At night.

Xia Ran was studying the two blessings she had received in her own home, thinking about what kind of help they could bring to her.

By the way, these two permanent effects appear on his stats page, indicating that even the benefits obtained in the real world can still be recognized by the space, and there will be no incompatibility problems.

"Enhancement of Yamasaka and Lake...... Well, does this permanent effect give me home field advantage in certain environments? Maybe this effect of walking on the water can be used to pretend to be ...... at critical moments."

"The Blessing of the Native Gods...... It should be the Lori God, right? But the effect feels a little vague, increasing the affinity of "spirits", not limited to necromancers, elves and even gods......"

Xia Ran thought about it seriously and felt that he probably understood something, after all, according to animism, all things have animism—this is how the saying of "eight million gods" in this country came from.

And listening to Sanae, that Lori is the apex of the indigenous gods, and it used to be the leader of various "gods". It's not surprising that her protection can have such an effect, just like a true dragon can dominate the spirits of the hundreds of tribes in the water......

It's just that in this era of the real world, don't expect to rely on this effect to catch Pokémon everywhere, there are not so many spirits for Xia Ran to drive, maybe what this protection can affect at present is the owner's physical health, good or bad luck?

Because "spirits" always exist in the environment, the difference is only whether they are condensed into spirits and whether they are conscious.

However, this auspices should still be able to affect the surrounding animism, so that things will develop in favor of the owner......

Well, in other words, if it was in its heyday, perhaps the effect of this protection would allow the owner to directly drive some low-level and mid-level spirits, and it would also have a certain influence on high-level spirits.

And now, because of the limitations of the environment, it is equivalent to being slashed by the version, and only the ability to affect the surrounding animism remains...... Hmm, +20 luck? Something like that?

I don't feel like it's completely useless, but the effect is relatively small, maybe when will I be able to regain the light in a different world?

"Jingle bell—"

At this time, the mobile phone on the side suddenly rang, interrupting Xia Ran's thoughts.

He just glanced at the lit screen and laughed as expected...... But then again, didn't you send an email today? While thinking so, he reached for his mobile phone:

"Good evening, under the snow."

“……”

“……”

“…… Good evening. A moment later, the voice was as calm as ever.

"Well, is there anything I can do to help you? If you really can't sleep or have nightmares, I can provide bedtime stories, and you can also sing lullabies......" Xia Ran asked casually, and by the way, she quickly thought about whether the appeasement technique released by herself when she was separated from the girl in the evening did not have the desired effect.

But that shouldn't be likely, and he didn't think that under the snow he would really call himself for help because he couldn't sleep or had nightmares.

"Thank you, but I don't need this, I think I will really have nightmares after listening to it......" Xue Xia said calmly, completely unmoved, "I just came to say goodnight to you according to the previous agreement." ”

"That's right...... Good night then. Xia Ran was not disappointed, he knew that this was the case.

"Well, good night......"

“……”

“……”

Next, according to normal terms, it should be to end the call, Xia Ran smiled, and just took the phone away from his ear, he heard a subtle sound under the snow, which was very low-

"It's like a dream when you think about it now, but it's interesting enough to think about it...... Thank you for protecting me today, Xia Ran. ”

Her voice was so low that even someone's keen hearing could barely hear it.

Xia Ran was slightly stunned, and couldn't help but wonder if he had heard it wrong, but at this time, there was only a busy sound from the other side of the phone-under the snow had hung up the phone extremely quickly, so he was also a little unsure.

After a long silence, he put the phone down, squinted his eyes slightly and spread out his palm, and a coin appeared on it.

Xia Ran stared at it for a few seconds, then tossed it up and caught it again. However, he did not open his palm to see if it was heads or tails, nor did he decipher it, but simply put the coin away.

First, it was unnecessary, and secondly, he had not focused his magic practice on the prophecy system, nor had he mastered any simple divination, even if it was a binary divination, it was not so simple.

His current behavior is just to find a reason for himself, like deciding something by flipping a coin, not really relying on a coin to make a decision, but relying on a coin to recognize his own heart.

Because at the moment when the coin is tossed, I am already looking forward to what kind of result it is, and I naturally understand what my heart really thinks.

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Time flies.

Soon, the school's regular exams are coming, and they will last for a week. In addition, after the regular exams, there is a workplace internship immediately after the end of the exam, which makes many students even more nervous than before.

However, Xia Ran still doesn't have any real sense, anyway, he doesn't plan to take regular exams, this kind of thing completely depends on his mood, and he has skipped so many exams of all sizes, and it is not bad for such a time.

So, he still does what he has to do, and paddles leisurely every day.

After the sixth class, he staggered to the special building, and while climbing up to the fourth floor, he glanced at the afternoon sky outside, and saw the boundless clear clear sky, which could make people feel the taste of summer in full fermentation.

At the end of the day, it's another hot day.

Under the snow, Xue Nai sat in the depths of the activity room as usual, with a cold expression on his face. However, when Xia Ran pushed the door in, she still looked at it expectantly, and then quickly sighed lightly, and her eyes fell back to the book in her hand.

“…… Good afternoon, Xia Ran. ”

Although compared to the beginning, they couldn't even say a word to each other, and now she has begun to take the initiative to say hello, Xia Ran can still hear the disappointment in the other party's tone at the moment.

Of course, he knew what the reason was: "Yubihama-san, still didn't come?" ”

"Nope." Xue Xia shook his head and turned another page of the book in his hand, "The day before yesterday, I took my pet to the hospital for a check-up, yesterday I had something at home, and today I ...... It seemed that she had made up her mind that she would not come back. ”

"That's ......"

Xia Ran also knew what happened between Hikiya Hachiman and Yui on the day of the previous reading party, and it can even be said that it was even under the snow.

The three of them were linked by a car accident before they met, the accident was caused by Hihama's dog, and it was Hikiya who saved the dog, and the result was that he went to the hospital and lay down for a while, and the accident was caused by the chartered car of the family under the snow.

Originally, there was no problem, and it could even be said to be fate, but the character and thoughts of the person who were more than Kiya Hachiman were more ...... Awkward. He never knew that he was saving Yubihama's dog, because he was sent to the hospital at that time.

I didn't know until that day, and then I felt that Yubihama was just thanking him for saving her dog, and that he would do this to him because of guilt and gratitude, and felt that this girl's tenderness for him only stopped there.

So he told Yubihama very directly that the two had been evened out, and they didn't have to care about him in the future, didn't have to sympathize with him, and didn't have to feel indebted......

Then, it became the current state of affairs - Yubihama-san basically stopped coming to the activity room, and Hikiya Hachiman, although he still checked in every day, but he left the school until the last time to show up.

It seems that the Ministry of Service, which has just improved a little, has returned to its original path again because of the first formal internal club activity, and has become a literary club with only two people, Xia Ran and Xuexia.

"Wait until after the regular exam, if it still doesn't work, let's think of a way......" Xue Xia felt that this was the only way now, at least those two people had decided to form a team in the workplace internship before, and now it was probably not as good as canceling the registered team list.

This may be an opportunity to see if the two of them will seize this opportunity to reconcile.

Xia Ran didn't say anything, just sat down opposite the girl, fortunately there was no psychological shadow left under the snow because of the events of that day, although I don't know if her worldview has been adjusted in place.

But after that day, there was really no special alienation and rejection of Xia Ran under the snow, but everything was as usual, as if he had forgotten what had happened that day.

But that's fine, if she doesn't say it, Xia Ran won't take the initiative to mention it.

The ministry was silent, no one spoke again, only the ticking of the wall clock on the wall, and the flipping of books by two people. Time passed silently, and on the last day of this adjustment period, nothing special happened.

Of course, this is a good thing, Xia Ran feels that there have been enough accidents during this adjustment, and he doesn't want any surprises at all now.

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This day in the night.

On the huge platform, Xia Ran appeared under the light of a white ball of light, he glanced at the familiar scenery around him, and still had no idea of changing the theme wallpaper. It's too much trouble, and it's also a waste of points.

It's just good, and with such a distinctive theme space, I can immediately be immersed in the scene as soon as I enter, and understand that I have once again stood in front of the magnificent and difficult infinite world dungeon, and quickly adjust my mentality......

In short, it is from "on vacation" to "at work".

Walking quickly to the lonely wooden door on the huge platform, Xia Ran reached out to hold the doorknob and applied for access to the public area, and then a thought flashed inexplicably in his heart-

Could this door actually become a door of whispering? Maybe Mephala was waiting for her behind the door?

Of course, this is impossible, behind the door is the huge square, although the magnificent stone pillar tablet in the center in the distance and the majestic thunder-like flash of energy in the gloomy dark clouds have disappeared at this moment, indicating that the previous copy of the main line of space has ended.

However, the square is still very lively, and the number of vendors is much higher than usual, not to mention the crowds that move around the square.

For a moment, Xia Ran felt as if she was back in the center of Chiba City, in front of that large shopping mall...... Shaking his head, he struggled to dispel the strange associations in his mind, then looked at his inventory.

Including those two demon artifacts, as well as the alchemy potion that was manipulated by Mephala......

Shouldn't I take advantage of this time to sell them all? After all, even after the disinfection of the space, he was still afraid that the magic teacher would harm himself...... Because his intuition is only very certain in this regard, there is no reason why he feels that Mephala has definitely succeeded.