Stray Chapter 69: The last day

Yuhihama Yui.

This is the girl's name. She looks like a high school girl nowadays, which is a very common type. She wears a short skirt, a long-sleeved shirt with three unbuttoned buttons, and a pendant on her slightly exposed breast. , with a heart ornament on it.

In addition to the brown hair dyed with bleach, no matter how you look at it, it's a dress that ignores school rules.

The most important thing is not this, but she seems to know Hikigu, and she recognized the latter as soon as she came, and was extremely surprised by it. And after listening to her explain the situation, I found out that she is also a student of Class F in Year 2.

In other words, she was in the same class as Hikiya Hachiman, but the latter didn't remember her at all.

Xia Ran suddenly felt at ease. It turned out that he was not the only one who would have such a situation. This is a normal situation... I just don't know why, when he was very happy——

Yukinoshita seemed to notice his behavior and glared at him with that "how are you still alive" look.

And Hikigaya and Yukihama on the side didn't know what to do, so they quarreled. It seems that it was because of the problem of name - Yukigaya directly called Hikigaya "squatting home", Hikigaya thought that this was very good for his young and innocent soul caused serious injury.

So he decisively used the friendly and approachable title of "Bichi", and hit back at the other party, telling the little girl to tears.

The two were so noisy, so that the activity room of the service department, which was always quiet at all times, was filled with a happy air for a while.

When Yuihama Yui was tired from the noise, she took the initiative to bow her head and apologize to Hikiya Hachiman, and then she planned to express her intentions. It's just that she was hesitant and hesitant to speak, as if it was difficult for her to speak because of the two boys present.

So, Xia Ran and Hikigu could only go out to buy a can of drinks or something, leaving room for the two girls to talk.

In the mysterious vending machine in front of the welfare office, there are cardboard boxes of exotic drinks that are not found in ordinary convenience stores.

——On the first impression, it really looks like a copycat version of some brands, some taste pretty good, and some are really hard to describe... If it wasn't for "Guanana Bean Vegetable Juice" and "" With brands like Strawberry Oden", Xia Ran would even wonder if she was living in Academy City.

"Academy City? What is that?" Hikigu asked curiously as he rummaged through his wallet, took out a coin and put it in the coin slot.

"A circular city located in the western part of Tokyo, with an area of ​​about one-third the size of Tokyo and a population of nearly 2.3 million. Eighty percent of the residents are students."

Xia Ran replied casually.

"Huh? Is there such a magical place in the world? Why haven't I heard of it?" Hikigu was startled all of a sudden.

"Who knows, maybe this world doesn't have it, and other worlds will have it..." Xia Ran replied absentmindedly, looking around in the merchandise exhibition area of ​​the vending machine, as if undecided.

So, are you just talking nonsense? A big drop of cold sweat appeared on Hikigu's forehead. Could it be some kind of "setting"?

Sophomore sickness? High school sophomore?

"Well, if you don't know what to buy, then I recommend this sports drink called "sportop". It tastes very good..." Hikigu saw that Xia Ran seemed unsure of what to buy. , so he raised the drink in his hand, shook it, and took the initiative to recommend it.

"Really? Thank you, if you say that, I will definitely give it a try..." Xia Ran nodded to him to express her gratitude, and then reached out and pressed the purchase button for another drink.

Hikigu: "..."

Mom, humans are really difficult creatures to communicate with.

"Cough, if you don't like the brand I recommend, it doesn't matter... But, Xia Ran, do you like this flavor?"

Although this development made people wonder how to answer the conversation, Hikigu still pretended that nothing had happened, and continued to say so firmly.

Even though there was a cold sweat on his forehead, he still tried hard not to let the atmosphere cool down.

After all, we need to set aside time to talk to the two girls. We can't go back so quickly, and we have to set aside ten minutes to talk less. Then, the two of them will be standing here dumbfounded, and if they don't even have a topic, it will definitely make both of them very embarrassed...

Well, just by looking at Xia Ran's demeanor, you can tell that he doesn't care about this trivial situation at all.

But Hikigu still wants to avoid this embarrassing situation as much as possible, which is why he likes being alone.

——If you were alone, how could there be so much trouble?

"No, I didn't actually drink this..."

Xia Ran said this flatly, while pressing the sports drink that Hikigu just recommended.

"It's just that you don't think it's strange that only two of the four have drinks?"

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"...That's right." Hikigu's eyes twitched. Did he buy it for that Yukinoshita?

Then he raised a finger to scratch the corner of his eye, and finally sighed, admitting that Xia Ran was right, and took the initiative to say: "Then, that Bi... that Yubihama's drink will be served by I'll buy it."

And he can't do it if he doesn't speak. Xia Ran just took the drink for two and didn't say anything, and didn't take the next step. He just looked at him so quietly, the meaning was very obvious. .

"I lost a third of my property all of a sudden..." He put another 100 yen into the coin slot, Hikigu looked at the remainder in his wallet, and couldn't help but complained in a low voice .

"Excellent value for money." Xia Ran said succinctly.

"I don't think there is any value for money, classmate Xia Ran... Or do you want me to restore the relationship with that Yubihama Yui?"

Hikigu pretended to be generous.

"This is actually unnecessary. She has just apologized, and I forgive her."

He thinks it's very likely-

Because I just scolded that Bichi, so I want to use this opportunity to ease the relationship?

"Student Yubihama seems to have known you before..." Xia Ran didn't answer this question, but said it in a meaningful way.

"Eh? I know this, we are students in the same class..."

"I'm not talking about this realization."

"What kind of knowledge is that? Could it be that there are many different kinds of knowledge?" Hikigu was suddenly confused.

"How do I know this, anyway, she definitely didn't recognize you because of what she said, but because of the reason of her classmates, and don't you think she just saw your reaction a little too big?"

Xia Ran is also not sure, perhaps because he started to get involved in illusion magic that can affect emotions. He seems to be able to vaguely and vaguely sense the strong emotions of others, but it's just not working.

And the time is very short, so short that he may think it is an illusion, and it also requires a relatively strong emotion, such as the moment when a person is suddenly frightened.

The emotion of fear can be vaguely felt...

That's right, Xia Ran only noticed the sign not long ago when Bikigu was taken aback because he walked without footsteps.

Anyway, it is a relatively tasteless ability characteristic. At present, it is still passive depending on the probability, but it is not useless at all, for example, now.

"Sorry, can you make it more clear?" After thinking about it, Hikigu was also a little unsure, and it seemed to be doubtful. Yuhihama just saw that her reaction was not the normal way to see her classmates. .

"No, I don't know how to read minds now. If you want to understand, you can ask Yubihama-san yourself."

Xia Ran turned around and walked back.

Hikigu can only keep up with it in a hurry, with a baffled look on his face - what does it mean that he can't read minds now? Can you do it later?

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When the two slowly returned to the activity room of the service department, the conversation between the two girls seemed to have ended.

"Too slow..." Yukinoshita grabbed the drink from Xia Ran's hand, inserted the straw and complained.

"I'm really sorry, I just got lost on the road of life." Xia Ran said noncommittally.

Looking at the two cans of beverages in his hand, Hikigu sighed, then bit his head and walked straight over, awkwardly handing the extra can to Yuihama Yui, his tone Somewhat blunt:

"Here, I've got you..."

Although it is very reluctant, it is also a clear signal of repairing the relationship. At least the thing that the two scolded each other before was cancelled by such a purchase...probably.

Yuhihama Yui was also obviously flattered. After taking the drink, she quickly took out a hundred-yen coin from the coin pocket that looked like a small shoulder bag. But Bikigu didn't really feel bad for this kind of money, so he didn't want it at all.

"No more."

"How about that!"

The two of you went back and forth for several rounds, and Yubihama reluctantly put away the change, and after she whispered her thanks, she held the can of the drink with both hands with a smile, and her expression was a little embarrassed.

Hikigu seemed very unaccustomed, and even turned away from looking at her, probably because I rarely heard anyone thank him like this in my life, she is still a lovely girl.

"Speaking of which, are you finished talking?" He subconsciously changed the subject in order to resolve this uncomfortable feeling.

"It's over..." Yubihama said with a smile, "It went well, Yukinoshita-san is surprisingly good at talking."

"Is that so? What the **** is going on?" Hikigu continued the topic dryly.

"Pie... biscuits... I'm going to make biscuits..." Yuhihama put both hands in front of her, wringing uneasy, and became hesitant again.

"Huh?"

Hikigu was a little puzzled and looked to the other side subconsciously.

Yukioshita sighed and said in a cold voice, "We are now going to the home economics classroom to help Yuhihama-san complete the assignment."

Xia Ran took out her ears and looked at the sunset outside the window.

——If there is no accident, this is probably the second commissioned activity of the Ministry of Service before the arrival of the Golden Week...and the last daily routine before his second official mission.