"Speaking of which, I really feel like the world has changed so much lately, and I feel like I can't understand it at all......

In the Shouya Shrine, Megumi Kato, who was holding a teacup in both hands, sat upright on the sofa, nodding his head to thank the silver-haired maid, and couldn't help but sigh with such feelings.

"yes, yes, I don't even understand humans anymore......"

The initiator opposite the girl nodded, agreeing with this, and at the same time said without any psychological burden, as if the turmoil in the global society during this time was not made by him at all.

“……”

“……”

"Classmate Xia Ran, let me ask, what do you want to do by doing this?"

Megumi Kato was still calm, she took a sip of tea, and after thinking about it, she asked in a calm tone.

Of course, she is not stupid enough to this extent, and naturally knows that the social turmoil and turmoil around the world during this period of time are all things tossed by this strange classmate in front of her, so she wants to ask.

"Oh, it's just that the group of people in Gensokyo can't be idle, so according to the custom, it's my turn to hold a banquet here again, so I'm embarrassed not to invite you, but Kato-san, you're very happy to come."

"Because it's summer vacation now, there's nothing else to do, so you just called......" The girl nodded calmly, "It's just that I'm not asking this question, right?" ”

“……”

“……”

"Actually, I didn't plan to do anything."

Xia Ran blinked and replied innocently.

"It's just that if you are poor, you will be alone, and if you are rich, you will have a group of wives and concubines...... Ahem, Da is to help the world, how can I say that it has reached the level where it can help the world, and there should always be something to take revenge on the society. ”

The girl's face suddenly changed subtly, and she nodded thoughtfully: "I see...... Is it to take revenge on society? ”

"Ahem, no, I mean to give back to society, Kato-san, you must have heard it wrong." Xia Ran denied this matter unjustly, saying that it was all a slander made out of nothing.

Megumi Kato's eyebrows twitched, and a strange look appeared on his face:

"Eh, but I just heard it......"

As she said this, she subconsciously looked at the kitchen window not far from the living room, and could directly see the silver-haired red-pupiled puppet girl who was busy inside, with a hint of confirmation in her eyes.

"Miss Kato, don't worry, I just heard the Master say something that shouldn't have been said." The delicate puppet girl felt something, looked out of the window, nodded and said as if she understood something.

“……”

“……”

Xia Ran froze all of a sudden, silently.

After a long while, he finally regained his mobility, let out a long sigh, and his eyes glanced melancholy in the direction of some empty object, and froze again, motionless.

I'm so tired, why is my maid getting darker and darker?

"Classmate Xia Ran, aren't you going to say something?" Megumi Kato looked at him fixedly for a while before kindly reminding him.

After all, this strange classmate stopped talking all of a sudden, and his motionless appearance made people wonder if he had dropped the line.

"Ah, there's nothing to say...... Xia Ran pulled the corners of his mouth and waved his hand lazily, "Anyway, I'm already working on the new puppet, this time I'm experienced, and I'm definitely more ...... than Charlotte"

"I'm sorry, Master, I didn't hear what you were talking about."

A sudden cold voice sounded behind Xia Ran, inserted into the conversation between him and Kato-san, with a hint of danger.

Xia Ran's words came to an abrupt end, he leaned on the back of the sofa and tilted his head back, and saw the silver-haired and red-eyed puppet girl, standing behind him with a kitchen knife, and a dangerous light flashed in her pupils as beautiful as a precious red jewel.

“……”

“……”

“…… It's nothing, I mean Charlotte you're already the most perfect, and even I can't make a more perfect doll than you again. Xia Ran looked away with a weak heart.

"Really? But it always feels so sudden, and it doesn't look like it's sincere. The maid narrowed her eyes and whispered.

"How come, you have a knife, you are right...... you said" Xia Ran laughed dryly.

"So the point is still because I'm holding a knife?" Charlotte looked thoughtfully at the kitchen knife in her hand, feeling that she had grasped the point.

"Since you know this kind of thing, put the knife down first......" The young man pressed his forehead a little helplessly, "Anyway, in the program I entered for you, there is no such preset at all, who did you learn this from?" ”

Charlotte looked at him calmly, tilted her head slightly, and then looked at the kitchen knife in her hand.

The puppet girl seems to be thinking seriously about this question: "According to my search records, the trigger for the learning behavior should be the first visit to the house by Miss Snow that night......"

"Needless to say, I know ......" Xia Ran pulled the corners of his mouth again, waved his hand to interrupt the maid's answer, "But this is a wrong demonstration, it's better not to learn this way of dealing with it." ”

"Huh? So what should I do, Master? ”

The silver-haired red-eyed puppet girl tilted her head slightly, and a rare look of doubt appeared on her indifferent and delicate little face.

"I was just joking, in fact, you can ...... anything without doing it," the young man clarified helplessly, but after thinking about it carefully, he looked at Charlotte again, and felt that this answer seemed a bit perfunctory.

They will subconsciously take action because of the strange feeling in their hearts......

You will instinctively feel dissatisfied and uneasy because of what you say......

Doesn't this prove that Charlotte is indeed becoming more and more emotional, with her own unique personality and ideas?

Maybe the character she has shown during this period of time, and that kind of black belly, maybe even she doesn't know, this is proof that she has become flesh and blood, alive, and no longer a puppet who obeys her words and has no ego.

It's about really starting to have your own heart and soul -

This was what he had always wanted to see, and of course he couldn't hit Charlotte at this time, or it seemed too perfunctory.

Gathering his thoughts and expressions, he coughed lightly, and guided the head maid to think very seriously: "Actually, this shouldn't be asked to me, it mainly depends on what you think, Charlotte......"

"Myself...... What do you think......? The puppet girl wondered.

"That's right, imagine if I really don't want you anymore and I'm going to make a new puppet to replace you...... Hey, put the knife down, they all said that they can't use this radical way......"

The corners of Xia Ran's eyes twitched, and she watched the silver-haired maid head subconsciously look at the movement of the kitchen knife in her hand again thoughtfully, and hurriedly opened her mouth to stop this murderous behavior, trying to guide the puppet back to the same path of truth, kindness and beauty as her master:

"Anyway, if this were the case, what would you think, what would you do?"

“……”

“……”

There was silence for a moment, presumably because of her master's instructions, and Miss Doll seemed to be thinking about it seriously, and for the first time put herself in the terrible situation of being ruthlessly abandoned by her master.

There was a hint of confusion in her clear eyes, and a hint of melancholy and panic: "Master, I'...... I...... I don't know what to do, don't you really need me......"

"It's all said, just imagine that it's impossible for me not to want your ...... And it's not a question of knowing or not knowing, it's a question of what you will do and what you want to do. ”

Xia Ran scratched her cheeks in embarrassment, trying to use words to explain to Charlotte what she wanted to express, emphasizing some words.

"What do you "do", what do you "want" to do, or how do you "think" you should react?"

Charlotte nodded slowly as if she didn't understand, and then asked such a question: "So Master, don't you really want me anymore?" The first thing she noticed was this key, and the focus was also this.

"Yes, there's no way I don't want you, just treat this as just a mock quiz, don't care too much, just follow your own ideas and answer." Xia Ran didn't have the slightest impatience, just said this seriously and in detail.

"That's right......" The puppet girl seemed to feel much more relieved all of a sudden, and the expression on her face seemed to be somewhat relieved.

Of course, she has never had any change in her expression, which will make people see something special at this time, maybe it's just a psychological effect, maybe that's it.

Seeing that Charlotte was about to ponder again, Xia Ran cautiously continued to knock on the side, prompting and guiding:

"Follow your heart, or what I've taught you, how do you think you would react when faced with such a thing?"

"It's me, it's me first, it's obviously me who came first......" The maid head nodded ignorantly, as if thinking of something, she hesitated for a moment, and said uncertainly. Whether it's ......"

"Okay, okay, okay......" Xia Ran covered her forehead in despair, and waved her hand again and again to interrupt the puppet girl's words, "I made a mistake, Charlotte, you better follow your own ideas, the kitchen knife is the kitchen knife, I won't pull out the seedlings to help ......"

Could it be that I was so unreliable fifteen years ago?

Why is there even such a thing as white knowledge instilled in Charlotte's memory?

"Wait, what are you guys doing here?"

A surprised voice sounded, and Her Royal Highness the Black Changzhi Princess, dressed in luxurious twelve single clothes, walked in from outside the door, with a trace of inquiry and curiosity in her eyes, simply put, the flame of the gossip fire was burning.

After all, this scene in front of me is very bizarre! The delicate puppet with silver hair and red eyes is twisting and saying wonderful lines to its owner, and it is difficult for people not to associate those aspects, plus the kitchen knife in the puppet's hand...... Gee.

Her Royal Highness the princess suddenly and subtly understood the fun of the paparazzi in just a moment, and she even had the urge to immediately teleport back to get the camera.

"It was Bai Xue just now, it must be Bai Xue!" Penglai Mountain Hui Ye asked with interest.

"It's not...... Anyway, the banquet is not ready yet, Your Royal Highness Princess, you came here so soon? Xia Ran's face darkened, and he waved his hand to let the head maid go back to the kitchen first, and said in a hard tone.

"But the concubine obviously saw that you were going to be firewood......" The princess was dissatisfied.

"That's obviously a kitchen knife, and Bai Xue is not equal to a chai knife...... Xia Ran said with a headache, "Kato-san, can help me testify!" ”

"It's true, but Xia Ran, the relationship between you is really good......" Megumi Kato took a sip of tea calmly, looking at the interaction between the master and servant just now, and said with a slight envy on his expression.

Although it is the relationship between the puppet and the puppeteer, this relationship is really enviable.

"What's a good feeling?"

Another surprised voice sounded, and under the snow with Yui and the two of them walked in from outside the door, Yukino was in his heart, and looked at the scene in the living room suspiciously.

The silver-haired red-eyed puppet maid is busy in the kitchen.

Megumi Kato sat calmly on the side, only Xia Ran and Penglai Shan Kaguya were looking at each other...... In this way, what Megumi Kato said just now, "You have a really good relationship", doesn't that mean......

Somehow, under the snow, his face became even colder.