Stray Chapter 159: Isn’t it sugar?

"Cough, I mean, because I only know you people, I will naturally pay attention to it subconsciously, so I will know about these things..."

Xia Ran tilted her head, finally found the problem in time, and hurriedly shook her head to explain.

"But that's all, you think that your homes are actually very close together, just like everyone lives in the same community. Usually when you go back, I can see you all the time. Back home...that's all."

"Really?" Yukinoshita Yukino still stared at him suspiciously.

"Really, unless I really don't care at all, so I don't pay attention to you at all, and I don't even have the interest to take a look. Even if it is on the opposite side, you can see it at a glance..."

This kind of thing can't blame him for being too strong and sensitive?

For Xia Ran, understanding these basic information is like standing in his own house and looking out, as if he can easily see the scene and layout of the yard, there is no difficulty at all.

Because of the existence of the entire Chiba City, it is actually the same as the sand pools, slides, swings and other facilities built in his own yard. middle.

So as long as he subconsciously pays a little attention to people or things, he can naturally grasp the relevant dynamics relatively easily... But he will also take care of it himself, and will not really violate their unscrupulousness. privacy.

"Is that so..."

After listening to the serious and detailed explanation of the boy, Yukinoshita felt relieved and muttered to herself.

Then she folded her arms around her chest and turned her blushing face to the side: "Let's just believe what you said... But now, I'm going back."

This kind of thing is actually hard to say. After all, it depends on the other party's self-consciousness. She is also willing to believe the other party. Although it is a little awkward emotionally, there is no way to do this.

But there is no point in continuing to struggle. She feels that the most important thing to do now is to go back to her residence first, lest the time will be unknowingly dragged into the middle of the night.

And since the other party already knows his current situation and where he lives, then there is no need to hide it...

"You really don't stay overnight? Sanae and the others are all here. You have nothing to do when you go back, isn't it better to stay?" Xia Ran blinked and asked calmly.

"No." Yukinoshita pursed her lips and replied unhappily.

They're all here...

It's a reassuring statement.

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"Okay okay, I got it."

Xia Ran sighed softly, nodded, then raised her hand and snapped her fingers—

"Charlotte."

"Master, what are your orders?" The head maid who had just come downstairs came to stand in front of him, asked indifferently, and earnestly waited for the master's order.

This kind of subtle and just right connection and cooperation is really unclear. Is it because Xia Ran chose to issue the commander just because the head maid came to him; or was it before he was ready to issue the commander? The head maid already had a hunch about this, so she came over to prepare in advance.

"Well, it's so close anyway, I won't say anything about being safe on the road, let Charlotte take you there."

Xia Ran turned her head to look at Yukinoshita Yukino, whose face began to change, shook her raised index finger, and said this calmly.

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Despite having a bad premonition, when this happened, the girl's eyes widened in disbelief.

Just like that, she glared at Xia Ran with the eyes looking at something strange, and her displeasure was evident. After a long while, he sighed as if giving up, nodded silently, and said nothing.

——She is already a little confused about this person's thinking circuit...

——I even began to wonder if my panic and instinctive joy just now were really necessary...

——Is it purely self-indulgent, does this guy really take himself seriously...

At this moment, under the snow, the heart is quite complicated, and the chaos is not enough to describe.

"Ms. Yukinoshita, please come with me." Charlotte said at the right time. The silver-haired and red-eyed puppet girl seriously and politely made a pointing gesture.

“…”

The black long straight girl gave up thinking, sighed with a cold expression, and followed Charlotte forward. It's just that her heart is still messy, and she feels an unusual sense of loss.

dong dong dong——

Follow the maid to walk up the wooden, period-like staircase step by step, to the turn on the second floor, and then proceed along the corridor, stopping only in front of the room at the end. The whole process takes less than half a minute.

"Ms. Yukinoshita, we're here." Charlotte stopped, smiled and looked at the absent-minded girl behind her, who just kept her head down and followed her with straight black hair.

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"Eh? Wait, why is this, so fast?"

Yukino under Yukino with her head lowered and distracted, only to raise her head after a few seconds, and ask this question subconsciously.

Then she discovered something was wrong, and looked around quickly, while thinking about it uncertainly.

As if...

As if...

Looks like this isn't upstairs? It seems that he followed this doll-like delicate head maid, walked up the stairs from the living room downstairs, and came here, right? Wait, didn't you say you want to go back?

What the **** is that guy doing, did you hear it wrong? Or are you trying to tease her like this on purpose?

In such an instant, Yukinoshita Yukino's delicate little face had a dazed expression.

"It's here, just open the door directly..." At this time, Charlotte said softly, as if she saw her doubts, so she made a special answer, and stretched out her slender, white hands Hold the doorknob with just a slight twist.

——She opened the door to the room, revealing the scene behind the door.

"Wait, this, this is...why is this?"

Yukinoshita widened her eyes in surprise, staring at the familiar scene inside the door. Isn't this where she lives?

"Because this shrine is built on the boundary line, the inner part is not even in the real world. Through the Hakurei Great Barrier of Gensokyo, it can be connected to various places in the world..."

Charlotte explained in a flat tone, indicating that this kind of spatial disorder is actually a normal phenomenon in this room.

To give a more intuitive example, in the geography of Gensokyo, Moriya Shrine is located on the top of Youkai Mountain, and the Hakurei Shrine, which is near the human world, is not connected to each other. It's like a straight-line distance of ten kilometers.

But in the real world, these two shrines also exist and are the same shrine itself. It's just that Moriya Shrine is located near the center of Chiba City, while Hakurei Shrine is located in the deep mountains of Nagano Prefecture. This huge difference is enough to explain the problem.

Just like the Moriya Shrine in the real world, it is directly connected to Gensokyo, but it does not mean that in real geography, Gensokyo also exists near Chiba, bordering the city, but it is hidden... …

In fact, it is located in the deep mountains of the extreme east, and it is only through the power of the realm of the Great Barrier that the Moriya Shrine in the outside world is directly connected to it.

Similarly, because it is located on the boundary line, as long as you turn around and change the local direction correction of the boundary, then you can naturally connect to other spaces in Moriya Shrine.

Xia Ran's vast knowledge of mysticism, as well as part of the authority of the Great Barrier that Yakumo Zi opened to him, are completely sufficient to support such a small transformation, and there is no difficulty at all.

It turned out to be like this...

I know what I'm thinking, but I deliberately don't say it. This is obviously sincere to make myself angry!

After listening to the head maid's explanation, Yukinoshita said nothing, and her expression seemed to be even more angry. It's just that the corners of the girl's mouth unconsciously curved a little, betraying her true mood, and her eyes glowed like moonlight.

The previous depression and anxiety disappeared in an instant, as if they had disappeared.

Although this kind of illegal construction without even saying a word, and opening up her residence is indeed bad enough... But at this moment, it also gave her an unprecedented sense of peace of mind.

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"Good evening, Yukinoshita-san."

About an hour later, still in the living room, Xia Ran was writing on paper Say hello.

"Night, good evening..."

The girl replied with a stiff expression. After hesitating for a while, she reopened the door as the head maid said—

The door became problematic. It was clearly designed as a single door, but inexplicably could be opened to both sides. According to a specific direction, it was determined whether the outside of her residence was a normal apartment or directly connected to Moriya Shrine. The room at the end of the corridor on the second floor here.

"Are you... ready to go out?"

Xia Ran stopped writing, looked at the girl's dress carefully, and asked hesitantly.

"...not."

Xueshita was speechless for a while, and replied with a distraction, she also knew that she was dressed so formally after taking a shower, and it was strange that she was not at home at all, but if she didn't dress like this, she would Even stranger.

Whether she came here or not, she always felt that she was no longer in her own home, and there was a strange sense of disobedience.

At least...wearing pajamas in front of this person is still unacceptable.

"Speaking of which, what are you doing? Are you doing your homework?"

In order to divert this delicate topic, the girl took the lead in asking, and at the same time looked around subconsciously.

Dongfengya Sanae probably has already returned to the Sato Shrine in Gensokyo, and is not here now. The head maid is busy in the kitchen at the moment, not knowing what to do.

And Saber, this knight girl just went out to patrol after dinner, mainly because Xia Ran wanted to make her feel more at ease, so she simply told her to pay attention to this because of the special location of Moriya Shrine. For a moment-

You can't let outsiders sneak through the shrine and illegally break into Gensokyo, and you can't let people from Gensokyo escape without permission...

Although it is said that the Great Barrier is actually not that bad, such serious failures generally do not occur, especially Yakumo Zi should have deliberately strengthened it not long ago. Ji has no way to directly break into it.

But this is not important, the important thing is to let Knight Ji have some "serious things" to do, lest she become unhappy when she can't compare to Charlotte's full-time and omnipotent housework.

Well, the nature is probably the same as the duty of the gardener of the White Jade Building in the underworld. In fact, there is no need to guard the White Jade Building at all, but there is such a position...

It's not that this position needs people, it's that people need this position, it's that simple.

"How is that possible, although I did have the urge to study hard just now, but after drinking a glass of water, I calmed down..."

Xia Ran explained seriously: "This is what I plan to do in the future. I plan to attach an asteroid to Gensokyo, but this matter still requires precise calculations."

"Really?" Yukinoshita was slightly confused, feeling as though she understood, and yet she didn't seem to understand.

"Forget it, don't talk about such unpleasant things, do you want to eat candy?" Xia Ran smiled, and seemed to remember something, stretched out a hand into a fist, "Guess how many I have in my hand. Candy, guess right, I'll give you both."

"No, I've already brushed my teeth." Yukinoshita turned her face away, why was that tone again?

"Then just swipe again."

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Isn't it sugar? But also, this person should not be so naive, maybe he wants to give him something else... Yukinoshita gave him a strange look, then closed his eyes, thought about my question a little, and then cleared his throat:

"Five."

She deliberately ignored the hint Xia Ran just gave.

"Well, you guessed it right! I'll give you two first, and then give you the rest..." The boy nodded, seemingly satisfied with the answer.