Morning.

in the coffee shop.

It was rare to have a guest, although it was just a little girl.

Azusa Enomoto brought cake and juice.

At a young age, it's better not to drink coffee, and it is estimated that the little girl doesn't like coffee either.

That kind of bitter thing, not pleasing to children.

"Thank you, Sister Azi."

The little girl smiled and thanked Azusa Enomoto.

Azusa Enomoto seemed a little embarrassed, nodded with a smile, and then ran to the back kitchen.

It's almost time for lunch.

So the skin is still a little too thin, the kiss is just seen, it's nothing, and the little girl won't tease her.

In contrast, Qingming was not affected at all.

Just sit at the counter and flip through the novels in your hand.

This uncle is so well watered.

However, even boiled water has a different flavor, and you can taste it differently if you taste it carefully.

Well, that's nonsense.

"Naa, Ernie Sauce, Ernie Sauce."

"Huh?"

"Do you know where Sister Xiaolan and Conan went? There's no one at home. ”

"Haven't you heard? Traveled to Osaka. ”

"Osaka? That's nice. ”

When it comes to traveling, the little girl seems to be a little envious.

Children always like to play, and being able to go on trips, picnics, camping, and the like is something to envy.

So, children, it's really easy to satisfy a group of people.

Those who are content are always happy.

Maybe that's why children are always so happy every day.

It's not the same for adults.

When people grow up, they will have more troubles and desires, and it will be difficult to be satisfied, and naturally it will be difficult to be truly happy.

But if it's desire, maybe it's more about responsibility.

Qingming put down the novel.

Raised his head and looked at Ayumi who was sitting in the guest seat over there.

"You want to travel?"

"Not really."

The little girl shook her head.

"I just want to play, to play with my friends."

"Play."

Qingming nodded.

It's really a simple wish, so simple that it makes people want to laugh.

But I couldn't laugh out.

Just shook his head and randomly continued to flip through the novel in his hand.

Coincidentally, the uncle in the novel interacts a lot with a little Lori, and it looks quite interesting.

Gradually, I was fascinated again.

The little girl over there was eating cake, with a pair of big watery eyes, looking at Qingming with curiosity.

Adults often think that children don't understand anything.

But in fact, there are some things that children actually understand, although they may only be ignorant, but at least they are not ignorant.

In these days, children are very precocious.

It's better to say that children have always been very precocious, after all, in ancient times, teenage family members abounded, and there were many mothers in their teens, and no one believed it if they were not precocious.

Ayumi isn't a very precocious kind, but she still knows what a kiss is.

That's something that only boyfriends and girlfriends, couples can do.

Although I still don't understand it a little.

"Now, Ernie Sauce, Ernie Sauce."

"Huh?"

"Do you like Sister Azi?"

"Hmmm......"

Qingming put down the book and seemed to be thinking.

Fortunately, Enobenzo Azusa was not here at this time but in the back kitchen, and he couldn't see this scene, otherwise he would have been slapped a few times directly.

Touched and touched, kissed and kissed, ask if you like it or not, and even think about it?

This is too much.

But Qingming, who didn't seem to realize this, thought about it seriously.

Then the answer is derived.

"I guess I like it."

"Sort of?"

The little girl didn't quite understand.

If you like it, you like it, if you don't like it, you don't like it, can there still be a "count"?

So the world of children is always very simple.

"Don't care so much about children, you'll understand when you grow up."

Qingming did not explain.

He just smiled at the little girl, then lowered his head and continued to read.

I didn't see the little girl's pouting mouth.

Children don't like to be seen as children, even though they are children in nature.

And, why do you have to grow up to understand?

"I'll understand it now, Ernie Sauce."

The little girl's voice rang out.

"Ernie Sauce, Ernie Sauce" sounds really comfortable.

Qingming enjoys being called that.

But Ayumi's words made him want to laugh a little.

And laughed out loud.

"You understand? What do you understand? ”

"I ......"

Understand what?

The little girl scratched her little head.

I should have understood, but I didn't know how to say it, and I couldn't express it in words.

So the little girl pouted aggrievedly.

"I really get it."

"Understand what? Affection? Little girl, feelings are not just as simple as liking or disliking...... All in all, children don't think about this, your task is to maintain the last innocence of mankind. ”

“？”

The last innocence of mankind?

The little girl said that she didn't understand, but being treated as a child still made her a little unhappy.

But there is nothing to refute.

Snorted a few times, and could only concentrate on eating the cake.

Anyway, adults always have all kinds of reasons to refute children's words, and it's nothing to say that you can't win.

Merely......

Affection?

The little girl used her little head to think.

Obviously, as long as you like it, it's enough.

What exactly is a relationship?

Like, don't you like? Is there anything other than liking and disliking?

"Huh?"

Like, there really is.

For example, kissing.

If you just like it, you won't want to kiss it.

So is it more like than like?

It's like it enough to kiss, to be together all the time, to be ...... The kind that can give birth to a baby?

Thinking of the end, the little girl seemed to blush a little.

Raising his head, he glanced at Qingming, who was concentrating on reading the novel.

Is that what Qingming and Enomoto Azusa are like?

It looks good.

But Qingming said "counted"......

I still don't understand.

"Ernie sauce, Ernie sauce."

"Huh?"

"Will you marry Sister Azi?"

“……”

There was silence.

Put down the novel, look up, and look at the little girl.

Tie the knot?

"Why do you ask?"

Getting married or something, he didn't think about it at all, after all, can a Taoist priest get married?

Qingming really doesn't know.

Although he is said to be a Taoist priest, he really doesn't know anything about the rules and precepts.

After all, it's just Taoism learned from books.

I don't have a Taoist temple, I don't know which school or sect the teacher is, and I don't even have an "identity certificate" as a Taoist priest, and I don't understand the rules and precepts at all.

On the contrary, I know that those monks are not allowed to kill, drink wine and eat meat, marry wives and have children, or so on.

Taoist priests shouldn't have any of these, right?

It's really not a qualified Taoist priest, and I don't even know what a Taoist priest can and can't do.

But it doesn't matter at all.

"Shouldn't you get married if you've already kissed?"

For Qingming's rhetorical question, the little girl seemed to feel a little incredible.

So children, it's really simple.

"You're going to get married after a kiss?"

Qingming wanted to laugh again.

Don't say it's just a kiss, how many people have slept together will not necessarily get married, what is a mere kiss?

Merely......

Don't tell a little girl such a reality.

To protect, the last innocence of mankind.

"Marriage or something, let's talk about it later."

smiled.

He lowered his head again and continued to read the novel.

O simple little girl!