Kyoto Shenyin Love Story

Chapter 19 Rules
With Soya as the representative and Akane Kirino helping, the negotiation with the Kirino couple went very smoothly.

Asagiri was allowed to live in the Kirino family's old house, and all she had to pay was cleaning and keeping it clean, just like Soya.

"Then we'll go back first."

After the negotiation is over, Soya will stay to work, and Kirino Akane and Asagiri are going back to tidy up the room.

"Kirino."

"Ah."

"..."

"Eh?"

Seeing him hesitate to speak, Kirino Akane showed doubts, "What's wrong?"

The cold wind outside made Soya sober, and he suddenly realized that what he was going to say was tantamount to covering up.

"I want to ask, when will we leave tomorrow morning?"

She was startled, and soon smiled, "I'd have forgotten it if you didn't tell me."

"For Soya, get up around seven o'clock and wait at home. Let's go by train."

"it is good."

The three separated outside the izakaya, and Akane Kirino walked in front, leading Zhao Wuling along the original road to her old house.

Although Soya has concealed a lot of Asagiri's real situation from her, but when it comes to spiritual perception, he can't hide it even if he wants to.

"Miss Asagiri can also see spirit bodies, right?"

Zhao Wuling nodded.

"really……"

Seeing her response, Akane Kirino asked about what happened at the Kyoto Gyoen before.

"When I came out of the barrier, was the man standing next to Ms. Zhaowu actually a spirit body?"

"Yes."

"Why did I see many of him when I was trapped in the enchantment?"

"Illusion for spiritual perception."

"Illusion... can I learn it too?"

Shaking his head.

"it's a pity……"

While leading the way, while asking the questions she wanted to know, Akane Kirino quickly discovered some patterns in Zhao Wuling's response:
She will never speak to questions that can be answered with a nod or a shake of the head;
But if she does not appear in my field of vision, that is, when I look at other places and cannot see her, she will still speak and answer briefly "yes" or "no";
And those questions that must be explained, she will use the most concise and clear words to explain.Usually no more than two sentences.

Her voice and expression are flat without ups and downs, but it does not affect the communication with each other, or this way of communication is extremely efficient... although it seems to avoid communication.

However, this feeling...

Akane Kirino looked up at the yellowing sky.

Kind of cool.

"Can I call you Bell too?"

nod.

"That's great. Speaking of which, when did Suzu come to Kyoto?"

"Two years ago."

"It was after Soya fell into the underworld..."

nod.

"The relationship between Suzu and Soya is actually a childhood sweetheart, right? That's great, I also want a friend who grew up together.

Now fewer and fewer people are willing to stay here.Ever since I was a child, I have had many friends who moved to the big city with their families not long after I met... Suzu must have been very sad when Soya suddenly disappeared, right? "

"..."

Chao Wuling stopped suddenly, neither nodded nor shook her head, and did not speak. She stared at her for a while, then looked away again.

"Eh?"

Akane Kirino was stunned.

What does this reaction mean?
The moving company sent a lot of cardboard boxes, which piled up more than half of the room, but it was not too troublesome to sort them out.

Although Zhao Wuling stayed in the new room for less than 5 minutes, she already had a very clear plan on how to arrange and place it.

"This way."

"put it here."

Save the tangled time, furnishing the room becomes pure manual labor.

After working efficiently for more than half an hour, Akane Kirino was exhausted and felt that she would be able to fall asleep tonight.

The emptied cardboard box was filled with a few new clothes, some books and notes, as long as the few things Soya had were sent to the next room, Chao Kirin's room would be tidied up.

"Thank you."

"you are welcome……"

Akane Kirino sat on the rush mat and looked at the bookshelves on the left and right against the walls, half of which was filled by her.

"Ling has quite a collection of books."

Zhao Wuling's books are not only numerous, but also mainly ancient books bound in thread.Some books even only have Chinese characters, which are so obscure that she can't even recognize the titles of the books.

"However, is it okay to put these books here? It feels like it's humid all year round."

"Each book is treated to be mildew free."

"Eh, that's it."

These books are probably also Chao Wuling's pride, and she talked a little more.

"It has been collected for many years, and some are orphans."

"Five years? Ten years?"

"It will take longer."

Given that the other party was only sixteen or seventeen years old, Akane Kirino guessed very conservatively, "Is that 11 years? Or 12 years?"

"..."

One hundred times more.

Of course, because of Soya's warning in advance, Asagiri didn't say such words.

Fortunately, Akane Kirino didn't really care. Seeing that she didn't answer, she didn't continue to ask.

After resting, she got up and moved the cardboard box containing Soya's things, intending to send it to the next room.

Seeing her staggering, Chao Wuling also came to help.

Opening the sliding door, both of them saw the envelope casually placed on the table.

This is what they sent just before they went out.Soya just took a look at the contents inside, Zhao Wuling took it away before he even had time to open it, and it turned out to be put here.

"what is this?"

Shaking his head.

"Well……"

Akane Kirino was very curious about these two letters, especially the one belonging to Asagiri.

After all, she just came to Kirino's house this afternoon, and it's not an e-mail. The speed at which the sender sent the letter and the postman delivered it was a little too fast...

Zhao Wuling glanced at her, and then in her expectant eyes, picked up the envelope with his name written on it, which was also regarded as thanks to her for helping to clean up the room.

Opening the envelope, she picked up the hard paper inside, glanced at the two lines at the top, and then stopped.

"what."

"'ah'?"

It was the first time Kirino Akane saw her show such a reaction.

"..."

Zhao Wuling stuffed the letter back, and instantly understood the reason for Soya's cover-up.

Although this kind of thing cannot be hidden after all, it is obviously not a suitable time now.

"New Year cards."

"..."

If it is still the end of January, even before Valentine's Day, Akane Kirino feels that she might believe it.

"I see."

Although full of flaws, she did not get to the bottom of it.

After tidying up the room, she invited Chao Wuling to take a look at her place.

This was the first invitation, and the latter did not refuse, and stayed in her room until nightfall before preparing to leave.

"Ah, it's getting dark...I'll send Bell back."

Shaking his head towards Wuling, he took out a small folded paper bag from his pocket.

"For me?" Akane Kirino took it blankly, "What is this?"

"Peach wood powder."

"Eh?"

"Powder from that peach tree."

"The peach tree?"

"amulet."

She seemed to understand, "So..."

"Don't open it, light it when you are ready to rest, and put it in the room."

"..."

Is it homemade mosquito coils?
But it's not the season for mosquitoes to fly yet.

Akane Kirino was about to ask about the specific function of this bag of mahogany powder, when her eyes suddenly froze on the night sky behind Asagiri.

The turmoil has not subsided, and it has come back again.

"Daughter of the Underworld..."

　what

　　
　
(End of this chapter)