I won't be a loser.

"Is this Itomori?"

"The Third Shinimori Ichi. Kai!"

Xianren, pinching his eyebrows and feeling something was wrong, walked to the door of his house and put on his shoes. Elliot, wearing a white dress, came to her father's side, looked at her father, and tilted her head slightly.

"what happened?"

"Want to go out?"

Elio asked, observing his father's actions.

"I'm going to go out for a while. Elliot, are you...resting at home?"

"No, I'm going out with my not-quite-normal dad."

The girl also sat down in front of the door, picked up a pair of white sandals, and placed her bare white feet on the sage's knees, handing the sandals in both hands to the sage.

The white and tender toes rose and fell one by one as if they were playing a musical instrument. Looking at the sandals handed to him, the wise man closed his eyes silently, took them in his hands, put them on his daughter's feet, and tied them tightly for her.

“So tight.”

"Then wear it yourself."

"No, Daddy is here, so Daddy will help me put it on."

She looked like a little child, not at all like a high school student's daughter, which made Xianren feel helpless. The two of them walked out of the house, and Elio found a white umbrella from somewhere and held it over their heads.

The clean cement road leads straight from the mountain to the foot of the mountain. I glanced back at my "own" double-story overlapping villa.

"Lake Itomori, I don't think it's that big, right?"

"Dad, have you forgotten why you returned to Itomori?"

Elio looked at Xianren in surprise, which made Xianren frown. He walked side by side with Elio holding an umbrella, but Elio was still a little short of his height, and only reached his shoulders.

"Why did you return to Itomori?"

"Have you forgotten the comet from ten years ago?"

"comet?"

Closing his eyes, Xianren felt that something seemed familiar, but he couldn't remember where it was.

"A comet fell from the sky. It was originally thought to pass by the Earth normally, but when it passed above Itomori, part of the meteorite fell and destroyed the original Itomori Town."

Stop.

Looking at Lake Itomori again and the brand new houses, he was stunned.

"Comet? Destroyed...Itomori?"

Silently looking at Lake Itomori, which had expanded more than three or four times, Xianren touched his pocket and looked at the somewhat unfamiliar phone, but still opened the contact and checked the communication records.

Female.

Family.

Three leaves.

mother.

Four leaves.

The communication records were all within this month, and it seemed that there was no problem. Xianren's expression calmed down a little. He quietly put it back into his pocket and continued to walk forward.

"dad?"

"No, it's nothing."

My mood calmed down a little. I walked on the road with my daughter and found that there seemed to be many unfamiliar faces on the land of "Third Shin-Itomori Kai", and there were also special staff?

Looking at his daughter beside him, Elio walked forward as if nothing had happened. Although he was confused in his heart, he suppressed his curiosity for the time being.

I walked to a coffee shop. There was no such shop originally, but I don’t know when this shop started running.

"Mr. Miyamizu?"

When the store manager saw Xianren, he showed a look of surprise and joy.

"Miyamizu-sensei?!"

"Where is Mr. Miyamizu?"

In the quiet coffee shop, exclamations suddenly broke out. Everyone's eyes followed the store manager and fell on Xianren. Elio, who was standing by, silently took two steps back and hid behind his father.

The store manager also noticed his mistake and immediately comforted the other people in the store. He invited Xianren and Elio to a quieter corner, but still could not avoid the gazes of some people.

"Am I famous?"

"Amnesia?"

Elliot looked at her old father in surprise, her eyes showing some surprise and some pity. Since her father woke up, she realized that something was wrong with her father today.

"Teacher, your coffee."

"Also, teacher, your daughter's sundae."

The store manager politely served coffee and Elliot's sundae. Throughout the coffee shop, there were photos of comets and...his own photos everywhere?

Looking at her daughter, Elliot was already scooping the sundae with a spoon, with a happy and satisfied expression on her face.

Pointing at the corner of her mouth, Elliot was stunned for a moment, and licked the corner of her mouth with her pink tongue, rolling away the remaining cream.

"This is?"

"My dad acted in a movie, an adaptation of the novel 'Stars and Love' that you wrote. Because I'm good-looking, I was invited to play the lead role. I filmed this movie with a female idol named Hashimoto Nanami."

"That?"

"Then, because he wrote some comet-related works that were adapted into animations and movies, and became known to many people, Grandpa transformed Itomori into a tourist destination. People often come to the place where your family used to live, saying they're on a pilgrimage to the holy land."

He sat in the coffee shop, lost in deep thought, and after finishing his coffee and sundae with his daughter, the two of them headed back.

There was a young girl who followed him in from the coffee shop. She looked like she was only in high school, or maybe even younger. She hoped that he could give her an autograph. So he signed for her and then returned home, looking at his daughter beside him.

"study?"

"There."

"You don't need my help with the slippers, do you?"

Elio said nothing, but sat on the floor and raised her legs.

"The skirt is visible."

"Will Daddy see it?"

"......"

He squatted down and untied Elliot's sandals, then walked towards the study. When he entered the study, he saw a lot of stones placed on the bookshelf. When he walked a little closer, he could see various labels.

"Meteorite?"

They are all very rare meteorites from different times and regions.

But Xianren was not interested in these things. He found the book "Stars and Love", sat down at the desk, and began to read it carefully.

Without being disturbed by others, Xianren carefully read the contents of the book. His mind was in a mess and it was really difficult to understand.

Is this a book you wrote yourself?

Can I write works in this style?

Aren't they supposed to be dark and tragic?

It is too sweet!

too disgusting!

After closing the book in his hand, the wise man felt very complicated. What kind of situation could allow him to write such a work?

The wise man fell into deep thought.

dong dong——

There was a knock on the door. Xianren looked towards the door and saw Elio leaning sideways, looking at him sitting in the study, and then walked in.

"watermelon."

He was holding a fruit plate with sliced watermelon on it.

"......"

After looking at his daughter suspiciously, Xianren picked up a slice of watermelon, took a small bite, and found it tasted quite sweet.

"what's the matter?"

"nothing."

"Really nothing?"

"It's nothing really."

The father and daughter looked at each other. Xianren looked at his daughter for a long time, but he didn't know what was wrong. He was silent for a long time, then stretched out his hand and gently stroked his daughter's head.

Elio sat in his arms normally, and the two of them sat together in the study, chatting about some things related to comets, but most of the time, Xianren was listening to Elio.

"Elliot."

"Elliot?"

Suddenly, a familiar voice was heard outside the study. Xianren looked outside the study. Elio also jumped up from Xianren's body and hurriedly left the study.

When I stood up and prepared to walk out of the study...

"Wake up!"

"Wake up!"

The feeling of his body swaying made Xianren open his eyes. He looked hesitantly in the direction of the person who pushed him. Mitsuha was standing near the edge of the bed, looking at him.

"What's wrong? What time is it, Elliot... No, what time is it now?"

His mind was a little confused. Looking at Sanye beside his bed, Xianren narrowed his eyes and sat up little by little.

"It's already six o'clock."

"It's only six o'clock."

"You didn't sleep all afternoon, did you?"

When I returned to the apartment, I saw Xianren lying on the bed and snoring. I had promised to take her to see my niece today!

"Well......."

Thinking of seeing the grown-up Elio in his dream, Xianren covered his forehead. He had not had the chance to see the child's mother, nor had anything happened between them.

Never mind, I can see him later, it doesn’t make any difference.

"I see."

"Know what?"

"It's not far from here anyway, just a short walk. You should get ready first. You don't want to go and see her like this... She hasn't acknowledged me as her father yet, so don't say anything nonsense when the time comes."

After instructing her sister, Sanye nodded quickly, then looked down at the clothes on her body.

"I'm going to take a shower first! Please wait a moment!"

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Everyone's Sage: 352. New Dad?

"What does she like? Should I buy some gifts first and then go meet her?"

Sanye was walking on the road, chattering non-stop.

"I don't like her, nor do I dislike her. If you could be a little quieter when you see her, my daughter and I would be very grateful. Besides, she doesn't like to talk much, so there's no need to force yourself to talk to her when she doesn't want to."

"I don't understand what you're saying. Do you mean she's a shy and introverted girl?"

"almost."