Sakuraso.

The lair of the eccentric, the paradise of the wizards, the territory of the rebels, the belonging of the misfits.

Although it was only a dormitory for those 'special students' at the former Suimei University of the Arts High School, it was not abolished after the change of trustees and the merger with the Santa Cronica-White Emperor School - of course, only the name remained, but the building was newly built.

In this particular dormitory, not only are men and women mixed – the difference is only on the first floor for boys and the second floor for girls; There is no such thing as a warden, in the traditional sense of the word—there is one who is an irresponsible overseer; If you want to do laundry and eat or something, you need to do it yourself - in the name of exercising students' independence. Standing ability

Still, it's free, it's free, it's free.

Say it three times because it's important.

Here, there is no ban on pets, no regular lights out and no staying up late, and no housemaster who comes to visit the house in the middle of the night - if you want to go out and let off steam, you just need to say hello to a teacher. Even, as long as there are no problems with grades, even if you stay in your room for a semester as a NEET, there is no problem - of course, provided that the attendance is sufficient.

This is where Sakuraso, where Rin lived a year ago and the year after.

- After sending her to the shopping street, at Rin's request, Akiko leaves. Rin, on the other hand, came here after a short walk.

Pulling the suitcase with the red and white umbrella logo behind him, Rin pushed open the iron fence door in front of him.

The green lawn, the blue terrazzo slabs, the tall cherry blossom trees, and the dormitory she had lived in and would live in next.

Messing around with Misaki, forcibly pulling Ren for 'forging (beating) refining (beating)', eating hot pot and singing songs with everyone Here, there have been many meaningless, but memorable things.

Ding dong.

After ringing the doorbell to signal that someone was coming, Rin didn't wait outside the entrance, but simply opened the door and walked in.

After all, she's not a guest, she's a host!

"I'm back." So she said.

But

There seemed to be no one—at least not as far as Rin could see in front of the entrance. There was a black cat hiding in a slipper-shaped hut, but the moment he saw Rin enter, he immediately stood up from his hiding place and ran away with a meow.

According to common sense, school will start in two or three days, and even if no one else is there, some alien should always be

"Qiang Qiang Qiang"

With such BGM, as well as Sakuraso's unique, youthful and energetic footsteps, an alien rushing down from the second floor instantly interrupted her thoughts.

"Misaki-senpai, please don't do this"

"Small-Rin-chan~~"

Before anyone arrived, there was a sound of someone stopping her, and her cheerful voice with a long tail dragging on, followed by another hug that flew up, right?

(Why again?) ）

With such an alarm in his head, Rin quickly leaned his suitcase against the wall and adjusted his posture slightly - to prevent being pushed down, well, knocked down in the next impact.

And then—

"Oh~~~"

With a muffled sound of 'bang', the 'super' energetic beautiful girl wearing red short sleeves and a white short skirt, Misaki Uei, instantly crossed the distance of several meters between the two, and crashed into Rin's body with lightning speed.

“”

Despite the protection of two 'shields', Rin, who was hit by a whole living person with his skull, turned slightly pale - this power is really no joke!

"Long time no see, Misaki."

Put down this petite and beautiful girl with outstanding measurements, straighten it up, and Rin greeted with a smile.

A thousand words, all melted in this sentence.

"Long time no see, Rin-chan! People miss you so much! Have you missed me? To tell you, I finished another anime during the summer vacation."

"Uh-huh"

Listening carefully to Misaki, who had entered the gushing mode, saying all kinds of related or irrelevant words, Rin nodded while showing a crying and laughing expression.

Should this be called disconnection, or something else?

"Alright, Misaki, let's spare Rin a little bit - at least let her put her luggage down."

Just as the two of them were talking and listening to this, a slender and tall young man who walked down from the second floor, exuding a soft atmosphere like the warm spring sun, said gently.

Hitoshi Mitaka, Misaki Uei's childhood sweetheart, once exuded hormones all the time with a humanoid self-propelled cannon - the difference is only more and less. Nowadays, he is probably a charming man who occasionally discharges to people

"Long time no see, Rin."

After Misaki stopped talking, with a slight pick. A smile of amusement bloomed with Ren's words.

"Ah, long time no see, Jen."

Seeing him smile like this, Rin also smiled slightly, and said with an elegant and reserved smile on his face.

- Don't say that she pretends, if she doesn't pretend, Ren will definitely get an inch within her tolerance, and then Misaki, who is touched to the sensitive line, will also be instantly fried, in short, it will be difficult to clean up for a period of time today.

"—Rin."

“？！”

Is it a hallucination?

Why do you hear this familiar, unrelenting sound?

Isn't the person who can make this voice supposed to be picked up by some teenager the day before school starts? Why do I hear her now?

"Rin?"

There was a hint of fluctuation in the unheaving voice, as if it was because there was no response.

Slowly, hard, Rin tilted her head slightly, and then, a blonde girl with red eyes in a pale red private dress appeared in her field of vision.

"Really white?"

She asked tentatively.

"Hmm." The other person nodded.

"How did you get here?"

"Chihiro."

"Does that mean Chihiro brought her here?

"Isn't Rin happy?"

"Ah, no, it's just a bit of an accident." Rin's tone was a little stiff, "Doesn't Mashiro need to do other things, such as going to discuss manga matters with the editor?" ”

- That night on the plane, through a conversation with Mahaku, she already 'knew' Mahaku's real purpose for coming to Japan - at least Mahaku's own purpose.

"Tomorrow, go with Rin."

“？”

Nani?

What the?

what？

It's just a relationship of taking a plane together, girl, are you so sure you're in the next place?

- Don't admit it after flirting with your sister, scum! ——

"Rin doesn't want to?"

Being stared at by the girl's pure and direct eyes, Rin was under a lot of pressure.

"Uh, yes."

Today's Rin Tosaka is still a helpful and noble girl.

PS: The title says it all, but Sora didn't appear, wouldn't it be too cruel?