Chapter Twenty-Six: The Last Meeting

In Fuyuki City, there is no shortage of recreational activities. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info or in other words, everywhere in the world, you will not lack entertainment.

Especially, when you're not short of money.

"Tsk, why do you feel bored playing now?"

However, one of the most important factors in the game is the difficulty.

There is no difficulty in the game, it is easy to get bored.

This is undoubtedly the case for Rhodes.

Fighting, shooting, and even the dance mat that is not very interesting are fine when they are not familiar at first, but when Rod understands its operation, its fun will quickly disappear because of Rode's extraordinary adaptability and physical ability, reaction speed.

Then, presumably, Rod's game is simply boring and sadistic by himself.

"Yes, are you gone?"

Again, beating the opponent on the opposite side of the machine to give up the operation, Rod was slightly disappointed.

Sure enough, it won't work here, right?

Ignoring the provocative statements of the person on the other side, there were still a lot of coins left, but there was no urge to play anymore.

"Three hours, ten minutes..."

Looking at the electronic watch on his wrist, it seemed that there was still a lot of time left.

All the extra coins were spent in the prize machine, and in the end, a good prize was introduced.

"This is, mp3?"

And it's already included in a lot of songs.,There's also a music player with a battery.,It feels like it's worth it.。

"Yes, it's the latest model to be launched~~ You're really lucky~~"

The clerk seemed to be overly enthusiastic.

"Well, anyway, thank you..."

"Do you want to come when you have time?"

Of course, but only if you are really free...

Walking out of the store with a smile, although he kept waving his hand, how could there be a future?

At the earliest, it will take forty years, right?

Plug the earphones into your ears and press the switch, and the screen is a black and white LCD screen... It's the first time I've seen it, but why does it feel like an 'old model'?

No matter.

It was a little colder than the previous days, so I tightened my trench coat and put the player in the outside pocket, and the first song that came to my ears was quite a passionate genre. I don't like such intense music, but I don't hate it either.

It would be nice if I could spend the last time like this song.

However, I still can't do it, even if I think about it a thousand times, ten thousand times, I still can't do it.

"Ahh

Once again, I was sad to find that the drink I bought couldn't withstand such a consumption, only four cans had been consumed in half an hour, and the empty plastic bag didn't need to be thrown away, and he looked around and found a vending machine, so Rod repeated the action that he had done this morning.

Walk over, cast a number that most people would not throw in, and press the button continuously.

Seven cans.

Put it in a plastic bag that is already a little worn, and then, on this late autumn street, start looking for the next target.

Sure enough, or go?

It's just around four o'clock, and the bookstore won't close so early, right?

Remembering the road to get there, Rhodes couldn't help but laugh.

I remembered the funny look on the last time the girls took me to the bookstore. If you can, it's nice to see you again.

Thinking of this, he took out his pocket, and in the right pocket, sure enough, he still kept the note.

It's only been a few days... It seems like a long time ago.

It's decided.,After reading the book.,If there's time left.,Just call this.,I just don't know.,If you disappear in front of those girls.,How the other party will react.。

Haha...

"This is it, right?"

While thinking about things, I have already walked a considerable distance.

In the end, Rod's mobility is not comparable to that of ordinary people, even if the road is not too far, but he still arrives at the location within twenty minutes.

In autumn, it was still a little early in the dark, and the sun had begun to become a little dim, and looking at the somewhat old billboard through this light actually gave people a feeling of nostalgia.

Also, two hours, fifty minutes of life...

Rod walked in, accompanied by wind chimes that were both familiar and unfamiliar. The sound that came to my ears was probably the voice that Rhodes longed to hear...

"Huh, it's you?"

In a country where foreigners are not common, it's really hard to forget a foreigner, right?

"Well, Mr. Saltisius!"

The mixed-race girl was smiling happily.

"Well, Miss Natsutsuki"

Rod smiled and nodded in response.

"Well, it's good to call me Liuli~~ Are you here to buy books again?・・・Have you finished reading all that thick?"

Today, her life is probably very pleasant, right? A girl full of vitality, as active as a lark.

"No, it's just that I'm going back recently, and sure enough, it's better to buy enough directly, okay?"

It's a lie...

"Doesn't Mr. Saltixiu know how to shop online? Besides, if you want to buy books, it's better to have a bigger bookstore?"

"Well..."

How to answer I don't know, but go to another bookstore?

Just kidding...

"However, since I have been asked to call you Liuli, it is even stranger to call me Saltisius, so let's call me Rhodes. ”

Laughing, maybe this is a goodbye, right?

It would be a miracle to see each other.

It shouldn't have been, this kind of thing.

"Hehe, too... Then Rhodes, go and have a look, if you like it~"

This is...

Walking to the bookshelf over there, there were no extra people in the bookstore near dusk, and the rows of bookshelves seemed to shine with some old colors with the footsteps of the depths.

It's like a long time ago, when I was looking for treasures.

In the abundance of unfamiliar things, find the treasures that you are proud of, whether useful or useless, that can surprise and delight you.

Maybe it's just a small rain stone, maybe it's a piece of broken glass, or maybe it's just a piece of broken iron...

In that way, the figure of joy in the clutter... Isn't it reunited with today's self?

I don't know whose it is.

"Two hours, fifty minutes..."

What can you do during this time?

Hands gently brushed the rows of book spines, on the color printed covers, the beautiful paintings can only show mottled shadows because they are folded, with a variety of different styles of fonts, just like the doors and windows of the world.

Rhodes had no desire to look.

Putting the plastic bag containing the drink on the ground, he hesitated for a moment, pulled out a novel with an iron-colored cover, and without even looking at the name, Rhodes just raised his head, and just like that, he crossed the bookshelf that was not very high, and looked at the girl again.

“・・・”

I guess I'm busy with something...・・The girl lowered her head, not knowing what she was writing, but the rustling of her pen came quietly.

Inheriting the blood of the East and the West, the girl's posture is such a gift.

Her long, beautiful black hair was quietly draped, and her dark blue eyes and tall figure made her very different from ordinary Japanese girls.

That temperament is not noble, right, the girl who is smiling lightly all the time is so gentle.

Rhodes wanted to be her friend if he could.

But I can't do it, two hours...

Rodritte is just a film in this girl's life. Never see it again, never to be remembered. Probably, it was only when she saw another foreigner coming here again one day that the thought of "Ah, there was another person who came here before"...

"What a trouble...

However, this is probably enough.

Rodritte, contented. It's okay to be able to do that.

He is a hoodoo thing.

"That's enough..."

Once again, I pulled out a thick stack of books from the shelves, and I didn't care about the names at all, and I didn't need to care about anything at all.

It's only for a moment, but it's enough.

"Rod, what's wrong?"

Seeing that the temperament was different from the day before, the young man who seemed to disappear at any time had just walked in but quickly walked out again, and Liuli, who heard the footsteps, quickly raised his head, but when he saw a stack of books in the young man's hand, he immediately showed an expression that seemed to be smiling.

"Did you finish picking so quickly?"

"Ah, yes, after all, there's no time."

Smiling, he took out the credit card that Shi Chen didn't seem to have blocked from his pocket.

Seriously, for this, Rod is quite grateful.

"Ahh

However, there seems to be a slight surprise.

Ruri was stunned, then covered her forehead.

"What's wrong?"

I couldn't help but ask.

"The machine that swiped the card is broken"

“・・・”

I started rummaging through my pockets, but no matter how much I searched, I found only enough change to pay half of it.

It's embarrassing...

"Well, well, Rod, why don't you come back tomorrow, just make up the money tomorrow"

A good way to do it.

If Rod wasn't the guy who was going to hang up...

"The problem is, I'm probably going to leave this country tonight..."

Smiling wryly, he spread his hands, and Rhodes was already thinking about whether he was going to a nearby bank to withdraw money. If you run, you'll be back in about three minutes...

"Is it so urgent..."

Liuli hesitated slightly, and then again, puffing up her chest with full momentum.

"Okay, then, even if I'm invited, if you want to go back!"

"Please?"

Rod was a little confused about the meaning of this sentence.

"In other words, I paid for these books as a gift for you~ Sure enough, it's a bit difficult for foreigners to comprehend such Japanese..."

The girl pretended to blink mischievously.

But in that case, it wasn't my original intention.

Rod, but I didn't really mean to read these books...

"But..."

"No, you can take the book and walk away with peace of mind."

Got an 'ok' pose, but was it really okay to be a stranger like this?

No, too casual?

"But we're not familiar with each other, are we?"

So, even if it seemed rude, Rhodes still asked.

But in exchange, it was a girl's shallow smile.

"Of course, it's called fate... You see, you're British, I'm half-blood, your name is Rodritte, and my favorite ancient hero is the Lord of the Wind..."

Pushing the book that had been put in the bag in her hand into Rod's arms, the girl smiled happily.

"So, it's no problem at all, even if it's good to meet a handsome guy."

Is that so...

Rod was inexplicable and felt warm in his heart.

"If that's the case..."

Reached into the inside of the trench coat and took something out of it.

"Then I'm going to have to give a gift in return..."

A silver cross, an antiquity made of sterling silver.

Something that accompanied Rhodes for half his life.

Although there is some reluctance, but, as the girl said.

It's fate...

"Please keep it safe, this."

put it on the table, and then quickly left, ignoring the girl behind him who was stunned for a moment.

And by the time Ruri ran out from behind the counter and rushed out of the door with the expensive gift, the figure had disappeared.

"Are you gone..."

Muttering to herself, Ruri lowered her head and looked at the heavy cross again.

Utterly unpretentious, a gift that is nothing but a cross. There was a slender but rough chain, probably silver, too, and when I turned it over, on the back of the cross, a short line of text was engraved.

‘hadnotbeennecessary,butthepersonneverdefeat

The one who was never needed, but who never failed'

So familiar...

But when I clenched my hands, I always felt that something had been lost.

Boom...

Looking at the sky wordlessly, I don't know when, the black clouds have covered the sky...

Something cold, dripping from somewhere, and then falling down that soft face.

It's a pity...

Really, really...

It's a pity...