Faced with the blackened heroine, they actually stopped time

Just eat it!

Asagiri Ran ate with great relish.

This was one of the few times she had eaten the most filling food. After eating, she didn't want to walk anymore and just wanted to rest.

The strange thing is that I want to eat, but I can't help but pick up some dishes, and I can't tell which one eats more.

After every bite of food, I want to eat a few mouthfuls of rice as a change.

"You eat very cleanly. I underestimated your strength."

Oreki Gen laughed at the other party. Asagiri Sorrow no longer had the energy to refute and rolled her eyes lazily.

I touched my belly, which had not much visible rise and fall.

"How do you know how to cook Xiaguo cuisine?"

Oreki Gen said as he cleared the dishes.

"It's very simple. You can learn it by watching videos. There aren't so many secrets in this era. As long as you are willing to try, many things will seem especially simple. The same goes for cooking."

This is not a lie, Oreki Gen was not very good at cooking at the beginning.

But the longer I lived here, the more I missed the real taste of my hometown. I couldn't find many authentic restaurants here, and they were not cheap, so Oreki Xian thought about making his own.

Although the system has not issued relevant skills, he has an outstanding learning ability and can learn it at a glance and make it delicious.

"Hmph, what's there to brag about..."

Although she said this, Asagiri Ran had to admit that the opponent was indeed pretending this time.

My performance at the dinner table is enough to prove that the food the other person cooks is indeed delicious.

How could there be such a person?

She is good-looking, caring, and can cook delicious food... But why does such a person appear in her life? This is what Asagiri Ran doesn't understand.

After cleaning up the mess, Oreki stretched lazily.

"Okay, now that I'm full and have taken my medicine, I'll go home. Don't rush to go to class. Wait until you're fully recovered. I'm afraid you'll infect me."

"Fuck you! If it was going to be contagious, it would have been contagious long ago!"

Asagiri Ran said unhappily.

Oreki Gen couldn't help but laugh.

"Just kidding. Actually, I've been studying like crazy these two days since you were away. I'll be the top of the grade now."

Asagiri Ran sneered.

"Even if I don't go for half a semester, I will still be the top student in the grade."

"You are really confident, Ran-chan."

"Don't call me Ran-chan!!"

"Okay, okay. Goodbye."

Oreki Gen stood up and prepared to leave, but unexpectedly found that the girl sitting on the sofa stood up.

"What? Send me a gift?"

Oreki Xian looked at the other person strangely.

The girl, who was dressed very warmly, rolled her eyes at Oreki Gen.

"I'm so full, take a walk to digest the food, what does it have to do with you?"

"That's it."

Although they said this, the two left each other's home together.

The smell outside is very fresh, and there is a slightly cool feeling. The wind is not as hot as in summer.

The moon in the sky became hazy and the starry sky became blurred, seemingly a little bleak.

Oreki Gen said with emotion.

“Summer is over.”

When she heard Oreki Gen say this, Asagiri Ran felt a sense of sadness and regret for some reason.

It’s as if something important has not been done yet and the right season has passed.

It is the train that you did not board, whizzing past behind you and heading to another planet.

"Summer comes every year, and when it ends, it ends."

She said so.

Oreki Gen said with some regret: "But this year I didn't even have time to see the cherry blossom festival and fireworks display. It's a bit of a pity."

Since coming to this world, Oreki Gen has never seen it with his own eyes. Those scenes in his memory, even if they exist, are not so real.

This was one of the few things he was particularly interested in.

Wear a yukata or kimono and look up at the fireworks with many people, at the beach or in the wild.

It’s romantic just thinking about it.

Asagiri Ran was not seen this year either. She didn't like going to crowded places because she felt that she could never fit in there. Those lively activities were a noise that did not belong to her.

"If there's anything good to see...if you want to see it, you'll have another chance next year."

As she said this, she looked at the two figures on the ground.

They seem to be stacked together, with no difference in height or body shape.

I felt like I had become a part of his shadow.

Oreki Gen said with a smile.

"Then do you want to go and see it together next year?"

Asagiri Ran refused without even thinking about it.

"Who wants to go with you..."

"You're just sitting around doing nothing anyway, wouldn't you be bored?"

"Humph, I have a rich spiritual world. I'm not like those people who are so bored that they can't do anything without friends."

In fact, it’s a complete lie. I also get bored and feel empty occasionally.

It's just that she has gotten used to it. She doesn't ask for help, lives in her own closed world, and insists on moving forward.

"Okay~ It seems that my relationship with Ran-chan is not deep enough. Maybe we can wait until next summer."

"What? No way. I won't go with you next summer or the summer after that."

She said it decisively.

Oreki Gen laughed.

"So you're going to live with me the summer after next, right?"

"That's not what I meant!"

Her cheeks flushed again.

It seems that when I am with him, my emotions cannot help but become restless.

I will constantly remind myself that I am not that strong and not that emotionally stable.

He can always easily make himself swayed.

"Hahahaha, let's talk about it next time. Maybe I'll change my mind. The beautiful summer is over, and the autumn is also good. Winter is also good. I'm looking forward to it~"

Oreki Gen stretched and walked on the clean street.

Seeing him always so optimistic and smiling.

Asagiri Ran couldn't help but say.

“Have you always been so optimistic in life?”

Oreki Gen looked at her strangely.

"Why not be optimistic if you can? Even if life is ordinary or even bad, how can you face tomorrow without hope? Wouldn't you just keep living in the quagmire, trapping yourself, and getting worse and worse?"

Asagiri turned her head slightly.

"A bad life is doomed from the beginning. Not everyone has your mentality."

"Are you talking about yourself, Ran-chan?"

Asagiri Ran fell silent and did not answer.

Indeed, she was the one who had a miserable life, but she didn't want to say it out loud because she knew that speaking it out would often be of no use. It would just be like begging for mercy in the hope of gaining pity from others. Real help would be hard to come by. It was already difficult for most people to live their own lives, so how could they care about others?

Asagiri Sōdō didn't say anything, but Oreki Gen did.

"It seems that Ran-chan's story is not simple. Don't worry, I don't mean to ask you to share your experience. I think you will tell me these things when you really want to talk about them."

Asagiri Ran looked at a flower that was tilting its head on the side of the road.

Her eyes became deeper.

"But isn't that the case? Does what you say now really count? It just makes the listener have expectations. When you really want to say it, maybe you don't want to listen anymore."

Oreki Gen smiled and turned to look at the girl in the hazy moonlight.

The dress is casual, but beautiful and special.

"In the final analysis, it's because you don't have confidence in yourself. When you want to talk, I will definitely want to listen."

"So what if I tell you now?"

She raised her head and looked at the boy with burning eyes.

Those beautiful eyes were like gems that put everything else to shame.

Seeing such a look, Oreki Gen seemed to realize how ordinary he was.

The boy opened his mouth, ready to answer.

"Buzz buzz----"

At this moment, the phone rang unexpectedly...

(Yesterday's update was a bit short, today's first chapter has a bit more ~ ​​there should be more during the day, don't worry!)

84: Senior's Secret Mission! (Additional Chapter 21!)

The sudden noise was as painful as if it was interrupting the casting of a spell.

Oreki Gen was stunned for a moment, his hand subconsciously reached for his pocket, but his expression involuntarily looked at Asagiri Ran in front of him.

An obvious hint of disappointment flashed across the other person's eyes, and she quickly turned her head away, as if to instantly hide that little flaw in her mood.

"You answer the phone. I just need to go back."

"Oh."

Oreki Xian nodded and watched the girl turn around and turn her forward toes backward.

She still looks so thin.

The stretched moonlight couldn't make her look any stronger.

I was already sick...the girl thought.

There was nothing to be disappointed about.

Didn't I already know that having expectations of others would be the beginning of suffering? It was as if the defenses of my heart that had been shaken by the illness at that moment were reinforced again.

But why would I waver? This matter itself seems ridiculous, isn't it?

She walked very far away, so far that the other person could not see her back.

Looking up, the moonlight is still blurry.

"Ugh."