Chapter 30: Don't Let Her Despair

End of the day's camping.

The sun sets on the mountains of Chiba, and the stars gradually climb up to the sky.

After dinner, Rumi Tsurumi went back to the school's rented cabin alone to get ready to rest.

All around, there were empty beds, and the girls in the same group had already made an appointment to participate in tonight's party activities together, and she was 'missed'.

Originally designed to be a small cabin for six people, it is now frighteningly empty. The wooden bed slats make a 'squeak' sound when you sit on it, and the aging doors click with the wind outside, like the kind of haunted house in a thriller movie that has not been inhabited for decades. And here she is.

It is understandable that there is no other choice, or that there is no better option.

Children who can't get into the circle will try to fall asleep earlier. The same is true for Liumei, who don't want to be forced to face up to the fact that other children ignore their existence or treat them as if they don't exist, but seem to be enjoying the fun of the party. In order not to care, they would even prefer to face their fears and fears alone!

At this moment, the only living creature in the room shrunk like a feline to reduce the fear that this darkness caused her, and gradually, the tense nerves fell into fatigue...... The child fell asleep.

Perhaps, she can have a good dream tonight!

In her dreams, she could meet a ...... No, it's a bunch of weird guys.

Among the illusory figures whose appearance she could not remember, there were those who resembled her very much, exuding an air of loneliness, while others were as gentle as the winter sun, drawing her closer...... It's all a fun bunch of guys.

Oh, by the way, she also became friends with one of the phantoms in her dream!

They chatted and played games together, and had a pretty good time...... Is she no longer lonely now?

However, it is the dream that will eventually wake up. The friend in the dream waved her hand and said hey, friend, we have to go home, so she opened her eyes and found herself alone again.

The phantom in the dream has its destination, and now, where is her 'home'?

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The branches of the trees rustled and swayed, and the sound of running water could be faintly heard in the distance. The night became more and more deserted as the children dispersed, and now it should be bedtime for elementary school students.

Grunt grunt ~~

The sound of boiling water sounded on the stove, and Komachi and Elucie quickly got up and brewed the bagged black tea.

"So, do you have anything to report on the status and appearance of the elementary school students today?"

Mr. Hiratsuka, half-leaning on a square table, asked the volunteers who were sitting behind him, it looked like a year-end summary meeting of a corporate company, but instead of a palatial conference hall, it was a simple tent.

Hayama put down the paper cup and made a small noise.

"I think the kids are doing pretty well, they're smart and energetic, polite and solidarity, and they don't help much on the road, but ...... A little bit of a concern" Speaking of this, Hayama frowned slightly

"Are you alright...... Rumi-chan just returned to the cabin alone. ”

Quietly, Yubihama asked Yuji in a somewhat worried voice.

Probably aware of the change in the atmosphere, Mr. Hiratsuka also put away her usual lazy state, and with the friction sound of "swish", she stood still and turned around in a dashing manner, and her handsome side face was suddenly illuminated under the shadow of the tree.

"Whew. Is there anything bothering you?"

It was Hayama who answered.

"Well, there's a somewhat isolated student......"

"yes——、 that's pathetic—"

Miura probably wanted to echo the words, as if he had said such a thing from his mouth as a matter of course. However, this condescending tone is as disgusting as giving mercy.

Loneliness doesn't need pity!

"No, isolation, if it's just a person who stays alone, it's nothing. The problem is that this is isolated because of malice. ”

"Huh, is that any difference?"

For this child with a worrying IQ, Bi Qigu was silent, of course, to a greater extent, it was likely that he was frightened, the glaring of the Queen of Flame, super terrifying!

"There are people who stay alone because they like it, and people who aren't like that, that means that, right?"

"Ahh That's what it means. So it's not about her isolation, it's about improving the environment that forces her to do so. That's what Bikiya thinks.

“...... I don't think anyone likes to be alone. Yuji suddenly said this faintly.

"Huh, why?"

Hiratsuka Shizune came interested.

"I like to stay alone, not because I 'like', but because I am afraid of 'hurting', I am afraid that I will be hurt and that I will hurt others, so I can only shrink in the corner like a hedgehog and ignore no one. For some reason, the figure of a girl flashed in Yuuji's mind at this time, as tall and elegant as a snow lotus, but also as gentle and lovely as a hibiscus flower. It's just that few people can see the hibiscus inside the girl, and most of them are shocked by the lonely snow lotus in the shell. The arrogant Snow Lotus was rejected by people, so she rejected herself in her heart. "Sometimes, it only takes the touch of a warm hand to own the whole world. Yet there are those who have been waiting, waiting until despair. ”

Yes, I've waited too long, I'm almost desperate, Bi Qigu thought silently in his heart, looking at Yuji and the others with a little dissatisfaction, he could already firmly say that he was alone, and he liked everything in a lonely life, but why did these people suddenly stretch out those hands to him?

...... Doesn't this make me super embarrassed?not lonely and not full of Biqi Valley-sama,What do you want to make like that?(So,Boy tsundere is not cute at all~~)

Yuuji's words not only caused Bi Qiya's mood to be complicated, but he just learned that he was under the snow in the past, and his heart was like knocking over the five-flavor bottle.

There is no doubt that the boy and her friend (Yubihama), they all stretched out their hands to her, and a pair of warm hands seemed to come with the hope of the whole world, and indeed brought hope to her world, but at that time, what about the boy?

Except for his parents and sister, no one dared to believe it, and no one's outstretched 'hand' accepted it, and stubbornly hid in the corner to lick the wound...... That's probably despair, right?

Xuexia suddenly felt that she was very ashamed, obviously she hadn't experienced that kind of despair, so what identity and what qualifications did she have to lose her temper with the teenager? (Don't be spoiled Xiao Xuenai, come to my bowl~)

"So, what are you going to do?" asked Yuji, staring at Yuji under the snow

"Well...... You are the Minister of Minister, you should be asked what you are going to do"

"I ...... Don't want to disappoint her!"

"Well, I support you!"

"But, what are you going to do, students?" Mr. Hiratsuka interjected, reminding everyone of their identities, "Is it really possible to be sure that you can lend a hand instead of knocking that child into the abyss, and are you really determined to bring that child back?"

"We ......"

When Mr. Hiratsuka asked this, everyone fell silent.