The perverted knight also wants to protect the world

That’s what Kanye said with his mouth.

Be careful.

Eriri nodded in response, then stepped back and stood with Kasumigaoka Utaha.

The attribute crystals belonging to them were already tightly held in their hands.

Seeing that the two were ready to transform at any time, Gan Ye turned his head to look at the window with drawn curtains again, his calm eyes flashing.

He took two steps to the window and reached out to grab the curtain.

The next second, it was pulled open suddenly.

"Haha, how's it going, Eriri, is there anything... why is it you?!"

Outside the window, on the branch of the big tree facing Yinglili's window, there was a boy wearing a cosplay costume and black-framed glasses.

Kan'ya Izumi had an impression of this cosplay costume. It seemed to be the costume of the childhood sweetheart of the heroine in a galgame that Eriri particularly liked.

It seems to be called... yes, "little love".

As for the boy who ran to the window of Eriri's house late at night wearing this cosplay costume.

"Aki Tomoya."

Izumi Kan'aya said softly, his expression extremely calm.

His voice was not loud, and no one could hear it except himself.

Without saying much, he stood in front of the window, quietly looking at Tomoya Aki who had a look of surprise on his face.

"Izumi Mikiya...you guy, why are you in Eriri's room!" With an incredulous tone, Aki Tomoya pointed at Mikiya in front of him and shouted loudly regardless of his current state.

"Why, do you think it's weird that I'm here? But you, climbing a tree and breaking into a private house late at night, really have the leisure to do so." Gan Ye said expressionlessly.

As for the person in front of him, Tomoya Aki, he was too lazy to say anything in a friendly manner.

If the other person wasn't Eriri's friend, the act of climbing a tree and knocking on a girl's window late at night would be enough to warrant kicking him down.

"Who is it, Kan'ya? I seemed to hear...Ryun'ya?" Hearing the familiar voice, Eriri and Kasumigaoka looked at each other, raised their eyebrows slightly, and moved closer to the window.

Looking at the familiar boy, Eriri asked in surprise.

"Ah, this is really an unexpected guest. Good evening, Lun Li-kun."

"Eri, Kasumigaoka-senpai, you're here too? What's going on?" Amaki Tomoya exclaimed in shock at the scene in front of him.

As for Izumi Kan'aya, he raised his eyebrows, probably guessing the other party's purpose.

Looking back, his eyes met with Eriri, who was slowly calming down from her surprise, and he asked her if she wanted to send this guy away herself.

"No, no need. Leave it to me. It's time to put an end to this." Eriri sighed and responded to Mikiya with an extremely calm look.

"Okay, then I'll go tell Aunt Sayuri. I think the security guards will have to take action after hearing those two shouts just now."

Izumi Kan'aya shrugged, not wanting to get involved in the affairs of Eriri and Aki Tomoya, and turned to walk out of the room.

No need to worry, he believed that Eriri could handle it.

Chapter 272: The End of the Past

Aki Tomoya felt uneasy.

Just a few days ago, his childhood sweetheart, Eriri Sawamura, asked him a very strange question in the summer CM.

He could understand, but he didn't want to answer.

Not to mention that he had never read Eriri's book seriously at that time. In his mind at that time, his own junior, who was just starting out, had great potential as a newcomer and was the work he admired the most.

Of course, these are just excuses.

Even without appreciating it carefully, he could feel that Eriri had made rapid progress in her painting skills.

In an instant, he crossed that threshold and climbed to a height that he could not reach.

As a fan of the second dimension, it is naturally a good thing for Eri Kashiwagi to break through the bottleneck, and he should be happy.

However, as for Tomoya Aki, he does not want Eriri to grow up.

"No, how can I..."

At the summer CM, Tomoya Aki looked at Eriri, who was full of pride, and murmured in his heart.

He didn't want to see the girl he brought into the otaku circle and who always followed him walk ahead of him and reach a height that he couldn't reach.

In that case, his sense of superiority as a "victim" would disappear without a trace.

How can a "traitor" go so fast, how can he go so far, and most importantly... why can he move forward without my help.

That’s right, what Tomoya Aki most didn’t want to see was Eriri taking such a big step without him.

Therefore, even if it would make Eriri angry, he chose to remain silent.

He thought he would see Eriri leaving angrily, and he hoped to see that kind of back so that he could feel at ease thinking that Eriri's progress was meaningless without his appreciation.

It should have been like that.

"Yeah~ It's nothing, don't worry about it."

Eh?

Aki Tomoya looked at the girl in front of him in astonishment. She was smiling, a very open-minded and cheerful smile, with a hint of... relief.

There was no sign of anger at all.

No, no, no, it shouldn’t be like this. What’s going on?

I couldn't understand it. I didn't know what was wrong with my always tsundere childhood sweetheart today.

Looking at Eriri's back as she left, Akitomo felt that he must have missed something, something extremely important.

But he knew that he had to make up for it. If not, Eriri might really leave him.

He took out his cell phone and carefully read Eriri's doujinshi, then ignored everything around him and started looking for her in the venue.

…I said I was searching, but in reality I was just walking around and looking around.

But in the end, not only did he fail to find it, he was also frightened by that nasty guy - Izumi Kan'aya.

Really, what the hell is going on with that bastard? He’s clearly just a supporting role, but he’s the male lead of the work!

This kind of game is definitely a bad one!

I didn't find Eriri, nor did she find her in the following days. Aunt Sawamura said she was staying at a friend's house for a few days, but she didn't tell me who that friend was.

But the light in Eriri's room was clearly on!

Senior Kasumigaoka's response was also cold, and she was also trying to evade him.

"Really? What the hell is wrong with these guys?"

Fortunately, today he finally came up with a brilliant idea, which was to cosplay as Eriri's favorite game character, and then imitate the scenes in the play to have an encounter outside the window.

Then they reconciled naturally and everyone was happy.

This was what he had planned, but things still far exceeded his expectations...

"So, Renye, what exactly do you want to do by acting so embarrassingly?"

At the entrance of the Sawamura family's mansion, Eriri crossed her arms, frowned, and stared at him impatiently.

At the side was senior sister Kasumigaoka, leaning against the wall, watching with an expression of enjoying a good show.

That guy isn't here, that's good.

Aki Tomoya felt lucky, but he still couldn't forget the most important thing.

"It doesn't matter what, Eriri, you still haven't told me why that nasty guy is in your room!" Aki Tomoya shouted.

She was concentrating on paying attention to him appearing in Eriri's room, and didn't notice how she addressed Mikiya, causing Eriri to tighten her arms.

The look that was originally just impatient turned a little gloomy.

"It has nothing to do with you and Renye. We're just discussing some 'work' matters." Eriri took a deep breath and said expressionlessly.

"Work? Is it about being an artist? But why is Kasumigaoka-senpai also..."

"It's just a cooperation project." Kasumigaoka Utaha said, "So you dressed like this just to come and talk about this?"

She felt that if the two of them continued to fight like this, it would take a long time, so she decisively offered to help.

After receiving Eriri's thankful look, she smiled and continued to watch the scene in front of her.

"Oh yes, Eriri, I'm here to make peace with you!" After being reminded, Akitomo suddenly realized and immediately said with a sincere expression.

In this situation, we can no longer proceed according to the original plan, so it is better to get straight to the point.

"Reconcile? Why should we reconcile? Did we have a fight?" Ying Lili tilted her head and asked calmly.

"No...that's why I always feel that you, Eriri, are very angry." Aki Tomoya scratched his head and answered vaguely.

"Are you angry? No, I'm not angry. Rather, I'm in a very good mood now, so there is no need for you to make peace with me, Renye." Eriri showed a sincere smile, which was a symbol of her happy mood.

But for Tomoya Aki, this was an even worse signal, because that smile was not directed at him.

The expression on his face was stiff and his throat was a little dry.

"Well, then, I..."

"Oh, by the way, speaking of reconciliation, I do have something very important to say to you, Tomoya." Eriri interrupted Tomoya Aki.

She looked at Tomoya Aki's puzzled eyes, breathing calmly, with a hint of seriousness on her face.

It's time.

"Yes, please say it!" Aki Tomoya said seriously, ready to face Eriri's anger.

however……

"I'm so sorry, Renye!"

"Eh? Why…"

Aki Tomoya's eyes became dull.

He stared blankly at Eriri, who was standing in front of him, bowing to him at a 90-degree angle and apologizing to him solemnly.

"I'm really sorry for not fighting alongside you at that time. I was just immature and avoided it. I'm really sorry."

What happened in the past, Eriri was apologizing for what happened in the past.

Aki Tomoya hadn't reacted yet to what had happened, but Eriri had already said everything she wanted to say next:

"I know you must have been in a lot of pain at that time, Renye. I'm really sorry. I've always felt very guilty towards you, and I don't expect you to forgive me, but I still want to apologize to you now, because I was childish and selfish before, and I hurt you. I'm sorry."

"No, why do you say that suddenly?" Akitomo felt a little short of breathing. Only then did he realize that things were far more serious than he had imagined.

"Because I really want to reconcile with you, Tomoya, that's why I said it today." Eriri said, "A lot of things have happened in the past few days. I was thinking of going to your house and apologizing to you in person later, but since you're here today, I'll just say it directly."

This distorted relationship caused by my immaturity should end today.

Thinking so, Eriri clenched her hands and continued:

"I'm sorry. It may be a bit abrupt to say this suddenly. You may not be able to react, but it doesn't matter. After school starts, I will temporarily turn down all my work and devote all my energy to the production of your game. If you want to listen to me at that time, I can always repeat what I said today, and then after the game is completed..."

Let it all end.

Eriri wanted to say this, but before she could finish, she was interrupted by Tomoya Aki.

"No, no, no, Eriri, you're a little weird. Why are you saying these things all of a sudden? Aren't we childhood sweethearts? It doesn't matter what happens. The key is our relationship. It's better to keep it the same as before."

"Because of various things that happened, I finally realized how immature I was, so I feel like it's time for me to face up to my feelings." Listening to Tomoya Aki's words trying to save the situation, the apology on Eriri's face gradually faded. She gave a bitter smile and muttered to herself.

"Feelings? What happened? Our feelings are still the same as before..."

"Ryouya, I'm asking you, you should have understood my feelings for you a long time ago." Eriri looked at Aki Ryouya with clear eyes and said in an extremely serious tone, "It's not just childhood sweethearts, but the thing of 'liking'."

"Eri, Eriri, what are you talking about? I don't understand..." Tomoya Aki glanced to the side.

Seeing such a familiar attitude, not only Eriri, but even Kasumigaoka Utaha who was watching on the side, couldn't help but sigh: "Ah, Tomoya, you are still like this. You become vague when it comes to things like this."