Kyoto Shenyin Love Story

Chapter 20 Waiting
The morning sun shines in all directions and shines into the window, filling the room with a faint fragrance.

Before the alarm clock rang, Kirino Akane woke up by herself.

It may be due to exhaustion, or it may be that the bag of mahogany powder that was burnt to ashes played a role, she went to bed early last night, and the quality of sleep was also very high.

There was no dream all night, she didn't procrastinate from waking up to getting up, she just felt refreshed.

Opening the curtains, the new girl from the underworld was still floating alone in the sky last night.

White-faced and black-robed, illuminated by the golden morning sun, it is not so scary when viewed from a distance.

According to Soya, they are reorganizing the investigative network, waiting unconsciously for the next destruction.

"Thanks for your hard work--"

In the kitchen on the first floor, Keiko Kirino, who was preparing a bento, glanced out the window.

"Cy?"

When Kirino Akane came to the old house after going out, Soya had already woken up early as agreed, and was sitting in the dining room eating a breakfast cooked by herself.

The food in Huangquan had no taste at all. After he settled down here, he never treated himself harshly in terms of food.

At this time, Zhao Wuling, who just moved in yesterday, was accompanying him for breakfast.

"It's very spiritual."

"Uh-huh."

"Are you all ready?"

"of course."

"Just in case, let's check again."

"Why did Soya say the same thing as mother..."

When going out, Akane Kirino was not surprised to see Zhao Wuling following her.

When they got on the tram, there were still many empty seats, so the three of them found a seat at random.

Today is just the entrance exam for Danhai High School, some schools are still in class, and two or three students wearing different uniforms can be seen in the carriage.

"The light-high student uniforms are also cuter than ordinary school uniforms."

"yes."

"Yeah, this is a very important prerequisite for choosing a school. It's a pity that because of today's entrance exam, they are all on vacation, otherwise Soya would have been able to meet."

"We'll have a chance to see you soon."

Akane Kirino smiled, "Thank you~"

Soya didn't explain much, and chatted a few more words, focusing on the constantly receding scenery outside the car window.

Danhai High School is located in Takayama Town, Otsu City, on the west bank of Lake Biwa. From Near Lake City, it almost bypasses half of the lake;
However, the tram line around Lake Biwa does not completely fit the shoreline of the lake. According to Akane Kirino, the lake cannot be seen from the tram until a few stops later.

The first half of the journey is the same as the route to Kyoto. You need to transfer at Yamashina Station, transfer from the Biwako Line to the Kosai Line, and turn north.

The tram stopped and went, and at various stops along the road, it brought many students who were going to Danhai University to take the entrance examination.

Soya's attention was more concentrated outside the car window, and when the crowding in the car made him pay attention to his surroundings again, he found a familiar girl sitting beside Akane Kirino.

Relying on the uniform on the other party, he quickly remembered that she was an "ordinary friend" with Akane Kirino who ate and went shopping together.

"When did it appear..."

It stands to reason that they should have boarded the train on the same platform, but she was not seen at that time.

Seeing that Soya finally came back to his senses, Akane Kirino stopped kicking him, and said, "Soya, remember to come here early at noon, let's eat bento together."

"I see."

"..."

The girl next to her opened her mouth, but was unable to speak.

After another ten minutes, I was finally able to see the lake from the tram.

It's just that there is still a distance between the lakeside and the tram line. Although the several buildings in between do not block the view, they do affect the beauty.

"Coming."

Akane Kirino also looked outside, unable to tell whether it was relaxation or something else.

"From the time I can see Lake Biwa, after three stops, I will be at Dangao."

"yes."

After a moment.

"Omi Naniwa Station, we're here—"

There were quite a lot of people who were about to get off at this stop, and just as Soya took two steps, Chao Wuling, who was almost tripped, grabbed his arm.

Before he could take a step, the arm on the other side was also grabbed.

"..."

"There are so many people!" Kirino Akane said.

The girl who hadn't spoken much was also pulled tightly by her, so Soya dragged three people and squeezed out of the carriage with difficulty.

Chao Wuling got off the car and let go, stopped and looked ahead.

Along the way, the distance between the tram line and Lake Biwa is getting closer and closer. At the stop where you get off, there is only a road around the lake a few meters wide in the middle.

The lake is rippling, flooded with the rising sun, and the water meets the sky.

"Let's go."

"Ah."

After leaving the station, a stream of students in various uniforms gathered, pointing out the direction of Dangao for Soya who came here for the first time.

"Is it at the bottom of the hill over there?"

"No, the school is on the top of the mountain."

"..."

Soya narrowed his eyes.It's just that his vision was blocked so much that he couldn't see anything.

"It's a little far away from the residential area, it's very quiet, the air is fresh, and the view is good." Akane Kirino said, "At the same time, it's the leading school in Shiga, with high quality..."

No matter how it sounds, it sounds like the introductory language in the admissions brochure.

Walking all the way to the bottom of the hill, there are two ways to go up the mountain: the steep long steps in stages, or the relatively gentle but long winding road.

"Kirino."

"what?"

"do well on the exam."

"Thank you...Eh? No, I have to go up at least once!"

As an irrelevant person other than the examinee, Soya tried his best to climb up an unknown number of steps, and was unable to enter the private Danhai High School that had become an examination room.

"See you at noon then."

"Well, come on."

"Uh-huh!"

Akane Kirino dragged her friend into the examination room, and Soya and Asagiri sat in the Hamino Café outside the school.

The sun has risen and the view from the top of the mountain is really good.From a distance, the vast Lake Biwa is calm and calm, with mountains and cities by the lake looming.

The scenery is beautiful and refreshing—if you can ignore the daughter of the underworld flying towards this side in mid-air.

"..."

Soya didn't take any more risks, and picked up the amulet on the table under Asagiri's gaze.

"Still coming this way?"

She nodded.

He had already put on the amulet, so he was confident, so he didn't move much.

Zhao Wuling stared at the mid-air outside the window for a while, then looked away again.

"gone back."

Soya was truly relieved.

"..."

Maybe what makes me feel more at ease is actually her in front of me?
Having not seen each other for two years, and re-acquainted with this immature green plum, Sogu finds that he seeks a sense of security from her consciously or unconsciously, especially after realizing that her indifference is actually the emotional ups and downs of the millennium years.

If she lives for a long time, or exists for a long time, she will know much more than others, not to mention that the person she has followed these years is the former master of the underworld.

"The last time we deployed a net to search, it took about a month."

Soya picked up his coffee and took a sip, "If that ominous spirit hasn't escaped from Kinki, it will probably take this much time this time."

"Ah."

Because the tactics of the daughter of the underworld will not change.

Sweeping with a net, checking the locations of the evil spirits one by one from the outside to the inside, is already the limit of what they can do - thanks to their inflexibility, he was not caught back.

And if the ominous spirit does not show up, even though Chao Wuling has the ability to eliminate spirits, there is nowhere to use it.

"This time, the shrine should not be involved."

Soya guessed, thinking of the injured young maiden again, wondering whether the serious and serious Sugawara Kyoko would be an accident...

He quickly shook his head again.

Too busy to take care of yourself, how can you care about others.

Eliminating that ominous spirit can only make him temporarily stable for a period of time, what he wants is once and for all.

To do this, he had to find and kill the eight gods of thunder that Izanami gave birth to one by one, and use their power to restore the boundary between the world and the other world to its original state.

"Big Thunder, Fire Thunder, Black Thunder, Dismantling Thunder, Young Thunder, Earth Thunder, Ming Thunder... Is there Fu Lei?"

Soya silently recited the name of Eight Thunder Gods, then looked at Zhao Wuling, "Have you seen them?"

She shook her head.

"The teacher only met a few of them when he first left Huangquan."

That's already a thing of the past...

Soya suddenly realized that whether it was Akane Kirino's entrance exam or the traces of the Evil Spirit and the Eight Thunder Gods, what he could do more was to wait.

"It's ok……"

He looked at the coffee cup and murmured.

"I still have a lot of time."

"..."

Out of sight, Zhao Wuling shook his head.

At noon, Akane Kirino came out of school and ate bento with Soya and Asagiri Rin.

Together with an "ordinary friend" who came with him, the four of them sat on the top of the long steps, two by two side by side.

"how do you feel?"

"It really deserves to be Dangao."

"Continue to work hard in the afternoon."

"Yeah, I will. By the way, what did Soya and Suzumori do?"

"Go for a cup of coffee first."

Zongya turned his head and wanted to point it out to her, "Then go to the bookstore over there..."

"Don't turn around suddenly." Akane Kirino immediately pressed her friend's uniform skirt.

"……Feel sorry."

He could only look forward, "After that, I will read books in the bookstore until you come out."

Holding the bento box, she squeezed to the side and leaned against her companion.

"Let's spend the afternoon like this. As a thank you, I'll treat you to dinner!"

"Not so polite……"

Soya picked up an egg roll, "After all, I also want to see what my future school will look like."

"Hey~ Soya has also decided to take the Dangao exam?"

"It's better to say that now there are only two choices, to come or not to come..."

"What do you mean?"

Soya didn't say much.

The afternoon was also spent waiting with nothing to do.

In the evening, when he returned to the Kirino family's old house, he showed her the Danhai High School admission notice in an envelope.

"Well... that's what it means."

[Volume [-], end. 】

　In the original plan, the next volume is the beginning. The content of this volume is actually summarized as "At the end of February, Zongya fled to Kinki and lived in the old house of Kirino". The related settings are also planned to be slowly spread in daily conversations. open.

　　But I have made a lot of pounces, and I really don't have much confidence. I still use twenty chapters to pave the way for a part of the background setting that must be explained, and let the important characters show their faces.

　　Starting from the next volume, the proportion of daily life will be higher.

　　thank you all.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)