I'm in Teresin, dedicated to playing badly

Although she appears and disappears mysteriously and acts strangely in a somewhat frightening way, it's only because she's taking care of others.

Putting aside everything else, after she joined the team, many female horse riders had already suffered from her persecution and had developed some fear of her.

However, under the supervision of Kouya and the execution of Super Little Bay, the daily routines and lifestyles of the horse girls under Kitahara Shinji's name have improved significantly, and some of them have even become much healthier.

Although she is skilled in nursing and can solve many problems.

However, since Shinji Kitahara doesn't usually care about the details of their lives, even if he can solve the various major problems they have through care, it won't help them.

But that doesn't mean nursing care is a panacea; they still need to pay attention to certain things on their own.

The arrival of the Super Bay just happens to make up for Shinji Kitahara's lack of expertise in this area, although his actions are indeed a bit frightening.

Overall, however, her forceful care actually benefited them, and even further enhanced the overall strength of Shinji Kitahara's team.

It would be even better if she could stop looking in my direction so often when she's taking care of the horse girls...

Shinji Kitahara sighed.

Then, after sighing, looking at the green shade in front of him and feeling the tranquil surroundings, Shinji Kitahara's mind gradually relaxed, and then a few drowsy feelings arose.

After yawning slightly, he decided not to stay awake any longer. After checking that no one was around, he prepared to lie down on the stone bench and take a short nap in the gentle breeze among the green trees.

But just as he was about to lie down, a finger poked his waist.

"what happened?"

He turned to look at the eclipse and saw it calmly watching him, then patting its legs after turning away.

Shinji Kitahara paused for a moment, then realized that she wanted him to rest his head on her pillow.

He definitely wouldn't have dared to do this with any other horse.

But if they used to sleep together during a solar eclipse, then worrying about it now would just be being overly sentimental.

So, after realizing what was happening, Shinji Kitahara didn't stand on ceremony with her. He simply turned around and rested his head on her pillow, his expression gradually relaxing.

It's warm, soft, and has a faint fragrance, making it far superior to a hard, cold stone chair.

Then, after making sure that Shinji Kitahara was comfortable, Eclipse slowly reached out and gently hugged him.

Shinji Kitahara did not resist and let her hug him. After a while, his breathing became long and deep.

Even if it were another horse, he himself couldn't relax this quickly when he was sleeping.

But a solar eclipse is possible.

Even though I could never figure out what she was thinking, even though I was occasionally threatened by her, even though I had been betrayed by her several times since joining Treson,

Even so, her side remains the place where he feels most at ease.

As for Eclipse, after embracing him, she didn't make any further moves. After he fell asleep, she even breathed more lightly, carefully protecting the peaceful sleep in her arms.

a long time.

As a gentle breeze blew, a fallen leaf drifted down and landed on Eclipse's shoulder.

But she still didn't make any move, just lowered her head and quietly looked at the person in her arms.

It was as if they were the only two people left in the world.

Chapter 122: Until the Crescent Moon Hangs High in the Sky

After falling asleep in Eclipse's arms, Kitahara Shinji drifted off to sleep and began to dream.

In his dream, he returned to the day he had just encountered the eclipse.

People in dreams are often unaware that they are dreaming, and Shinji Kitahara is no exception.

He just stared at himself, who had suddenly shrunk in the puddle by the roadside, and then looked up at the incredibly familiar little figure not far away. After a brief moment of confusion, surprise appeared in his eyes.

Wait, could it be that he was reborn?

Upon considering this possibility, and looking at the familiar young figure before him, his expression gradually crumbled, and his eyes slowly filled with despair.

Although, in theory, rebirth should be a good thing for most people.

On the one hand, one can go back to the past with all their knowledge and make up for all the regrets.

On the one hand, they can use intelligence from the next ten or even several decades to arbitrarily modify the future.

The problem is that Shinji Kitahara is very satisfied with his future and has no intention of changing it at all.

On the other hand, it's also because of the familiar figure in front of him.

When I was chatting with the Emperor of the East Sea before, he mentioned that solar eclipses used to be very troublesome.

What he didn't say was that the trouble caused by the solar eclipse might be greater than all those little ancestral problems combined.

This is not an exaggeration, but a fact.

After all, you're just a little devil who wallows in self-pity all day long; at worst, you'll just make him depressed too.

Moreover, because he has dealt with so many little devils, he has now developed several methods for dealing with them.

If he were to run into those little devils again, although there would definitely still be some trouble, he actually thought it would be easier to handle.

But if he and the eclipse were to do it all over again...

To be honest, he lacked confidence.

Moreover, this lack of confidence doesn't refer to the kind of relationship they'll have after they become like that, but rather to the lack of confidence that he can survive under her.

It's not that she's particularly cruel or insane; on the contrary, she rarely shows any other expression except for calmness, and she usually acts very rationally.

The problem is, she's a little too rational.

For example, during a horse girl hunting incident, several young ponies became quite sensitive due to their experience of being kidnapped.

At the slightest disturbance, they would scatter and flee, making their escort work extremely difficult, and some of the female horses were even injured as a result.

And it was at this moment that Eclipse offered her solution.

"Break their legs, and I'll drag them along with ropes."

At the time, Shinji Kitahara could actually understand that her plan might have some merit in a certain sense.

After all, they were in the mountains at the time, and some of the horse hunters had fled, so they hadn't been completely dealt with yet.

If they keep running around like this, they could lose their lives if they get bitten by poisonous insects or snakes, or if they run into the herd of horse hunters.

A broken leg might cause them pain for a while, but at least it would restrict their movement, preventing them from encountering any unforeseen dangers when they can't see them, and it would also save them a lot of trouble.

but......

"I'll go stay with them and won't let them run around anymore."

Shinji Kitahara sighed, then refused her suggestion to break his legs and the rope she offered. He completed the escort in his own way, and none of the pony girls escaped afterward.

When he went out, the little horse girls seemed to be stuck to him, refusing to let go no matter what. It took a lot of effort to remove them one by one after their parents arrived.

Even the suggestion to break the legs is not the most outrageous among the suggestions made during the eclipse; it can only be considered a moderately normal suggestion.

She wasn't particularly wicked or liked to torment people; she was just simply indifferent.

Moreover, this indifference is not the selfish kind.

For example, the rescue operation of the horse girls that proposed to break their legs was first discovered by Eclipse, who took immediate action to rescue them. Even Shinji Kitahara only followed later.

This is very strange.

If you say she's cold-hearted, she went to save those little pony girls; but if you say she's not cold-hearted, she was prepared to break their legs simply because they ran away a few times out of fear.

And this isn't even because of a bad temper.

Even Shinji Kitahara at the time could clearly see that she wasn't angry about the little pony girls running away; at most, she was a little confused. She made the suggestion simply because she thought it was the best way to do it.

This strange indifference and self-centeredness were already difficult to deal with, but what's worse is that she has more than just this one problem.

Shortly after meeting her, Shinji Kitahara discovered a problem about her that was several times worse than her indifference.

That is, she seems to be very resistant to some things that are considered beautiful by ordinary people.

The laughter among friends, the help among classmates, the reunion of family members, the reliance between lovers...

Whenever he sees a scene that most people would find beautiful and heartwarming, Eclipse's eyes betray his disgust and even loathing, which once made him wonder if the child was born with an antisocial personality.

Besides these two main problems, Eclipse also has other scattered issues that are minor on her, but would be a major problem for others.

I don't like talking, I don't like communicating, and I especially don't like expressing my feelings...

Although she's usually fine, she can reveal a rather violent and dangerous side if provoked...

Especially considering that while she has these problems, she also possesses a strangely powerful and seemingly uncontrollable force.

These factors combined to create what was then known as a solar eclipse.

She wasn't some little tyrant; she was a monster far more troublesome and dangerous than any of those little tyrants.

After all, at worst, your little darling will just cry and make you depressed. You can rest for a while and then fight again.

But with this guy, if you're not careful, you could really get torn to pieces.

But these aren't the most critical issues.

After all, although she was cold, her behavior was illogical, and she disliked things that ordinary people would find beautiful.

However, as long as you talk to her less often, go along with her wishes more, and don't create unnecessary trouble for yourself, it's not impossible to get along with her.

And similarly, because of her indifference, she doesn't care who comes or goes.

Even if you explicitly express your disgust or contempt for her, as long as you don't overreact, she won't react at all.

So how did Shinji Kitahara interact with her before?

You can simply reverse all the safety behaviors mentioned above.

I've said it many times before: Shinji Kitahara is the kind of person who is extremely responsive to gentle persuasion but not to force.

It's true that Eclipse had a very strong personality back then, but Shinji Kitahara's personality was no less assertive.

He wasn't being unreasonable, nor was he making small talk, and he certainly wouldn't pry into things she didn't want to talk about.

However, when normal communication was needed, even if Eclipse clearly showed some annoyance, he would still continue talking to himself and keep asking her questions, even if he didn't get answers.

Furthermore, if he believes that the eclipse is doing something wrong on certain issues, he will not back down in the slightest, even if the eclipse on the other side is clearly on the verge of getting out of control.

As for his aversion to beautiful things, to be honest, Shinji Kitahara didn't know what to do, so he could only resort to a clumsy method.

Try to take the initiative to play the role of her friend, classmate, or even family member, in an attempt to help her understand the feelings of others.

At first, the eclipse's reaction was very intense. Shinji Kitahara was not only injured, but also had several close calls with death.

But after a while, the eclipse got a little tired of being tormented by him.

On the one hand, she discovered that this person was indeed more capable than her in many aspects, and many of the arguments against her were correct, so her reaction gradually began to weaken.

Then, after the reaction subsided to a certain extent, a question arose in her mind.

That's why Shinji Kitahara insists on staying by her side, taking such a big risk to confront her, and always asking for trouble by doing random things.

Although Shinji Kitahara's talent as a trainer had not yet been revealed at that time, his temperament at the time was already evident.

Even without the talent of a trainer, he certainly wouldn't starve to death. There's absolutely no need for him to be with such a strange, dangerous, and enormously hungry burden like her.

But when she went to Shinji Kitahara with this question, he remained silent for a long time before sighing.

"Well... I'm a little worried about you."

You're worried about her?

This answer makes the solar eclipse incomprehensible.

Because Shinji Kitahara's talent as a trainer had not yet been revealed at the time, the two mainly obtained food by going into the mountains to collect various things and then exchanging them for grain, occasionally sneaking a little bit of wild game.

Given the vast difference in their physical strength at the time, it was naturally Eclipse who contributed the most, while Kitahara Shinji was merely an accessory.

Moreover, at that time, the eclipse actually had other options. After those three clowns dumped her there, they made some arrangements for her. If she wanted, she could go and live a life of plenty anytime.

The main reason she's still living in the wilderness is that she wants to use this kind of life to drive away this troublesome guy and then continue her peaceful life alone.

But now, he says he chose to stay because he couldn't bear to leave her behind...

Eclipse could not understand his answer.

So what was Shinji Kitahara thinking at the time?