Kivotos, I was deeply shocked!

Lady Shizuko is truly the kind of bad person who would ruin the Hyakuya Sakura Festival.

She was very friendly, enthusiastic, and worked hard for the success of the celebration...

Did Master Meowtenmaru make a mistake...

Or……

Hisada Izuna looked dazed and almost bumped into the telephone pole in front of her.

"Be careful, Izuna-san."

Si Wang held the girl's shoulders, and before Hisada Izuna's forehead was about to compete with the electric pole in front of her for hardness, he stopped the girl and said with concern, "You don't look too well. Do you need to rest? Anyway, there is still an afternoon. You can spend some time looking for those places yourself."

"It's okay, teacher!"

Hisada Izuna shook her head vigorously, trying to get rid of the complicated thoughts in her mind in this way. She patted her cheeks vigorously and showed Si Wang a bright smile, "Izuna has already mastered all the contents of the Genin training manual. One of the trainings is not sleeping for three days and three nights, so it's no problem, please don't worry!"

"Then eat a candy to cheer yourself up."

Si Wang had no problem with the girl's evasive behavior. He took out a candy and pressed it on Hisata Izuna's nose, saying with a smile, "Sugar is the easiest thing to make you feel happy. It is said that no matter how difficult the situation is, as long as you taste a little sweetness, your frown will relax."

"……Um."

Kuda Izuna took the candy that Si Wang had pressed on the tip of her nose. It was the size of a thumb, made of solid tin foil, without any fancy patterns on it, and the two sides were simply twisted a few times to wrap the candy inside, exuding a faint sweetness.

Obviously, this is a personal work of a newcomer.

After hesitating for a long time, Hisada Izuna still couldn't bear to eat the simply wrapped candy.

Is this, is this the first candy made by the lord himself?

The girl secretly observed Si Wang's eyes with the corner of her eye. The moment Si Wang's gaze moved to the roadside stall, Hisada Izuna held her breath, focused her mind and body, and made a move like lightning, dragging out a thin black shadow, hiding the candy in her big tail and carefully rolling it up.

"..."

Si Wang's mouth twitched. There was the rustling sound of the wind, the sudden curling of the tail, and the frightened expression that turned its head from time to time to glance at him...

Forget it.

Si Wang sighed. Being considerate is one of the qualities that teachers and adults should possess. He pretended that he was blind and could not see the extremely obvious sneaky actions of Hisada Izuna at this time.

The little fox looked back and confirmed three or four times as if she was worried. Seeing that Si Wang's expression had not changed at all and he was still looking around curiously, the girl finally let go of her worries and breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, the lord didn't find out...

My heart had just returned to its original place when the worry that I had forgotten about due to Si Wang's interruption came to my mind again, tightening with every heartbeat.

I should, I should, I should...

The tail stopped wagging and the fox ears drooped down against the head. Hisada Izuna unconsciously clutched the collar of her shirt.

I'm not going to be the bad guy who ruins the celebration...

"Izuna-san, the map on my phone seems to say that we should go that way next."

The slightly doubtful voice pulled the girl out of the vortex of self-doubt. Hisata Izuna suddenly woke up and looked up to see Si Wang holding a mobile phone, looking at her with doubtful and curious eyes, "Is this road a shortcut that only locals know?"

"Ah? Yes, yes... No, no, no!"

Kuda Izuna instinctively nodded twice in response to Si Wang's question, then shook her head as she realized what was going on, and explained in a panic, "Master... the path the teacher mentioned is correct! It's just that Izuna was distracted again. I'm very sorry!"

Swish!

It was another sudden 90-degree bow. If Si Wang hadn't taken a step back in time, this powerful headbutt would probably have knocked out everything he had eaten this morning.

"Next, Izuna must do her best to fulfill her duties as a ninja! Bring the teacher to the mission location safely and quickly!"

We can't delay the lord's work any longer. Seven o'clock, we must do our best to complete the lord's commission before seven o'clock in the evening!

Hisada Izuna stared at the tip of her round-toed leather shoes and bit her lips tightly.

After seven o'clock, go and ask Lord Meowtenmaru if he made a mistake or was misled by the bad guys.

Shizuko from the Festival Operation Management Department is a very nice person, so why would she ruin the festival?

Chapter 27 Hisada Izuna: I don’t agree!

"You kid..."

The calico cat owner looked at Si Wang, who was mixing sushi vinegar on the chopping board, with a suspicious look and said unkindly, "Could it be that Old Man Ke sent someone to tease our family?"

"What you said is very hurtful, Boss Sanhua. I am a real outsider. This is even my first time to come to the Night Parade of One Hundred Demons."

Si Wang poured white vinegar, sugar, and salt into the freshly washed porcelain bowl in a ratio of 3:2:1, and chatted with the sushi restaurant owner while stirring. "If you don't believe me, you can look through the previous news. You can probably see the news of my appointment as Xia Lai in some corner."

"Then young man, you must cook at home normally."

The calico cat boss's frown relaxed a lot. Si Wang's skillful way of spreading seaweed, rice, meat floss, ham sausage, and cucumber strips was no longer so disgusting, but rather a little...

Pleasing to the eye?

The calico boss shook his head and said with emotion, "Times are changing so fast. Young people like you who are willing to cook at home have become a rare commodity. And the electronic fireworks at the end of the celebration really make it difficult for us old guys to keep up..."

The swishing sound of Hisada Izuna cutting cucumbers and ham suddenly stopped, and her two fox ears quietly stood up and shook towards the position where Si Wang and the calico cat boss were.

"Then I guess an old-fashioned person like you wouldn't be interested in those weird electronic fireworks, right?"

Si Wang glanced at the girl and then looked away. He put on disposable gloves and began to roll up the seaweed on the sushi table. He pouted at the calico cat owner and said, "For example, it lacks the smell of fireworks, the atmosphere of previous celebrations, it's not clear, it's not real, etc."

"I can even accept locust sushi and ice cream sushi made by young people, let alone electronic fireworks?"

The calico cat boss crossed his paws across his chest and rolled his eyes at Si Wang with an annoyed expression, "I'm just old, but I'm not old enough to become a fossil. I'm not old enough to accept even the slightest change!"

"Wow, it's worthy of being called One Hundred Demons Night Parade, the most famous tourism college in Kivotos. I didn't expect that a retired old man's ideological awareness is two levels higher than mine."

Si Wang rolled up the sushi mat, and slowly rolled the seaweed together with the rice, ham, and cucumber on top into a tube shape. Then he pressed it twice and said with emotion, "To be honest, I still haven't recovered from the electronic fireworks incident. I strongly suspect that the [Celebration Operation Management Department] is just doing something out of thin air."

"Then you really underestimate those girls from the [Celebration Operation Management Department], young man."

The calico cat boss took a fish knife from the knife rack, cleaned it, and handed it to Si Wang, laughing cheerfully. "Thanks to the efforts of those young ladies, the Night Parade of One Hundred Demons is getting more and more popular every year, and there are more and more guests coming to visit. My good-for-nothing grandson has made enough money with this opportunity and married a good girl. Maybe she will give birth to a fat boy for me next year!"

"Hmm? Really? Then I'll congratulate the boss here in advance."

Si Wang turned his head away in surprise, but he didn't stop the movement of his hands. The blade didn't shake at all. Under his millimeter-precise control, the long tube of sushi was cut into circles of sushi of equal thickness. "It's a pity that my trouser pockets are cleaner than my face now, otherwise I would definitely give you a big red envelope."

"Come on, kid."

The calico cat boss looked at Si Wang with disdain, "You don't even have the money to buy a salmon, and you want to borrow the ham sausage from my refrigerator. Forget about giving me a red envelope, it's enough that you have the intention."

"Well, life is not always as it seems. There are always one or two months every year when life is a bit difficult. It's not hard to understand. I'm actually quite capable."

Si Wang shrugged. He picked up a piece of sushi, examined it inside and out, nodded with satisfaction, then turned around and half-knelt in front of Hisata Izuna, who looked distracted, and said with a smile, "Izuna-san, ah——"

"what--"

Sometimes, the image of Master Zen Shizuko working wholeheartedly for the festival and Master Nia trying to maintain order at the festival came to mind. Sometimes, Master Meow Tenmaru asked me to lend him a hand and help him put order in the Hundred Nights Cherry Blossom Festival.

But the warmth of the calico cat boss's gratitude lingered in front of my eyes and in my ears for a long time...

Hisada Izuna stood there in a daze with confused eyes, the kitchen knife in her hand seemed to be stuck in mid-air, but her mind was getting tighter and tighter as if it was stuck in a knot and she couldn't think straight.

So when Si Wang fed her the food, the girl just opened her mouth stupidly, chewed stupidly, and swallowed stupidly, her brain still hadn't come to her senses.

Everyone is clearly working hard for the celebration and everyone is clearly happy, so why is there a conflict?

"..."

Si Wang carefully observed Hisata Izuna's expression, and after confirming that the girl did not frown, clench her teeth, or feel nauseous while distracted, he nodded in understanding.

Well, it seems that the sushi I made for the first time was okay. Although it was not so delicious that it would make people's eyes widen, at least it was not so bad that people would instinctively find it difficult to swallow.

"Boss Sanhua, I'm sorry to bother you here today."

Si Wang packed the ham sushi he had made into two boxes. He took off the gloves he was wearing and handed one of the boxes to the calico cat owner. He laughed and said, "Although it is a bit shameless to borrow flowers to offer to Buddha, please still regard this box of sushi that classmate I and I worked hard on as a belated blessing for your grandson. I wish him all his wishes come true and he will have a son soon."

"You have a really sweet mouth."

The calico cat boss took the sushi box without hesitation, looked Si Wang up and down, and couldn't help laughing, "If you act a little more honest and don't always smile so exaggeratedly, I, the old man, would really like to introduce my granddaughter to you."

"...!"

Granddaughter? Introduction?

The two terrifying keywords instantly triggered a radar somewhere in her heart. Hisata Izuna's originally listless fox ears instantly stood up, and she looked at Si Wang nervously.

The girl didn't know what she was nervous about, but her body, ears and tail were strangely nervous.

It's like, it's like...

It felt like someone suddenly pinched my heart.

"Haha, thank you for your concern, boss. Unfortunately, Xia Lai's job is not easy. Basically, I have to go on business trips to other colleges every month. It is normal for me to not go home for ten days or half a month."

Si Wang packed up the remaining sushi and shrugged helplessly, "I'm afraid I don't have that kind of luck."

"Humph!"

The calico cat boss snorted in displeasure and waved his hand as if to shoo away a fly, "If you know, leave now."

Si Wang gave the calico cat owner an apologetic smile and walked out with Hisata Izuna, who seemed to have just breathed a sigh of relief.

Chapter 28: Embarrassment and Anxiety

As I stepped out of the door, the cold wind at dusk instantly hit my face. The coolness like spring rain penetrated my skin and flowed into my hazy brain along my blood vessels.

Kuda Izuna shuddered and suddenly came to her senses from her trance. Suddenly she realized something.

Did I just get fed, fed, fed, fed by the Lord, Lord, Lord? ? ! !

The belated shame exploded in her heart, and the bright red color spread from the collarbone under the collar all the way to the cheek. The ripe little earlobes were faintly visible under the cover of the black hair on both sides of the temples, and the bright color seemed to be dripping with blood.

The softness of the rice, the crispness of the cucumber, the deliciousness of the ham, and the master's fingers that seemed to touch his lips but didn't seem to touch his lips...

"...!"

The girl covered her eyes with her hands, not daring to look at Si Wang who was walking beside her. The fur on her fox ears exploded as if she had been electrocuted. A thin vapor slowly rose along with the girl's increasingly red forehead and the dense beads of sweat on her forehead, gradually becoming visible to the naked eye.

At the same time, a barely perceptible but clearly visible annoyance rushed to his head along with the blood boiling with embarrassment.

Oh, it’s all my fault for being distracted... I didn’t even remember the taste of the sushi that the lord just made!

and also……

Hisada Izuna's face became complicated, showing shyness and uneasiness, as well as a bit of anticipation that was difficult to explain to outsiders.

My lord, did your finger touch me?

Hisada Izuna followed Si Wang as she walked along with all sorts of random thoughts in her mind.

Where is Si Wang?

Si Wang simply glanced at the girl and then looked away. He continued to hum a cheerful tune, walked at a leisurely pace, looked left and right as he led the way ahead, and the bag of sushi in his hand swayed rhythmically.

He looked nonchalant and relaxed, as if he didn't notice the girl's expression at the moment.

He has figured it all out.

Or rather, he had completely let himself go.

I meet nearly a hundred students every day, more than a dozen of them nod and say hello, and on average there are one or two who have in-depth conversations and add each other MOMOTALK.

[Xia Lai]'s nature meant that he would appear around students as a helper most of the time. Given the innocence of these girls, it was inevitable that he would gain one or two vague favors from them.

After all, I have decided to live a good life in Kivotos. If I still maintain my previous interpersonal relationship style of "shoot and run", I will not have any intersection with this person, but I will also care about the feelings of that person.

Then, let alone living a good life in Kivotos, I'm afraid I won't even be able to live a good life tomorrow.

Do your job as a teacher well and satisfy your interests and hobbies in your spare time. As for what others think and do, that is their business and should not be controlled by you.

Besides, he had absolutely no desire to control anything.

Whether it is a person, a thing, or a feeling.

After all, the unknown is the most interesting thing.

Of course, the situation of Hoshino Kotori and Shirako Sand Wolf is still too scary, so we have to take a step back when it is time to do so.

After all, a gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall.

I was just watching the fun and ended up becoming the one who made the fun happen...

This way of dying sounds stupid enough just by hearing it.

So just go with the flow.

Then Si Wang, who went with the flow, took the daydreamy Hisada Izuna past the building of the headquarters of the Chamber of Commerce in the Hyakki Night Parade Shopping Street.

"..."