In the same animal picture book, I also saw a bird of prey called the white-shouldered eagle.

It is said that this bird is known for its extreme loyalty to love, and once a pair of white-shouldered eagles are married, they will never be separated from their mates for the rest of their lives.

Of course, maybe this is correct from the perspective of human common sense, but sometimes I can't help but think that for birds with only a little brain capacity, they can't understand what we call love at all, but it just happens that their own habits are artificially given such a meaning, right?

*

After leaving Tianmangu Palace, the group found a restaurant on the nearby commercial street to eat.

It is located right on the banks of the Kamogawa River, and the second floor stretches out over the river, and there are outdoor seats.

Sitting here, you can see the lazy and ever-splitting waves and the accompanying splashes, and even the shopping malls and high-end apartments along the street have become thin in front of the undulating natural landscape.

"Why don't you buy anything to take home in the afternoon?"

Hoshikawa Aoi said as she bit the straw of the milk tea.

"Didn't you buy it in Shimizuzaka before?"

Li Wu euphemistically put forward his opinion, but it was exchanged for the stunned eyes of the girls' group.

"Li Wujun, just like you have to eat today after eating yesterday, there is no reason in the world that you can't shop anymore because you have already bought something."

Mao Shiratori, who hadn't spoken to him since morning, gave a warning, and even Hikaru agreed: "I need to replenish new equipment and potions." ”

"What kind of world do you live in?"

"The real reason is to take revenge on Miss Xiao Wu's eccentric witch, so I'm going to vote for it."

"Well done, Rin-san."

Hoshikawa Aoi, who was still in a mess just now, high-fived her in celebration, did you realize that this person is the culprit who tickles you?

"In that case, I'll stay here for a while and watch the scenery, and you can go shopping."

"How-"

Hoshikawa Aoi wanted to say something, but was interrupted by someone who took the first step.

Airisa raised her hand: "I, I, I, I'm also an indoor pie!" I don't like crowded shopping malls in the first place, so I'll stay with Li Wu, I just saw a dessert shop that looks delicious next to it......"

She was hugged by the light, and Hoshikawa Aoi pulled up her arms: "Okay, okay, let's go now, we will help Airisa buy beautiful clothes." ”

Erisha struggled to cast a look of help, and Li Wu waved his hand pityingly at the vampire girl who was dragged away by the two who stood up, and drew a cross.

"See you later, then, Li Wujun."

The last one to leave, Mai Shiratori, got up, raised his hand slightly, and shook it twice.

In the seat where only one person was left, Li Wu took out his mobile phone and enjoyed the peace of being alone for a moment, until someone knocked on the table and asked, "Ahem, this handsome guy, is there anyone here?" ”

"I thought that saying goodbye meant a temporary goodbye in the sense of common sense."

He raised his head and looked at Mai Shiratori, who was sitting across from him, "Is that how your superpowers are used?" ”

She sat on her knees without care, revealing the same color of jumpsuit under her short black skirt: "It's an extra practice, I told everyone that I fancy a dress I want to buy, I want to try it more, and then run back in the dressing room, super power is really convenient." ”

Li Wu took a deep breath: "What the hell do you want to do, Shiratori?" ”

It was difficult to understand her behavior in the last two days, so much so that he even faintly had a memory of whether the moonlit night had begun to affect the other party's speculation.

"Just chatting - Li Wujun shouldn't believe this kind of thing."

Behind the lenses, her eyes were uncertain, and she smiled and proposed, "Shall we take a walk along the Kamogawa River for a while?" ”

As if the two of them were walking together on the road to Teniwado on the night of the accident, the Kamogawa River wades quietly through the river with a string of pebbles connecting the two banks in the shallow water.

"I remembered the opportunity to run amok before."

She stepped on the stone bricks on the shore briskly and alternately, adding a lively temperament.

"Isn't it related to that unknown person?"

Shiratori Mayi thought back for a moment before realizing who he was referring to: "No, that person just told me about the connection with Tsukiyomi, and I met her after I left Sister Inari first." ”

For the first time, she admitted positively that she already knew the existence of the goddess of the moon in her.

Li Wu listened silently, and Shiratori Mao continued: "Actually, it's just a small thing—do you remember the Mr. Editor you met during the summer vacation? ”

"Impressed."

"That's good, I told Li Wujun that my parents don't agree with me writing light, right? Although I went to Chiyo City alone and signed a contract with the publishing house, they kept in touch with the editor in exchange and kept an eye on me. ”

After all, she is the daughter of a high school student who went to live in another city.

Shiratori Mao walked down the road and stretched: "Then they recently learned about the current situation of my late delivery, and just as I was being taken away from Tianiwado, they happened to call me and urged me to think about going home quickly." ”

She looked a little lonely and looked at her reflection on the water.

"It was probably at that moment that I had the idea of escaping, so I activated my ability."

Li Wu also stopped, hesitated for a moment and asked, "Did you react last night because you remembered this incident?" ”

She glanced at him in surprise: "Of course not, in fact, it was because of the influence of the memories in the illusion, and I couldn't suppress the love for Li Wujun that I suddenly noticed, and then I saw that Xingchuan-san was intimate with you, so I was jealous." ”

At the end, she couldn't help but laugh herself.

"Don't talk back."

"Well, no kidding, I don't know why."

Shiratori Mao sighed, "If you think about it carefully, my parents want to arrest me and go back to my hometown, and my mythical brother kicked me out of the house in the early years and killed me, and now he suddenly regrets calling me back, isn't my kinship a little too bad?" ”

"One thing to say, indeed."

Li Wu agreed, "But let's try to prevent the latter from succeeding first." ”

"But in that case, you'll need to fight the gods who want to bring me back, right?"

Mai Shiratori pursed her lips, "If ......"

"At this time, you don't want to say anything like you don't want to drag us down, it's okay to return to mythology, right?"

“…… So I don't dare to say it. ”

She laughed, "If you are really forcibly asked to return to the moon, will Li Wujun help stop it?" ”

"Do your best."

He gave an answer that seemed to have been answered once.

"Then come with me back to my hometown in the countryside."

Silence fell in the air here.

"Li Wujun?"

"Wait, we just talked about the same thing, right?"

Li Wu felt that there seemed to be a huge error in the communication between them.

"It's one thing, aren't you saying that my parents want me to go back and forbid me to stay in Chiyo City? It's like Kaguya is going to be brought back to the moon. So please help, do you want to call everyone by the way? ”

"Forbid the misuse of figurative meaning!"

The girl smiled and stepped on the pebbles in the shallows, stretched out her arms and staggered to keep her balance, jumping to the next piece as if she were playing a game of jumping grids.

"Li Wujun, I think it is better to be a migratory bird that follows the season than a resident bird that hesitates in one area for the rest of its life."

"What's that, and what analogy do you want to make? Miss Literary Girl? ”

"Even if you fly back to your hometown along the Tropic of Capricorn, you're just preparing for the next climate change."

She turned around and stood in the middle of the river, putting her hands behind her back, "For example, the relationship between you and Airisa and Xiaoguang, such as what will happen to the five of us in the future, it's best to think about it before we can move forward." ”

"You're going to talk about a topic that's too jumpy......"

"But it's important to say beforehand!"

She raised her index finger, "It would be a big mistake to think that talking about my heart like this would smoothly put me in the harem like a common marginal character in the light middle, I don't agree with the current state of the quagmire of interpersonal relationships at all!" ”

"It seems that this is the third time I have heard your speech in this format, and I have been slandered more and more every time."

Across the shallow water of the Kamogawa River, Li Wu and the white bird standing in the middle of the river looked at each other.

She tried to jump back, but her foot slipped and she spread her invisible wings called superpowers as she was about to fall into the water with a scream, and crossed the turbulence and the riverbank, opening her arms almost suddenly.

The warm breath squeezed between the gaps in the body, and the rich touch of golden autumn that still retains its beautiful shape under the weight of the weight disappears in a flash.

"I'll go back to the locker room~"

In the end, only a fluttering word remained.

(End of chapter)