They all have special skills

After a moment of silence, Eriri, who had been staring into Kasumigaoka's eyes, also gave her own thoughts.

"I have the same opinion..."

Kasumigaoka's eyes narrowed, and Eriri continued,

"...So, you think this is right, so you want to give it a try, at this moment when nothing is set in stone, to try to do something to change the future?

For example... the question Chuan asked us in the restaurant just now, you want Chuan to stop looking for Ai's mother, and it would be best if he had no connection with her for the rest of his life... Is that right?"

The dark side of her heart was spoken so directly, and Kasumigaoka slowly closed her eyes.

What would happen if you really did that?

If Chuan really agreed to their request and kept his promise to no longer have anything to do with the blue-haired woman wearing a mask.

Then there will be no feelings between them. Naturally, two people who have no intersection will not be able to have close contact in the future and give birth to Qingshui Ai.

Eriri noticed Kasumigaoka's thoughts, but she couldn't scold her for it.

because……

For a moment, she was also moved by such a future.

Regardless of the relationship between her and Kasumigaoka, no one wants another competitor to come in and disrupt the situation for no reason.

It would be best if she could be eliminated without even realizing it.

but……

Can they really follow this idea and do this?

Let a cute, smart, ignorant, innocent and romantic little girl... who even calls them "Mom" so affectionately, disappear from the future, depriving her of the right to survive and come to this world!

Can they...really do it?

"...Forget it, just pretend I didn't ask."

He let out a long sigh of regret and opened his eyes again. Kasumigaoka's eyes were a little darker.

Not to mention Shimizu Ai, with whom she had already gotten along and developed some feelings, even she was a rather annoying kid.

Tell her now that as long as she has a thought about it, the other person will no longer be in this world and will disappear completely.

Kasumigaoka couldn't do it either.

After all, in a sense, it is no different from killing someone.

"..."

Eriri looked at her without saying anything.

The two people understood each other tacitly and hid this conversation in the deepest part of their hearts.

Probably it will never be found again in this lifetime.

----

Because it's getting late.

After the two mothers bought the vegetables and came home, they simply washed them.

He placed the gas stove in the middle of the table and placed a small pot on it.

Four people sat together and ate hot pot.

The good thing about hot pot is that it can satisfy the dietary preferences of most people while being convenient and fast.

When eating and after eating, you should keep the window open to let in more fresh air.

otherwise.

For several days after this, the room would probably be filled with the smell of marinated hot pot spices.

After dinner, I rested for a while and played with Qingshuiai for a while.

At around nine o'clock, Qingshuichuan took her to the bathroom to take a bath.

Before leaving this morning, Shimizukawa gave Kasumigaoka his spare key.

So naturally, the small clothes, pants, toys and other things she bought for Qingshuiai in the morning were also left with him.

So don't worry about changing clothes.

The remaining ones were Kasumigaoka and Eriri, after he carried Shimizu Ai into the bathroom.

I also contacted my family and said I would not be going back tonight.

Things are fine here in Kasumigaoka. When I was video chatting with my mom, I told her honestly that I wanted to spend the night in Shimizu River.

The specific reason was made up at random.

He said that the English level of these two people was too poor, so he had to stay and have a study session with them until late tonight.

By that time, the tram would probably have stopped, so I might as well just sleep here for the night.

Because during the video call, she also exposed Eriri within the range of the camera.

So when Mrs. Kasumigaoka saw this, the last bit of worry in her heart disappeared.

He just warned his daughter not to be too willful so as not to cause trouble for Qingshuichuan.

As for Eriri, things are a little more troublesome.

She was afraid that her family would be worried, so she started the video call.

By the way, I also borrowed the reason for studying that Kasumigaoka just made up.

However, Sawamura's mother was fine, but his father was quite nervous.

He talked a lot during the video.

When I heard the sound of water in the bathroom stop, I thought that Eriri, who was about to take Shimizu Ai out with her, had to leave the house, walk to the balcony, and close the window again.

After listening patiently to what her old father said, Mrs. Sawamura finally couldn't stand it anymore. She snatched the phone away, warned Eriri to study hard, and hung up the phone with a smile.

I always feel like my mother has misunderstood something.

But... forget it, it’s hard to explain the real situation to her.

Eriri sighed softly.

Turn around and go back into the house.

Shimizukawa changed his clothes and stood in the middle of the room, looking at Kasumigaoka who was sitting on the bed with a smile in his eyes, and blowing the hair of the sleepy Shimizu Ai.

As Eriri watched this scene, for a moment, a thought welled up in her heart—

Maintaining the status quo seems like a pretty good idea...

She thought that maybe because she ate too much, something went up her esophagus and into her brain, causing some problems with her thinking pattern. That was why she was completely out of control and came up with such an outrageous idea.

----

It's past ten o'clock at night.

In a single apartment.

Now only the small desk lamp provides light.

Except for the small area in front of the desk, the rest of the place is dim.

Such an indoor environment allowed Qingshui Ai to fall asleep very quickly.

Realizing that she was already asleep, Kasumigaoka slowly stopped singing the lullaby and slowly withdrew his hand that was gently patting her.

After covering Ai with the thin blanket, she stood up, took the hand that Qingshuichuan extended to her, and got off the bed.

When she came down, she pretended to be careless and lost her balance, so that Qingshuichuan could hug her tightly.

Eriri, who was kneeling on the tatami and drinking tea, rolled her eyes in annoyance when she saw her being so delicate and artificial.

"I didn't realize that you sing quite well, Senior."

"That's the song my mom used to sing to me when she was putting me to sleep. I've almost forgotten the lyrics, so I can only hum the melody. I used the same method to put her to sleep yesterday when you were taking a bath."

"I see……"

"..."

Eriri listened to their conversation from the side, and her forehead kept frowning with anger.

"cough."

She coughed slightly, reminding the other two that it was time to get down to business.

Kasumigaoka chuckled and slowly left Shimizukawa's arms on her own initiative, but still held his hand and sat down next to Eriri.

She didn't give Eriri a chance to respond and spoke directly.

"I've discussed this with Eriri. Regarding the question you asked us earlier, Kawai, my answer is, just do it and don't worry about what we think."

"you--!"

Eriri was caught off guard and was speechless for a moment.

"Shh~ Ai just fell asleep."

"..."

I was very angry, but I had no place to vent my anger, so I could only endure it.

Eriri was a bit slow and also spoke to the Shimizu River.

"Me too, Chuan, you just need to follow your own ideas. Ai is very cute... I like her very much."

Qingshuichuan looked at the two of them without saying anything.

But the next moment, he stretched out his arms at the same time and embraced them in his arms.

"Chuan, are you thinking now that we are all your wings?"

Holding Kasumigaoka in his left arm, he spoke softly in a subtle tone.

"...!"

Qing Shuichuan was a little panicked when his real problem was revealed unexpectedly, but he managed to control himself.

The dim environment in the room also became the best cover for his expression.

"How could that be? I was just thinking that my decision to come to Tokyo was absolutely the right one. Meeting Senpai and Eriri is the luckiest thing that has ever happened to me."

Lies don't hurt, truth is the knife.

But for Kasumigaoka and Eriri, even at this moment they heard the name of their mortal enemy in Shimizugawa's words at the same time.

They also cannot feel any resentment or dissatisfaction because of this.

After all, if it weren't for this man, whether they would still be alive now, whether they could breathe normally here, and feel the rhythm of their heartbeats, are all unknown.

Considering the dangers they faced at the time, it was likely that one of them would become a charred corpse, while the other would die in despair on the deserted island...

"Just say nice things."

Kasumigaoka hummed softly, and the next moment she broke free from Shimizukawa's embrace.

He stood up and went to the closet, taking out Qingshuichuan's clothes.

He even took out a pair of folded boxer briefs from a separate drawer and put it in his arms in front of the two of them.

Then he slowly closed the wardrobe.

After the initial surprise, Qingshuichuan was able to remain calm.

But Ying Lili's little face turned red again.

“Hey…you…you…”

Kasumigaoka came back to his senses and said nonchalantly,

"I need to take a shower and change into clean clothes, that's a given."

"But...but...you're holding Chuan's...that!"

"Of course I have to take it. Forget about the upper body. It's okay if I don't wear it when I sleep, but I can't get used to having my lower body empty."

After saying that, Kasumigaoka naturally walked into the bathroom holding her clothes.

Ying Lili was dumbfounded. She never thought that this woman could be so bold.