In an instant, the wind blew suddenly. The grass was stirred by the wind and rippled like the surface of the sea.

Brushing aside the short hair that was blown to his ears by the wind, Harukami suddenly had a feeling of being bored.

It wouldn't be a big deal if it was just a sudden feeling, but she knew it wasn't for such a simple and romantic reason.

Although she is usually a little dumbfounded, even she knows this very well. But she was not so dull as to find what she saw uninteresting.

Of course, she also understands what this is all about. Today, there have been at least three similar situations.

Although she didn't know much about the brain, the most complex system of living beings, she had heard more or less about the fact that people with amygdala lesions lose feelings of fear and anger. So of course, there must be a similar regional lesion in the brain that makes people lose their emotions about what is in front of them.

After all, although the causes and consequences are a little unclear,But now she's also the top student in the school city.。 Even if she is not as powerful as her friends, at least in terms of the amount of knowledge she reads, she is now guaranteed.

Although this has never happened before, although it was only a momentary event, its appearance speaks for itself. In the future, I am afraid it will happen more and more frequently, until the cerebral cord is completely dead.

Just like a house with a maximum age of 50 years, the deterioration of its structure usually only occurs in the last 5 years. The destruction of anything is faster the closer to the end of the period. This omen usually appears in the last five years. Moreover, it is usually very inconspicuous at first, and it is only ignored by people who don't know why.

Harukami doesn't ignore this, because she knows the price for a long time.

Probably......

Turning his head, he looked at the dome who was being looked at by the new room in a friendly way, and he always felt as if the world had become soft.

I thought it would not be suitable for yukata, but I didn't expect it to be unexpectedly suitable. But at the end of the day, because you're a beauty, you should wear whatever you want. It's a result that's easy to understand.

"Is it a butler? Is it that kind of housekeeper? ”

"No, actually...... Maybe it's a friend my mother knows? I don't know much about the relationship between my mother......."

At night, a slight wind swirled on the embankment, transmitting some strange roommates and friends to talk.

"Don't mention these irrelevant topics. Kaihara-san, it's really beautiful. ”

"Misaka-san, right?"

"It's better to say that Hatsuharu-san and Saten-san and Harugami are also quite cute."

"Sister-sama! What about sunspots, sunspots? ”

"I really don't want to mention that kind of thing......

"Well, Shirai-san, too, is cute. It's better to say that everyone is ......"

Kaihara-san...... Thank you very much, but you won't be taken seriously when you say that. ”

"Huh? Is that the case? ”

"It's like sheer politeness — that's probably how it feels."

"But I don't have that idea."

If it was the Dome of the past, would you say such a thing? Such a sweet and fragrant dialogue like a clove never seemed to have existed, at least in my memory. Rather, for most of the time in the facility, the Dome was something that no one would pay attention to.

I always thought that maybe she was the only one who had not changed, but now it seems that it may not be. Life is such a strange thing - that's what you say?

But......

If you really want to say that something has changed, it seems that nothing has changed. No matter how a person changes in the world, its essence is like an eternal change.

After a short period of morbid indifference, listening to their conversation, I inexplicably had a poet-like mood. It's really boring, and it's clear that this feeling doesn't suit me at all.

"Look, there's a night market!"

Suddenly, Saten screamed.

As she said, above the artificially piled embankment on the shore is the so-called "embankment road" (though not large at all), designed to allow vehicles and pedestrians to walk on the embankment. So at a time when roads are closed like today, it is natural to form a night market street. In the school city,This is also a kind of business behavior that is often seen.。

"Really! And a lot more! ”

"It smells so good! I can't help it! ”

"I'll go too!"

"Sister, if you run like this...... Really! ”

It is also quite natural that several people are naturally divided into two camps. Mikoto, Shirai, and Saten, who had been noisy all the time, ran at the front (well, there was one person who didn't use to run), and the usually quiet Qiongno, Harumami, and Hatsuharu stood in place a little out of their rhythm. This seems so clear and easy to understand.

"Then, Harumami-san, Kaihara-senpai, let's go too."

But I don't know why, but Dome Nai's expression looked a little embarrassed.

"What's wrong, Kaihara-senpai?"

"No, it's not a big deal. It's just ......," she said reluctantly, running her carefully groomed sideburns through her fingers, "I don't have any money." ”

"Huh?"

Because it was a very unexpected answer, I didn't even react in a short time in the early spring.

"That is, well, that...... I didn't have any money with me. ”

The night market is indeed a collection of amusement shops, and since it is a business, it naturally needs to spend money. If you don't have money, then you naturally can't get involved in it - this common sense is easy to understand.

Chu Chun's mind even jumped in this direction with a great degree of deflection because it couldn't be connected.

No, this is not a problem. The key question is......

"But, but, Senior Sister Haiyuan shouldn't be out of money."

That's right, that's right, with the auditory hallucinations of "snapping", the brain finally turned. In fact, this is the key, how can the granddaughter of the chairman of Tokiwadai encounter such a thing as having no money? Even if this factor is excluded, as a Tokiwadai student, the monthly allowance received is a figure that dazzles "ordinary students" like Hatsuharu. There is no such thing as money, and it is really instinctively difficult to think about it.

"I guess, let's just make an excuse, I don't care much about money myself, and the monthly student allowance is also given to the family, but when I need it, I will ask my mother for it. Of course, I usually bring the necessary amount of money with me when I go out, but I forgot about it today because I was in a hurry......"

“……”

Sounds confusing? No, it should be said that it is indeed a state of confusion.

Actually, objectively speaking, it can't be said that it is really the dome that has neglected anything. Yukata don't have pockets, so it's common to put cash in a towel bag when you wear a yukata. The problem is that for Qiongno, who had never worn a yukata before, even the scarf bag itself was prepared by her mother. In this case, the mother did not prepare enough cash, and she did not know about it in advance.

"Senior Sister Haiyuan, sometimes I'm confused."

"Woo woo woo ......"

Very subtle, obviously a person full of intellectuality, intelligent and gentle. Obviously, as long as you maintain self-discipline and good manners, it is easy to have that noble temperament (imagined in the early spring). In fact, that's exactly what makes her first impression. However, there are situations like this from time to time, which makes the atmosphere feel like gummies.

Although it is only a little bit, this atmosphere is indeed a little bit like coquettishness.

"If that's the case, I'm probably still a little rich here. My recent student allowance is quite generous. ”

Harukami, who felt that it had become inexplicable from just now, and a little lacking in presence, interjected.

"Ah, thank you, Jinyi. It won't take much, though, and I'll pay you back tomorrow. ”

Qiongno, who felt that she should be polite (she gave the impression that she was the type who would never cause trouble to others), accepted it without hesitation this time. The only reason, I'm afraid, is that the person who made this suggestion was Harumami. If it were someone else, she would never accept it.

Although it is just a small inadvertent detail, it reveals a slight difference. More or less, it shows the transcendent weight that Harugami has as a friend in the mind of the dome. I'm afraid that is also one of the few "exceptions" in her mind.

_

Although it was said to be a loan, the only thing Dome bought was the apple candy she held in her hand at this time. In this way, he wants to taste the taste, but it is purely to cater to the needs of the moment. Compared with actual things, she prefers this atmosphere that is as smooth as clear water and as gentle as wind and dew. As a result, Harukami bought more things, and almost all of them were food.

"Harumami-san, if you eat so much, you will gain weight."

Bai Jing on the side said for some reason.

This is not so much a kind reminder as it is an expression of some kind of resentment. With a wonderful, innocent expression, Harukami slowly tilted his head to the side, as if trying to understand the meaning of Shirai's words. After waiting for a moment, she replied several beats slowly:

"No, I don't have a fat physique no matter how I eat."

"Huh? It's true? ”

"Wow! So envious! ”

Indeed, in Dono's memory, Harukami was a gluttonous girl who was keen on all kinds of food, and she was also the only child in the nursing home who ate snacks at least three times in addition to three meals. Being so passionate about food and never gaining weight was an incredible topic in a nursing home back then. Even if it is a little different from what I remember, it still fits together in this regard.

"That's right, Jinyi. You just said that your recent student allowance is more generous? Speaking of which, have you ever had any difficulties in life? ”

Inadvertently, I wanted to ask her what kind of time she spent in a time she didn't know.

"Hmmm......"

"I used to be a little strapped for money, but now that I have funders, money is no longer a problem."

Very subtly. When talking about this topic, Harukami even puffed up his chest confidently and waved his outstretched fingers slightly, as if there was still some meaning in it that he wanted to show off.

"Is there any problem?"

Dome asked.

Usually the subsidy for ordinary students in the school park is fixed.,But if it's some students who participate in research,,You'll get some additional subsidies.。 If someone funds a research project, they can even get a significant share of it. In addition to these two, there is also a type that directly grants funding to the students themselves who participate in the research. Of course, this also requires students to make certain achievements on a certain research topic. In fact, the dome itself is of this kind.

"Uh-huh. There's some research on biomimetic sensors, the kind that has to do with bird migration. ”

"Bird migration? Simulation of entangled navigation like the European robin? ”

"Want more. It's not just a simple compass that's set up, it's hopefully useful in determining the goal. ”

"Hum~"

Exactly how Harukami avoided himself has been very completely understood. Honestly, this is really the way that she can be derived from what she can imagine. Although it is not a radar, it should still be in a limited state at this stage in the knowledge of the dome. However, since it works in the form of quantum entanglement, there is almost no way to circumvent it, and it is a promising application for positioning and navigation. Since Harugami is working on this promising project, it is only natural that someone will fund it.

Stopping, Dome smiled reassuringly.

It was a really gentle smile. Why do you have such an expression? I don't understand it at all.

Even so, it made the half-sluggish Harugami a little unable to answer.

For some reason, there was a little bit of anger on that expression.

It was an unusually angry feeling, as cold as something had penetrated the back.