Anno hugged the plate that had completed the task, and his face was a little gloomy.

“…… Summer scene? ”

"What? I'm ......."

"Ye Ya's personality is a little jumpy, she doesn't understand the world, because she has been a big lady who grew up in a greenhouse since she was a child, as a young lady, she almost never leaves home, and she doesn't know anything about people's sinisterity, but no matter how cute she is, you can't ......"

Xia Jing immediately arrived: "Wait a minute, what are you saying, it's like I'm a bad guy......"

"Don't deceive the ignorant girl with your rhetoric, you fool."

"It's not like that!"

Yasano's face changed dramatically, and his voice soared.

Xia Jing also roared back with a big change in his face.

"What part did you start listening to? Did you hear the point! ”

"I've heard it all! The ears hear it themselves! It's amazing, there is a way to convince Ye Ya that she wants to help you have a baby! I know you're a black-hearted person, but I never thought you still like to mess with flowers! Actually tried to kidnap a girl who just met for a short time, are you stupid! ”

"It's not me! She suddenly offered it! Also, it doesn't matter if you're a fool or a fool – no! I'm not stupid or stupid, anyway, where am I black-hearted! ”

"What? Suddenly? Ye Ya took the initiative? …… How could she have said that! ”

"That's what she said! This guy suddenly mentioned it inexplicably! ”

Although Xia Jing and Anye, who had a major misunderstanding, were on the verge of hitting the bar, the withered leaves of the protagonist of the incident looked unwilling to watch the tiger fight from the mountains.

Xia Jing couldn't help but point the finger at her.

"You culprit also have some opinions!"

"You two are really dirty. Can't we talk more elegantly? ”

"No one asks you that!"

"No one asked you that!"

The two complained in unison.

After squinting at Xia Jing, who was at a loss and didn't know how to explain, Anye put his arm around Ye Ya's shoulder and let her face him. first questioned Ye Ya one by one with a sentence of "what is going on", and then a sentence of "what happened just now".

- Should you say that she is very enthusiastic......

“…… You must be very popular with girls. ”

"Xia Jing, stop me!"

I wanted to laugh, but it made Anno lose his temper. Wait a minute, isn't this a great opportunity?

"Hey, I'm ......"

After Xia Jing deliberately made a mistake and asked, as expected, Anye waved his hand and made a gesture to dismiss Xia Jing.

"Ahh I'll ask Ya for the truth. ”

"Wait, I have something to say to Xia Jing."

"Listen to me!"

Just what the doctor ordered. Anno turned on the preaching mode, and the focus had shifted from Xia Jing.

At this time, it is better to wait for when.

"Okay, then I'll go back to my room."

"I'm not done yet, Xia Jing."

"Ye Ya, the person you are talking to now is me!"

"That's it. I'll talk about that next time. ”

Although Xia Jing said that it was next time, he actually avoided it. He waved his hand to Ye Ya, who looked at him and Anno with dissatisfaction, and walked quickly out of the corridor, only to find that he still had a teacup in his hand. But it shouldn't matter if it's tomorrow.

The cup is filled with hot tea.

Xia Jing put his hand behind his back and pulled the shoji to take a sip, then let out a long sigh.

“…… What the hell is today, is there any mistake. ”

Inexplicable things happen over and over again. I'm almost tired to the point of darkness.

Although the voices of Yaya and Anno could be heard talking on the other end of the hallway, it didn't take long for the conversation to fade away. I guess I moved to another room. After a while, the surroundings returned to a quiet feeling as if their ears would be stabbed silently.

“…… I'm exhausted. ”

Xia Jing sighed while thinking about it, and got back into the bed.

Originally, Xia Jing didn't have much expectation that he would be able to fall asleep, but in the end, he fell asleep in less than ten minutes. I don't know if it's because the fatigue has accumulated to the limit or because the brain refuses to stay awake. In short, the consciousness drifted far away all at once - the brain pillowed on the unfamiliar pillow gradually sank into the deep darkness.

It's good that I didn't dream.

Otherwise, I must have been haunted by nightmares last night—Xia Jing, who had slept until dawn, was so grateful for his sluggishness.

What Ye Ya and Anno said was true, that room seemed to be really extraordinary.

After coming to the highway under the leadership of Anno, Xia Jing had a personal experience.

Last night's snowy weather changed, and this morning is a sunny day. However, the natural mountain path on the descent was covered in a thick fog in addition to a light layer of snow and makeup. Along the way, sometimes turning right, sometimes turning left, turning around, when Xia Jing thought that the dense fog had dissipated, the ground in front of him was already an asphalt road.

“…… I think that's pretty much what it feels like to be bewitched by a fox. ”

After Xia Jing muttered like this dumbfounded, Anye, who was leading the way in front, laughed.

"Next time you come, you won't be able to get there without me or Ye Ya leading the way."

That being said, there probably won't be a next time.

After walking along the mountain road for about five minutes, you came to a bus stop.

The exit down the hill is not in the direction of the school, but on the other side. It's a long way from home.

The roofed bench is wooden and looks old. Xia Jing checked the timetable. There are still 30 minutes to go before the next bus. Although it's only early in the morning and it's a holiday, there's no way to complain, but that's how the countryside makes people feel inconvenient.

"I'll wait for the bus with you."

Xia Jing said to An Ye, who was sitting on the bench with a bad heart, "Don't you have to go back to take care of Ye Ya?" ”

"I'm not her babysitter."

"But last night it looked like you were yes."

Xia Jingyi said jokingly, and An Ye smiled bitterly back.

"Okay, I'm sorry. I misunderstood you. ”

But Anno's expression then sank with complexity.

However, Ye Ya is really not a girl who would talk about that kind of thing. No, in this case, it would be correct to say that she was not that kind of girl in the past...... At the very least, I'm sure her former personality would have scoffed at the word 'boring' when she heard about her children. ”

"What? How can that be? ”

Xia Jing asked while recalling the unusually abrupt confession last night.

“…… this thing. ”

Yasuno didn't answer the question, and instead pulled out a mobile phone.

Xia Jing's eyes widened suddenly. Because......

"I think it's better for you to keep it."

The mobile phone was owned by Fang Yuan.

"I keep it? It should be returned to her parents......"

Before he finished speaking, Xia Jing was speechless.

Fang Yuan's parents did not know that their daughter had died. What's more, there is not even a body now, even if it is reported as true, it will not be accepted. It's the same as going missing. In that case, what about handing the phone back to them?

Xia Jing is very clear.

If both horizontal and vertical are missing, don't leave any traces, and it's relatively easy psychologically. Whether it's relics, spiritual comfort, or meager hope, these things don't redeem anything at all, but only fuel grief.

"I've considered returning it to her parents, but the police will pick you up from the phone and ask you a bunch of questions. Although no matter what, the police may come to the door...... And whoever is holding the phone will say it differently. It's better for Xia Jing to take it and hide it, and you can pretend to be stupid. ”

Anno's words felt like there was something else hidden. Maybe she's right, but there's another reason behind it – it feels like that. She continued to say to Xia Jing, who was frowning, "If you want to turn on the power, then wait until midnight to turn it on." Otherwise, her parents would be in trouble when they called, and if the police were tracking the phone, they would be able to find out the location from the signal. In addition......"

Yasuno hung his neck and said with a soft sigh.

"It's up to you whether you want to read it or not."

"What the hell is ...... What's going on? ”

"By the way, there's this."

Xia Jing, who accepted the phone, was handed a piece of paper this time.

"This is a list of 'deer' names and classes that are currently in our school. If you use a blue pen to indicate that you are friendly to humans, you can feel free to contact as usual, but you should be careful with red pens. You should try to avoid contact with them. ”

"Are they the so-called prosperityists?"

"Yes, you should have heard Ye Ya mention it a little bit yesterday. The fire incident three days ago was caused by the civil strife of the clan. And then...... The guys who burned down the village simply put it - they weren't friendly to humans. ”

Through the content of these revelations and Ye Ya's attitude, it can be roughly imagined.

Xia Jing thought to himself, does this mean that the deer clan will not actively kill humans in the first place? Maybe the Deer Clan has always been like Ye Ya who would choose their targets carefully, or not kill people directly.

If you think about it from this perspective, you can understand why a race is on the verge of extinction, and how such an anomalous creature has managed to survive quietly without being seen and heard.

However, there is probably a group of people who have come out to sing dissenting opinions about this trend of the clan, right?

Prosperity. In short, is it a school that adheres to the doctrine of "multiplying the population without scruples"?

Ye Ya once said that the gang had abandoned their reserves. Assuming that the so-called reserve is the object of careful selection, then the abandonment of reserve means that it means to kill the body as you please.

Ignoring the other person's background and personality, there is no selection criterion and no concern about killing.

Such a mentality is undoubtedly a threat to humanity.

"You don't think that if you're a man, you won't be directly harmed."

"What kind of ...... is this?"

Xia Jing accepted the paper with a sigh, unable to confirm the contents of the list on the spot. There are mountains of worries just now, and if you find the names of acquaintances in the list, the days will become even more sad and you don't know what to do.

"Anyway, we'll try to avoid causing trouble to you Xia Jing...... And you forgot what Ya said, right? As soon as you hear about the son-in-law candidate of your family, the prosperity faction will help you label you as an enemy without saying a word. ”

First, he sighed and nodded in agreement, and Xia Jing stuffed the list and mobile phone into the pocket of his coat.

"Now, Anno."

Immediately afterwards, Xia Jing said the question that suddenly came to his mind.

"The ...... you told me during your lunch break yesterday"

"Well, that's right."

Anno nodded.

"My mother didn't think it was a good thing to stay in the village and be bound by the customs of the clan, so she tried her best to raise me in a human environment. So when we heard that the mountain was burned, we were really shocked......

Although we live at a distance from the clan, we have a deep understanding of the girls of the clan led by Yaya, and we don't know what to do after the incident. Frankly, it's the same now. Of course, we can't accept the idea of the prosperityists...... But it's also troublesome for us to fight with Yaya. ”

"Is it a lie to move here when you were in high school?"

"I'm sorry. Actually, I didn't go to junior high school, but I studied at home and occasionally went back to the village to visit. ”

This guy seems to have a lot of complicated problems of her own. Actually, because of his relationship with Anye, who has been a classmate for a year, Xia Jing has no real sense of the fact that Anye is a monster.

So—

"If there's any trouble, just tell me."

I couldn't help but blurt out such lines as always.

"Thank you. It turns out that you can also say intimate words, Xia Jing. ”

"Stupid. I'm suggesting you don't bother me. ”

"Haha." Yasuno laughed.

"I would like to retract the preamble. You hateful black-hearted spectacle boy. ”

Then she squinted at Xia Jing, then turned her gaze to the road and muttered, "You're really a weirdo." ”

"What's wrong. I'm super ordinary, okay? ”

Xia Jing originally thought that she was making fun of her own mouth, but Anye's expression didn't look like that.

“…… Perhaps I can understand Yaken's reason for accepting you. ”

"Huh?"

Anno's next words came out of Natsujing's surprise.

"Well, my dad is also a weirdo in general, and he is almost always so virtuous."

"What are you talking about?"

"There are some of those people. For our people...... No, it should be said that people who are not very resistant to heterogeneous things. Usually when you know that a monster like us actually exists, you are either afraid, or you can't believe it, or you will resist it, right?

But people like you have weaker feelings in that regard. I don't know if I should say that my nerves are big, or if I am confused and half-understood. Human men who can marry women of the same clan are basically such people. ”

"Say I'm nervous? The point is that I don't want to get married...... Let me make it clear to you first, I didn't say that I wasn't scared, incredulous or resistant! ”

"Hmm. I know. In that sense, Xia Jing is more reassuring for you to do this. When my mom made up her mind to tell my dad the truth, my dad seemed to just reply, 'And then?' I didn't ask any more questions. It was my mother who suggested leaving the village when I was born. ”

"Your dad is really bold."

"He lacks a sense of crisis. I think it's worse to be human. ”

Yasano, who criticized his biological father so much, smiled very shyly.

"I'm sorry, I didn't plan to switch sides to you."

So Xia Jing also smiled back.

"Wise choice. Alas, I'll be a big head if you come. ”

Although they were talking about unusual topics, Anno's tone was still as relaxed and natural as usual in the classroom, which made Xia Jing feel a little more at ease.

After that, Xia Jing and An Ye began to chat.

Like, "Do you often take time off from class after that?" "Is your love of singing inherited from your father's or mother's interest?" Something like that. Anno is no different from usual, answering Natsujing's question with the familiar smile and attitude of high affinity that won the favor of both men and women. Sometimes it will interject half-jokingly and disturb.