Gotta hurry up.

Although now Ye Ning has helped contain the two enemies.

But the two-on-one situation is very unfavorable.

It would be bad if Adai was too difficult for Yaya to deal with.

"Anno, come and help me!" ”

Xia Jing urged Anye, who came to the kitchen together.

But she pursed her mouth in a straight line with a sad face, and refused to act.

"Hey, Anno!"

“…… I-"

Anno muttered, "I really have to fight...... Is it?"

Her expression was as if she was about to cry out in pain.

Xia Jing had never seen her look like that before. Unlike her, who is usually down-to-earth and generous, Anno showed an extremely cowardly look.

Xia Jing could understand why she was so hesitant.

Anno's hesitation is caused by the hostility with Aya, a girl who has admired since childhood.

「…… What stupid are you talking about?"

However, being able to understand does not mean that it is acceptable.

This is not the first time that Anye and Ah Ye have confronted each other. Listening to Ye Ya, Anye showed the idea of fighting at that time. But at this juncture, she couldn't move forward again.

"I know very well that you can't raise your fighting spirit, and I personally don't want to be an enemy of Ah Ye. However, the current situation is not suitable for reasoning with her......

"It's not...... It's not like that!"

Anno shook his head.

"Last time, Anno once said to me, 'Forget it, forget about fighting or forget me, it's up to you to choose.'" But I ......."

It's like being remorseful and sad at the same time.

"But I can't come to my senses yet!"

「…… Anno."

Xia Jing then understood.

Basically, Anno is a girl who makes up her mind once a day, and she will not be confused. Because of this, she resisted the status quo of acting in a hesitating, drifting mindset.

In the past, Xia Jing had always thought that she had already made up her mind to defeat the Prosperity Faction, save Li Qi, protect Ye Ya, and persuade Ah Ye to return the Deer Clan to the embrace of peace.

However, that was just a wishful thinking misunderstanding on the part of Xia Jing, and it was not.

Anno has never been able to get rid of his confusion. No—or was it because of the influence of external forces that she found out that she was still undecided?

I guess it was the impact of that time.

One day after school last month, after Xia Jing was humiliated by Ah Ye's contradictions, and then Anye was also said something by Ah Ye.

"Tsk...... Which pot is not opened."

Xia Jing's lip smacking and complaining were aimed at Ah Ye.

Her principles of action have indeed been calculated. For the happiness of her childhood sweetheart, Wang Chuan, she did not hesitate to abandon everything, even her own happiness and life.

Seeing such a strong determination, anyone will be shaken.

Even Xia Jing is no exception. I once asked myself if I was an impractical fool who was incompetent but wanted to save everything.

Anno is probably the same. No, her position is similar to Ah Ye's, and her inner entanglement is more serious than Xia Jing's. She couldn't laugh at the fact that I couldn't compare the situation with Ah Ye.

"Anno!"

Xia Jing grabbed her arm hard and pulled her.

"Don't think about it so much now! We're not trying to kill Ah Ye. Ye Ya must not have that plan!"

Xia Jing scolded in a quiet, but as tough as possible.

"I know...... But ......"

Even so, Anno's eyes were still full of confusion.

There's no way to take her. It's just a waste of time.

Xia Jing decided to go out and prepare only on his own, and began to open the cabinet under the kitchen table and rummage around.

A total of three kitchen knives were found. Xia Jing took it out and scratched the handle of the knife with a golden branch and placed it on the cooking table.

There is a breath of someone in the back. It seems that the pursuers have arrived. As a last resort, tableware can only be prepared later.

"Ah Ye...... Sister."

Yasuno muttered tremblingly.

Xia Jing turned around......

"Really, you're so early."

…… deliberately teased Ah Ye, who was standing at the entrance of the kitchen.

"Why don't you run away?"

Ah Ye asked expressionlessly.

"You've only won Nangong once, and you've got carried away?"

"It's not like that."

Xia Jing grabbed Anye's arm and pulled her behind his back.

This is not to protect her, and Xia Jing doesn't think that he can fight all night. It's just that - at least for the current situation, he is far more useful than Anno.

"What do you want to do with us? Kill us?"

"Are you ready to become enlightened?"

"Your expression looks like it's ready. I admire you so much."

"If you don't run away, I'll have no choice but to kill."

Aya was completely ruthless. Xia Jing's ridicule, sarcasm, and jokes didn't work at all.

"I'm really not in love with you...... I've always felt this way."

"yes, I'm not used to your childish attitude."

"You're so direct, it's hard not to get hurt."

That's the truth......

However......

"But ......?"

Xia Jing tensed his body, and he just kept his back flowing - a terrible chill called terror.

"Do you know my nickname is Blackheart Glasses? And...... The guy who usually calls me that is behind my back. In that case, I have no choice but to stick to this attitude."

Anno let out a soft "huh" behind him.

"I'll answer your first question, Aye-Ya is my friend, and so is Ya...... So I'm not going to run away. It's as simple as that, nothing else!"

"I warned you, don't misestimate the size of your palm."

"Ahhh

"In that case, why are you so obsessed?"

"I'm a man who likes to talk like this, because I'm a black-hearted spectacle boy."

Xia Jing felt that the tension between herself and Ah Ye was rising.

Ah Ye is trying to give up. That is, to cut the fact that Xia Jing is Wang Chuan's friend from his heart.

Without a hint of nostalgia - only on the pure reason that he could only blame himself for not escaping.

"By the way, I'm going to be overwhelmed by you."

Ah Ye ignored the summer scenery and raised his left hand. Wrapped around her left hand is a treasure that can ignite fire. A rope hanging from his wrist burned with a thud.

- Whatever he does.

"You're just running away. Escape a problem that can always be solved as long as you have the heart to face it...... Just because you may fail, and you are afraid of failure and can't help but run away, you are a coward with no ambition at all. Compared to you, Anno, who will be troubled and confused, and can't make up his mind, is more remarkable."

"That's all you want to say?"

"What do I want to tell you? Oh, that's as much as a mountain. I can't finish it in a day or a night."

"I don't have that much time to listen to your tirade."

The flame at the front of the rope swayed, and it raised its neck towards Xia Jing like a snake.

It's coming. Xia Jingya paused, focusing his consciousness on the kitchen knife behind his back.

I wonder if Ah Ye has noticed my calculations? Even if she doesn't notice it, she may still be easily dodged by then. However, instead of worrying about what hasn't happened yet, let's concentrate on imagining a picture of success and success.

"Oh, he's Xia Jing? I was surprised by what a boy he was."

There was a voice like this from the living room.

Ah Ye reflexively jumped to the inside of the kitchen, that is, in front of Natsujing.

Xia Jing was speechless.

「…… Huh?"

An Ye behind Xia Jing unconsciously made a dumbfounded sound.

The owner of the voice emerged from behind the paper door.

"In comparison, what kind of body are you, cowering? It's a shame to hide behind the boys."

The other party has a hair with slightly curly waves that reaches to his chest. Dressed in an elegant cotton shirt and skirt. As for the facial features, they look exactly like someone Xia Jing knows.

"Ah Ye, you've grown up."

Anno muttered, "Mom......?"

"Yes, I'm your mother. Don't you know if you look at it? You're not going to be short-sighted, are you?"

「…… What?"

Xia Jing looked at the woman in amazement.

Anno's mother? Why does it appear in such a place.

"Looking back, why did you skip class for no reason? Mothers don't remember teaching you to be a bad girl."

Even the bold and informal tone is very similar to Anno.

The only thing that is puzzling is that her appearance is not so much Anno's mother, but rather a sister. No matter how you look at it, it doesn't look like you're thirty years old.

"I hate it. I feel very shy to be stared at by a little boy like this. I'll feel guilty about my child's father."

"Ah, I don't, that ......."

"Mom...... How did you end up here?"

Anno's mother heard her daughter's question and took a long breath and said.

"It stands to reason that it is a shame that a reclusive person still shows his head and is strong like this. But this time it's an exception. The sand has come to ask me, and I can't pull my face to refuse."

"Miss Sand...... She?"

"So—"

Anno's mother abruptly turned around and shouted behind her back.

"Ya, Adai! Please stop the war for a while!"

The sound of fighting through the wall came to an abrupt end.

Presumably, for them, this voice and lines came very suddenly. It's not hard to imagine that both of them are now confused.

After confirming that Ye Ya and Ah Dai seemed to have stopped, she turned her body back to the front and scolded Xia Jing and the others in a commanding tone that most mothers in the world may be very good at—incomprehensibly and strongly.

"Why don't you three go outside? Wearing shoes to trample other people's homes into a miasma, and there is no education at all!"

As a result, the situation took an unexpected turn for the worse.

At the urging of Anno's mother, Xia Jing and the others stopped the tense confrontation and came outside. The battle between Yaya and Adai was also interrupted halfway. The indescribably complex expressions of the two made Xia Jing quite impressed.

However, the most confusing thing about Xia Jing is to come outdoors-

"Keeping you waiting."

"Well, I've worked hard for you, too."

After seeing the figure who was waiting for Anno's mother to pull out all five people in the house—

「…… Dad!"

"Anno. It's kind of fresh to meet you during the day."

According to Anno's name, it seems that the other party is her father.

Not tall or short. Kind face. WEARING A CRUMPLED POLO SHIRT AND COTTON PANTS.

It gives people the feeling that he is an uncle who works as a commuter on weekdays and likes to play golf.

By the way, his physique is slightly blessed, and his first impression is that of a company managerial position. Although he and the young and beautiful Anno's mother should be husband and wife, they don't hide it, and they don't seem to be right.

"Hey, Yah."

The previous tense atmosphere disappeared without a trace, and Xia Jing couldn't cheer up for a while.

"What's going on now?"

「…… Don't ask me that."

Ye Ya, who was walking aside, looked stunned. Is it not just because of the forced truce, or is even she confused?

Xia Jing certainly feels that the current atmosphere is like a naughty child waiting to be caught by his parents and taught a lesson, but no one should be cheering when he says this, so don't be bored.

"Now that they're all outside—"

However, Anno's mother showed a calm expression, and then-

"How about everyone disbanding today?"

She made a proposal that left everyone who came to the courtyard speechless.

There was an eerie silence in the scene.

After about ten seconds, Adai was the first to speak to break the silence.

「…… Are you kidding us?"

"I'm not playing anyone's errands, I'm serious."

"Huh?"

「…… Ann Li."

Ah Ye said in a voice that couldn't hide his confusion.

will deliberately call by his full name, probably to calm himself.

"You're already a recluse, and there's no room for you to put your beak here."

"Yes, I really don't have an opinion here. I don't need to say it, and I know it very well. It's just...... I lived with your mother as a human being for a long time. In human society, it is impossible for parents to sit idly by and watch their daughters in crisis."

"That's a quibble. As a human being? …… It's your attitude that leads us astray."

"Is it time to put the blame on your mother? That's evidence of naivety."

"Don't waste your saliva arguing with her, Ah Ye. Anyway, sooner or later, we're going to kill this woman."

Probably unable to hold it anymore, Adai interrupted as if he was angry, "Now it's just asking for her life in advance. It's okay, right?"

「…… Do you insist that you refuse to go back?"

"If you're willing to hand over Ya's head, I might as well think about it."

With the treasure in hand, Adai has already entered a state of preparation.

"Really...... Then it can't be helped."

Anno's mother turned her head to face her husband behind her.

"The child's father."

"Hmm."

Anno's father nodded, picked up the package at his feet and threw it over. Mother Anno, who had caught the slender object, untied the cloth towel on it, and it contained a bow with less arrows—in other words, it was—

「…… ...... Moqin? Mom, what do you want to do?"

"Stand down."

She raised her bow, ordered Ye Ya and Xia Jing to retreat, and turned her gaze to Anye.

"Anno...... I didn't give you a decent deer education, and I feel guilty for being a mother. Therefore, I jumped out a little bit to fight for breath in seclusion, and please don't be surprised."

After saying that, she turned to Ah Dai and Ah Ye again, and tightened the magic qin-

"Adai, Aye, this time it's an exception."

"Wait a minute, Mom......"

Turning a deaf ear to Anno's call, he made a declaration to the two.

"I...... Come and be your opponent."