Lonely Rock for the Blind

I've been enduring all day just for this moment.

Iwashita Shima nodded.

"You actually managed to quit eating, only needing one box a day. It's not easy... for you or me..."

Iwashita Shima thought of the past few days when Hiroi Kikuri had been crying endlessly in her ears about the gap between the rich and the poor, the orphan problem, poverty in the mountains, and the world situation. Thinking that she could finally stop listening to these things, Iwashita Shima couldn't help but smile.

Eliza pulled Nekoyashiki Haru to sit down, then asked Hiroi Kikuri.

"Does Kikuri really want to live with Xiaoqing?"

“…I’m sure you’ll think so…”

Hiroi Kikuri sighed.

"There's a bathroom with a bathtub over there!"

"So it's still for the bathroom."

Iwashita Shima said helplessly, then sat down next to Hiroi Kikuri.

Hiroi Kikuri took a sip of wine.

"So, Xiaoqing, why are you in a bad mood?"

Eliza was stunned and looked at Nekoyashiki Haru.

"Are you in a bad mood, Xiaoqing?"

"... "

puff~

Iwashita Shima, who took a sip of beer, also looked at Nekoyashiki Haru.

"It's just a little troubling problem, that's all. It's okay."

Nekoyashiki Haru said this, extending his hand in the direction of Iwashita Shima.

"Is there any beer?"

"Hmm? Ah..."

Shima Iwashita took out a beer from the side, opened it, and handed it to Nekayashiki Haru.

Nekayashiki Haru took a sip, then two more.

Hiroi Kikuri opened her purple eyes and looked at Nekoyashiki Haru while sipping sake.

"Ah, then don't think about being unhappy! Eat!"

Eliza smiled and took Nekayashiki Haru's bowl away, then filled it with food and placed it back in front of Nekayashiki Haru.

"Thank you... Sorry, I seem to have spoiled the fun a bit."

After taking a few sips of wine, Nekayashiki Haru breathed a sigh of relief and apologized to the few people.

"It's okay. We've known each other for so long, it's not like we don't have this much tolerance."

Shima Iwashita said.

"Xiaoqing is very different now since she was in England. She hardly apologized back then."

Eliza said as she prepared the sauce.

"By the way, how did Qing know Eliza?"

Iwashita Shima suddenly asked.

"let me see…"

Nekoyashiki Haru tilted his head in thought, then spoke.

"I was just blind for a while. I bumped into Eliza when I ran out of the ward. If she hadn't hugged me, I would have fallen to the ground."

"…Yeah, luckily I was quick to act."

Eliza was silent at first, then spoke, then added with a smile.

"Xiaoqing is actually very proud."

Nekoyashiki Haru was stunned for a moment.

"?"

Iwashita Shima was confused.

"Qing? Arrogant?"

"A little bit when we first met, right? I wouldn't call it arrogance, though. It's more like middle school."

Hiroi Kikuri said.

“…I don’t deny it.”

Nekayashiki Haru also felt that he was quite stupid at the time.

"hey-hey…"

Eliza chuckled.

Iwashita Shima picked up the beef and put it into his mouth.

"By the way, I saw a piece of news recently."

Then he looked at Nekoyashiki Harumichi.

"There seems to be a very talented doctor in Germany. He is said to have recently cured a blind man who was previously thought to have no sight."

Nekoyashiki Haru nodded.

"I've heard it took seven or eight years."

"Hey? Xiaoqing, do you want to go and take a look? I remember your family is super rich, right?"

"No, that kind of doctor can't be hired with money."

Nekoyashiki Haru shook his head.

"It depends more on the doctor's own wishes."

"That's a shame."

Eliza laughed.

"It's okay. I'm basically used to it now."

Nekoyashiki Haru answered.

"Are you used to it...?"

Eliza's mouth pursed like a cat's, then she smiled again.

"I'm used to it."

Hiroi Kikuri patted Nekayashiki Haru's shoulder.

"Well, don't be sad, we will always be with you."

"Yeah yeah!"

Eliza nodded.

"tentatively…"

Iwashita Shima nodded.

"You make me sound like some super-dealer. I don't need you to tie me down for life."

Nekoyashiki Haru shook his head.

"Ah, yes, yes, come and drink!"

Hiroi Kikuri put her arm around Nekayashiki Haru's waist, then raised her sake and clinked it with Nekayashiki Haru's beer.

As the wine went down her throat, Hiroi Kikuri finally came back to life.

"Puha! After all, we still need wine!"

"If you drink too much, I won't let you into the house later."

Nekoyashiki Haru suddenly said.

"I know I know!"

Hiroi Kikuri nodded vigorously.

"I'm staying at your house today! I've brought a change of clothes."

"Just don't cause trouble for Qing."

Shima Iwashita said.

"No, no, Shima really loves to worry~"

Hiroi Kikuri smiled and raised the sake towards Iwashita Shima.

"Drink, drink!"

"Okay, okay... drink."

Iwashita Shima gently clinked Hiroi Kikuri's sake with his beer.

Nekayashiki Haru took another sip of wine and then breathed softly.

Much easier...

I have to say that there is some truth to Hiroi Kikuri's spiral of happiness.

After my head becomes dizzy... it's true that many things will be temporarily forgotten...

No, it seems I can’t get rid of it.

Nekoyashiki Haru silently put down the sixth can of beer.

It's just a temporary relief, but it's impossible to forget it for a while...

Nekoyashiki Haru held his chin.

Eliza next to her suddenly poked Nekayashiki Haru's hand.

"what happened?"

Nekoyashiki Haru asked softly.

"Xiaoqing, can you tell me secretly what you are worried about?"

Eliza asked softly.

Nekoyashiki Haru shook his head.

"Is that so...hmm..."

Eliza pondered for a moment, then spoke.

"Sometimes I feel like Xiaoqing has suppressed herself for too long."

“…depressed?”

"Yeah, repressed."

Eliza held her chin.

"So, Xiaoqing, there's nothing wrong with going back to your old self."

“…That chuunibyou vibe? I don’t want that…”

"Ah... not really. Never mind, let's just drink."

Eliza took a sip of her beer.

Actually, it was a little longer ago.

While you can still see.

Chapter 139 Escape