Another quiet and peaceful day.

In the beginning, it was.

Today, a bunch of little girls stayed at home with me. Qiluno and Otono Chiba are playing a game, and from time to time they will scream because someone has lost. Misty and the others didn't like this kind of thing very much, so they sat farther away, quietly reading the book, and occasionally leaning into each other's ears to talk a few words in a very small voice.

In the entire living room, only the shouts of the group of people playing the game can be heard.

And the rest of the children, such as Lumia, are teasing the Imaizumi Shadow Wolf.

She was still wearing that wolf-shaped coat, and the hair on the surface was just like the real thing, soft and smooth, and very comfortable to the touch, which was simply lovely. Lumia was sometimes so excited that she couldn't help but pounce on her and hug her.

But no matter what she did, Imaizumi Shadow Wolf always lay on the ground languidly, looking quite unenergetic.

Recently, Imaizumi Shadow Wolf seems to have slowly learned to accept others, even if it's not me, it's no longer dangerous to want to get close to her. Even if she touched her body like she did now, she wouldn't have attacked.

Or, no matter how much you tease her, she always doesn't react at all.

Moreover, the relationship with me has gradually drifted away, and it is no longer as clinging to me as before. Even for Cang, he began to ignore it.

It seems that he has lost interest in Yiqiē.

Sometimes you will find her squatting alone on the roof, staring into the distance in a daze, and her face will also show a contemplative look. I thought it was her memories that had begun to wake up, but after checking it, it turned out that nothing had changed.

Looks like I'm going to have to keep an eye on her in the future.

"Master, how do you pronounce this word?"

Misty held the book up in front of me and asked, pointing to a word on it.

"Oh, let me see. ”

I glanced at it and told her the correct way to pronounce it.

"Thank you, Master. ”

The girl thanked her and went back to reading her book.

"Ah, lost and lost. ”

Over there, Otono Chiba seemed to have lost, covering his head and shouting incessantly.

In terms of games, this girl can be said to be a super hard worker, and I've never seen her win!

Even people like the big goblins who don't have much contact with games, she can't beat them.

Even so, she was never discouraged by this, but challenged others again and again.

Courage is commendable, but unfortunately, there is still no progress at all.

"Hehe, it's too weak, it's too weak!"

As the victor's side, Qiluno's nose was about to grow. The other party usually treats himself as a fool, but when it comes to the field of games, he can only be killed by himself!

"No, no, let's have another game. ”

Otono Chiba gritted his teeth, still unwilling to admit defeat.

Even if I've lost I don't know how many times.

"The result was the same a few times. ”

Qi Luno snorted, if you want to win against yourself, this guy will go and practice for a hundred years first!

Well, maybe even if she has practiced for a hundred years, she is also not her opponent.

"You are less complacent, this time people will definitely let you lose badly. ”

"You said this last time and last time, didn't you still lose?"

The two little fools quarrel as they start the game again.

Led by light, a few little maids who are afraid that the world will not be chaotic are cheering for them with great interest in the back, or giving advice.

Looking at these energetic girls, I smiled and shook my head and raised the cup in my hand.

Seeing this, who had been standing next to me with a teapot, he immediately came up to help me fill it.

"Just really, you know how to play. ”

The chief maid glanced at the girl who shouted the most in the crowd, and couldn't help but snort secretly.

As a maid, she left her master and ran to have fun, she really couldn't see such a bad behavior.

"Well, it's resting anyway, so let's have a good time!"

I blew on the green tea in my cup and took a sip of it. The faint fragrance of tea runs through the nostrils, all the way to the chest, and finally spreads out in the wisps, which makes people feel refreshed.

"Take it easy, don't be so nervous all the time. ”

"Master, you've indulged her too much. ”

The corners of the girl's mouth twitched, but she didn't continue to pursue the question.

"Naa. ”

Lumia suddenly ran up to me and pounced on my thighs.

"Master, Master. ”

She lifted her little face and looked into me with curious eyes flowing with color.

"Say, dog, is she sick? Why doesn't she respond no matter what we call her?"

Although Imaizumi Shadow Wolf has been said many times that she has a name, these little girls still like to call her dog, so that even Marisa has started calling her that now.

"I'm not sick, I think I'm just tired. ”

I touched the girl's little brain, smiled and shook my head.

"So don't bother her, let her get a good night's sleep!"

"Oh......"

The girl gave a blank expression and nodded vigorously.

"Lumia knows, Lumia won't bother her anymore. ”

"What a good boy. ”

"Hey, hey, hey. ”

Receiving my compliment, Lumia shook her little feet and smiled happily. Then she flicked hard and fell back to the ground.

"I'm going to help the dog and get her to fall asleep quickly. ”

With that, she ran back, knelt down beside the Imaizumi Shadow Wolf, stretched out her hand, and gently stroked the other's head.

"Sleep...... Sleep ......."

The little girl hummed a lullaby that she didn't know where she had learned, but she had to put on an extremely serious expression, which made people laugh dumbly.

This silly girl, Imaizumi Shadow Wolf is not a baby!

After humming for a long time, I found that the other party was still listless, his eyes were half-open and half-closed, obviously not asleep.

"Huh?"

Lumia scratched her face in confusion, as if she didn't expect her hypnosis to fail.

"Master, the dog is not asleep!"

“......”

Stupid, if you harass people like this, even if you are really tired, you can't sleep!

Just as the girl was considering whether to hum a little louder, Imaizumi Shadow Wolf suddenly raised her upper body as if she had heard something. The ears on the top of his head, which had been drooping, were also erected high, and they would shake a few times from time to time.

"How...... What's wrong?"

Lumia was immediately startled, thinking that her actions had made her angry. Just as he was about to get up and run away, he realized that the other party was noticing him. She looked out the window fixedly, looking a little anxious.

"Huh?"

The girl turned her face and looked in the direction she was looking, but found nothing unusual.

"What are you looking at?"

Imaizumi Shadow Wolf didn't react, but his eyes were still staring outside.

"Master, what's wrong with her, dog?"

Naturally, I noticed the abnormality of the Imaizumi Shadow Wolf, and I immediately got up and went out to the terrace.

"Hmm!"

Not long ago, the sky was still blue, and I don't know when it was covered with a thick layer of dense clouds. A not-so-clear dividing line has emerged between the previously integrated sky and the sea, separating them. On one side is a deep dark blue, and the undulating waves stir up a few white flowers on it. The other side was as dark as ink, deeper than midnight, and there was not a trace of light. The dark clouds of ink expanded at an alarming speed, fiercely across the sea, and swooped down on this side. It's like a monster that devours light, slowly plunging the world into infinite darkness.

Lumia also ran out, but the high guardrail just blocked her view.

"Wow, I can't see it. ”

The girl kept standing on her tiptoes, trying to see what was going on outside.

Seeing her like this, I bent down and picked her up.

"Wow!"

Looking at the sky above the sea, which seemed to be blackened by thick ink, Lumia couldn't help but let out a burst of amazement.

"That's amazing!"

For her, who likes to lurk in the dark, the darkness that rolls in the sky, as if it wants to swallow the earth, simply makes her heart surging and excited.

"Master, is it already night?"

In the blink of an eye, the sky quickly darkened, and the distant scenery became hazy, as if night was about to fall.

But it's not even noon yet, why is it suddenly getting dark?

"No, it's a storm. ”

In this ocean area, there are many stormy weather, and it is a bit surprising that I have only encountered it once until now.

However, the scale of the storm seems to be quite large!

"Ah, the storm?"

Before Lumia could understand, the sea in the distance began to flash with dazzling white light, and the dull thunder also rumbled, spreading endlessly.

Coming out with Lumia, the Imaizumi Shadow Wolf with his hands on the fence let out a "whine" cry. She was much taller than Lumia, so even if she was on her knees, she could see the distant scene clearly.

Probably I've never seen a storm before!" she wagged her tail uneasily, but she was also very curious, and a little excited.

"Hey, is it going to rain? Wow!!"

A group of little girls also came out of the terrace, looking up at the increasingly gloomy sky, and let out a loud exclamation in unison.

"It's a storm coming!"

Lumia was triumphant, as if she had been the first to learn about it.

But as soon as she spoke, the eyes of others immediately focused on her.

"Hey, that's cunning! ”

Almost immediately, Kirino and Otonashi Chiba pounced on me, one by one.

"Master, we have to hug too. ”

"You can't just hold Lumia. ”

The two of them tugged at my clothes and writhed their bodies in disobedience.

"Okay, it's going to rain heavily, let me go inside. ”

I ignored the two girls, put Lumia down, and told them to hurry up and close all the windows that were still open in the house, lest the rain blow in and wet the contents of the room.

"It's all your fault!"

Lumia was very angry, if it weren't for these two people to make trouble, she could have been held by the master all the time.

"What are you talking about? What does this have to do with us. ”

"Yes. ”

Three little girls, you are glaring at me, and I am glaring at you, both of them are quite annoyed by each other.

The wind began to strengthen, blowing the curtains frantically and making a loud noise. Misty immediately ran to close the windows of the living room, but even so, it kept coming in through the cracks, and the strange "whining" sound was uncomfortable.

"Hey, what are you three still doing standing outside? ”

Seeing these three stupid people still standing stupidly outside the terrace, you look at me, I look at yours, I immediately went out and drove them into the house.

It was already as dark as night, but because the lights were on in the room, it didn't feel so obvious. But when I looked out of the window, I could only see a dark mass. Not to mention the sea in the distance, even the big trees near the castle now looked like a hazy shadow.

The thunder and lightning that was extremely violent rattled, becoming more dense and more intense, making the already heavy darkness even more breathless.

The wind was howling, and the electric snakes were flying, as if it were the end of the world.

"Boom ......"

The huge roar shook the eardrums, and the earth, the castle, shook violently.

A moment before the thunder sounded, in the electric light that suddenly illuminated the sky, a white beast composed of raging storms crossed the sea and approached the land......