That's when —

"Summer view! Yaya! ”

Anno's shrill voice rang out from the other end of the living room.

"Is there something wrong?"

"Don't ask so much, come over quickly!"

Hearing this cry, which was stronger than the color of anxiety and consternation, Ye Ya and Xia Jing looked at each other.

The two turned around and trotted in the direction from which the shouts came.

Back in the living room, head inside through the open paper door. It looked like a guest room, with a few cushions stacked in the corner.

Yasuno is in the room more inside.

"What, what's going on?"

As soon as they stepped through the groove of the paper door, the two found Anno's back. The view from inside is also in view.

The atmosphere here is noticeably different from the other rooms.

It is possible that it is covered like the kitchen. The walls are white, and there are glass windows that don't match the architectural style.

The curtains attached to the top have a floral pattern. Blankets were laid on the floor. The walls are plastered with posters of singers. In addition, there are beds, wardrobes, and desks.

On the top of the desk, you can see cute trinkets and bottles and jars with regan candy.

Such a decoration style, no matter how you look at it, is the room of a cardamom young girl.

"...... Akiyin's room?"

That guy doesn't think that's what he lives here.

"Yes, but...... Look, look."

Looking closely, Anno spread out something on the desk, staring at it firmly.

"It's ......"

She raised her face. His eyes were full of doubt.

What attracted her turned out to be a photo album.

I guess it was pulled out of a bookcase. There are photos in it. It is mainly a photo of campus life, recording suspected sports meetings, cultural festivals, suspension trips and other activities, among which there are also private photos.

A young girl is fixed in every photo. Thinking logically, the girl said logically......

「…… Hey."

Should be the owner of this album - but......

"Wait...... What's going on?"

The girl's appearance is similar to Qiu Yin's.

Judging from the facial features and temperament, these photos should be the summer scenes of junior high school and turned over the album. The record of the graduation ceremony photos before junior high school was interrupted, and the back was all a blank sheet of paper.

"What about the other albums?"

He pulled out a photo album from the cabinet that Anno pointed out. When I opened it, it was a photo of my childhood.

Then I picked up another album that felt less like it was earlier. This time it's a photo of the lower grades of elementary school - to the upper grades.

The face of each photo does not see the charm of Qiu Yin that Xia Jing knows.

"Hey, why is this happening? Who the hell is this girl?"

Anno's voice was mixed with fear.

"Xia Jing, take a look at this."

Ye Ya, who opened the desk drawer, handed a booklet taken out of it to Xia Jing.

The text written on the corner of the cover is - "Autumn Yin of the Second Class of the Year".

「…… That's not right."

Xia Jing couldn't help but be at a loss.

"It's not that guy's handwriting. With the word Autumn Yin...... It's completely different."

Because I often borrow homework from her to copy, Xia Jing is very impressed.

No matter how you look at it, the handwriting of both doesn't feel like it's from the same person.

"Huh...... This—something like that."

After a brief silence -

Anno slowly said the thoughts that came to everyone's minds, "If this girl is Qiu Yin...... That doesn't mean that in the past, there was actually a person who didn't know Qiu Yin...... Right?"

"If that's the case...... What a joke, bastard!"

Xia Jing cursed resentfully.

The truth is far more chilling than previously speculated.

It's not just this room.

Autumn chanted her- no, that woman, she-

Not only the name Qiu Yin, but even plagiarized the existence of the girl in this photo.

"Ugh...... What are we going to do with the contents of this room?"

Yasuno closed the album and asked for their opinions.

"It's so hard for us to judge. How to explain this situation, and how to ...... it?"

At this time-

A pretended high-pitched, empty and noisy voice that seemed to interrupt Anno—

"Ahh

The cold came from behind.

「……！」

Everyone reflexively turned their heads to look.

The ...... in the eyes of Xia Jing and others

"Sneaking into someone's house, where did you fight such a barbarian? It can't be the princess of the Deer Clan with high self-esteem, and her followers, right?"

It was the one who was dressed in the building, dressed in an abrupt punk style, wearing a hat decorated with rabbit ears, a pair of eye patches embellished with love totems on his face, and the other left eye burned with the colors of mockery and hostility—

"Ahh Can't believe it. It's really scary that a princess would do something no different from a thief."

Addai, and—

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

Looking back at the dazed and overwhelmed Anno's - Ah Ye.

"Why are you ......here?"

Halfway through the words, Xia Jing suddenly realized.

「…… Did you hear the radio at school?"

"That's right."

Ah Ye admitted directly.

"So brazen public roll call, stupid people will notice."

"Hmph. Did you go out of your way to inform the others? What a loyal dog, Ah Ye."

Ye Ya had already shown her weapon from the pocket of her skirt.

An iron fan that glows with black light.

"The Sword, you put it in the House of the Lost?"

"Of course. How can you blatantly walk around outside with something so conspicuous?"

"Aren't you the one who makes it noticeable?"

Ah Ye sighed as if he had nothing to say.

Treasure knife - is a knife that can continuously erode and spread the wound of the cut. But now it's a chainsaw.

Remember when fighting with the twins, Ye Ya used a trick to make the sword blow itself up, I don't know what to do with it later? It's also possible that the repair is still in progress, but now is not the time to worry about that problem.

Xia Jing also took out the weapon golden branch from the leather sheath around his waist.

"Anno, are you going to stand by and watch?"

「…… I—"

Hearing Ah Ye's question, Anye pursed his lips. She was the only one on the scene who was unarmed.

However, even if she had a weapon with her, it would be impossible for her to use the Lyre in this state. That treasure will attack without distinction between friend and foe, and it is very difficult to exert its power.

"Well, it doesn't matter if she fights or not...... Anyway, with a few of you three-legged cats, I can easily settle it alone."

Adai held a retractable whip in his hand and smiled with ease.

"Adai you ......"

As if he hadn't discovered it until this time, Ye Ya's brows were deeply furrowed.

"Where did that hand come from?"

She holds the whip in her left hand.

In other words, the left hand, which had been lost in battle due to the effect of the sword, was now in its place.

"Hmph."

Adai scoffed at Yaya's question.

"Ask me how I got here? What's the problem, Yaya? You're so stupid that you don't even understand what it means for me to be able-bodied? Haha!"

"You're ...... again It's a ritual."

I don't know where she got her body from. It seems certain that another missing girl has been added somewhere in the country.

"Bastard...... Damn."

Xia Jing gritted his teeth angrily. It was so hard that it felt like it was oozing blood.

"You and Qiu Yin are the same, it's ridiculous! Why don't you let yourself be a little patient?"

"Huh?"

Adai glared back at Xia Jing.

That gaze was not so much contempt as hatred.

"What, why do we, as the Superior Beings, have to endure for the sake of ants like humans?"

It's like having a deep hatred, and it's like being irritable and impatient—

"When you humans eat, do you think that pigs, chickens, and cows are so pitiful, and you are still hungry today? Probably not, right? If you humans have such noble feelings...... It's not going to be this much today, is it?"

Adai sneered as coldly as he yelled, and at the same time flew towards Xia Jing.

The whip was swung violently from above.

Xia Jing was caught off guard.

Ye Ya swung his fan to meet the attack.

"That's just your reasoning, Adai!"

The tornado's barrier took shape, rolling up the furniture and photo album in the room, and striking at Adai and Aye.

「…… Tsk!"

"Anno, Natsujing."

Ye Ya urged the two to take the opportunity to escape, but Xia Jing couldn't make up his mind for a while. There are windows in the back, so it's not a problem to escape outside. It's just—

"Go this way!"

Staying in this house is probably more advantageous than escaping to the spacious space outside.

Xia Jing, who judged it this way, took Yasano's hand and ran in the direction of the two Adai, who were suppressed by the tornado.

"Stinky boy, don't think about escaping ......!"

"That's my line! Adai!"

Ye Ya drank loudly behind him, drawing attention to himself. Xia Jing and the two took advantage of the situation to get past Ah Dai and Ah Ye, and slid into the living room behind the two of them.

At the same time.

On the mountainside of the distant mountain not far from Hakushu High School-

Shazi, Lin Yu, Lan Yang, and Anai appeared at the ruins of the Deer Village.

The scenery in front of me is desolate.

Homes were destroyed by fire, and now only hills of black charcoal remain. As far as the eye can see, corpses are everywhere. Since these people had been brutally murdered for more than a month, the charred corpses were now decomposed to the point where they could not be seen directly.

The villages of the Deer Clan, like the Lost Houses, must be accessed from other places through special means. Because of this, even though the incident of burning the mountain caused a stir in the news media, the existence of this village has not been exposed because of this.

It's just that even Lin Yu and the others, who finally picked up a life, are difficult to wait for an opportunity to get close to this nearby place where TV cameras, cameras, and police often wander.

In addition, the current situation with the prosperity faction is not clear, and there is no spare energy to come back to inspect the village is also one of the reasons.

Sand stands in the center of the village, the square where the altar used to worship the ancestor of the deer clan was located.

The altar is now a pile of crumbling ashes.

「…… Stupid guy."

No one knows who the sand's murmur is talking about. There is a tone of grief greater than blame.

Lin Yu, on the other hand, was about fifty meters away from the square.

She stared directly at the body that had fallen to the ground.

"I'm sorry...... Exposing you to the wilderness for so long."

Contrary to the tough gaze, Lin Yu's muttering voice seemed weak.

The corpse that was unrecognizable was Lin Yu's mother.

"Lin Yu."

Someone suddenly appeared on the side. It's Blue Sun.

"If you want to bury you, I can help you."

Lan Yang held two shovels in his hand and said expressionlessly.

「…… Okay."

Lin Yu smiled faintly and turned his head.

"Thank you for your help."

The shovel brought by Lan Yang was a bit of a struggle for the petite Lin Yu.

But she still staggered to turn the shovel through the dirt. Lan Yang also imitated her movements.

"Sister Lanyang, you don't have anyone who needs to be sacrificed?"

"No...... Because I've always been alone."

「…… I envy you."

As soon as the teasing words blurted out, Lin Yu immediately whispered "I'm sorry", maybe he found that he had lost his words.

"It's okay."

Lan Yang shook his head while digging a hole and said, "It must be sad to lose an important loved one."

"I feel very unwilling."

Lin Yu said in a sobbing voice, "If I were a little older, I would have been able to go on behalf of my mother in the first place. can also protect the patriarch and die as the guardian of the family. But ......."

A voice suddenly sounded from behind Lin Yu, who had stopped digging the grave and clenched his teeth.

"Don't laugh off people's big teeth."

Before I knew it, Sand and Anai were here.

"Surrogate death? Do you think this is happening to your mother?"

"What do you know about ......-sama Sand!"

Shazi glared angrily at Lin Yu, who reflexively wanted to argue the facts.

And yet—

"Of course I do...... It's easy for me to understand my friend's feelings. Have you forgotten? Your mother, she...... When she gave birth to you, I took you to soak in hot water and cleanse yourself."

"Ah......h

The sound of the sand is like hating iron but not steel, and it is like being alone.

"Ridiculous, ridiculous. Are you kidding me? When I was a child, it was your mother who acted as a mentor and friend to accompany me to play and study, and raised me up healthy and healthy. That's why I hope that I can also go back and bring you as their children to play and learn, and raise you as adults. I never expected it...... It could have ended so heartbreakingly."

"I'm sorry...... Sand Lady."

"You don't need to apologize to me."

With a lost face, the sand inhales briefly, then exhales.

"But I have a question for you."

Suddenly, she shot her spearhead into the depths of the nearby woods, scorched and collapsed by the fire.

"I would like to ask the ignorant people who regard my teachings as nothing, trample on the peace of the village, and are brainwashed by the end of the previous generation. I don't know how you feel when you see this village lost its former appearance?"

Sands tore open his throat and shouted, "...... Answer me, Nangong!"

"Huh......?"

The name that came from Shazi's mouth made Lin Yu's eyes widen in disbelief.

Lan Yang took a slightly defensive posture.

The sand just stared at a fixed point and didn't move.

After a brief silence.

"Cluck, cluck."

- with a sinister laugh.

From behind a tree that burned to the point of not leaving its original shape—

Nangong flashed out without a sound.

"It's been a long time, Sand Lady. It's great to see you're still strong."

Nangong curled the corners of his mouth as if teasingly.

Immediately, another figure appeared in the depths of the forest and in the darkness.

"Hello, glad I did."

The character who appeared with a hearty smile that didn't take the tension on the field into his eyes at all was Qiu Yin.

「…… Are you Ah Le's daughter?"

Sand's eyes were full of murderous aura.

"yes, that's right. I am the orthodox second-stage patriarch of the Deer Clan."

"Hmph, this is a complete inheritance of your mother's personality."