"Hello? Ryoma-kun? ”

Aono picked up the phone in surprise.

At some point just now, he even thought that Yuki Hino had noticed the conversation between him and him, and then called him!

Unexpectedly, it was Ryoma Ida, who hadn't been in touch for a long time.

If you simply mention the name "Ida Ryoma", many people must not have much impression of him, and maybe they will have to think about "Who is this person?" ”

But if you associate him with the keywords "stout blacksmith", "Rumiko Hino's boyfriend", and "the former owner of the scarlet backbone", you should still be able to remember what kind of character this is, right?

Oh no, the current Uda Ryoma is no longer "Rumiko Hino's boyfriend".

It's not because their relationship has encountered some kind of twists and turns, which makes this pair break up with childhood sweethearts who are not easy to do.

It's related to the content of the phone call Aono received.

"Huh? You guys...... Getting engaged? ”

Aono showed just the right amount of surprise - and for him now, it was indeed a real surprise.

"How fast it could ......"

"Congratulations!"

“...... Would you like me to attend the engagement reception? Okay, I'll be there. ”

Yes, the current Ryoma Ida is no longer Rumiko Hino's boyfriend, but her fiancé!

and then use an intimate tone to call it, and you can even use "husband" and "husband" to refer to it.

After a few more brief conversations, Aono hung up the phone.

Facing the curious eyes, Aono simply told him about the situation - with the Hino family, it should also be a relatively familiar relationship, and it should be okay to tell him.

"Ah......h

Similar to Aono, he showed a look of surprise and was slightly dumbfounded.

"I didn't expect Sister Liumei to get married! It's fast......"

"But since it's Ryoma, it's very reliable."

It can also be seen from this familiar title that not only does he know Rumiko Hino, but he also has a pretty good relationship with Ryoma Ida.

It's no wonder.

The circle of transcendents is actually not as big as normal people think.

If it was in Aono's original country, it would be okay, the land is vast and the circle of a province is amazingly large, but in this small Japanese country of Tokyo, most of the extraordinary people who are slightly stronger or have more special abilities know each other.

Humans are social creatures.

Even if you are extraordinary, you need to communicate or trade with others to become stronger.

In other words, the more powerful the transcendent, the more they need to communicate with beings of the same level.

Hino's family is a well-known Onmyoji family.

The so-called Onmyoji is a profession similar to that in many creative works, but it doesn't seem to have the ability to summon and control gods, probably because the "weird" and "indescribable" people in this world are not the kind of existence that can be controlled.

As for him, in addition to his parents, who are also soothsayers, he is also the heir of a certain big chaebol.

It is very normal for these families to have some communication and understanding with each other, and even friction.

Under normal circumstances, even if Aono didn't tell this, he would have known about Rumiko Hino's engagement banquet through his family or some other channel, and attended.

Not long after Aono had this thought, he also received a call from Ryoma Ida, who nodded slightly at me and smiled a little awkwardly.

Soon, Yukie Kanda came back from outside.

And also told Aono another news, she happened to meet Kasumi Oe.

He was one of the victims who was snatched by Akiko Ishiyama.

Kanda Yukie was talking, and two figures, one tall and one short, walked in from outside the ward.

One is Oe Xiangcheng, and the other is Katagiri Yanyan, a young man from the middle two Yanlong.

Oe Kasumi was sitting in a wheelchair, her face was weak and pale, but it was much better than when she fainted that day.

And Katagiritis who pushed a wheelchair behind her, in fact, many places are still wrapped in bandages, and I think it should be that the burns caused by the previous spontaneous combustion have not completely healed.

As soon as he entered the door and saw Aono, Katagiri Yan showed a big sunny smile.

"Aono-sama, long time no see."

Aono: "......"

"Katagiri-kun, can you change your name?"

At this time, Katagiri Yan also unconsciously changed his name and used a more respectful and worshipful name.

If Aono was in a state all the time, he probably wouldn't have any special thoughts about this name, but now Aono still has a little bit of a thought called "shame" compared to before.

How to say it, it's embarrassing.

"Okay, Aono-sama."

Katagiri didn't seem to listen to Aono's words at all, and looked at Aono with a similar emotion in his eyes in addition to gratitude, as well as Morinaga Sora and Kaneshiro Taiichi.

This big boy, I'm afraid, is about to turn into the shape of Aono - ahem, that's a bit weird to say.

In short, if there is a value like "worship value", and the full value is 100, the boy is either 95 or 98 or so.

By the way, Taiichi Kaneshiro is likely to be a value of 130.

Katagiri rushed to Aono and sincerely expressed his gratitude.

It seems that the promise Aono made at the beginning, and the fulfillment of this promise, made him feel very much.

But the real reason behind this......

Aono looked at Kasumi Oe in a wheelchair.

Just the two of them looked at each other just now, Aono could keenly perceive that the relationship between them had obviously completed some kind of breakthrough.

And most likely...... Oh no, it's a breakthrough in the relationship between men and women.

Just looking at the combination of this pair of big sisters and young boys, Aono inexplicably thought of some words such as "pony", "water tank", "big car" and "toothpick", which was really inexplicable.

However, no matter what, seeing that they were safe and sound, Qingye couldn't help but feel a sense of relief in his heart.

"Peace of mind" is also an emotion that Aono is difficult to replace with other adjectives.

'Not bad. ’

Aono commented inwardly.

Even though he knew very well that this kind of "peace of mind" would never last long, at least the ending of his companions for the moment could make Aono feel at ease.

Another few days passed.

Soon came the day of the engagement feast.

Aono took Kanda Yukie to the banquet as scheduled.

It's just that unlike the grand engagement banquet he expected, there were not many people present, including the two of Aono, there were only a dozen guests.