"They're gone?!"

In the second year of class B, the classroom that has been transformed into a role-playing café has welcomed new guests.

"I left not long ago, but then again, would you like to try the luxurious sundae here?"

Rika Teraya was being grabbed by her shoulders and swayed around, and the trained female ninja was able to speak calmly even in this situation.

"It's all because Hoshikawa-san is too greedy for something like this."

Arisa sat at the table next to her and sighed, looking at the picture of the sundae, "But this one looks really delicious?" ”

"Arisa is having a lot of fun eating herself! And if you want to blame, you should blame classmate Li Wu who suddenly left us! ”

Hoshikawa Aoi let go of Teraya's Rika, but her eyes involuntarily wandered to the sweets.

Erisa turned a page back, her body solidifying into a sculpture.

"Eh—the two of them are pretty happy."

Aoi Hoshikawa ran her finger over the newly added photo, "It's great." ”

Before the atmosphere became strange, Rika Teraya, who was temporarily serving as a maid, interjected, "So the two of you have decided?" ”

The two of them, exuding a dark aura, glanced at each other.

“…… After all, it's all here. ”

"I didn't expect that the thing I said at the time was referring to this kind of thing - woo, I want to eat more than Xiaoguang, so that she regrets not waiting for us!"

"Senior sister, didn't you say you need a supreme membership card?"

Ryoko asked in a whisper as she pulled the sleeve of Rika Teraya's coat, and she turned her head away.

"Well...... Because I was asked by other juniors first. ”

In the corridor on the second floor of the club building, Hikari puts his phone back in his pocket.

"Is anyone in Class D looking for you?"

Li Wu asked.

Hikari shook his head: "The evacuation plan was successful. ”

"What evacuation plan...... Forget it, you don't have to explain it to me, it's time for us to go back, right? ”

After all, when he left before, he just texted and said that he and the light went to the café for lunch.

Hikari stopped and stared at him: "Xiao Wu doesn't keep his word, and said that he will go hunting Yamada-san's head alone with me this afternoon." ”

"No, no, no, there is neither a solo nor a headhunting activity, you can fix my memory for me."

Although the words were as curious as ever, her desire to be alone for a while was conveyed.

"And I've worked hard to prepare."

She tugged at her cuffs with some sadness and looked out the window.

"It's okay, even if my mother didn't come to school because of work, Xiao Wu also left behind the friends who grew up together in cold blood, so that I collapsed because of the leakage of the dark power of the seal in my right hand, which led to a decline in my grades, and finally failed the college entrance exam, and I didn't find a job, and my whole life became a family squat like Xiao Ai, but I will still take responsibility alone, and I will not drag Xiao Wu down."

"Alright, let's go now!"

What does she mean by preparation?

In this way, in order for the life of light to go smoothly, the two embarked on the road of traveling around the campus.

Arisa sneezed, and the cream in the spoon was splattered into the face of the person opposite by the powerful air currents from the dragonborn vampires.

“…… Is Arisa so hated by me?! ”

Hoshikawa Aoi, who was unfortunate enough to suffer, screamed and grabbed a tissue to wipe her cheeks.

"I'm sorry! Hoshikawa-san, I didn't mean to, but I just felt like I was being said badly......"

While they were enjoying the sundae, Li Wu picked up the shotgun in his hand, put the humanoid target in front of him in the sight, and pulled the trigger.

Yellow bullets flew out and pierced through the red heart.

The colored balls hanging above then cracked, spraying bursts of fireworks, and the members of the shooting department next to him shook the bell in their hands: "Grand Prize!" Today's Grand Prize Winner is born! ”

"Oh-"

Hikari, who was watching, applauded and received the premium chocolate and stuffed bear toys as the grand prize of the event.

She took out her mobile phone and took a look, and pulled out Li Wu, who was surrounded by people from the shooting department and invited to join the club: "It's time, we have to evacuate to the next location!" ”

"Hey, do you need to be in such a hurry?"

Li Wu kept up with her.

Like a guerrilla fighter, Light moves him from position to position, sometimes indoors and sometimes to the playground or school atrium, leaving behind a winding route.

Although they didn't know what she was thinking, they had a fun and ordinary way to enjoy the cultural festival along the route.

"Xiao Wu, the taste of the soup is a little light, I'll pour in this red sauce-"

"What are you going to do with ketchup! That's not spicy! ”

In the cooking club classroom, he competed with the enthusiastic teenagers and girls in the cooking skills, and finally lost to the boy with the red hedgehog head.

"No matter what cards you draw, you can't change the situation anymore!"

"Your arrogance is the biggest cause of failure! Now I'm going to open this hidden trap card! ”

"What—it can't be, it's a clown card?!"

"Just playing ghost cards, don't match such bloody lines!"

In the first round of the card game held by the board game club, the two who were both eliminated were complained about when they played poker in the corner of the classroom.

……

There were no embarrassing accidents, no bumps into a third person out of the blue, and no supernatural events like a haunted house again.

Time seems to have returned to a distance of less than two months, which is not short, but only two months, and has returned to the ordinary days that once occupied almost all of Li Wu's life.

At that time, though, it wasn't the influx of youkai, the myths embodied in reality, the evil organizations that hatched conspiracies, the otherworldly abilities, or even the magical girls who fell from the sky and the vampires who got into family troubles, that colored the continuous and boring daily life.

It's a child herself, but she always firmly believes in superpowers, magic and the existence of another world, and every time she listens to her words, it ends in a farce, but the next time the door is knocked, she can't help but go out with the girl.

"Light, do you want to go to a higher place?"

Before I knew it, I was on the top floor of the club building, where almost no students had set foot in it, and I should have turned around and gone to other more lively places, such as waiting for the opening of the bonfire festival in the evening.

But Li Wu stopped and said in the face of her.

At the top of the staircase leading to the rooftop is a mysterious tent set up by the Fortune Telling Society, and a sign is hung at the entrance that provides free consultations.

However, this location on the top floor is really remote and abnormal, and Li Wu can't help but wonder if the divination department members who decided to open a cultural festival booth here have broken their brains.

Half of the lamps in the corridor on the top floor struggled between lighting up and not lighting because of neglect of maintenance, and the other half flickered on and off in silence, and the night that soaked in from the window was accompanied by the last glow of the setting sun, baking the girl's curves into a golden yellow.

The afternoon had passed quietly, and now it was getting night.

Rinko Hori withdrew her gaze from the scenery of the sky, hid her body in the dim light a little lonely, and nodded her head in a slight amplitude.

The footsteps of the two men echoed in the hallway, up the stairs leading to the rooftop.

The lock that had been broken by Ryoko Aoki had not been repaired, but when you pushed it open, you could see that the concrete floor had recently become familiar, and the weeds that had grown in the cracks had been almost pulled out during this time, and the debris that had been piled up as a temporary base of the club had not been removed.

"It can be used again, the old room."

Hikaru sat at the table that belonged to Shiratori Maai," Shiratori said that the student union contacted her, and apologized for what had happened. ”

"Is that a revenge successful?"

Li Wu guessed that there were probably people in the student council who could retain the memory of the first day of the festival.

"A big success!"

There is a separate desk in the center of the roof, and you can sit on the desk and shake your legs back and forth, making a gesture of victory. Behind her, the setting sun had completely sunset.

"I remembered when I used to go to a nearby temple fair."

Just two years ago, there was a shopping street near the street where they lived, and such a festival was held every summer.

"The time Xiao Wu made frozen goldfish apple candy?"

"At your instigation, and you, the one who changed the yukata into a hunting suit and painted a ghostly face, are you really qualified to say about me?"

Nostalgic memories have been revived, but the shopping street has long since been demolished and rebuilt.

Li Wu walked to the edge of the rooftop, stepped on the bulge in front of the railing, and felt the evening breeze with a summer atmosphere, and the sound of light came from behind him again.

"It's been a long time since we've played together, since Xiao Wu really awakened his power."

If it was an ordinary her, she would definitely add more bells and whistles to this sentence, so Li Wu turned around a little stunned.

Hikari quietly looked up at the starry sky: "I'm always busy with Xingchuan or Xiao Ai with all kinds of things." ”

Although her tone was flat, she seemed to be able to hear resentment in it.

"If it's a business, it's always four or five people at school."

"Because it's a club event?"

"I met a real magical girl and a vampire.,Have a much more interesting life than before.,Now let's kick out that boring childhood friend who talks to himself all day.。

"Don't make up my mind!"

"Magic and superpowers and other worlds do exist, but they just happen to be blinded by me, Xiao Wu must think so!"

"I didn't think so!"

Boom.

“…… I really didn't think about it, because my awakened ability is to be able to see words on other people's heads that show their essence, and the light has brave ones written on their heads, so even if I confirm the existence of supernatural powers, I will only believe that light is different. ”

Li Wu raised his hands and rubbed his silky short hair like a cat, "So don't give up on yourself and suddenly pounce, it really scares me." ”

Before the sound of the heavy object in his arms dissipated, Guang raised his forehead vigorously and slammed it: "It's not this!" ”

"The most important thing is that even if I am not brave, the light is just as unique, and if it weren't for the light, I might not have been able to adapt to life here."

She snorted in satisfaction.

The events of the last two months are so bizarre that if you compare it to concentration, the previous ten years were like bland, and after discovering the extraordinary beneath the surface of daily life, it seems that a large handful of salt has been added as a condiment.

I guess it's also that after the two entered high school and were divided into different classes, they developed their own social circles, so I guess I felt unstable in my heart.

"I think Xiao Wu's story started when he went to high school."

Hikari whispered, still clinging to her embrace.

"What does that mean, my pre-high school experience was wiped out by Miss Hori's words?"

It's the feeling that is common in manga and in manga, when the wheels of fate begin to turn at a certain time in the protagonist's life and meet different characters. And I'm the one who would say in the background 'the neighbor's kid I met by chance'. ”

This low feeling is not at all like her usual.

“…… Hikari, do you remember what we always do after the festival in the shopping street? ”

"Fireworks on a nearby hillside? That area has now been bulldozed. ”

The precious memories of childhood are not as indestructible as imagined at the time, and the place that bears them will always disappear for various reasons.

The firelight crackled and the girl in her arms opened her eyes wide.

The flames of wrath beat unusually gently in the palms, splitting into several tributaries like small fountains, creating a scene like a fire tree and silver flowers.

If it weren't for the high degree of completion of the [Exorcist] now, he wouldn't have been able to do such a delicate micro-manipulation.

The light cautiously touched the flames, and a crimson flame shifted to her palm, enveloped in a golden glow.

That's the only supernatural ability that Light has now.

The sparks drove the golden light out like a rain curtain, intertwining with the flames on the other side, just like the fireworks sticks in each other's hands that used to be ignited by each other's sparks.

"Even if it's right and the story officially begins, it doesn't mean it's all bad."

Li Wu extinguished the supernatural fireworks in his hand, "We couldn't have set off fireworks on the rooftop of the school before?" ”

Light pondered for a long time.

"I almost forgot that I still have the ability to SYSTEM...... If you follow what Xiao Wu said, I'm a brave man? In other words, I'm the hero? ”

"Wait?"

The flow changed suddenly, and he made such a touching act of evoking memories, that's what you think?

Light broke free and brushed through the messy hair: "For a moment, I had the illusion that I would lose my important position from now on, but in fact, Xiao Wu should wait until the story officially opens and pray that I don't forget you, right?" ”

"That's not right! Your sense of self is too inflated! ”

"Who has more self-consciousness than the person who made a one-day appointment with three girls?"

With a look of "I already know everything" written on Guang's face, Li Wu turned his head in embarrassment.

"I really shouldn't have done that now."

It's just an ordinary day, and it's already more tiring than fighting two consecutive battles with the artificially made Adam and Nero.

There was a tick in the light pocket, and she pulled out her phone.

"It's already dark."

She suddenly jumped on the spot and moved her body, "Then I'll go first, come on Xiao Wu!" ”

Before he could comprehend this abrupt goodbye, the door to the rooftop was kicked open with great force.

"-Finally found!"

"Hoshikawa?! How do you dress up like this! ”

Aoi Hoshikawa, who appeared at the door, was holding a huge stuffed animal, holding a golden spatula in his left hand, and a large wreath around his neck.

"Win the championship in the shooting club, challenge the cooking cup of the cooking club, and win the four kings of the board game club...... Trampling on many traps and obstacles, now I am above the entire Inaba High School! ”

She awe-inspiringly threw away her toys and spatula, took off the garlands, and walked in front of the two of them.

"Rin-san, your plan has failed!"

Hikari slipped past her and stood still in the doorway.

"It's okay, by preparing you in advance to lure you to the route one step later, the goal of killing the chance encounter has been achieved."

She waved her hand: "Next time, let's play alone with two people, Xiao Wu." ”

Is this what you're preparing for?!

Starting with the encounter in Class D, I joined them to attract the attention of Airisa and Hoshikawa Aoi by boasting about the deliciousness of the yakisoba, and then carefully designed a tortuous cultural festival tour route, and arranged temptations and traps with the help of everyone's activities......

"Is Hikari really a genius?"

"Whether it's a genius or not, classmate Li Wu."

Hoshikawa Aoi smiled softly and pressed his shoulders: "I just realized before that you are so busy with work during the day, no wonder you can only come out with me at night." ”

Above her head, the stars had gradually climbed into the night sky, merging into the endless Milky Way.

The Inaba High Chinese Festival officially entered the night of the last day.

(End of chapter)