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

Xia Jing was speechless.

“…… Hey? ”

An Ye behind Xia Jing unconsciously made a dumbfounded sound.

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

"In contrast, what kind of system are you, O cower? 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."

Anye muttered, "Mom......? ”

"Yes, I am your mother. Don't you know if you look at it? You're not nearsighted, 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? Mother, I 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. The father of the child will feel guilty. ”

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

"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.

"Yaya, 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 on other people's homes and make them smoky, 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."

Everything in front of him, Lin Yu looked a little forgetful and gasped.

The situation is completely one-sided.

These words are the best portrayal of this situation, and I am afraid that no one wants to get any other description.

「…… Woo."

Nangong, who was kneeling on one knee, looked up at the sand with painful eyes. She was covered in lacerations and bloodied on her uniform. Appears to have no time to treat the injury.

On the other hand, the sand never left the same place half a step from beginning to end.

"Nangong, I'll praise you generously."

Shazi said domineeringly, "My weapon is current, you can still save a small life, your strength has become stronger."

"Less...... Don't open your eyes and talk nonsense."

Nangong did not accept her compliment.

Her characteristic laughter, which was always embellished with insidiousness, had long since disappeared without a trace.

"What the hell is that treasure? What a joke!"

She panted and complained.

"Are you going to throw in the towel, then?"

"Hmph...... Who's going to throw in the towel!"

Nangong got up with a shout like an angry curse and threw himself at the sand.

What she held in both hands was an iron spear.

The characteristic of this treasure is that it can instantly change the weight of the blade, and apply a maximum weight of more than 370 kilograms at the moment of swing, so as to create great destructive power.

But no matter how amazing the power is, if you can't hit, it will be meaningless.

The sand was picked up without saying a word.

That action was as if he didn't care about the distance from Nangong, and just swung it into the air.

At the same time, a pair of blades appeared in the empty space in front of Nangong's eyes with the same trajectory......

「…… Woo!"

Even if Nangong planned to stop charging and dodge the attack halfway, he couldn't completely avoid it. A cut was made in the abdomen.

In terms of strength alone, the two sides should be in the middle of the match.

The older Shazi is better in experience and skill, while the younger Nangong is superior in strength and speed. However, Sand calmly judges her opponent's movements and can make up for the gap in arm strength with a slash that can be unleashed from a distance.

Lin Yu glanced at Lan Yang silently.

With her usual expressionless face, she watched the battle between the two with full attention.

Before fighting Nangong. Shazi once told Lan Yang to say: Look carefully at my combat methods. Lin Yu didn't understand the purpose of the sand, I'm afraid Lan Yang himself couldn't figure it out.

But Lan Yang still faithfully obeyed the instructions and watched intently.

Qiu Yin, who was standing from a distance and watching the battle like Lin Yu and the others, said at this time, "It seems that Nangong is a loser."

Her expression was as if she was very happy and at the same time as if she didn't care.

"Nangong, I suggest you slip away early, right? I'll just say it's okay, you don't have a chance of winning, do you?"

「…… Shut up for me!"

With a shout behind him, Nangong's offensive resumed. I saw that the sand cooperated with Nangong's actions and waved the weapon casually, and the blade appeared in front of her through the space.

Although resisted, Nangong's footsteps also stopped.

Sand unleashed a continuous attack.

Nangong desperately withstood the white blades attacking from all directions.

It feels like you're fighting an unseen enemy.

Lin Yu and Lan Yang looked intently at the sword light and sword shadow in front of them.

However, there are people who are restless.

That person is Akiyin.

She left the place where she had stood and walked towards Lin Yu.

「……！」

Lin Yu released a murderous aura, and the iron claws hanging on his hand pointed directly at Yi Shazi.

But Qiu Yin was not at all surprised. Showing a look as if he was so happy that he couldn't help but hum a snort, he ignored Lin Yu's restraint and approached all the way until there was only a distance of five meters before stopping.

"Hello, Sister Lin Yu."

Seeing that Qiu Yin's gesture was very abrupt, Lin Yu naturally showed a fierce expression.

「…… I don't know you well enough to allow you to call me sister."

"Oh, what does it matter?"

"Take a step closer, don't blame me for being merciless."

"Oh, what does it matter?"

The smiling autumn chant made Lin Yu at a loss. It's an attitude that makes it completely impossible to understand what her purpose is, and it seems to be pretentious and unpredictable. Or maybe this defenseless appearance was a trap to induce Lin Yu to attack. Even if Lin Yu's face was full of anxiety, he could only stretch out his iron claws to contain it, and he couldn't act rashly.

Qiu Yin spoke again, "I didn't have a chance to talk to you the last time we met, so it's okay to talk a little bit, right?"

"I don't have a reason to talk to you, if you want to talk so much, why don't we talk with swords?"

"Don't, because I'm a pacifist."

「…… Where are you worthy?"

Qiu Yin's bad behavior had already been known to Lin Yu through the channel of Xia Jing. She killed three people without blinking, and gave one of them to Ade, whose despicable actions ruined the reputation of the Deer Clan.

"That's a pity. I was going to say that I got along well with you."

"If you really think so, it means there's something wrong with your head."

"Is that really the case? …… Don't you hate humans very much?"

Qiu Yin was right, Lin Yu hated humans. That's a true fact. But—

"I'm the Deer Clan. No matter how much I hate people, I will not abandon the glory of the deer clan."

"Oh, that's right."

Qiu Yin nodded as if in deep admiration.

"I see. Glory? Glory~"

The tone of the words made Lin Yu frown.

"What do you want to say?"

Seeing this, Qiu Yin smiled.

「…… What......"

Lin Yu was so frightened by her appearance that he inadvertently took a step back.

The smile on Qiu Yin's face was completely different from the smile she had shown before - she didn't see any emotions or thoughts that were unpredictable.

The upturned corners of the mouth are like the expression on the face of a well-fed predator when he meets his prey, or like a child who stumbles upon a platoon of ant armies, with a whim-out impulse to destroy in his calm breath.

It is the expression of joy that only comes when you have the power to take the life and death of others in your hands.

Qiu Yin smiled like that to Lin Yu-

「…… The weak."

Then he muttered so.

"Huh?"

That word.

"You, what do you say......

Xingyu couldn't believe his ears for a while, and he was at a loss, Lin Yu did know this word.

But—

That shouldn't have been the words that came out of this guy's mouth on this occasion.

Autumn Yin opened his mouth and said, "Glory...... Is it? That's your reason?"

Then she said, "So, you came back without killing anyone?"

And she spoke, "Have you not taken revenge on the man who killed your sister?"

"You ......"

Lin Yu's lips trembled, his feet trembled unobeyedly, and his teeth rattled.

Qiu Yin's slow and methodical attitude made the stunned Lin Yu even more shaken.

"Your sister used to live in the House of the Sunny Fall, right—even though she's only your half-sister."

「…… for ......"

"Your sister was bullied by the kids there at the landscaping facility. No, it's not just children. Even adults are accomplices. Not to mention outsiders who have no relatives and no reason, even the biological father who works in the landscaping facility is no exception."

"Why......

"This creature will lay siege to the weakest of the group. It is in this way that the group is able to maintain normalcy by relieving stress on the weak. And that's what your sister plays. No...... It doesn't seem right to say it's your sister, right? Because ......"

"Why?"

"Because your sister has become you."

"Why...... You're going to know about it!?"

The reason why the body keeps shaking is because I didn't expect this past to be dug up?

Or is it because the body recalls the horrific memories of those years?

"Sister Lin Yu, it's not right...... Lin Yu."

Qiu Yin called out the name of Lin Yu's half-sister, the object of Lin Yu's ceremony, in a nostalgic tone.

"Didn't I just say that? I have something to talk to you about."

Lin Yu was in a trance and didn't move.

The iron claws that were originally aimed directly at the enemy also fell unconsciously.