He was left in Yong Ye and stared at the ceiling silently, listening to the sound of the rain splashing down.

"Am I really the same as Artosh?...Isn't it the same?"

In the dark night, Yong Ye muttered softly, but he couldn't answer this question himself. He couldn't figure out what he was thinking at all. After sighing heavily, he didn't show any movement, which made the room really fall into only one place. The serenity of the rain.

And this question is not really meaningless, at least Jibril's answer, so that he can basically understand Jibril's thoughts, although Jibril's reaction makes his conscience feel a little prickly.

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On the second day, Jibril did return to her normal state as she said last night, she showed a sweet smile as always, and she also treated others with the same respect that sounded like she did in words, but in reality. It's really just a verbal respect.

In the blink of an eye, Jibril had been in this world for about ten days. She didn't have the same interest as elves to go to school and stay with a group of humans. She just seemed to have forgotten what happened that night, as if that night. Like nothing happened, he stayed beside Yong Ye and read books as he did at the beginning.

Of course, the reason for reading is also because Yongye forbids her to hunt heads at will, and now she is not interested in the heads of humans from other worlds. After all, the rarity is infinitely close to zero, and she has no interest in wasting time.

The White Cat Cafe in Yongye, as always, had no business. It became a temporary shelter when he was struggling to live in the apartment.

By the way, Shina Chong Gong returned the umbrella the next day, and became another long-term customer of the store besides Tokisaki Kusan... Because it was just running Yong Ye, who was playing and playing, giving her and Tokisaki is 30% off and the admission fee is waived, so she can afford the cost here even if she is in financial distress.

After becoming a regular visitor, the relationship between Mana and Yongye has actually eased a lot, and Tokisaki Kurumi chose to avoid the period when Mana existed.

Tohka and Yoshino were watching the romance drama yesterday as always, and there was not much change, they could only say that they were the same as before.

However, on this night, Yong Ye, who felt a little bit in a bad mood, found a reason that night, and left the apartment for a walk outside.

He wandered aimlessly, but he didn't go there. He didn't start to walk back until late at night, and halfway he noticed a small figure in the shadow of the shop in front of the road.

"...What are you doing this evening?"

Yong Ye, who quickly recognized who that person was, quickly stopped and walked in the direction of the figure.

In the shadow of the shop's eaves, a petite girl in a light-colored dress, with long wavy blue hair, was wearing a light yellow straw hat for some reason late at night, and she was staring at the sign beside the shop.

There were posters on the signboards of the shop, and the girl looked at the posters as if they were very interested. She was so focused that she didn't even notice when Yong Ye arrived at her side.

"Yoshino, what are you doing with this kind of thing at this time?"

"...!"

Being suddenly approached from behind, the girl didn't say a word, but her shoulders trembled in fright, and then she slowly turned around.

"Yongye, sir?...I'm finally back, here you go." Yoshino's voice was as small as ever, and if he didn't listen carefully, he would ignore it.

"What's wrong? Looking for me? At this time?"

"Hmm, um... Because it's already, half past ten, so..." Yoshino said half of her words, or she couldn't see it, Yoshina continued for her in a high voice far beyond hers, "So Yoshino I'm a little worried!"

"...Do you think I'm a child? Did you come out to find me before going back at half past ten?"

"Then, that... I'm sorry..."

She wanted to say something, but there was no way to say it. Yoshino shrunk her body into a ball and chose to bow her head to apologize. Yoshina also played her main duty at this time, "Uncle Yongye, don't give birth to Yoshino. Angry, Yoshino doesn't have any malicious intentions, nor does he want to restrict your freedom. I just want to find you because I'm worried that your mental state is not very good. Of course, I also want to take advantage of the fact that no one else is here. I invite you to hang out with us during the cultural festival."

"Four, Yoshina?!" Yoshina blushed instantly when she was told, she put her mouth on the talkative Yoshina, lowered her head to cover her vision with a straw hat, and at the same time shrank again, not wanting to be caught Yong Ye noticed his expression.

"...Is that so? It's not a big deal. If you want to go shopping, let's go shopping together during the cultural festival."

Facing the request of this half-year-old girl, Yong Ye put his hand on her head without thinking too much, and simply agreed to her invitation, because in Yong Ye's eyes, it was just to accompany the children to stroll around. little things.

"Really, really... can you?"

"Just strolling around, what's wrong?"

"Too, that's great!" The goal was easily achieved, and there was obvious joy in Yoshino's voice.

"Then what should be said, let's go back."

"…Uh-huh!"

Exaggeratedly nodding in affirmation, Yoshino obediently followed Yong Ye's side.

On the way back, I still walked along the small river. The edge of the river is much darker than other places. Only the minimum lighting is maintained here, but it is also guaranteed to be able to see the road clearly and not be scary.

The full moon peeked out from the gap between the clouds, illuminating the night sky and adding a little light to the small river channel.

The two walked along the river, one after the other, because Yoshino grabbed Yong Ye's clothes and followed him, always maintaining a subtle sense of tension and continuous silence, which made Yong Ye feel a little strange, and then looked like Suddenly, he stopped thinking of something.

"Ugh...!"

Without paying attention, Yoshino slammed into Yong Ye's body, let out a small scream, and then fell back, looking like she was about to fall to the ground.

However, Yong Ye grabbed her hand with quick eyes and quick hands, saving her from falling and sighing softly, "...What are you thinking about? Are you still reluctant to talk after walking for so long?"

"Then, that...wow wow..."

She wanted to say something just now, but then she seemed to notice something. Yoshino opened her eyes in surprise, her mouth closed in a frenzy, and her cheeks were red as if they were about to drip blood. This panicked appearance made Yong Ye seem confused, and asked inexplicably, "What's wrong?"

"...hand, hand..."

"Ah...hand? Sorry sorry."

After being reminded, Yong Ye noticed that he was holding Yoshino's hand, which made the child who was too pure a little uncomfortable, so he simply let go of his hand and continued to ask the previous doubts.

"What are you thinking about? Or...what's on your mind?"

"This... I think... Yong Ye, Mr. Yong Ye, seems to have something on his mind..."

It was completely beyond Yong Ye's expectations. Yong Ye thought that Yoshino had something on his mind, but he didn't expect that he would be said to have something on his mind, which made him want to refute, but... Yoshino took the lead With unease, he spoke cautiously.

"Ever since, the first time we met, Mr. Yong Ye had this feeling... Even when he laughed, there was a... terrible feeling, the first time I met my eyes, it was like... as if I was about to fall into the night sky. , in the dark... that, that feeling..."

"...falling into the darkness of the night sky?"

"I'm sorry, I can't express it very well, but... this feeling, the day after Miss Jibril came, it seemed to become more obvious, did something happen?" She had to speak in a low voice, the girl's guessing and uneasy eyes revealed a deep worry.

"You're too heartless, I've always been a cheerful person." Without any reaction to Yoshino's words, Yong Ye squatted down and looked at her, poked her fleshy cheek lightly, and smiled. "Don't worry, my mental state is better than ever."

"But, but, Mr. Yong Ye..."

Not caring about Yong Ye's deliberately teasing her, Yoshino still couldn't let it go, and didn't want to be perfunctory.

She is obviously a timid and fearful child, but Yoshino is far more meticulous than other elves or even others, because she is always silently observing, although she is introverted, she is surprisingly delicate, so she is very careful about Eternal. Ye didn't believe it, even though Yong Ye seemed to be no different from the average person since she met.

It's just... Even if Yong Ye is laughing occasionally, expressing his helplessness, teasing people, and sometimes showing a gentle side, the feelings that reside in the depths of his eyes have not changed in the slightest since the very beginning.

How can we dispel that emptiness that is like a void in the deep night sky? Yoshino has been observing quietly, but can't find an answer... She can't find a way to solve this problem at all.

"Mr. Yongye, that...this...what does Mr. Yongye feel, feel bad? You can say it, then...then..."

The intermittent and hesitant words were rather unclear to describe, because Yoshina herself was not a person who was good at speech, and she herself knew exactly what to say. However, he obviously didn't intend to intervene, but to leave these matters to Yoshino to solve.