This is not the date I wanted.

Meng Yue asked.

"Well, we're almost there. Right here..."

Under Meng Yue's puzzled gaze, Shidao stopped. Then, seeing the building in front of him, Meng Yue's eyes instantly became two points.

"Speaking of which, Mengyue, you are good at swimming, right?"

Standing in front of the swimming pool, Shidou said tentatively.

"...Shidou, are you sure you're not kidding me?"

Meng Yue's mouth twitched slightly, and she looked at Shidao with a fake smile. It was no wonder, after all, knowing that Meng Yue couldn't swim, he deliberately brought her to the swimming pool, which was like deliberately bullying her.

Feeling Meng Yue's oppressive gaze, Shidao broke out in a sweat on his forehead.

"Sorry, I took my joke a little too far."

If you think about it carefully, the fact that Mengyue can't swim was exposed when Shidao and Mengyue didn't have swimming lessons. Although Shidao felt that even Nanashi couldn't imitate Mengyue's stunt of running on water. If he guessed right, it would be fine. If Mengyue is a real person, it would be equivalent to Shidao letting Mengyue's spiritual power run wild, which would make things more troublesome.

After clasping his hands together and apologizing, Shidou pointed to a newly opened conveyor belt sushi restaurant next to the swimming pool.

"Well... I'll just trust you for now. Anyway, I didn't have dinner when I got here, so I'm a little hungry."

Meng Yue stared at Shidao with a suspicious look. After a while, she nodded as if accepting Shidao's statement.　

Just when Shidao breathed a sigh of relief, Mengyue suddenly turned around and glared at Shidao with dissatisfaction.

"Oh right. To answer your question first, Shidou, I am indeed good at swimming. As long as I am serious, it is easy for me to run 100 meters in 5 seconds in a swimming competition. Even if I beat someone in 10 seconds, it is no problem~"　

Hearing Meng Yue's words, Shidao laughed dryly and was secretly glad that he didn't continue to seek death.

——————————I am the dividing line for entering a sushi restaurant————————————————

"Oh! This is Japan's conveyor belt sushi!"

After entering the sushi restaurant, Meng Yue seemed to have forgotten the unpleasantness just now. She looked around the interior of the sushi restaurant with a bright light in her eyes.

"Mengyue, is this your first time eating conveyor belt sushi?"

Shidou couldn't help but ask curiously.

"Yeah! Although, I've eaten sushi before, but this is my first time eating conveyor belt sushi."

Mengyue nodded excitedly.

Indeed, after being sealed, Meng Yue's meals were all eaten in the Elf Apartment or Shidao's house. Shidao basically did not see Meng Yue eating out. Conveyor belt sushi was not a place she would normally choose for meals.

"Shidou, is this faucet dry?"

Meng Yue sat in her seat, looking around curiously and asked Shidao with interest.

"Oh, that's hot water for making tea. There are tea bags in the box next to it. Be careful because it's very hot."

"Oh, so a service that lets customers make tea themselves? That's quite interesting."

Meng Yue nodded suddenly.

Unlike the usual calm and composed look of a girl, Meng Yue's eyes at this moment were full of anticipation and curiosity.

Come to think of it, Meng Yue seems to have always been interested in some festivals and Japanese culture, Shidao thought casually.

"Oh, there's even pudding on this turntable! It's different from what I saw online."

Looking at Mengyue who was a little fussy, Shidou suddenly felt like playing a trick on her for some reason.

"Mengyue, this turntable can suddenly reverse, be careful not to get sucked in."

"Eh!? Is that so?"

Meng Yue, who was trying to reach out her hand cautiously, quickly retracted her hand in fright.

"It's so dangerous. Thanks for reminding me, Shidou."

Seeing that Meng Yue actually took his words seriously and did such a cute thing, Shidou turned his head away and said in a low voice with embarrassment, trying not to laugh.

"I'm sorry, Meng Yue...for what I said just now. I was just teasing you."

"...Shi-Dao-."

Meng Yue's face flushed as she pulled Shidao's cheek and shouted angrily.

"Bao Jian, hold my shoulders! I'm so tired, I can't stop doing this!"

Shidou apologized hastily.

"Well, in order not to affect the mood of eating. I'll forgive you this time. Can I eat the food above?"

After all, unlike the joke that seemed like a provocation just now, Mengyue knew that this time Shidou was just making fun of her. Although she was also very unhappy in another sense, Mengyue didn't care too much about Shidou in the end.

"Well, whatever you like."

Touching his painful cheek, Shidou answered helplessly.

After hearing Shidao's affirmation, Mengyue took a deep breath and took a plate from the turntable in one go.

"Oh! Shidou, look, it's tuna belly sushi!"

Meng Yue was very happy and brought the plate to Shidao. Although Shidao didn't know whether Meng Yue was happy because she picked out something she liked to eat or just happy because she took the plate down. Shidao hesitated for a moment and decided not to ask such a disappointing question.

"Shidou, don't you want to eat something?"

"That's true... I'm a little hungry too."

I haven't eaten well these days because I was busy investigating the true identity of Nanashi. Although I didn't care much at first, after seeing Mengyue's unexpectedly fresh side, how should I put it... my tense nerves relaxed and my stomach began to make some hollow rumbling sounds.

"Boss, please give me a plate of flounder and sea bream sushi."

"Snapper and flounder, right? Wait a minute!"

"…………"

After hearing the conversation between Shidao and the boss in the kitchen, Mengyue was stunned for a moment, looked around, then looked at the sushi in her hand, with some confusion on her face.

"Shidou, conveyor belt sushi... shouldn't we take the food out from the turntable?"

"Hmm? Well, that's fine, but recently many restaurants allow you to order directly. Some even provide the menu."

“Hmm…I see.”

For some reason, Mengyue showed a lost expression on her face.

"Well, Mengyue, if you want to eat anything else, just order it."

"...No, I'm here to eat conveyor belt sushi, not sushi!"

Meng Yue puffed up her cheeks and muttered angrily.

“Is there any difference between the two…?”

Finally, Meng Yue seemed to be competing with something unknown. After eating a few bites of the tuna belly sushi, she set her eyes on the turntable again like a hunter.

"Hmm~"

It looks like the sea bream sushi tastes good.

"Uh……"

Well, cucumber rolls always feel a bit regrettable.

Perhaps because she had not yet adapted to the conveyor belt of the sushi conveyor, Meng Yue sometimes did not get the sushi she wanted. But even so, Meng Yue still ate the sushi honestly and then prepared to take the next plate of sushi.

Looking at Meng Yue like this, Shidou couldn't help but smile softly.

"...Mengyue, I have something to say but I don't know if I should say it or not?"

"what?"

Meng Yue, who was busy looking for saury sushi, said without turning back.

"When did you become such a cute creature? Are you someone else pretending to be you?"

Paji——!

The answer to Shidao was that Mengyue chopped down a paper fan from the sky.

PS: Well, this date was referenced from a plot in a certain gal, so I used it because I thought it would be ok to apply it to Mengyue... Why does it feel too cheerful?

14 Believe and confess

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"Ha - I'm full, I'm full~"

Mengyue and Shidao walked out of the sushi restaurant, touched their stomachs, and showed satisfied and happy expressions on their faces.

"Sushi made with caviar is truly the best in the world. Although it's expensive, it's nice to try it once in a while."

As he said that, Shidou licked his lips with some aftertaste.

"They even have pudding and cake as desserts. What a nice shop."

"Next time, invite everyone to come over to eat together."

Hearing Shidao's suggestion, Mengyue smiled and nodded.

"It's a good proposal for Shidou. But I need to correct one thing, Shidou. We are here to eat conveyor belt sushi, not sushi!"

"So what's the difference between the two? The ingredients are the same, and the chef who cooks the food is the same."

Looking at Mengyue who was correcting him seriously, Shidou couldn't help but complain.

"Of course!"

Meng Yue sighed lightly, and a bit of loneliness appeared on her face. "I remember in my previous life, sushi was basically a place to eat during social events. To be honest, it felt more like work than enjoyment. The rest was just occasionally ordering some takeout sushi to eat at home. So I always wanted to experience authentic conveyor belt sushi in Japan, but who knew that I would accidentally die on the first day I came to Japan."

Mengyue was a person who died in an accident in Japan, and then for some strange reasons, he was reincarnated into this world as an elf. This was a secret that Mengyue once told Shidao, and only the two of them knew it.

"Uh...sorry."

Shidou realized that he had said something wrong and lowered his head in apology. At first, Shidou thought Mengyue was just talking about coming to the conveyor belt sushi for the first time because she didn't have the habit of going out unless necessary, but he didn't expect that she was referring to her past life.

"Well, it's not such an exaggerated question. Rather, I feel a little embarrassed when you apologize so sincerely, Shidou."

Meng Yue scratched her cheek with a bitter smile.

To be honest, "Saved a child and his own figurine, avoided two car accidents, stepped on a banana peel, slipped and almost hit his head on a rock, was saved by a stupid god, but accidentally forgot to add a shield and was crushed to death by space" - such a weird reason for his early death, and finally he was turned into a woman and thrown into a completely unknown world, and he lived a life of hiding as a natural disaster rejected by humans. If Meng Yue really wants to complain, even if all the trees on the earth are cut down and used to make paper, it is not enough.

But even so, Mengyue still got the most precious thing in this world.

"Hey, Shidou, our date. Is it not over yet?"

"Well, whatever Mengyue wants to do next, I will accompany you."

Hearing Shidao's words, Mengyue showed a happy smile on her face.

"Well, there's somewhere I want to go next."

"Where?"

"You'll know when it arrives."

Without answering Shidou's question, Meng Yue held Shidou's hand and walked in the opposite direction of the noisy street.

Finally, Mengyue came to the high platform of Tiangong City Park where Shidao and Mengyue met before. Since this place is relatively remote and deserted, there are basically no people passing by at this time. From here, you can see the night view of the entire Tiangong City.

"Mengyue, how did you get to this place?"

Shidou asked somewhat confused.

"What's wrong? Haven't we been here many times before? The scenery is nice, right?"

"Yeah... indeed."

Shidou nodded.

"Well, actually, this place has another use besides offering beautiful views."

"Another use?"

Seeing Shidao with a confused look on his face, Mengyue raised the corner of her mouth, walked forward a few steps, held the railing with both hands, leaned over and took a deep breath.

“Why is it so difficult for humans and elves to communicate?!”

Shidou was startled by Mengyue's sudden high-volume shout.

"Mengyue? You are..."