The perverted knight also wants to protect the world

【英梨】

Looking at the incoming call information displayed on the screen, he and Kasumigaoka looked at each other and pressed the answer button.

"Really? That woman, Kasumigaoka Utaha, I told you not to let her tell you." The phone was connected, and there was Eriri's complaining voice with a slight tremor.

"Ahem... I'm sorry, Kanye, for making you worry again."

"Where are you now?" asked Gan Ye.

From the voice coming from the phone, it seemed that the other party was in a relatively quiet place.

However, listening to the faint sound of a car passing by not far away, Gan believed that the other party definitely did not go home obediently.

"Hey, Kan'ye." In response to Kan'ye's question, Eriri did not answer, but called out softly.

The girl's voice was trembling, her uneasy heart was filled with fear, trying to find all possible sense of security.

Listening to Eriri's crying voice on the other end of the phone, Kan'ye's anxious heart calmed down.

"I'm here." He responded softly.

As always, it's a reassuring voice.

The girl curled up against the wall, listening to the gentle voice coming from her ears, and her pale lips curled up in a sad arc.

"Really? Why are you suddenly using such a silly voice? I don't even know how to start talking."

"..."

Gan didn't say anything either, but held the phone, quietly waiting for Eriri to continue speaking.

"It's nothing, actually. I just want to apologize to you. I've always troubled you to take care of me, an immature person. Before I knew it, I seem to have become a little dependent on you. I'm really sorry."

There was no tone that made people feel distressed. Although there was a trembling voice while crying, it was full of relief.

"Also, I want to thank you for always being able to tolerate such a cowardly and useless me, and always coming to help me when I get into all kinds of difficulties. I am really grateful."

The girl raised her head and leaned the back of her head against the cold wall. Her pair of red eyes were filled with broken fragments of memory.

That was Mikiya Izumi who sacrificed his own time to help himself with English tutoring after he failed the exam, complaining about it.

Really, the deadline is almost here, and I’m still wasting time.

That was when Kan'ya Izumi decisively helped cover up his otaku nature after he accidentally revealed it in front of his friends.

As a result, his image in the class plummeted and he was even given the nickname of a pervert.

That was Kan'ya Izumi who helped me with advice when I was facing distressing emotional problems.

It’s a pity that his efforts were wasted because of my uselessness, and in the end, I was so useless that I didn’t even know who I should like.

"Huh - Eriri, you really are an idiot."

"Sorry……"

Really? I think so too.

Listening to his helpless sigh coming from the other end of the phone, Ying Lili hugged her legs tightly.

"You are willful, timid, and a big tsundere. It's a pity that you didn't realize yourself until now."

"Sorry……"

That's really too much. Even if you knew, you didn't have to say it so bluntly.

And what is tsundere? I am not tsundere...

"If you know, just tell me what you are talking about. Who do you think I am, you arrogant guy?"

Best friend.

The girl opened her mouth, wanting to respond, but no sound came out.

Listening to the complaints coming from the other end of the phone, which sounded very angry but not scolding at all, the girl's slender fingers couldn't help but tighten their grip on the phone.

"Sorry……"

I just don't want to cause you any more trouble.

"Don't you have anything else to say except to apologize? Am I so untrustworthy?" Izumi Kan'ya took a deep breath, suppressed the anger in his heart that was not caused by Eriri, and tried to keep his voice calm, "Now, tell me the location!"

"… the very beginning, our…"

"Okay, I get it. Stay right here and don't go anywhere!"

"Ah."

It was a completely tough and commanding tone.

Really, I put in a lot of effort to get here, I wouldn’t go anywhere else.

You annoying Kanye, you can't even give me a compliment.

"Also, Eriri, you may have something else to say to me." After giving the tough order, Kan'ye's tone softened again.

However, this time, it was not the gentleness that soothed Eriri's emotions, but the frivolous tone with a hint of teasing, just like their usual interactions.

What an annoying guy! Not only did he not praise me, he even teased me!

Eriri's whole body was shaking, and she looked like she was trembling with anger, but she had a reassuring smile on her face.

"I'm so sorry, Kanye, for bothering you again. As expected, I always cause you trouble. I'm so sorry."

Tears fell from the corners of my eyes.

Anxiety, fear...distorted negative emotions surged in the slender body.

After taking a deep breath with trembling hands, the girl slowly opened her eyes. With a sad smile and a heartbreaking cry, Eriri asked for help again:

"Please save me this time too."

"Got it, my dear friend."

Chapter 257: False Feelings

Time goes backwards.

The location is in the West Pavilion, in front of a stall.

After Kasumigaoka Utaha and Eriri were holding paper bags and putting away the doujinshi they had just bought, they heard a familiar voice at the same time.

"Oh, I remember it was somewhere..."

"What is that idiot doing again?"

Ying Lili opened the water bottle, moistened her dry throat a little, and looked at the distance with raised eyebrows.

There, Tomoya Aki was holding a wooden sign with a promotional video for a doujinshi on it. He had selected a particularly attractive page, printed it out, enlarged it, and pasted it on the sign.

As for Tomoya Aki himself, he loudly promoted the event to those around him with an extremely enthusiastic voice.

The object of publicity is naturally the stall behind him.

Eriri knew that stall.

Hamima Demi is considered a very talented junior, and from Eriri's professional point of view, he will definitely achieve great success as a painter in the future.

Of course, now she is just a fledgling fan artist.

"As expected of you, Renli-kun. You really care about this kind of thing." Kasumigaoka Utaha covered her mouth and said without any surprise.

You have to know that when they first patronized this junior's stall, the popularity here could be described as terrible. There were only a hundred copies printed, but still not many have been sold until now.

Although for a newcomer, Hamajima Chumi's painting skills are already very good, the lack of popularity is indeed a big difficulty for sales.

"I was like this at the beginning, and it wasn't much better than it is now." Eriri looked at what happened to Hamajima Chukai at this moment, recalled how she was when she first debuted as an artist, and said with empathy.

After all, everyone has been a novice, and it is normal to experience this kind of situation.

"But now this junior has the help of Ren Li, so he is better than Sawamura-kun." Kasumigaoka Utaha glanced at Eriri and found that there was no change in the other's expression.

When he noticed that Aki Tomoya was also promoting the island's sea voyage, he was only slightly surprised.

"Don't you have any feelings about your own Lunli-kun promoting other female painters? Sawamura-san?" Noticing this completely unexpected development, Kasumigaoka Utaha raised the corners of her mouth and continued.

"Feelings...yes, I should have some feelings."

Ying Lili woke up as if from a dream.

Staring at Aki Tomoya who was enthusiastically helping to promote the island's sea voyage, the girl gradually clenched her fists.

Take a deep breath and let it out slowly.

"Sorry, I have to excuse myself for a moment." After handing the things in her hand to Kasumigaoka Utaha, Eriri walked towards Aki Tomoya without looking back.

"Ah, don't worry about me, and..." Kasumigaoka Utaha stared at Eriri's seemingly angry back. In her eyes, she looked different. "I wish you success, Sawamura-san."

"Ryouya..." Eriri held down the big detective hat that covered her blonde hair.

"Please come and take a look, here...ah, Eriri?" Aki Tomoya looked at Eriri who appeared here in surprise.

She wore a light pink T-shirt with very loose denim overalls, and a large detective hat on her head that covered her dazzling blonde hair, completely hiding the original temperament of Eriri, a young lady.

It's no wonder that Tomoya Aki didn't notice his childhood sweetheart at first. After all, even if Kan'ya, who has a very sharp sense of observation, was here, he would raise an eyebrow when he saw Eriri dressed like this.

"Why didn't you tell me you were coming here? Is Senior Utaha with you? I heard from you that you had an appointment." Aki Tomoya put the wooden sign in his hand aside and looked around for the figure of Kasumigaoka Utaha.

Of course, Kasumigaoka had already run to the stall next to her to queue up, so Aki Tomoya didn't notice her.

"It doesn't matter what. No one invited me anyway." When mentioning this, Ying Lili gritted her teeth.

"Ah, sorry, sorry, I thought if it was Eriri, she would definitely come, so I didn't invite you." Akito Tomoya noticed that Eriri looked unhappy, scratched his head and said, "By the way, did you buy the doujinshi of this trip? It's really good."

"Oh, of course. I came here early in the morning. Didn't she tell you?" Ying Lili said, hugging her chest and looking towards the stall.

Because of the promotion of Aki Tomoya, Hasima Ikkai has become busy, and Kato Megumi, who is helping out and now makes eye contact with her.

"（Smile）" She smiled and nodded to the other party as a greeting, and then Eriri continued to look back at Aki Tomoya in front of her.

"Ahahaha...really? Maybe I was too busy and forgot about it."

Aki Tomoya smiled awkwardly and scratched his head, then he immediately calmed down and enthusiastically began to praise Hamima Dekai to Eriri: "Compared to this, this is really good, Dekai! Although it is a book for all ages, the level of excitement is no less than some illustrators who have debuted for a while. This kind of plot is also very rare."

"Yes, although there are many shortcomings, it does seem that there is a lot of room for growth."

Eriri recalled the contents of the book she had just read, and seriously evaluated this very talented newcomer from the perspective of an artist.

All kinds of professional terms related to painters came out of his mouth, which made Amaki Tomoya scratch his head.

"Well, I don't understand all that, but going out to sea has really helped me grow a lot, and that's something to be happy about."

"Indeed, I'll talk to her later." Looking at the busy but happy-looking Hasima Chukai not far away, Eriri smiled, "Come to think of it, you should have read my notebook, too. I sent it to you yesterday."

"Of course, I finished watching it that night!"

"What do you think?" Ying Lili asked casually.

"My thoughts are, you are worthy of me. Your performance is as wonderful as ever!" Aki Tomoya gave a thumbs up.

"Is that all?" Ying Lili continued to ask.

"Um...Also, it feels like the style of painting has improved a lot compared to before?"

Aki Tomoya answered uncertainly.

Although he did look through the book that Eriri sent him yesterday, he had always looked at it before, so he didn't appreciate it bit by bit and line by line like he did when he went to the sea with Hamajima.

After all, it is still the same Lingru book as always, and the plot is basically the same.

Originally, he was planning to wait until the CM was completely over and then watch it carefully.

"Ha - I'm really surprised you can see that! This is my proudest work since my debut." Eriri sighed and said expressionlessly.

"Ah, ah... I can see that. Congratulations on finally breaking through the bottleneck." Aki Tomoya said with a dry laugh.

Looking at Eriri's serious expression, Aki Tomoya knew that she was not lying. After all, his mind was full of the CM "Hajima Demi" and his most satisfied script. He could still clearly remember the wonderful scenes in Eriri's script. He must have made great progress.

"Only this?"

"what?"

"I say, Tomoya, is this all you want to say?" Eriri stared at Amami Tomoya with a burning gaze, and said word by word, "Don't you have any other thoughts?"