Walking with Shion Aoyama, when I came to the outside of the venue, I saw at a glance the three of Mika standing on the ice wall hundreds of meters away. When I got closer, they spotted me too, and Mika ran down the stairs on the outside first, followed by Rina Mamura. But because she ran too fast, Rina almost didn't fall down the stairs when she went down the stairs, and was quickly helped by Mamura next to her.

Meijia, who has the most sensitive hands and feet, was the first to rush in front of me, squinting her eyes, and her dark eyes revealed a scrutinizing gaze like a cat staring at a mouse: "Fold, why didn't you leave without saying a word to us yesterday?" ”

Shiyin Aoyama, who was beside her, stopped, looked at Mika unknowingly, and then looked at me, rolled her eyes a few times, and didn't say anything.

"Wait, where's the yarn? Why don't you see the yarn? ”

I opened my mouth and was about to speak, but before I could say anything, I was interrupted by Mika. She seemed to have only now realized that the person standing next to me was not Sha, tilted her head and stared at Aoyama Shiyin for a while, and then restrained the expression on her face of "Xingshi asks for guilt", showing a kind smile: "Who is this?" ”

"Shion Aoyama, my name is Shiyin Aoyama, please take care of me."

"Aoyama? I'm Mika Hase. ”

The two girls exchanged names, and then Shiyin Aoyama waved her hand at me and Mika: "Shiraishi, you and your friends have something to say, then I'll go first." Next time, if you have time to come and play with me, it's interesting to talk to you. ”

"Okay, goodbye."

I nodded, and she walked into the room smiling. After she left, Mika lowered her face again and glared at me unhappily: "What happened yesterday?" I left without saying a word, and I thought that you had gone to the bathroom with Rina and Mamura, and I waited for you for a long time. Later, I asked a shopkeeper in the next store, and I realized that you might have gone home - is it true that the shopkeeper said that the yarn looks a little uncomfortable? ”

"Let's wait for Rina and them to come over, I don't want to repeat it twice."

I didn't want to repeat the lie to the kids many times, so I shrugged my shoulders and looked at Rina and Mamura, who were slowly walking this way—Rina almost fell just now, and it seemed that she had palpitations, so she changed her run to walk, and walked slowly with Mamura.

"Then let's talk about that Aoyama Shiyin first, who is she?"

"Don't you know? It's called Aoyama Shiyin. ”

"I know her name is Shiyin Aoyama, but I haven't seen her before, how did you and her meet?"

"I met her on the road just now, her home is in Golden Township, and she happened to come together on the way. Oh yes, she was also in the race, and their team was right next to us yesterday. ”

"Isn't that the enemy—fold, you've disappointed me so much that you've fornicated with the enemy."

Meijia cast a disgusted look, and she didn't know whether she deliberately used the wrong word or really used the wrong word, but she actually used the fornication with the meaning of "unrighteous communication (unrighteous secret communication)" instead of the neutral "internal communication".

I guessed that she might have done it on purpose, and she didn't correct it, but just turned her head to look at the magnificent beauty of the ice city and exclaimed, "It's so beautiful." Speaking of which, Mika, aren't you going to go to that rooftop to see the stars? Let's go together in the evening. ”

The rooftop is the spiraling building, the name given by the builder.

"I'm going."

She raised her eyebrows angrily, but still nodded heavily: "I'll go after the Ice and Fire Dance." ”

……

"That's what happened yesterday, because it happened relatively suddenly, so I can't talk to you and go home, I'm really sorry."

When Rina and Mamura arrived, I told them a rough story about yesterday, except that I replaced the problem with dizziness, and finally bent down to apologize to them—including lying and deceiving.

"I don't need to apologize, since the yarn is not feeling well, there is nothing I can do. Actually, neither Mamura nor I were angry, but it was mainly Mika...... The fire under his feet will burn on his body. ”

Rina squatted down and rubbed the toes of her left foot, her delicate brows furrowed, and she took a breath of cold air with a "hiss"...... Meijia, it's all your fault, running so fast that I almost fell. ”

"Who called you...... I'm sorry. ”

It seems that because of Rina's injured appearance, Meijia rarely didn't sneer at each other, she squatted down beside Rina with concern: "How is it?" Did you twist your foot? Would you like to take a break? ”

"No, it's just a tiptoe."

Rina shook her head.

"That's good, if you twist your foot, you won't be able to dance at night. But let's take a break. ”

"Where to rest? Wait a minute, the yarn will come, and I haven't made an appointment with her, what if I can't find anyone? ”

"Aren't we just waiting for folding and yarn on the ice wall? Just go up there and rest. ”

"But it's so cold up there."

……

At Mamura's suggestion, our group climbed the ice wall and sat down against the ice railing. Since the temperature was still low and we were dressed thickly, we weren't afraid that the ice would melt underneath.

Leaning against the guardrail, I looked out at the small square in the center of the ice city, where around the perimeter of the ice palace were nine seven-foot-high, three-person icicles, thin and thick, like torches.

When night falls, a mana master will use his magic power to ignite the icicles and make them burn from the top, which symbolizes the beginning of the ice and fire dance; When the icicles burn out, it's time for the dance to end – a way to burn fully, perhaps with matches.

When I first saw this, I was so used to the magic of mana that I wasn't surprised, probably by using mana to reduce ice to hydrogen and oxygen, and then burning the hydrogen - this level of mana mana manipulation is not uncommon in the town, but the important thing is that it must be maintained for several hours, which requires a lot of stamina.

"Speaking of which, what are you going to do during the day today? It felt like there was nothing to do. ”

Mamura was lying on the guardrail, looking unmotivated. Mika hated the iron and hammered his knuckles on his head: "There are so many things that can be done, we have been practicing in order to participate in the competition these days." I didn't see the ice drifting, I didn't write a message, I didn't go to the ski race, I didn't run out of the rest of the gift share, I didn't even finish the competition building, and there was a snowball fight...... Except for those of us who participated in the competition, many of the other children went. What do you think we're going to do today? ”

"Playing everything that's supposed to be played, eating everything that's supposed to be eaten, taking everything that's supposed to be taken – that's what I'm going to do today."

Rina rested her feet for a while, looking like she was fine, she stood up and walked a few steps, agreeing with Mika's words.

"It's too much trouble."

Mamura muttered, he is not cheerful, and likes to be quiet and disgusting, and it is estimated that a thousand years ago he will become a new generation of humans called "otaku" - people and houses are one, never go out easily, and send their spirit and thoughts to the Internet, and also have a peculiar insect hobby.

Mika and Rina ignored his complaints, and they enthusiastically discussed the next action, and I was not going to interject into the topic, so I continued to look down on the scenery of the ice city.

After a while, their discussion gradually stopped, and Meijia sighed a little lonely: "The yarn is not there, I always feel a little lonely." The five of us often play together, and it feels like no one can do without it. ”

"yes, if the yarn is not there, it will feel like something is missing."

"What about the heart? Have you forgotten your heart? ”

I answered casually, but the next moment I got a reply that made me chill all over, a chill penetrated into the bone marrow, rushed to my brain, and even made people lose the ability to think for a moment.

"Heart? Who's that? ”

Rina tilted her head with a puzzled expression, and then she looked at Mika again: "Mika, do you know each other?" ”

"It's familiar, but it doesn't seem to be very impressive."

Mei Jia held her chin and thought for a while, and finally shook her head: "Among the children who have played together, I don't remember the name of it." ”

"I don't remember either."

Mamura, who was lying on the guardrail, chimed in.

Even though I was surrounded by ice and snow, at this moment I felt like I was in a scorching summer, and my body seemed to be oozing sweat.

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PS: Sorry for the delay. This chapter is on Sunday, and I'll see if I can do it this week...... After all, the word count in this chapter is really out of reach.