"Ahem, I mean, because I only know you people, I will naturally subconsciously pay attention to it, so I will know about these things......"

Xia Ran tilted his head, finally found the problem in time, and quickly shook his head and explained.

"But that's all, you think it's your home and it's very close, like everyone lives in the same neighborhood, and I can see you all the way back home when you go back...... That's all. ”

"Really?" Under the snow, Xue Nai still stared at him suspiciously.

"Really, really, unless I really don't care at all, that's why I don't pay attention to you at all, and I don't even have the interest to take a look, in that case, I naturally don't know the situation of your family, even if it's on the other side, I can see ...... at a glance."

You can't blame him for being too perceptive, right?

For Xia Ran, understanding these basic information is like standing in his own room and looking out, easily seeing the scene and layout of the yard, there is no difficulty at all.

Because the existence of the entire Chiba City is actually no different from the sand pits, slides, swings and other facilities built in his own yard, they are all clear at a glance and under control.

Therefore, as long as it is a person or thing that he subconsciously pays attention to, he can naturally grasp the relevant dynamics relatively easily...... However, he will also take care of it himself, and he will not really invade their privacy without scrutiny.

"Is that so......"

After listening to the young man's serious and detailed explanation, he relaxed slightly under the snow and muttered to himself.

Then she clasped her hands to her chest, and her slightly red face turned to the side: "Let's just believe what you say...... But now, I'm going back. ”

This kind of thing is actually difficult to say, after all, it depends on the consciousness of the other party, and she is willing to believe in the other party, although it is more or less awkward in terms of emotion, and there is no way to do this.

But there is no point in continuing to dwell on it, she feels that the most important thing to do now is to go back to her residence first, lest the time be unconsciously dragged into the night.

And since the other party already knows his current situation and knows where he lives, there is naturally no need to hide it......

"Really don't stay overnight? Sanae and the others are all here, you don't have anything to do when you go back by yourself, isn't it better to stay? Xia Ran blinked and asked calmly.

"Nope." Xue Xia pursed her lips and replied unhappily.

They're all here......

It's really reassuring.

“……”

“……”

"Okay, okay, I got it."

Xia Ran sighed softly, nodded, and then directly raised his hand and snapped his fingers-

"Charlotte."

"Master, what do you command?" The head maid who had just come down from the upper floor happened to come to him and stood still, asked lightly, and waited earnestly for the master's order.

This kind of subtle and just right cohesion and cooperation is really unclear, whether it was Xia Ran who chose to give the command because the head maid came to his side; Or maybe before he was ready to give the command, the head maid had a premonition about it, so she came over in advance to prepare.

"Well, it's so close anyway, I won't say anything about paying attention to safety on the road, let Charlotte take you there."

Xia Ran turned his head to look at Xue Nai under the snow, whose face began to change, shook his raised index finger, and said calmly.

“……”

“……”

Although she already had a bad premonition, when this really happened, the girl's eyes were still incredibly wide.

In this way, she glared at Xia Ran with the eyes of looking at some strange thing, and her displeasure was fully revealed. After a long time, he sighed as if he had given up, nodded wordlessly, and said nothing.

- She couldn't figure out the man's thinking circuit......

- I even began to wonder if the panic and instinctive joy I had just felt were really necessary......

- Could it be that he is purely self-inflicted, does this guy really take himself seriously......

Under the snow at this moment, the heart can be described as quite complicated, and the chaos is not enough to describe.

"Miss Snow, please come with me." At this time, Charlotte said at the right time, and the silver-haired and red-eyed puppet girl made a serious and polite gesture pointing in the direction.

“……”

The black girl gave up thinking, sighed coldly, and followed Charlotte forward. It's just that her heart is still messy, and she subtly feels an unusual sense of loss.

Knock Knock Knock –

Follow the maid step by step up the wooden, very old staircase, to the turn of the second floor, and then along the corridor, until the end of the room stops, the whole process took less than half a minute.

"Miss Snow, we're here." Charlotte stopped, smiled and looked at the long, straight-haired black girl behind her who was absent-minded, but just followed her with her head down.

“……”

“……”

"Huh? Wait, why is this, so fast? ”

Xue Nai, who lowered his head and was distracted by the snow, raised his head a little after a few seconds, and subconsciously asked.

Then she noticed that something was wrong, and hurriedly looked around, while thinking uncertainly.

It seems like......

It seems like......

Doesn't it seem like it's upstairs? It seems that he followed this delicate maid like a puppet, and walked up the stairs from the downstairs living room to this place, right? Wait, didn't you say you wanted to go back?

What the hell is that guy doing, did you hear it wrong? Or did he deliberately play tricks on her like this?

At such a moment, there was an obviously dazed expression on Xue Nai's delicate little face under the snow.

"This is it, just open the door directly......" At this time, Charlotte said softly, as if she saw her doubts, so she made a special answer, stretched out her slender white hand to hold the doorknob, just twisted it slightly.

- The door to the room was opened by her, revealing the scene behind the door.

"Wait, this, this'...... Why is this happening? ”

Xue Xia's eyes widened in surprise, looking at the familiar scene inside the door, isn't this his own residence?

"Because this shrine is built on the boundary line, the inner part is not even in the real world, and through the Hakurei barrier in Gensokyo, you can connect with all kinds of places in the world......"

Charlotte explained in a flat tone, saying that this kind of spatial disorder was actually a normal phenomenon in this room.

To give a more intuitive example, in the geography of Gensokyo, Moriya Shrine is located on the top of Mt. Youkai, and the distance from the Hakurei Shrine near the world is only like a straight line distance of ten kilometers from each other.

But in the real world, the two shrines also exist and are the same shrine themselves. However, the huge difference between Moriya Shrine and Hakurei Shrine, located near the center of Chiba City, and Hakurei Shrine, located deep in the mountains of Nagano Prefecture, speaks volumes.

Just like the back of the Moriya Shrine in the real world, Gensokyo is directly connected, but it doesn't mean that in the real geography, Gensokyo also exists near Chiba, bordering the city, but it is hidden......

In fact, it is located in the deep mountains of the extreme east, and it is just that through the power of the realm of the Great Enchantment, the Moriya Shrine in the outside world is directly connected to it.

In the same way, because it is located on the boundary line, if you only need to turn around and change the local direction of the barrier, then you can naturally connect to other spaces in the Moriya Shrine.

Xia Ran's vast occult knowledge, as well as some of Yakumo's authority over the Great Enchantment opened to him, were completely enough to support such a small transformation, and there was no difficulty at all.

So that's it......

I know what I'm thinking, but I just don't say it on purpose, which is clearly to make myself angry!

After listening to the maid's explanation, Xue Xia didn't say anything, and her expression seemed to be even more angry. It's just that the corners of the girl's mouth unconsciously brought up a slight arc, betraying her true mood, and her eyes were as bright as moonlight.

The previous depression and apprehension all disappeared in an instant, as if they were gone.

Although this kind of illegal construction without even saying a word, the behavior of opening up her residence is indeed bad enough...... But at this moment, it also gave her an unprecedented sense of security.

……

……

"Good evening, classmate under the snow."

About an hour later, still in the living room, Xia Ran was writing and drawing on the paper, stopping from time to time to think about something, and after a while he heard footsteps coming from the stairs, so he raised his head and said hello.

"Late, good evening......"

The girl's expression was a little stiff and she replied, and she hesitated for a long time before she reopened the door as the maid chief had said—

The door became problematic, obviously it was a single door design, but it was somehow able to open to both sides, and according to a certain direction, it was decided whether the outside of her residence was a normal apartment, or a room directly connected to the end of the corridor on the second floor of the Moriya Shrine.

"What are you...... Ready to go out? ”

Xia Ran stopped writing, carefully looked at the girl's dress, and asked hesitantly.

“…… No. ”

Xue Xia was speechless for a moment, and replied with a shift in her gaze, she also knew that she was still dressed so formally after taking a shower, and it was not strange at all to relax at home, but it would be even stranger if she didn't wear it like this.

Whether she came here or not, she always felt that she was no longer in her own home, and she had a strange sense of disobedience.

At least...... Wearing a pair of pajamas or something in front of this person is still a little unacceptable.

"Speaking of which, what are you doing here? Do your homework? ”

In order to divert this delicate topic, the girl was the first to ask, and at the same time subconsciously glanced around.

Sanae of Toshiya has probably gone back to the shrine in Gensokyo, but now it's not here, and the head maid is busy in the kitchen at the moment, not knowing what she's doing.

There is also Saber, this knight girl just went out on patrol after dinner, mainly because Xia Ran wanted to make her feel at ease, so she simply told her to pay attention to this aspect because of the special location of Shouya Shrine now-

You can't let people from the outside world sneak through the shrine and illegally break into Gensokyo, and you can't let people in Gensokyo run out without permission......

Although it is said that the Great Enchantment is actually not so bad, there is generally no such serious failure, especially Yakumo Purple should have been deliberately strengthened not long ago, and the quality is currently quite excellent, and even Mianyue Fengji has no way to break into it directly.

But this is not important, the important thing is to let the knight Ji have some "serious affairs" to do, lest she become depressed and unhappy when she is not as full-time and versatile as Charlotte in housework.

Well, the nature is probably the same as the duties of the court master of the White Jade Tower in the Underworld, in fact, there is no need to guard the White Jade Tower at all, but there is such a position......

It's not that this position needs people, but that someone needs this position, it's that simple.

"How is it possible, although I did have an urge to study hard just now, but after drinking a glass of water, I calmed down......"

Xia Ran explained solemnly: "This is what I am going to do later, I plan to anchor an asteroid into Gensokyo, but this matter still needs to be calculated precisely." ”

"Really?" There was a slight confusion under the snow, and I felt that I seemed to understand, but I didn't seem to understand.

"Forget it, don't talk about this kind of scenery-spoiling thing, do you want to eat candy?" Xia Ran smiled, seemed to remember something, stretched out a hand and clenched it into a fist, "Guess how many candies I have in my hand, guess right, I'll give you both." ”

"No, I've already brushed my teeth." Don't turn your face under the snow, why is it this tone again?

"Then it's good to brush it again after that."

“……”

“……”

Isn't it sugar? But also, this person should not be so naïve, maybe he wants to give himself something else...... Under the snow he gave him a strange look, then closed his eyes, thought about my question for a moment, and then cleared his throat and spoke:

"Five."

She deliberately ignored the hint Xia Ran had just given.

"Well, you guessed it! I'll give you two first, and I'll ......give you the rest later," the boy nodded, seemingly satisfied with the answer.