su Shi."

Suddenly, Chihaya Aine said the most important words in a casual tone.

Looking at the astonished Ritsu Narose, she smiled and then expressed her thoughts.

"Because Naruse-kun is an ancient dragon that flies incredibly fast, I was wondering if I could really keep you here by myself."

"What one person can't do, two or three people might be able to do."

"And I know that a guy like Naruse-kun would definitely want to have multiple relationships, and maybe even have the idea of ​​establishing a harem."

Not sure if she was trying to convince Ritsu Narose or herself, Chihaya Aine lay on Ritsu Narose's legs, quietly admiring his beautiful blue eyes.

"What do you think, Naruse-kun?"

When she heard Chihaya Aine's question, Ritsu Naruse did not answer immediately.

He once heard someone say that the best way to judge whether you are in love with another person is to imagine whether you would be indifferent when the other person leaves you.

In the past, he scoffed at such extreme statements, regarding them as foolish acts of failing to distinguish between inner love and possessiveness.

But now he picked it up again.

He realized that human emotions could never be clearly understood until they were faced firsthand—or perhaps they would never be clearly understood.

His love for them may have been accompanied by possessiveness from the very beginning.

Seeing the changing expressions on his face, Chihaya Aine seemed to understand something and smiled as warm as the sun.

Holding the girl in front of him in his arms, Ritsu Narose seemed to gain courage and strength from it.

A few minutes later, the two left the brightly lit house and walked in different directions on the dark roadside.

With the strength drawn from Chihaya Aine, Naruse Ritsu rose higher.

In modern times, cities at night are much more lively than during the day.

Buildings of various colors flash between the streets and alleys, and the noisy sounds bring the so-called atmosphere of fireworks.

But as Ritsu Narose flew higher and higher, the warmth brought by the voices and lights gradually faded, and the remaining chill continued until he reached a high-end apartment in Roppongi.

The neon lights in the distance have nothing to do with the dark room in front of me, as if they were in two different worlds.

Floating outside Nagasaki Suyo's room, Naruse Ritsu first sent a message on Line. However, after a long time, he did not hear any footsteps coming from the room.

Seeing that this tricky method didn't work, he landed on the ground and prepared to launch a frontal attack from the Nagasaki family's gate.

Even though the messages he sent have always been in the "unread" status, Ritsu Narose believes that Nagasaki Suyo must know the content of them clearly.

After sending the message that he was waiting at the main entrance, Ritsu Narose immediately pressed the doorbell, not caring at all whether Ms. Nagasaki was at home or whether his rating in Sushi's mother's eyes might drop to the bottom.

A few minutes later, he heard the faint sound of slippers stepping on the wooden floor coming from inside the house. He stood at the door and waited quietly, and soon saw the door being slowly opened from the inside.

"good evening."

Facing the cold-faced Nagasaki Suyo, he took the initiative to greet her.

Even though the owner of the house did not invite her, Ritsu Narose walked into the room naturally and changed into guest slippers.

When the door closed again, the whole house fell into darkness.

The fear of darkness is etched deep within human DNA. However, darkness, which symbolizes the unknown and danger, has been replaced in modern times by electric lights, which are more efficient than campfires.

However, Nagasaki Suyo did not turn on any lights from the bedroom to the main entrance of the house.

In Nagasaki Suyo's past, she often lived alone in this incredibly large house at night.

From the beginning, I was so frightened by my own exuberant imagination that I dared not leave the room; then, my physiological needs forced me to walk timidly to the bathroom with a night light, turning on all the light switches I could reach on the way; finally, like now, I was completely accustomed to walking in the pitch-black house...

Nagasaki Suyo spent many years being forced to learn all of this.

Following behind her, Ritsu Narose didn't say anything and didn't turn on the light.

He quietly followed the footsteps in front of him, walked to the second floor, and then to Nagasaki Suyo's bedroom. On the way, Naruse Ritsu didn't hear any other movement - it seemed that Ms. Nagasaki was not at home tonight.

Only after the two of them entered the room did Nagasaki Suyo turn on the bedroom light.

The warm yellow light adds a touch of life to the room, and it is no different from when Ritsu Narose visited before.

The bedding on the bed was not lifted up, but there were traces of a body pressing on it - probably caused by Nagasaki Suyo lying on it and playing with her mobile phone.

Nagasaki Suyo stood quietly in the middle of the bedroom. Her loose pajamas covered her calves, but could not hide the girl's curvy and exquisite figure.

"What are you here for?"

"Because I have something important to say to Su Shi, I visited her overnight."

As if she had heard a joke, Nagasaki Suyo no longer showed her usual businesslike smile, but instead showed a chilling smile.

"He was trying to break in from the terrace just now, but now he's pretending to be serious."

"As long as it can achieve our goal, I will seriously consider any method." Unconcerned with the mockery in her words, Naruse Ritsu remained calm. "That's why I'm here now. I want to make things clear with Su Shi."

"Is it about Chihaya Aine?"

"It's about me and Nagasaki Suyo."

117. I am the only one who supports the king

"We have nothing to say."

"Then why did Sushi open the door anyway?"

Without responding to this, Nagasaki Suyo, who was wearing pajamas, sat silently on the bed and turned to talk about what happened this afternoon.

"So you're here to explain the pick?"

Anyone with a discerning eye can see the thoughtfulness and care put into the pick - if they didn't really like it, who would be willing to give such an exquisite and complex gift that is difficult to replicate in the world?

"Because I confessed to Aine last night."

Even though he was prepared, when Ritsu Narose saw a look of despair spreading across Su Shi's face, he still felt a deep sense of guilt.