Early in the morning of the second day of the art festival, Xing was still in the room, looking at the "Permission to Go Out for a Day" received soon on the bracelet display, and the noise below gradually jumped up to the dormitory building. He walked to the balcony, the cold wind made him retreat again, and he looked downstairs, a new scene:

The downstairs was originally a large open space, and at this time there were countless ice sculptures, as large as stone pillars, giant trees, and even waves nearly ten meters wide; Small but like characters with different behaviors, chariots and horses. When the star got off the elevator, he found that even the snow on the surface of the ground was divided into evenly sized blocks by a special technology, turning them into snow bricks, and when you stepped on it, you could feel that its structure was so tight that it left no traces.

There were many students who had already come to see the ice sculptures, and Hoshi soon saw Matsushima Kishitaro among them, staring at a nearly nine-foot-tall fan-shaped ice gate. Star went over and said hello to him:

"Yo."

"Hmm." Kitaro came back from meditation and was slightly surprised to see that it was Xing who took the initiative to talk to him.

"Isn't Sen-san with you?"

"No, she was called away early in the morning by President Night Sakura."

"She's also in the Literary Society?"

"That's right."

The star moved its gaze to the ice gate: its ornamentation and burly form shone brightly in the light of the sun. He sighed: "The workmanship is really good. ”

Hoshi's voice was not loud, but Kitaro was obviously interested in the topic as well, and he quickly nodded in agreement when he heard it: "Indeed, such a large ice sculpture was laid out in one night, and I thought that yesterday's snowmaking was amazing enough...... It is truly the No. 1 academy with top-notch technology. ”

"Hmm...... By the way, how were you doing yesterday? ”

"Well, it's not good." Kitaro sighed: "You were right at the time, after we got there, although there were many activities, there were long queues almost everywhere, and it was not interesting at all. ”

"That's right......"

"What about you?"

"I ...... yesterday There's not much to say either. "Hoshi doesn't plan to tell you about meeting Kyoko.

"It seems that we are not very lucky." After Jitaro finished speaking, he opened his legs, which had stood for a long time, and turned to walk away.

Star followed: "Where are you going?" ”

"Go to the square - meet the person."

Due to the lack of daily necessities, Star decided to go to the square to buy some things as well. So they walked out slowly, and the voices of the students were gradually left behind along with the ice sculptures, and after a while, Xing realized that he was not in the right direction, and asked, "Did you go wrong?" Isn't the square over there? ”

Kitaro asked rhetorically, "Do you want to walk over?" ”

"And what do you mean?"

"Isn't it much faster to get to the station below—" Kishitaro pointed to the sign on the left, "There are stations everywhere in the academy, you don't know it, do you?" ”

Star shook his head, he really didn't know that he hadn't paid much attention to his surroundings since the first elimination vote. To date, he has only been to the Accademia Square twice, and many other places are even less well known.

Kitaro pursed his lips and continued to walk forward.

The two of them didn't walk long along the school road in all directions, and they saw the underground elevator leading to the underground station not far away, Kishitaro led the Xingshun elevator down to the negative floor, and saw that the star noticed the button on the negative third floor, he explained: "There is no negative second floor, only the negative first floor has a train - the negative third floor academy is not open, and only the staff who know the password can go." ”

"Okay."

They got out of the elevator, and there was a wide passage in front of them, and at the end of the passage was the waiting hall of the train, and as soon as they entered, they saw a train at the stop that had just stopped, and the electric door was slowly opening at the moment.

"Good luck today." Kitaro was the first to enter the car.

There were already a few passengers in the car, so Xing found a seat nearby and sat down, opened the map on the bracelet that he had ignored for a long time, and looked at the location of the academy station and station.

The doors slowly closed again, and in the deep, dark, tunnel, the train was speeding to its next destination.

After getting out of the car and returning to the ground, facing them was the shopping mall at College Square, which was now dressed up like an ice castle in the "new clothes" of the festival. As they entered, it was as lively as ever, and Kichitaro walked without hesitation, until he came to a very remote shop, he slowed down, waited a little for the stars, and then walked in gently.

Xing looked at the shop: it was small, there was no advertisement at the door, and the store was even more shabby, except for a rectangular table full of worn-out dolls, and the old man on the table was the owner of the shop, who was mending a doll bear in his hand by the bright lamp.

Kitaro's eyes suddenly became warm, and he quietly approached the old man, as if the slightest noise would ruin the old man's work at the moment. He leaned into the old man's ear and said, "Grandpa, I'm here." ”

The old man was stunned for a moment, and after seeing the young man in front of him clearly, he suddenly remembered something, and then he reacted, carefully put aside the doll bear that had been patched with one eye, and took off his reading glasses with his slightly trembling right hand: "Oh, it's you, you've grown so big......"

"Well, grandpa, I heard you moved in - I went to school here, and I came to see you today."

"Ah, good...... Good...... Thank you, thank you, good boy. ”

"Rest well, don't tire yourself out."

"Good, good ......"

......

Half an hour later, Kitaro met the kind eyes of the old man in the store and waved goodbye. Hoshi had already bought the items he needed at this time and was waiting for him at the door, and Kitaro said to Hoshi with some apologies, "I'm sorry, I'm taking care of grandpa." ”

"It's fine." Star said. In fact, when Kitaro changed his normal state and talked with the old man so patiently, he was already gone: after all, he couldn't spoil the atmosphere.

"Thank you." After seeing the old man, Kishitaro was obviously much more energetic, and he said brightly, "Then let's go?" ”

"Hmm."

"I want to go back—"

"Okay."

On the way, Hoshi asked Kitaro, "That old gentleman just now, is it your family?" ”

"It's not." Kishitaro shook his head.

"That's?"

"It's a friend who has forgotten his years...... I admire what he's doing now, so he's one of the people I look up to the most...... By the way, would you like to hear his story? ”

Looking at Kitaro's expectant eyes, Hoshi replied, "Yes, let's talk." ”

"He's a doll repairer – in the past, I called him Uncle Doctor, but then there were no more doctors and he was old, so I just called him Grandpa. It's one of the most interesting I've ever seen! You think, in such a bustling capital, the power of technology can heal almost everything—except the thoughts in people's hearts. What do little ones like? It must be a toy, you can buy a new one if the toy is broken, but the new one must not be what I liked in the past-" Kishitaro scratched his head and smiled a little awkwardly: "I was relatively naïve when I was a child...... I like dolls, but because I don't know how to cherish them, I always play with them for a few days and they go bad. The family only knew to buy me new ones, but I couldn't bear the old dolls, so I quietly put them away, and-"

"And then you met the old gentleman?" Hoshi asked as he listened to Kitaro's gushing reminiscences.

"Well, that's right! And then there'......"

I'm concerned about why he's here, Star thought.

But he didn't say it, because this was when he saw the other side of Kitaro for the first time. Interrupting Kitaro's conversation at this moment will undoubtedly hit this hard-won human affection.

......

In the afternoon, Xing arrived at the student union, and bumped into Sen Caiyi who was about to leave, and Sen Caiyi stared at Xing with some surprise: "Ah! Long time no see, you're called-"

"Star."

"Yes, yes, yes - sorry, I'm not very good at remembering names."

"It's fine." Hoshimi Mori Caiyi held another stack of documents in his hand, so he asked, "Mori-san, is it here to find the president?" ”

"Yes, it's to register some things in the community—" Sen Caiyi waved the documents in his hand and said with some indignation, "As you can see, it was those guys in the community who summoned me over. ”

"Then you get busy first, I'm just here to get something."

"Hey, wait a minute!"

"Is there anything else going on with Sen-san?"

Mori Caiyi laughed mischievously: "It's rare to see you again, let's just have a meal together - I have to say it, stupid!" ”

After waiting for Mori Caiyi to put the documents back in the club, he and Xing went to a western restaurant downstairs in the complex - due to the large area and the small number of students, in order to facilitate student life, there are also several private restaurants in the college in addition to the cafeteria. None of this was known to the stars before.

The furnishings in the restaurant are modeled after a medieval chimney house, with dark red walls and fireplaces that add to the warm and serene atmosphere, and it is quiet with only one couple of guests except them. Mori Caiyi casually ordered a few dishes, sent the waiter away, and then couldn't wait to look at the star on the other side of the table: "To be honest, this art festival is really amazing!" ”

Hoshi looked at the porcelain cup on the table and nodded at Saii Mori, signaling that he was listening.

"Actually, from the beginning, I thought it would be amazing, just watching the opening ceremony was enough for me to marvel for a long time, and all of a sudden it became a cold and snowy ground - ah, all of a sudden! I didn't even come back to my senses, it felt like I had crossed over. It's amazing, I really want to see it again......"

Saiki's voice grew weaker, and Hoshi thought she would say something soon, so she waited patiently. However, after a long silence, Hoshi raised his head and saw Mori Caiyi supporting her chin with one hand, her cheeks were a little red, her eyes were half-squinting in confusion at this time, her mouth was slightly open, but she never made a sound.

After discovering that Hoshi was looking at him, Mori Caiyi shook his head violently as if he had suddenly woken up, which made Hoshi smell a fragrance with temperature. She smiled reluctantly, with a hint of weakness in her tone: "That...... Excuse me, Star. I've been playing too crazy lately, and I've had a bit of a cold. ”

"No, it's not a cold." Hoshi still looked at Saii Mori's cheeks. "What did you just eat?"

"I didn't ...... I didn't eat anything, it was just, I just drank some tea here......"

Xing looked at his teacup: a few wolfberries floated on the dark tea. He asked, "Are you allergic to goji berries?" ”

"Yes, yes......" Mori Caiyi also understood at this time, but she felt her head getting more and more dizzy, and suddenly, her eyes opened suddenly, and Sen Caiyi gritted her teeth and asked, "You...... Star...... How do you know this? ”

"You...... How do you know about medicine? ”

After asking two questions in a row, Mori fell on the table and fainted.

[Number of eliminated: 13 people]

[Remaining: 987 people]