"The snow has melted."

Lie looked at the scenery at the door of his home, remembered the snowstorm a week ago, and was very emotional,

"There's no snowman left at the door, either...", Zero said with regret, because it was the snowman that he had built with Master, and I'm still happy to think about it.

During this week, in addition to shopping, Lie and Zero basically stayed at home.

Although he didn't go out, Lie and Zero contacted his friends at Fangwen College by phone, Internet, letters (greeting cards), etc.

Knowing the news that Lord Lie and Zero were back, a lot of friends came to visit this week, so even though I didn't go out, I still met with a lot of friends. (Nero's concert was too hasty, and we didn't see each other at all.) ）

It wasn't until Chinese New Year's Eve that Lie and Zero came out together to prepare for the New Year's festival... This festival starts this afternoon and will last at least until the seventh day of the new month, and Lie and Zero are relatively early to participate.

Aina and the others will also come out to participate, and when they get to the area where the festival is located, they will be able to meet it, so they must have already gone out now, right?

Standing under the night sky for a moment, Lie turned around and looked at the melted snowman with some regret.

After a little thought, Lie slowly walked over, bent down slightly and said to Zero, "When it snows next time, let's build a snowman together." ”

With a sweet smile, the moment is very beautiful and touching ^_^ (hey, that's not right.

Sorry, rude, shouldn't have said that... It should be said that it has always been this way (and even more wrong!)

“…”

"Can we add that too?"

After hearing the voice, Lie and Zero turned around and saw two beautiful girls who were also wearing kimonos standing opposite.

North Springs. Reina,That is, Lie's childhood friend who lives next door.,And Reina's sister Kitazumi. Chiyo... Some time ago, they seemed to have gone to another country, and they only came back last night.

The reason why Lie and Zero haven't left since they went out is to wait for the two of them here.

"Absolutely." While Riol responded, he looked at Reina and Chiyo.

It is also a carefully selected kimono, dignified and generous, beautiful and elegant... If they continued, the poor adjectives of Lie could no longer describe their beauty.

Noticing that Ryu was looking at her, Reina happily spun around and looked at Ryu with expectant eyes.

“…”

"Is this something to be judged by yourself?" Lie noticed Reina's gaze and thought to himself.

"Na~, look at what I'm different about today." Reina clasped her palms together and put forward a proposition!

"I wore a kimono today...", Lie said without thinking, and...

His eyes were a little cold all of a sudden, and in a trance, he seemed to hear Reina say, "Lie... Thinking about the ending of the ship? ”

“…”

"Uh... Today... New hairpins? "Lie Ke has the ability to remember, but at this time, it often has nothing to do with memory!

“…”

Reina lowered her head, not knowing if she was back to the right place, and Lie's heart was beating 'plopping, plopping'.

"Bingo, that's right!" The next moment, Rena raised her head and smiled happily.

"Whew... In the end, there were no accidents. ”

While relieving a sigh of relief, he noticed that Reina's sister, Chino was talking to Zero.

"Is Hoya coming too?" Chiyo asked with confirmation after getting the news from Zero.

"Well, Hoya and Molian-sama, and everyone will go." Zero responded.

(Obviously you don't care about anyone else, do you?) ）

Ryu and Reina stood in front and smiled at each other when they saw Zero and Chiyo finish talking.

"Let's go... Let's go to the festival on Chinese New Year's Eve. ”

…

The streets are full of festive atmosphere, not only the street lamps and the lanterns that are specially hung during the festival, but also most of the houses are lit up.

The crowd is as lively as daytime, and most of them wear kimonos or similar yukata robes, which further accentuates the festive atmosphere.

Lie and his party of four beautiful girls (in everyone's eyes), when they walked on the road, they were naturally watched by a lot of eyes, and the return rate was very high.

"Happy New Year, Lord Lie."

"Happy New Year..."

After leaving the house for some distance, Lie had this conversation above several times... The people I met were all girls from Fangwen College, some of whom Lie knew, and some of whom only had impressions and didn't know their names.

Simple greetings, Lie still likes it a lot... Everyone is a good boy (both in character and size.)

"Happy New Year, Lord Lie, Zero, and Beiquan-sang." After walking a few steps, several more girls came and greeted Lie.

"Happy New Year... Fragrant wind? ”

After Lie heard the greeting, he subconsciously showed a formulaic smile, and after a closer look, he found that the other party was Xiangfeng, a classmate in the same class as him.

"Oriya, Ariki, Saya... Did you come out together? ”

The same classmates who followed Xiangfeng were Lie's classmates, and they all knew each other, and there was still some communication in the class.

"We met after we went out... But it's true that our homes are not far apart. Xiangfeng explained, and after a pause, he proposed, "Lord Lie, let's go there together, shall we?" ”

"I've heard that there's an interesting 'name painting' there."

"Is it there—" Lie looked at where Xiangfeng was pointing, and then shook his head regretfully.

"I'm sorry, but we've made an appointment with a friend to meet in front of the shrine." Yeol smiled apologetically.

"Shrine?" Xiangfeng said with the same regret: "We just came back from there. ”

“…”

"Goodbye."

After a few more small talks, Lie and his entourage parted from them and continued to walk towards the shrine.

This is already a festival area, and there are many small shops that have opened temporarily to provide food and entertainment.

"Master..."Zero tugged at the corner of Lie's clothes.

"Huh?"

Looking down at Zero, there were... Leisure?

Zero is very familiar with friends.,A girl who is also good at cooking... Judging by her appearance, she and several other girls opened a temporary snack shop selling 'grilled skewers'.

Kang Le also noticed Lie's side and greeted him in a friendly manner.

"Let's go."

Lie and his entourage walked over... As soon as you walk in, you can smell the aroma of the food, and it seems that Kangle has made a new breakthrough in addition to pasta.

"Happy New Year."

"Happy New Year."

There were not many guests in front of the shop, so Kang Le asked the other girls to greet him, and he brought a plate of freshly made skewers for Lie and his party.

"It's all vegetarian food...", and after distributing it to everyone, Kang Le introduced: "My favorite and most confident thing is 'baked gluten', please be sure to try it." ”

“…”

"Delicious!" Reina and Chiyo felt good after eating a skewer of grilled gluten each.

Zero first looked at one side carefully, then sniffed it close to his nose, and then took a light bite...

"Good porcelain!" (biting the tongue)

Even Zero said so, it must have been delicious, so Lie also ate a bunch... Sure enough, it was delicious.

“…”

Cooking is a joy for Kangle, and it is even happier when the food is recognized... They stood here and chatted for a while, and the atmosphere was very harmonious.

"Zero, come to the store in a while." Before Lie and his entourage left, Kang Le said to Zero: "There are some new practices recently, I want to discuss them with Zero!" ”

"Hmm!" Zero happily agreed... For this kind of thing, Zero is also very positive.

…

Ryo and his entourage continued to walk towards the shrine, and it was already late at night, but the area where the festival was held was still full of people, and everyone's interest was high.

"It's so beautiful," Chiyo stood in front of the window of a store, looking at the dim sum inside.

"If you eat too much, you won't be able to digest it..."Lie covered his forehead, the reason why this road is so slow is because he can see a new delicacy after walking a few steps.

"No, Lie-sama." Reina shook her head and explained...

"Sweets are in the other stomach!" (Invariably speaking.) ）

Yeol smiled wryly... Forget it, it's good for everyone to be happy.

“…”

"Hooray!" Chiyo happily ate his snack, and Lie and his party continued to walk forward.

If you look ahead, you can already see the shrine... and the members of the Martyrs' Support Department.

"Happy New Year, Lie-sama, Zero, Reina, Chiyo."

"Happy New Year..."

I saw six beautiful girls standing in front of me, and they were the members of the Lie's department.

Mo Lian, Suigu, Shiyu, Monroe, Lina, Xiao An... They had apparently been waiting for a while, and there were some young men standing around who wanted to strike up a conversation.

However, it is not easy for a large group of girls to stand together and want to talk.

Noticing the arrival of Lie and his party, many young men sighed and prepared to leave here.

Originally, I thought that I would wait for these girls to be separated, but now there are more of them, and... The one in the middle is clearly oppressive!

"Strange, Aisha?" Lie glanced at the girls and realized that among his own members, Aisha was not here.

"Aisha went back halfway and wanted to bring some items..."Shiyu said, "Minister, actually... We suddenly want to host an event! ”

"...." (explained)

It turned out that Mo Lian and Shi Yu had an activity in mind, which was to collect everyone's New Year's wishes at the Chinese New Year's Eve festival, which could be used for club activities after the school started. (Only the wishes of the students of Fang Bun College will be selected)

As she spoke, Aisha returned, carrying a bag of paper and pen and a storage box.

"Good work." As she spoke, she took the item that Aisha had brought... Speaking of which, Aisha was wearing a regular dress and did not wear a kimono.

Not only Aisha, but also the members of Ryo's department, except for Shiyu, Molian, and Hoya, did not wear kimonos.

Lie and his members agreed to meet near the shrine, and they all arrived at this time... As for the invitation of other girls, Lie had no choice but to decline, anyway, as long as he came out, he might encounter it.

After separating the boxes stored after the pen and paper, everyone walked around the neighborhood together... On Chinese New Year's Eve, near the most popular shrine in the festival area, there are many performances.

There are many kinds of lion dancers, monkey dancers, acrobatics, rings, goldfish fishing, and so on.

Of course, since it's at a shrine, there's also a shrine maiden's performance!

While watching these performances and playing some games, I sent out invitations to participate in the event to the girls I met... Of course, the students of Fangwen College are all girls, mainly for this.

At first, everyone acted together, but it was too inefficient, so they were grouped.

"Let's go over there." After watching a lion dance performance, Ryu said to Zero and Reina beside him.

Lie, Zero, and Reina are divided into a group... As for Chiyo, it seems that he went to Hoya and Molian.

"Happy New Year, Lie-sama..."

A greeting came from the side, and I looked sideways... It's Fangchuan. Miles.

It's not just Fangchuan. Chisato herself, and a girl who was eating something was following her....she could see that the girl was still holding a lot of snacks in her hands.

“…”

That's right, he followed Fangchuan. The girl behind Chisato is none other than Artoria!

"Happy New Year... This one is very porcelain, let's have some! ”

Eating the food, my king's speech was a little slurred, but the intention was clearly expressed.

"Thank you..."Lie and his entourage did not refuse... How do you feel like you've been eating (—_—!)

"Have you seen Chino?"

"Chino?" Lie shook his head and said, "She's already out, but she hasn't met her yet." ”

"But it's definitely here..."Lie added, "Chino's family is back, and tonight I came out with my sister." ”

"That's right..."Fang Chuan. Chisato nodded thoughtfully, and then said, "I've always wanted to thank Chino... Thank you Chino for making a wish for Rider to stay. ”

“…”

Yes, the nursery rhyme that he talked to on the phone with Lie before, and Artoria who was eating in front of him, all show that... The Heroic Spirit, who left the field after the end of the Holy Grail War, is back again.

"Well, thanks to Chino." Lie responded softly... It is indeed troublesome to want the Heroic Spirits to stay, the energy in the Holy Grail is insufficient, and the Spirits can do it at present, but it will require a lot of cost.

In this regard, Lie thought of a way... Since you can't easily stay as a Heroic Spirit, what about hiding your identity as a Heroic Spirit?

Just like the ship girls and the girls of the deep sea, most of the power of the seal is left in this world in an ordinary manner... In this case, the Holy Grail can still be done.

Finally, the Holy Grail follows Chino. Luckily's wish recalls the nursery rhyme, Artoria, Saber, and Arche.

According to Lie's method, he sealed most of the power and remained in this world as an 'ordinary' attitude.

As for whether it will cause any problems in the future... I'll talk about that later.

“…”

"Goodbye, Lie-sama..."

"Goodbye..."

Lie and his entourage with Fang Chuan. Chisato and Artoria say goodbye... Before parting, Lie did not miss the opportunity to please Fangchuan. Chisato participated in the event, recorded her and my king's wishes, and put them in the storage box.

…

"Let's ring the bell, Master." Zero kept an eye on the time, and after collecting a piece of paper with a wish, he said this.

There is a bell near the shrine that rings one hundred and eight times at midnight in the New Year, and people wish each other good luck in the new year as the bell rings to welcome the new year.

If you can be a member of the ringing of the New Year's bell, it is obviously a very happy thing.