After the awards ceremony, Lynn received an invitation from Erin.

Coincidentally, he also wanted to ask Erin to help investigate the information about Wilmot, so he happily went to the appointment.

Around dusk, Lynn came to the shopping street in the college.

Like most schools, things in Rheinland College are much more expensive than outside, but because most of the students here don't have the concept of "need to save some money", and there is a lively event such as the freshman competition held recently, the shopping street is still overcrowded.

Perhaps because the news had not completely spread not long after the award ceremony ended, Lynn walked on the commercial street and did not receive any unusual gaze, but received indescribable flattery from many seniors.

Following the address she received, Lynn managed to find the open-air café that was located on the corner of the street, but the scenery was not bad, and at the same time, at a glance, she saw the girl who could become the center of attention just by sitting there and doing nothing.

Hearing the sound, Erin raised her head slightly, beckoned the waiter, handed the menu up, and then gently greeted the young man seated across from her.

"Good afternoon, Mr. Champion."

"Good afternoon, Irene." Lynn didn't care about the ridiculous title at the back, but smiled and said, "I was very surprised by this invitation....... So, is there something going on? ”

"Accident what?" Erin raised an eyebrow and said, "Are you the only ones who are allowed to look for me, not you?" Or do I have to ask for something to get you out of the mountain and barely see me? ”

"Not really, if you really want to find me, you can do it at any time, even if you don't do anything and just sit here silently until it gets dark, and the two of you look up at the stars side by side, I don't have a problem." Lynn spread her hands and said, "So, are we going to order a cup of coffee and drink it until dark?" ”

Erin gave him a fluttering look: "Well, you're right. ”

She suddenly retracted the smile on her face, propped her arms on the table, folded her hands, supported her chin, and put on an extremely serious look.

Then, she asked softly, "I wonder why you said something like that when you were on stage just now." ”

Lynn said calmly: "In the process of the game, I was always the one who was not favored, but I managed to win the final victory, and if I don't give them a little counterattack, I can't teach them that they must respect every opponent." ”

"That's not what I'm talking about." Erin pointed to herself and said, "I mean, why did you take me with you and let others notice my presence?" ”

Without waiting for Lynn to answer, she said again: "Of course, I don't mean to blame you, in fact, I don't hate this feeling, and I can even say that I like it, but ....... I'm curious, why would you do that. ”

"You can use me as a label you use as a contrast to set off your excellence; You could have made them look at you with surprise, envy, and all the eyes that would hold you up on your own, but instead of doing so, you shared it with me. ”

This kind of behavior has caused a gap in the light you should have bathed in, a huge piece of the praise you should have received, a rift in what should have been born perfectly, and you have not even gained anything from it....... At least, I can't think of any good. ”

Puzzled, Erin asked, "So, my dear sir fiancé, can you tell me why you are doing this?" ”

This was the first time Erin had taken the initiative to question Lynn's actions.

Because, she used all her life's wisdom to think of all possible follow-up events, but she was never able to find anything in Lynn's actions that was beneficial to him.

But in her understanding of Lynn, the latter is never a person who immediately does what comes to mind, and never thinks about the consequences, but pursues the benefits born of the consequences more than herself.

Therefore, Erin did not understand Lynn's behavior, but she was unwilling to let go of this incident that she could not grasp, so she was desperate to know what Lynn was doing this for.

So, there was this invitation, and the problem.

Faced with Erin's doubts, Lynn only said softly.

"You also said just now, if you want to come out of me, you don't need to look for any reason, and in the same way, there are some things that don't need a reason, and if you want to do it, you will naturally do it."

“.......”

Erin didn't speak, just stared into Lynn's eyes.

After a while, she asked very seriously, "Is there really no reason?" ”

"Really?"

“.......”

It was Lynn's turn to be silent.

After a long time, he spread his hands and smiled.

"Well, there's a little bit of a reason."

"If you talk about the cause, it's really hard to explain, because before I came on stage, I didn't prepare any speeches at all, and those words were woven after I came on the stage....... In the midst of that, there was nothing about you in the first place. "But, when I saw you in the audience, it jumped out of the audience, and I added it." ”

"As for why I want you to share in this glorious ....... too"

Lynn thought for a long time before continuing: "I remember when we were very young, we would exchange new toys we had gotten, or what we had done today, and what troubles my father and mother had encountered - we were always sharing things with each other, so maybe when we were on stage at that time, the body memory was accidentally triggered. ”

"That's different." Erin lowered her arms and hid her clenched palms in the blind spot under the table, "Sharing toys and exchanging information is because we can harvest from them the emotion called 'happiness' that comes from having new things, but does your behavior make you feel 'happy'?" ”

"No, no!" There was a rare slight fluctuation in her words, but it quickly calmed down, "Because I can't give you feedback in the first place, and if I don't come to you, you may even fall into a mood called 'loss' because of the lack of feedback." ”

"Probability-wise, the disadvantages of this far outweigh the possible benefits......... You're a little inconsiderate. ”

Erin raised her eyes slightly, her eyes filled with disappointment.

Originally, she thought that Lynn was one of the people who most resembled her, because they both thought about everything with absolute reason, and every step fell was calculated in the most perfect direction.

Because of this, during this time, although Erin realized that Lynn was breaking away from her control, she did not make any drastic moves, and even gave a certain degree of tolerance and permission to this - because she knew that keeping the beasts in a cage would only make them slowly forget that they still had sharp fangs.

In fact, what she did did worked, and Lynn was indeed moving in the direction she wanted.

But today, Lynn's reckless move disappointed her.

She was still thinking that the other party might have something more special in mind, but the answer she got was such an extremely "childish" impulsive behavior.

"Of course, this reason is only one of them."

Lynn's words made Erin look up again.

Hope once again rippled in the sea of her eyes, looking forward to his harder as iron as his speech.

However, she didn't wait.

Lynn just watched her quietly, without blinking, as if she wanted her to see something through the window of her mind.

“......”

The girl realized something.

For the first time, in her gaze with others, she deviated from her eternal pride.

But the next second, she turned back again.

"You can't think like that."

Lynn didn't speak.

Erin slammed to her feet, palms propped up on the table, and looked down at him condescendingly, word by word.

"Absolutely, no."

Lynn still didn't speak.

“.......”

Erin took a deep breath, calmed down her gaffe, and coldly dropped a sentence.

"Lynn, I'm so disappointed in you."

Turning, she walked with heavy steps through where the boy was, avoiding the waiter with the drink, away from the center of the crowd, ready to leave the place where she had fallen into disappointment.

However, when she put her hand on the fence gate, she seemed to lose her strength and could not push it away.

Erin looked at her hands in a daze, but she didn't look at her hands like she was really looking at them, but through her fingertips, listening to her own heart.

- I can't go.

- Why can't I go?

- No why, just can't go!

- No, I need a reason for everything.

- But there are some things that just don't need a reason!!

- Fart, there must be!!

- The ....... "I can't afford to lose the general I have chosen, who may set foot on the battlefield for me, and who will return victorious....... Is it okay for such a reason!!

“.......”

Erin quietly turned around.

Lynn was still sitting there, staring at the steaming black tea that had just been served in front of her.

At that moment, she felt as if her eyes were covered by magic, and she really saw the sadness in the boy's body.

Intense, turbulent, overwhelming.

The surging influence seems to implicate her, unable to break free and unable to extricate herself.

The girl slowly closed her eyes.

......

"Click-"

The teacup was picked up, and after a sip, it was put down again.

Lynn raised her head slightly, looking at the girl whose face had returned to calm.

Erin didn't make eye contact with him as usual, but said, "Give me a reason....... Why is it ....... Do you think that for me? ”

"Don't tell me anything, 'Some things don't need a reason' or something like that, maybe sometimes it does have a point, but — I don't accept that explanation."

“.......”

Lynn reached out and held her share of black tea, moistened her lips, and then moved her gaze to the side, looking at the green plants that had been sunburned for a day, and said.

"Perhaps, that emotion is not overly overflowing, but I am very comfortable when I am with you, and it makes me feel that the sun has given it just the right amount of warmth when it falls on the ground with the yellow and blazing heat of the grass leaves." He smiled suddenly, "Of course, it is also possible that you are too perfect, whether it is the way you behave or the way you smile, you have fulfilled all my fantasies about the other half." ”

He whispered.

"So, even if it's a light falling from the sky, I'll think of you at the first time."

Erin watched him turn his head under the sunset, and when those inky eyes overlapped with the afterglow, she suddenly felt as if the world had become colorful again.

The girl who lost the ability to look at people for the second time opened her eyes again, but she didn't know where to put her gaze.

She looked at the flowers and plants, and thought they were ugly; Gazing down at black tea, thinking that it looks like an inferior product; Looking up at the sun, he was forcefully slapped back.

She had no choice but to set her eyes on the young man in front of her again.

I don't know if it's because she looked at the sun just now, she always feels that he is shining and hot in his own world.

At that moment, her voice jumped out before her brain could react.

"You just said you wanted to see the stars, didn't you?"

.......

【nmd，wsm！ 】

[Ambulance, where is my blood bag!!] 】

[You stand here and don't move, I'll move the Civil Affairs Bureau for you!] 】

【Sugar! It's sugar! It's definitely real sugar now!! 】

[Fake, it's all fake, I don't believe it, I don't believe it, bastard!] 】

[Hehe, after the previous torture, I no longer believe that there will be sugar in this fan. 】

[No, no, no, this time Lynn took the initiative, there won't really be an insider, right?! 】

In the room, Lynn sat on the edge of the bed, tilting her head and looking out the window at the starry sky.

After a long time, he said softly: "Erin's judgment of me is not wrong, every step I take is actually calculated towards a plan that is beneficial to me. ”

"On the podium, I did have a whim to pull Erin in, but at the same time, I also thought about what could happen later."

"One, the possibility that might pull her out of what she's good at."

"As it turned out, I won." Lynn looked at the brightest star in the sky and whispered, "Erin is a person who claims to be perfect, and in what she thinks is perfect, the existence of emotions is the existence that will affect her own judgment, so any consideration she has will not mix personal factors with it." ”

"It's a plus, but it's also a disadvantage."

"Because, once she falls into an event that requires the use of strong emotions, she will not be able to gain a foothold, and she will fall into absolute passivity - and coincidentally, this event is initiated by herself."

"Before the start of the game, she tried to use 'gentleness' as a means to restrain me, but in fact, there was no emotion in that 'tenderness' - people, in the final analysis, are emotional animals, and without adding emotional words and actions, it is impossible to arouse the empathy of others."

He whispered, "So, as I said before, her self-confidence will lead her to doomed failure." ”

【？？？ 】

[When I didn't know about the war again, it began?!] 】

[I knew it was.] 】

[Damn, bastard Lynn, give me back my sugar!!] 】

[Woo woo, it turns out that such a nice word, is it actually made up? ] Lynn, you give me back your feelings! 】

[I shed a few tears for you who thought I was going to be abandoned, but I didn't expect it, Lynn, you are the one who really has no heart, and even feelings can be forged and used to deceive! ] 】

Lynn didn't contradict their words.

He only continued to look at the stars in the sky, as if he were looking at the stars at this moment at the same time, someone else.

Lies cannot fool everyone.

What can deceive people has always been the most authentic thing.

Because it will make people sad, and then, prompting people, to lie to themselves.

After a long time, the stars in the sky were suddenly covered by dark clouds, and they were never seen again.

Lynn retracted her gaze as well.

Take a deep breath, close your eyes, and open them again.

What Erin hopes for is for him to give up all the softness in his heart and become as strong as steel.

But he didn't like to do that.

He prefers to cover those hot East XZs in the deepest part of his heart with the thickest black cloth, leaving only a little bit exposed.

Because, the little ones left behind will not be able to constitute his weakness.

Rather, it will become.

His weapons.