Faced with the blackened heroine, they actually stopped time

Walked to the other side.

"Maybe I'm your destination."

"..."

The passing wind blew up the fallen leaves on the ground.

They float, they spin and turn in mid-air.

It also lifted the girl's soft hair.

The fleeting surprise turned into two blushes, just like cinnabar falling into a pond of water that should have been calm, causing ripples.

Her pupils contracted and then quickly relaxed.

Then she kicked the boy next to her.

"Don't use such scumbag tricks on me!"

Oreki Gen hugged his calf, feeling both angry and amused.

"Why, are you in such a hurry?"

"Who's in a hurry? I just don't like to hear that kind of talk."

She left after she finished speaking, but this time her steps were noticeably slower.

More like a walk than a homecoming.

Oreki Gen rubbed his calf, which didn't hurt much, and walked beside the girl.

Look at this deserted street and this clean ground.

He held the Coke and sighed deeply.

"Tell me, is there any possibility that you and Sakuraba Mizuki can become good friends?"

It seemed to be a question that came to the boy's mind on a whim.

But Asagiri Ran gave the answer immediately and quickly without even thinking about it.

"Impossible. Even if the world is about to be destroyed, we can never be good friends."

"Why? You can be friends with me."

When Oreki Gen thought about their first meeting, he probably didn't think they would become friends. After all, she seemed to hate everything at that time, including a boy with his personality.

Asagiri snorted softly.

"You're just lucky. As for her... our backgrounds, different upbringings, different ways of doing things, and different worldviews all mean that we can never be friends."

"As long as you haven't graduated, your future life will still be very difficult. Don't you think it's very troublesome to live in this school like this? If there is a chance for us to be friends, I will be happy to help you and can also solve most of the conflicts and troubles between you."

It was simply a double happiness.

Asagiri Ran sneered.

"Why are you always so unrealistically naive? Oreki Gen... do you think a lion and a cheetah would use the same territory?"

"Lion and cheetah? Not lion and antelope?"

"You are the sheep!"

Obviously, Asagiri Ran does not want to be the weak party, nor does she admit this fact.

Oreki Gen smiled.

I can almost see the entrance of the other community.

No matter how slowly you walk on this road, you will see the end.

Just like the long river of time, it also has an end for everyone.

He said with some emotion.

"In this case, it seems that I still have a long way to go."

Asagiri Ran couldn't help but frown and asked.

"You really want to accomplish this? Something so unrealistic?"

Oreki Xian nodded without any concealment.

"Although there is a saying that youth is always chaotic, I still hope that everyone is a flower in bloom, not a war. Contradictions and conflicts are elements of drama, but for me, this is life. I want peace and beauty."

Chao Wu Ran was silent for a moment, then turned his head and looked towards the door of his apartment.

It seems like he's getting ready to go home.

Right at this moment, it is time to say goodbye.

But before taking that step, she looked at Oreki Gen.

"If you want, do it. I won't cooperate with you, but I can't stop you either."

"What do you mean?"

Oreki Gen looked at the other person curiously.

What does this ambiguous statement mean?

Does it mean that you will not reject your own efforts, or does it mean that you are indifferent to your own efforts?

Asagiri Ran blushed slightly and cursed.

"idiot."

Then just start moving forward.

Walk towards your apartment.

Oreki Gen took a deep breath and waved his hand.

"See you tomorrow, Ran-chan."

Asagiri Ran looked back at the other person in annoyance.

Then he quickened his pace and quickly reached the door, as if he would completely disappear from Oreki Gen's sight in the next moment.

What is this feeling?

It seems to be called loss.

The setting sun fell on Oreki Gen's shoulders.

Looking at the door that was about to close, his eyes dropped slightly.

Then...

"clatter."

"clatter."

"clatter."

"boom."

A hand pulled the door that the girl was about to close.

Asagiri Ran was caught off guard as she looked at the young man who was holding the door and preventing it from being closed.

He seemed to be approaching her at a rather hurried pace, and the girl was already standing inside the door.

She looked at the other person's smiling face in surprise.

It was a smile that was very frivolous and childish, but it was indeed a smile that belonged to a teenager.

"what are you doing?!"

Oreki Gen shrugged and took a step forward.

Not only did he push Asagiri Ran away, but he also squeezed himself in.

The door closes.

He said with a smile.

"I suddenly remembered that eating alone is boring. Since you have nothing to do anyway, why don't we eat together?"

——He just barged in like that, and the world that should have been peaceful and lonely became chaotic.

49: Innocent Traveler (Additional Chapter 16!)

It's not like there's no place to eat, of course.

It’s not that there’s a lack of companionship.

On the contrary, the thing that worries Oreki Gen most is probably that he seems to have too many people to accompany him, as if there is no possibility of loneliness in his life.

It is probably something to be envied, but in such a "fullness", what is the emptiness that gradually permeates and grows like weeds?

Oreki Gen didn't know, he just particularly enjoyed being with this girl named Asagiri Ryou.

You don't need to worry too much about anything strange happening, nor do you need to worry about having any special desires at the last minute.

There is no need to guard against all kinds of schemes like you do with women.

So from this perspective, even if she is tough-talking and often has a sharp tongue, it is actually tolerable. Apart from those dangerous aspects, she can even be called lovable.

"You are really full..."

When Asagiri Sumiya saw Oreki Gen playing with his cell phone, she couldn't help but say.

Does this person have no place to eat? Why does she have to come to her house to eat...and there is no food at home. She is not very good at cooking and often eats fast food. The things in the refrigerator can only be called things, not ingredients.

But... I still let him come to my house... I must have been even more blind.

Oreki Gen replied calmly while ordering takeout food on his phone.

"I haven't eaten yet, how can I be full?"

"Why don't you go home to eat? Why do you have to come to my house to cook... and clean up, it's a mess."

When she thought of that kind of endgame scene, Asagiri Ran felt a little troubled.

She is not good at housework, but she is already very good at keeping her room tidy.

"Is it because you don't want to clean up that you don't cook?"

"Of course!"

"Not because you can't do it?"

After ordering the takeout, Oreki Gen looked at the girl with amusement.

Asagiri's cheeks were a little red, but the girl's strength lies in her ability to pretend. She reached out her hand to gather the hair behind her ears and hummed softly.

"What's your business? Of course I'll do it, I just haven't done it in a long time."

Oreki Gen looked at the other person with emotion.

"It seems that I am not qualified to taste the food cooked by Miss Asagiri."

It was obviously a joke on the girl's pretense.

Of course Asagiri Ran could hear it, but she was too lazy to pay attention and just leaned back on the sofa, hugging the familiar pillow, feeling the familiar sense of security in the presence of this young man.

"Stop being so sarcastic...what are you going to do?"

Although she said this, Asagiri Ran could still recall what the food cooked by this boy tasted like.

That indescribable, magical taste, it seems that once you eat it, you will never forget it, and you will never find a similar food in your life.

It is impossible to admit this verbally, but the mouth seems to have already started to salivate.

Oreki Xian put away his phone and looked at the cold girl on the side.

"You'll know when I'm done. Don't you want to eat? Why are you in such a hurry?"

Asagiri snorted softly.

"Why am I in a hurry? I'm just prepared to eat your food reluctantly. If you cook something I don't like, you will be responsible for cleaning it up."

Oreki Gen couldn't help but laugh out loud.