Chapter Twenty-Four: Shiki Returns Home (I)

It's winter.

Autumn is long gone, and now it's the last day of November, and the New Year is still a month away, and a whole new century is coming.

If you can, I, Tono Shiki actually want to spend it in this home, and welcome the New Year with my parents, as well as Duko.

But, unfortunately, this is not a no-no. A few days ago, a word came from my family-

"Now let me go back to Tono's house. The current head of the Tono family said.

It's really hard to accept. Although he is the eldest son of the Tono family, he has been fostered in the Arima family for seven years, and he has not been back once in the past seven years.

I'm 16 years old, 7 years ago 9 years old, and I spent almost all of my teenage years at Arima's house. For me, maybe this is my real home.

Compared to the Tono family, which has the impression of etiquette and strict family rules, the Arima family is more like a home.

Peaceful, ordinary, leisurely.

The family is harmonious and harmonious, my adoptive mother and son, my adoptive father Wenchen treats me like my own parents, and my sister Dugu is also very clingy to me, like a child who doesn't grow up.

I've always longed for this kind of life, and there's nothing wrong with living a life like this.

Clasped his hands in front of the place that had once been his room, clapped his hands as if he were going to a shrine, walked out of the room that he was used to and could no longer get used to, walked through the living room that had been back and forth countless times, and walked out of the entrance.

Looking back, I once again looked at the Arima family who had lived for seven years.

My adoptive mother, Keiko, chased after me, calling my name and babbling with a sad expression I'd never seen before.

Worry about your body, worry about whether you can adapt to the life of your family, worry about whether you can get along with your family - that's how a mother can do it to her children who go away.

Gritted his teeth and said what he usually said.

I don't know why this is happening, but I won't step through this door as a family member again, maybe I still have the illusion of becoming a family member again.

It's just that the moment I stepped out of the house, I still couldn't hold back after all.

"All along, thank you for your care, Mom, please take care of your health, Dad also please convey it, and Dugu ......"

There was a whimper from his mother behind him, and the corners of his eyes were sour, so he could only keep telling himself that if he didn't leave, he would be late.

Today is Tuesday, school is in session, and the return to home is scheduled for after school. In fact, it's not impossible not to go to school, but sure enough, I still want to go to school again, and I may not have the opportunity to go in the future.

Life at school is the same as usual, with classes at the end of the semester and the atmosphere a little tense as the end of the semester approaches.

However, it has nothing to do with me. My grades are average, neither good nor bad, and I didn't think about going to university. After graduation, if I didn't find what I wanted to do, I went to my sister's dojo to work as an "acting teacher", and my sister said that I was almost qualified. It's not bad to go to Orange Teacher's office to work like my brother-in-law, and maybe I can know some news about the teacher, and I've always wanted to say thank you to her.

and two of his friends...... It doesn't seem to matter.

Dry Youyan. His hair is dyed orange, his ears are earringed, his clothes are sloppy, he skips school all day long, and fights and troubles are commonplace...... In our high school, which focuses on higher education, we are the only one out of order.

Bow mound May. The typical idol in the class, with long brown hair and a beautiful face that fascinates the boys. In addition, he has excellent grades and a gentle personality, and he is also very popular among girls.

In other words, I still can't figure out why these two influential figures who take different routes have become friends with me, an inconspicuous student.

Looking back, it seems that from the day I met my sister and brother-in-law, there were more people around me, and they were all very unique people.

But there's nothing wrong with that, and thanks to them, every day is very fulfilling.

In the mutual taunting of his bad friend Arihiko, in the soft goodbye of May, the day of school life is over.

"Hah. "Sigh," it's time to go the other way. ”

Anyway, I decided to go back, so I could only take one step at a time. Leave it to God what will happen.

A red sedan was parked at the school gate, the style and license plate of the vehicle were familiar, and the people in the car were also wearing old-fashioned black-rimmed glasses, like a mature version of their own man, Kuroki Kanya, and a woman with the same kind of eyes as him.

The latter rolled down the window and beckoned casually.

"What a flute, get in the car. ”

"Ah, oh, sister, brother-in-law, why are you here? Aren't you planning a wedding?"

The Liangyi family is a wealthy family in Guanbuzi City, although the status is not as good as the Tono family, but it will not be much worse, as the heir of the family, the future head of the family, marriage is naturally not a trivial matter. Before they received the request to return home, they were so busy with it that it was impossible for them to have time to see them. Did God really hear His prayers?

"Shiki knows that you are going back to Tono's house today, and he is a little worried about you. The people of the Tono family are not ordinary. ”

My brother-in-law said as he drove. Similar words, the adoptive mother also said before leaving home, but-

"It's okay, I'm not ordinary myself. ”

Holding his hand to his eyes, he captured a world full of cracks through the gap above his glasses.

"Self-confidence is good, but – then. ”

As she spoke, she threw out a short black handle decorated with the pattern of Tai Chi and the words "Seven Nights"β€”the short knife she used most often.

"Tonoya hasn't been quiet lately, so you'd better be careful. Moreover, I suspect that this incident has the shadow of orange and Kiri. ”

"Shinji?

The boy named Shinji Maki is also his friend.,The most mysterious one.,Every now and then, he plays and disappears.。

"Just a few days after I came back, I heard Fujino say that he didn't go home and came here directly. ”

"Obviously at the Tono house, but he didn't contact you, and asked you to go back, no matter how you think about it, I feel that there is a problem. ”

"Miss Orange said before that she was going to surprise you. ”

"With the bad taste of these two guys, maybe it's not a surprise, but a fright. ”

"So we decided to come and have a look, say hello to your family, and give the wedding invitation to Miss Orange and Shinji by the way. ”

Of course, I knew that my brother-in-law and sister were kind and worried about themselves, but I always felt that Orange-sensei and Shinji would not harm themselves. But what a coincidence, the five of us got together again, is that what they're for?

The scenery outside the window recedes rapidly, unconsciously overlapping with past memories.

The door of the house is close at hand.

PS: Regarding the question of Duan Zang, I don't know how strong or weak it is after the heroic spiritualization, because FGO1.5.3 appears in front of Duan Zang, which can rival the Duan Zang of the servant, and now with the addition of a cloak, the safety of the orange does not have to worry about at all - in fact, the second master's worry is superfluous, and the orange is now very strong without relying on Duan Zang.