Heavy girl? I feel worse than Black Hole Trigger!

A self constructed solely from a life that never belonged to me.

A hand reaching out to myself like that.

"Too much, too extravagant."

From the very beginning, I never had anything to protect.

The only value created was also discarded by one's own hands.

Completely forget everything that once was you.

A hand reaching out to myself like that.

"unnecessary."

……

The girl took out her cell phone.

For a moment, the dark screen reflected her overly calm face.

The next moment, it was illuminated by a complex message.

She quickly opened LINE.

Xiangzi [Mr. Zheli, could you spare some time to meet with me on Saturday afternoon?]

"————."

As she hit the transmit button, she felt as if a heavy pressure was lifted from her body.

……

There is no need for such luxurious tenderness anymore.

I will move forward in my own way.

That's enough.

Lost Star Chapter 109 Summer Time Record: Episode Interlude

"I am leaving."

Toyokawa Shoko stood at the entrance and waited for a few seconds.

From facing the security door, to lowering his head in thought, and finally turning around to look at the corridor that seemed dark just by turning off the lights.

“…….” There was no response.

It seemed that the body lying horizontally that he had seen when he passed by the living room was indeed in a deep sleep at this moment.

At this moment of high sunlight, when the sun is at its hottest, in this small apartment where only two people live, one is getting ready to go out for a date, while the other is still sleeping in the cold living room with the curtains drawn.

There were also a circle of empty beer cans around him that Shoko Toyokawa had not had time to clean up.

The girl thought about this, clenched her fists, but her face remained expressionless and she sighed silently.

She unlocked the door and walked towards the sunlight. She paused for a moment in the bright and scorching midday sun before turning around and locking the door with the key with a click.

“——…….”

Shoko Toyokawa looked at the silent door of her home.

The pair of bright eyes that once shone so brightly now seemed to have been robbed of their luster by the scorching sun, and were as dim as burnt ashes.

In the end, she didn't say anything, but simply slowly closed her eyes. What was she thinking about in the flowing silence? When the girl opened her eyes again, her expression had returned to her usual state: an almost indifferent expression, and...

There are sparks burning at the bottom of the deep pupils, giving people a strong feeling of gaze.

"no problem."

As long as I work harder...

She recited these words silently, then turned and left without any reluctance.

●

Hanezawa Cafe.

When Shoko Toyokawa stepped into the store, she gave a polite smile to the waiter who greeted her and walked straight in one direction.

"I'm late, sorry." She said in a deep voice to the green-haired girl who was sitting upright in her seat.

Ruoye Mu's light golden eyes touched Toyokawa Shoko's calm, indifferent and cold-blooded expression for a moment like a dragonfly skimming the water, and then he shook his head and said in a low voice, "It's okay."

As soon as the shop door was pushed open, Mu had already cast his gaze in Xiangzi's direction.

This childhood playmate whom she knew so well could still be seen as the former "Toyokawa Shoko" when facing strangers she was not so familiar with: she always had strong self-confidence, but would not show a tyrannical attitude towards others - she was completely different from the one she was when she decided to quit CRYCHIC.

...but that was just a disguise after all.

The moment she walked past the waiter, came to the table, and looked straight at herself.

At this still warm summer noon, the coldness on Toyokawa Shoko's face is even more intense than on the day when it was raining continuously.

She sat opposite Ruoye Mu with a cold face.

"What would you two like to drink?"

"Please give me a glass of Yuze's special. For you, I'd like mango juice."

Mu Qing glanced at Xiangzi: she was looking at the waiter who came forward to ask questions, with a smile on her face.

Yes, it was her usual self. She was full of confidence... but she never really paid attention to the people around her.

She subconsciously thought of a certain cafe manager.

No matter how many times that person asks, he will never tire of asking.

"After all, I want to know when Wakaba-san will want to drink something else."

'...mango juice.'

Even if her answer was exactly the same every time, he would ask the same question next time.

really.

Wakaba Mutsu looked at Toyokawa Shoko and slowly narrowed his eyes.

It’s different from you.

"Okay. Yuze's special drink, and then, mango juice?"

Noticing the waiter's vague gaze, the girl snorted softly in response, "Hmm."

After the waiter left, Toyokawa Shoko's smile quickly froze into indifference in the frost that remained.

She had combed her blue twintails as usual. But in the past, Mu could always clearly see the sunlight shining through her hair, making her hair, which had been carefully cared for for many years, even more radiant, like glass. But now, Mu could no longer see that light, only an ordinary one, as if the girl before him had fallen to the mortal world overnight.

She knew something was wrong at Toyokawa Shoko's home, but she didn't expect that Shoko's daily life would change drastically.

So much so that even when she was about to go out for an appointment, even when she carefully dressed up as usual, she still lost the freedom she should have...

While thinking, Toyokawa Shoko said: "Today is my last appointment."

Ruoye Mu raised his head. The girl before him had a calm expression. There was no hostility directed at someone she didn't associate with, but neither did she have the slightest sense of ease she would have with a familiar childhood playmate.

It seemed that from a certain moment on, Ruoye Mu also became the person she had to "deal with" with all her might.

"I guess Mu is here for Nagasaki-san?" she said.

Ruoye Mu nodded silently. She noticed that Xiangzi frowned slightly at this moment.

"...I clearly told you to stop being someone else's mouthpiece."

Toyokawa Shoko murmured helplessly.

She didn't look at Ruoye Mu, but just lowered her head and stared at the tablecloth. After a while, she whispered:

"But, alright. Since Shigaraki-san is using you like this—no, since you're so willing to be used by Shigaraki-san, then I'll have to ask you to be my 'mouthpiece' for a bit."

After she finished speaking, she raised her eyes and looked at Ruoye Mu. One could vaguely see a slightly sarcastic smile on her face.

If Ye Mu did not feel any emotion that could be called anger from this taunt.

She just felt that—

Xiangzi, a little pitiful.

"I've already quit CRYCHIC... and will be transferring away from Tsuki-no-Mori." Toyokawa Shoko clenched her fist. "I'll have nothing to do with Nagasaki-san anymore. Mu, go back and tell Nagasaki-san to stop bothering me."

Mu's inorganic gaze lingered briefly on her subdued expression. "Xiang, are you transferring schools?"

"I--"

"Drinks for both of you, please."

"…Thank you, thank you."

Coincidentally, the drinks were served at this time.

Shoko Toyokawa turned her gaze slightly and saw the young waitress holding a tray and smiling slightly. She nodded to her and then left.

After being interrupted like this, Shoko Toyokawa lost the will to speak for a moment.

She stared at the coffee in silence for a moment, then raised her cup and drank. "...delicious."

Wakaba Mutsuya sipped the mango juice.

Silence flowed between the two.

Toyokawa Shoko quickly finished her coffee. Mu looked at her through the straw, not surprised—she knew Toyokawa Shoko had another appointment soon after. Wakaba Mu's meeting was a last-minute decision.

“…Anyway.”

Putting the empty coffee cup back on the table, Toyokawa Shoko looked at Wakaba Mutsu steadily.

She no longer had a deliberate tone, simply stating the situation: "Whatever she wants to say, or whatever Mu wants to say, I don't want to hear it. You're still continuing with CRYCHIC, right? Why don't you spend more time on the band?"

“……” Mu didn’t say anything.

Xiangzi was not annoyed. She knew that her childhood sweetheart had always been like this.

"That's all I have to say. I have something important to attend to later... I'll settle the bill for you, Mu, please do as you please."

"Xiang," Mu had just uttered a word when Toyokawa Xiangzi took out her wallet and walked to the counter.

Soon she came back and put the receipt on the table.

Ruo Yemu subconsciously stared at the small piece of paper, but only heard a voice in his ear: "Greetings."

When I looked up again, Toyokawa Shoko had already picked up her shoulder bag and turned away without any reluctance.

Chapter 110 of Lost Star, Summer Time Record: What did Moon Forest teach in Chapter ?

Because of Bao Dengzeli's new job, Nagasaki Suyo now waits for him at the school gate to go back to Nascita together.

Compared with other children from wealthy families with a long history, she was able to enter Tsukinomori in junior high school purely because of her mother's wealth. As a "nouveau riche", she did not have the same concerns as others.

In the past, I suppressed my sincere attempts to fit in at school, just to keep my own foothold.

But now, she no longer needs to pursue such dispensable spiritual sustenance; her family does not have too many vested interests in this circle, and she can largely ignore the pressure from her peers.

Today is CRYCHIC's group practice day, and she even called Mu to join in.

Logically speaking, Mu was the one who needed to care about "fitting in", but Mu, as usual, just nodded slightly and followed.

On the leisurely way to Nascita, Su Shi became a curious baby and asked about the interesting things and feelings of being a teacher.

It has to be said that Zhe Li also gained a rare sense of freshness from the identity of a teacher.

This blood star body, which is endowed with supreme talent, is incredibly efficient in whatever it learns and does. Zhe Li often steps into the state of half-step great perfection before he even gets any feedback from his studies.

However, in a job like teaching, which requires dealing with people, and especially not just superficially, but also deeply considering the other person's true feelings and even the impact on the future, he experienced "difficulty" for the first time since inheriting this body.

Maybe after a year or two, when life becomes stable, it would be interesting to become a teacher?

Intrigued by Sushi's question, Zheli described his entire day in meticulous detail, not finishing his story until Nascita arrived. It was only near business hours that he finally mentioned the text message Toyokawa Shoko had sent him after school.

"——Xiaoxiang asked you to meet him alone?"

Su Shi stared at Zhe Li's profile as he concentrated on wiping the glass.

"Yes. So our store will be closed tomorrow."