On the side of the Black Stone Mansion, Mu Qingfang is naturally familiar.

After all, she used to escape the summer, but she had lived here for a short time, and it was no longer familiar, even if she closed her eyes, she could walk back and forth in it.

After entering the residence, she aimed directly at the hot spring pool in the back courtyard, which was the best view of the entire Black Rock Mansion, with a forest of cherry blossoms and a beautiful view.

It's not cherry blossom season, but there are hot springs, and it's winter, so it's a good time to soak in the hot springs.

And when Mu Qingji arrived here in a submarine, Su Enxi was sitting by the hot spring pool, treading the water, and chatting with a girl sitting under the cherry tree reading a book.

Different from Su Enxi, the girl is extremely petite, her almost pure white blonde hair is simply tied in a ponytail at the back of her head, revealing her slender neck, her skin is white and cold, and her whole person looks like an ice sculpture, at a glance, it is easy to remind people of the endless snowfields of Siberia.

Like her appearance, the girl's personality is also quite cold.

Often Su Enxi said dozens of words, she would simply reply to one or two sentences, and her eyes were basically focused on the new novel in her hand, and she didn't move to the side at all.

…… This is the latest volume of the eye-catching Xia Na novel, and Su Enxi has tripled the price, plus paid expensive postage, so it was airlifted by helicopter.

Looking at the light novel spread on the girl's knees, for some reason, Su Enxi always felt a little heartache.

“…… By the way, I messaged me in the morning that they would be coming. ”

Looking at the girl over there who would only respond perfunctorily no matter what she said, after a moment of silence, Su Enxi suddenly pretended to say such a sentence inadvertently.

"When?"

Sure enough, after hearing her words, the girl immediately raised her head and looked at her.

"The mission time is November 7th, and it's only November 1st, shouldn't she just come here on the 4th? She can't leave there at all, right? ”

"Who knows? Anyway, when I contacted her before, she said that she would come in the afternoon and asked me to prepare lunch and hot springs and wait for her to come. ”

While talking for each other in his heart and finally celebrating with more than two sentences, he took out a piece of potato chips from the potato chip bag on the side and stuffed it into his mouth, Su Enxi's face was light.

"I told Kimura to wait at the door in advance, and if there is any news, it should come soon."

…… Iceberg three?

Indeed, this Sanwu girl has such a cold attitude when facing other people, including in front of the boss, and her temperament is as light as an iceberg that has not melted for thousands of years...... But in front of one person is the exception.

"I'll wait for her."

Closing the page in his hand and putting it down, Zero calmly and quickly stood up from under the cherry tree.

…… Ten years is enough time to change too many things.

When she lost contact with her and then Zero was captured, her world collapsed, and she lived a mess, just wandering aimlessly in the world.

During her three-year wandering life, the first thing she learned was to close off her emotions.

Only by having a blank face can others not judge what you think.

With those small props given to her, plus the large amount of money left by Zero, plus her awakened bloodline, she can actually live a good life, and there is no need to wander at all.

…… But she couldn't find a reason to stop.

After losing her last companion, she has no home.

It wasn't until three years later that Zero reappeared in her dreams that she ended that meaningless wandering career, but the habits that had been carved into her bones during those three years of wandering could no longer be changed.

To a certain extent, the indifference she shows on the surface is just a disguise for her own heart, and once the mask is worn for a long time, it will melt into the blood and bones and can no longer be separated.

…… That's what she thought.

"It's not necessary, right? It's just a few steps away. ”

Looking at Zero who stood up, Su Enxi looked helpless.

"Maybe she's here now, and she's ...... outside the door now."

"Huh? How do you know I'm here? ”

Just in time, a surprised voice sounded in the doorway.

"I was going to surprise you by suddenly appearing, but I actually knew that I was outside the door? Is it so godly? ”

Su Enxi: "........."

As the voice sounded, Mu Qingtong walked out from behind the door with a stupid face and Jiude Mai, who was helpless to caress his forehead.

——When he saw Su Enxi sitting by the hot spring pool, Mai Yutoku nodded slightly to the other party.

…………………………………………

"You really don't think about jumping ship to come to my side?"

Sitting side by side by the hot spring pool, eating potato chips, Su Enxi complained about the bitter water in his mouth.

"Come to me, not only do you have enough daily salary, but you also have a lot of holidays? I only have a cold iceberg and a neurotic boss here, and it's so hard to find someone to talk to. ”

"Now I'm a retainer of the citrus."

Holding a wine glass in her hand, Mai said in a leisurely tone.

“…… So? ”

"On our side in Japan, a courtier who betrays the Lord will be punished with seppuku."

Taking a sip of the sake in the cup, Mai glanced at Su Enxi next to her.

"Jump ship to your side? Why, when the time comes, when I cut my stomach to apologize, you stand aside and be the wrong person to cut me? ”

"This seems to have a ......."

Reaching out and touching his chin, Su Enxi looked thoughtful.

"Come on, instead of persuading me, you might as well persuade her."

Pouting her lips and putting her hands back on the ground to support her body, Mai turned her head to look at the sky.

"I've always been with her, I'll go wherever she goes, there's no betrayal or job-hopping, understand?"

"I've persuaded you, but my conditions are not as good as those given by the Eight Snake Families, what do you tell me to do?"

Sighing, Su Enxi simply lay lazily next to the hot spring pool.

"And to be honest, I suspect that my only colleague is about to be pried away by her, and since she is digging into my corner, I don't have much to do about it except to switch tactics to dig her corner, right?"

“…… The orange should stay in the snake eight family for a short time. ”

After thinking about it for a while, Mai opened her mouth to comfort her.

"Although she is now the director of the executive board, according to my estimate, she will retire after a year or two at most, and then we will have enough time."

"A year or two...... By the way, how did you guys get here so quickly today? ”

As if he suddenly remembered something, after glancing at the two people who were busy making barbecues over there, he got up from the ground, and Su Enxi asked curiously.

"If I'm not mistaken, you should still be at work today, right?"

"Oh, we're skipping work."

also threw a potato chip into his mouth, and Mai Jiude looked calm.

"Between two o'clock, the straight line is the shortest, we took the submarine directly from the underground, and the submarine was parked in the collection room, and then if you are really curious, you can go and experience it."

"Underground submarines...... I feel that this alchemy technique is getting more and more outrageous. ”

After imagining it in his mind for a while, the corners of Su Enxi's eyes couldn't help twitching slightly.

Regarding her speculation about the identity of the Bronze and Fire King of Uesugi Cimosa, she once asked her boss with concern, and then for the first time, she got an uncertain answer from her boss.

【…… Not her. 】

[The real King of Bronze and Fire is not so outrageous at all. 】

PS: Good morning (づ●─●)づ

(End of chapter)