"Human, hungry."

After coming to the plaza below with Kurumi, Natsume meets C.C., who is acting with Kotori.

Due to the hot spring incident that had happened before, Natsume, who was a little embarrassed in his heart, did not get too close to them, but deliberately distanced himself.

The girl who attacked Natsume's back from behind was C.C.

She is currently wearing a yukata and clogs, with a little white flour on her mouth.

"Have you just eaten dumplings? Didn't I remember having a nice dinner before? ”

"No, humans make it a little more delicious, so they don't have an appetite."

It's not so much that it's not delicious, but it's that I've been poisoned by Natsume's cuisine.

Asking C.C. to let go of her shoulders, Natsume turned around and wiped the flour from the corner of her mouth with her hand.

"Where's your room?"

"I don't know."

"Huh? If you're going to go with them, you'll be told where the room is. ”

"Then forget, at night, go to the human room and sleep."

"I can't think about it."

"I'll sleep on the floor."

"I'm not that cruel either!"

It's too bad to have C.C. sleep on the floor and sleep in a bed by himself or something.

"Then I'll sleep on the ceiling."

"Do you think you're a bat?"

"Then I'll open the gates and play the harp on the roof."

"Where the hell did you find out about the [Empty City Plan]?"

Never mind.

Putting these aside, the two focused on the upcoming test of courage.

Since there are enough slips of paper prepared in advance, the students in charge of the event will count the number of people. A specific note was put in.

But because there was one more person. So a classmate needs to quit to play as a monster.

It's just-

“…… No need to quit. I'm here too. ”

"Is Mr. Murayu going to participate too?! So, so be it, please come up and draw lots! The numbers are the same, just a group! For the sake of fairness, it is not possible to change the note! Otherwise, it will be treated as a waiver! ”

"Alas?!!"

Many students complained dissatisfied, but they were full of interest.

The students in front of them started to draw lots, and with different thoughts, the students were looking forward to being in a group with the people they liked.

It's normal to think like this, but for Natsume. But I thought it was a little strange.

Is it really so important to go to a test of courage with someone you like?

"Human, what is a live-fire conference?"

"It's like I'm going to shoot, it's a test of courage."

"Courage test?"

"It's like a game to see how brave you are."

"I see."

I always feel like C.C. doesn't understand.

"I hope we can be together."

Kurumi said this, and the three of them stepped forward together to draw the note.

Seeing that everyone had finished drawing, the master of ceremonies-like classmates announced the rules.

"All you have to do is pass through this forest, take out a prop from the abandoned wooden house near the creek, and when you come back, even if you pass through, there will be unexpected surprises on the way. The team with the least amount of time will be awarded the final winner and receive a big gift package from the teacher! ”

The surprise is the ghosts that other students pretend to be, and it's not clear what the gift package is.

Think so. Natsume opened her note.

The numeric number is nine.

"Mine is twelve, it's a pity."

"yes."

"Humans. Mine is eight, if it's so close, we can be together. ”

"No, it's not a matter of closeness, it's about having to be the same."

On the other side, Shidao, who came over with Shika and others, greeted the three of them.

"How are you guys? Is there a group of people? ”

"Is there any, is there any, I'm much worse than Shidao!"

Shika held up the note from the twentieth with a depressed expression.

Behind them, Koto and Si Ji Nai also stepped forward.

"My brother and I are also much worse, no, it should be that my brother is much worse than us, right?"

Accused by Kotori with a strange excuse, Shido shrugged his shoulders and said that he couldn't do anything about it.

Listening to the conversation of several people, the injured Si Nai also interjected.

"What's the joke! Didn't the four lines of our family get the same number as the younger brother of Shidao? ”

"You can't force it, right?"

After Shidao finished speaking, he looked at Natsume.

"What about yours?"

"C.C.'s is number eight, mad three is number twelve, and I'm number nine."

"Nine?"

"What's wrong?"

Slowly raising the note in their hands, the two looked at each other again, and they all showed wry smiles.

Natsume's teammate is Shidao.

At first, I wanted to change the note, but the referee found out that they had just come into contact with each other, and at the same time, many boys were also watching Natsume and Shidao to prevent them from changing their serial numbers and being with girls.

In this way, it is as if the two have become the male enemies of the class.

In this way, the two of them, as the members of the ninth group, stood at the starting point three minutes after the eighth group went out.

"It's time to go!"

Hearing the voice of his classmates, Natsume, who was in charge of holding a flashlight, walked out.

In the woods, there are only unknown insect chirping and the chirping of cicadas on the royal road, but other than that, maybe it is the melody of the leaves played by the breeze.

The moon, which is currently as bright as the sun, resembles a jade plate, surrounded by pearls called stars.

If it weren't for the two big boys, such a situation might make people's hearts beat.

Walk on the left side and move your flashlight elsewhere from time to time to see if there's a 'monster' infested.

"Natsume."

"The question I asked may be a little strange, is there something missing from your side?"

Hearing this, Natsume suddenly realized that something was indeed missing.

Yes, it's just to record that stupid girl.

Although he kept most of her memories, it was impossible for Gokawa Shido and others who had not been with her for a long time to remember them so clearly.

The recording began to disappear.

Forgetting from memory is a manifestation of this situation.

"Natsume?"

After being called again, Natsume realized that he had stopped.

"It's nothing, it's just thinking about things for a while, as for what you're saying is missing, maybe it's just your delusion."

Even telling him won't do anything.

If you disappear, you will disappear, and if you tell others without thinking, it will only cause chaos.

"For me personally, it's painful to forget someone, or something, especially the forgotten party."

Shido said as he walked, and suddenly pointed to the road ahead

"It's almost there, it's a wooden house."

"It should be ......"

Before he finished speaking, a violent explosion sounded in the sky, the wind and clouds surged, and the trees shook.

This is?!

Sparks from the collision continued to erupt overhead.

If you look closely, the two girls are fighting fiercely in the space.

"That's?!"

"Elf."

Natsume added Shido's words and clenched his fists. (To be continued......)