I am the emotional sustenance of your deceased

After listening to a few original songs and Crychic entering a break, Kaname started clapping in a very cooperative manner.

The little guy hasn't fully grown yet, so he can't clap with much strength.

But even this is enough to satisfy the performer's desire to be praised.

"You really made me cry! You actually applauded me, your sister? You're so hardworking! The cheerleader captain wants Lenai to be the team member!"

Chitose mumbled something that Lena couldn't understand. Lena looked directly at the white towel that Chitose used to wipe his sweat and said:

"Chitose-san. Do you still want to rehearse? I want you to play guitar with me."

"Hahahaha, I had a really great time today. Do you want to play guitar? Do you want to come home with me later? I can show you my collection of guitars that I've built since I was a kid."

"Hey, but grandma..."

Yao Lenai looked embarrassed.

She is still young and cannot let go completely and be a free cat.

And if I leave without saying goodbye, grandma will be worried.

Lenai doesn't want to make her grandma worry.

"It's okay, I'll go talk to her!"

Chitose held Lenna in her arms, and her steaming heart became Lenna's little pillow.

"Yeah! Then... let's go!"

Let’s go to Noshiro Chitose’s house!

Chitose smiled and narrowed his eyes.

How many steps does it take to trick a kitten into taking it home?

Just one step!

Ch354. I am trying to live like you

Why is Chitose Noshiro said to be a cat?

On the way home from Chitose, Lenai held Chitose's head and thought about this question.

Is it because she is cold, arrogant and afraid of trouble?

This is part of the reason, but not entirely.

Is it because she has a cat-like sense of independence, often appears and disappears in SPACE, and occasionally acts like a spoiled child?

It's very possible, but there are definitely other reasons.

"Why does Chitose-sister like to have short hair?"

"Huh? This is an interesting question. It's the first time someone has asked me this."

Chitose Noshiro shook her hair out of habit, and she barely managed to relieve the empty feeling of having a braid missing.

"I think I wanted a change. I used to have long hair..." I kept it for decades, "a few years, but it was too much trouble and I didn't like it, so I went with a medium-short hairstyle."

"Uh-huh!"

Lenai's eyes sparkled.

[Yes! There's another reason! The appearance!]

Chitose Noshiro's hairstyle is medium-short hair with a cat-ear shape. The curled hair on both sides is actually the result of being too careless when sleeping, but sometimes it really looks like she is wearing cat ears.

There are other reasons!

While being carried and walked, Lenai could only smell the pleasant scent of Chitose sister, and because of this, he had plenty of time to let his imagination run wild.

Chitose-san is like the little cat I met in the park... She has a cat-like expression that's lazy, mysterious, or tsundere, but unfortunately, her pupils aren't like a little cat's.

When turning the corner, she saw pigeons flying around. She reached out to catch the cherry blossom petals but found that she couldn't catch a single one.

He was caught and taken to Noshiro Chitose's house.

"Welcome to my world of music, hehe, this is where my dream began!"

It’s a traditional single-family house in a good location, but Lenai is not familiar with it.

She only remembered trying to grab the cherry blossoms a few times but accidentally dropping them, and then she was brought here.

"Let you down."

"Ok!"

As Chitose bent down, Lenai crawled out of the embrace, put her arms around Chitose's neck, tentatively tapped the ground with one foot, and finally completely left the warm embrace.

Chitose Noshiro's embrace is a mobile cat bed.

"Welcome! Cute kitty!"

There was a sense of pride in the action of opening the door. The door facing the room was not closed, so the draft blew against Le Nai's front.

Her bangs flew back until Noshiro Chitose stood before her with open arms and swore:

"This is the little house I bought with nothing! My family died young, and I grew up in an orphanage."

"Eh!"

When the wind died down and the familiar "big hand" fell, Lenai raised her head with all her might to look at Noshiro Chitose.

Chitose Noshiro... She is powerful, Chitose Noshiro is majestic.

Le Nai felt that Qiansui was a mountain! A great peak of the gods. If only he could climb over her in this lifetime! No… as long as he could stand on the top of this high mountain and overlook the clouds, his life would be worthwhile!

Super fun!

"Welcome to Noshiro Chitose's little world! Little Lena is the first person I brought home. I wouldn't even bring a teammate to play with me!"

There was a small sign hanging on the stone wall outside the house next to Chitose. The dazzling "Noshiro House" was so bright that Rakuna couldn't open her eyes.

"So...so awesome!"

[So, I am so important in Chitose-nee's eyes!]

Taking her guitar bag from Chitose, Lenai swore that she would absolutely, absolutely, absolutely, absolutely play the guitar at the same level as Chitose!

"Can I become someone as powerful as you in the future?"

"Of course! You'll surpass me."

Chitose turned his back and raised his hand to beckon Lenai to follow him.

"I've seen your performance over the past few weeks. You're great, really outstanding."

"Your talent is no less than mine. In fact..." Qiansui paused, even his steps faltering. "Your talent is even better than mine."

"Follow my pace, my favorite little friend Kaname Lenai."

Qiansui's hand brushed across her chin, and she tilted her head slightly to reveal her beautiful profile. "How did the distance between us widen without us noticing? Come catch up with me."

“Catch up with me, be on par with me, become me, and finally surpass me.”

"If you stop moving forward, it means you haven't reached your full potential... But it doesn't matter. No matter what, I will forgive you, even... love you."

"Lena, if you want to learn guitar... if you want to learn my guitar, then come along!"

"!"

Kaname Lenai felt terrified, and her vision became slightly blurred, but after rubbing her eyes a few times, it improved.

She kicked off her shoes with her heels, and ran forward with big strides on her small feet wrapped in white socks.

"Sister Chitose! I must become you!"

Then, surpass you!

To be… as great, as successful, or even a greater, more successful guitarist than you are!

Becoming the next generation of this era——

【legend!】

……

"What a legend..."

There are rows and rows of guitars, from cheap to commemorative models.

There were also rows of group photos, and Lenai stared at them intently.

According to Chitose Noshiro, this is the reserved part after every performance between their band and others - taking a group photo.

Yao Lenai roughly counted and found that there were at least a hundred photos in the thick album that could be used as bricks to build a wall.

"Haha, that's all in the past! Our band will soon be fully embarking on a commercial path. Everything before was just small-scale business!"

Qiansui's fingers slid across the body of the guitar he was currently using with a sense of nostalgia, leaving faint fingerprints wherever his fingers touched.

"so envious."

"These are just gifts left to me by time. Don't envy them."

There was an emotion in Noshiro Chitose's eyes that Rakuna couldn't understand, and then she said something that Rakuna didn't fully understand until many years later.

Lenai only remembered Chitose's lips opening and closing slowly while trembling.

“One day, when you look back at the gifts that time has given you, you will feel melancholy instead of joy.”

"Ok?"

Lenai put down the large photo album in confusion, her ignorant look was so adorable.

"It's too early to tell you this! Let's talk about something cheerful."

Chitose spoke in a coaxing tone:

"Who wants ice cream? Babies who want ice cream, please raise your hands."

Kaname slowly raised her hand, temporarily putting Chitose's words behind her.

"I want it, I want it, Lenai wants to eat it!"

...... ...... ......

Ch355. Unforgettable, drunkenness, yukata and cat

There is no such thing as "accident" in this world, there is only "necessity".

No matter how low the probability of an event or encounter is, it will definitely bring unpredictable effects.

No matter how short the time is, the fate between the two will never disappear.

Even if a saint walks forward along a straight road, he will still bear his [inevitable] mission.

Chitose Noshiro sipped the drink in the glass nonchalantly, propped up her head, and glanced sideways at the little girl beside her who was sipping ice cream.

Wine is bitter like life, and girls are sweet like cold drinks. The wonderful combination of the two is probably life.

With you, I want to be happy... Every meeting with you is a [necessity] set by me.

And starting today——

"From today on, Lenai, you will shoulder the responsibility of your own [inevitable] life."

"Hmm?"

Yao Lenai didn't understand, but she still nodded cooperatively.

She didn't know what the older sister next to her was saying as she sipped the pungent drink like a cat drinking milk.

But in Lenai's opinion, liking to say strange things is also consistent with Chitose's big cat-like personality.

"Little Lenai, there is something I want to tell you."

Her fingertips touched the tip of Lena's nose. Chitose Noshiro, who had a great time playing guitar today, also drank to her heart's content.

It's rare that her body is in adult condition, and she would feel sorry for her good senior, Deng Takamatsu, if she doesn't drink a little.

This drink pays tribute to the legendary alcoholic Deng Gao Song, whose bulgogi bibimbap is still on her way.

"Sister Chitose, what?"