Kyoto Shenyin Love Story

Chapter 374
When he was kicked out of Yoshikawa's house, Soya didn't forget to take the dazed wandering spirit out as well.

Flying her in the night wind like a kite, he turned his head, and Mrs. Yoshikawa and Hongzi were watching him at the door.

"..."

Hongzi came over and handed him the Mirror of Sutras and Sutras. Without saying anything, she went back to her mother.

"I can understand your feelings, but I will not change my mind." Soya said, "I like Hongzi, and time will tell everything."

Mrs. Yoshikawa didn't say a word, just looked at him coldly.

"I say goodbye."

"Soya...be careful on the road."

Seeing Soya walking away, Mrs. Yoshikawa leaned weakly against the door frame and sighed deeply.

"Mother……"

She turned her head and stared into her daughter's eyes, "Hongzi, tell mom the truth, are what Zonggu Jun said just now true?"

Hongzi nodded without moving her eyes.

"Mom, do you still remember that Zongya suddenly fell into a coma some time ago?"

"The coma...was it the time when I went to Arashiyama to release the krathong?" Mrs. Yoshikawa still had the memory.

"Well. That coma was caused by the exhaustion of the power of the underworld in Soya's body. His... friend took him to the underworld, and Soya woke up."

Mrs. Yoshikawa looked at her daughter, and she continued: "In half a year, I will be like Soya."

"..."

Covering her face with her hands, Mrs. Yoshikawa sighed.

"Why did it become like this..."

Hongzi lowered her head slightly, pursing her lips tightly.

Looking into the distance again, Zong Gu, who had already reached the entrance of the alley, looked back, then turned and left.

"At least now I'm back." She hugged her mother, "I thought I'd never see you again."

Mrs. Yoshikawa also raised her hand and hugged her daughter tightly.

"Mom, Soya..."

"Is this Hongzi's idea?"

Hongzi was silent for a while, "I have no other choice."

"fool……"

"I won't give up."

She raised her head and looked at her mother, "Even if I fell into hell, it didn't separate me from Soya, I won't give up... What's more, I have become like this now, even if I want to live, I can't leave him."

"I can understand Hongzi's thoughts, but both Hongzi and Zongya-jun think life is too simple. Life is long, and it is not a smooth journey after passing a hurdle. You have to face countless ups and downs. Every hurdle It might make us miserable...the lives of both of them are like this, let alone the one from the Kirino family."

Mrs. Yoshikawa looked complicated, "If I agree to Hongzi, I will push you into deeper pain."

Hongzi pursed her lips, and looked towards the place where Sogu disappeared.

"In the underworld, I carried Zongya on my back for five days. I didn't know where I was going, and I didn't know if he would wake up. Is there any deeper pain than the despair I felt at that time... Now, I care more about what I can get."

Walking into the darkness, Soya wondered if he was too impatient, but then he felt that just now was the best time.

He believed that his words had penetrated deeply into Mrs. Yoshikawa's heart.

After she calms down, even if she resists in her heart, she will still consider this matter. After all, her daughter's life is the most important thing, and he and her originally liked each other.What's more, in the eyes of the Yoshikawa family, I seem to have very good evaluations in all aspects...

Zongya soon discovered that he was looking for various reasons that were beneficial to him, trying to make himself feel at ease.

"nothing……"

Now that he has made such a choice, he must face this kind of thing.

After the Yoshikawa family, he had to face the Kirino family and the Sugawara family.

"..."

Zonggu stopped, looked at the sky, and another large drop of rain fell, hitting his forehead.

"Kyoko..."

What he cares most about is her thoughts.

One drop after another, the rain quickly began to fall.

Soya ran back to Kirino's old house, and just bumped into Kirino Akane who was holding an umbrella outside the courtyard gate.

"Ah!... Soya."

She was startled, and immediately raised her umbrella to cover him.

"I'm still wondering if Soya might just be on the way..."

"Should have taken an umbrella to go out just now. Thank you."

Sogu was already half wet, took the umbrella, "Go in."

"Uh-huh."

Back in the house, Akane Kirino looked at his clothes, "The hot water has been put away, let's take a bath first."

"Well. I'm going to get the clothes..."

"The clothes are also brought in."

Soya glanced at her and nodded.

She followed him to the bathroom, stopping outside the door.

After taking off the clothes she had worn for eleven days, Sogu heard her say outside: "Mom said that she and Dad will come over later."

He was a little nervous subconsciously, and soon remembered that he and Akane Kirino hadn't developed to that point yet.

"I see."

"Is Soya going to tell them the truth?"

Zonggu's heart tightened again, and then she heard her add: "The real reason for the disappearance is actually falling into the underworld... Mom asked me just now, but I didn't say anything."

"..."

He glanced at himself in the mirror.

A guilty conscience.

After calming down, Soya responded, "There's nothing to hide. Kirino is a psychic. I think Ms. Keiko and the others should be more accepting of this kind of thing than ordinary people."

"'Si'..."

Kirino Akane patted the door lightly, "Just like before, call me 'Akane'."

"...Cy."

"Ah."

She was silent for a while, and asked, "Did Soya go in?"

After taking off the last piece of clothing, Sogu walked inside, pulled the door forward and said, "Come in."

Tap, he closed the door.

Akane Kirino opened the door outside and walked into the changing room.

"I took Soya's clothes to wash."

"Ah."

"By the way, Tsukiyomi-sama just now..."

Soya stopped reaching for the shower, "'Tsukiyomi-sama'?"

"Hmph, do you still want to hide it from me? I already know. Sister Sugawara told me when she came here today."

"...Is that so?"

It turned out that Kyoko had been here today.

Akane Kirino continued: "Master Tsukiyomi left the house just now."

"It was I who asked him to find a wandering spirit so that I could explain to Hongzi's family where we were going in the past ten days."

"what?"

Zongya told her that the bronze mirror in his trousers pocket could allow ordinary people to see spirits, and then he briefly talked about her family's reaction when they sent Hongzi home just now.

"I see……"

Seeing that she had nothing else to say for the time being, Soya turned on the shower.

Swah——

The hot water is poured on the head, and the body also relaxes.

Closing his eyes, letting his mind go, and rushing for a while without thinking, Sogu raised his hand to wipe his face and stroked his hair.

"Kirino."

"what happened?"

Even if she doesn't make a sound, he can still know that she is still outside through the induction between the spiritual sensers.

"I'm not leaving again."

"Eh……"

"So what else do you want to know, I'll tell you slowly after I wash it out."

She smiled.

"Uh-huh."

Picking up the clothes he changed, Akane Kirino was about to go out, and stared back at the closed bathroom door for a while.

"Songya."

"Ah."

"Welcome back."

"...Well, I'm back."

After washing his body, Soya sat in the bathtub, enjoying the long-lost hot water soak.

Relaxed wholeheartedly, he didn't think about anything, and naturally sank into sleep.

When he woke up again, it was still because of Akane Kirino's cry.

"Soya—"

"...Sorry." He closed his eyes, and still didn't really want to move after waking up, "I fell asleep."

"It hasn't been long... but Dad and Mom are here."

Soya suddenly woke up.

"I'll be out right now."

After changing clothes and going out, Kirino and his wife were sitting in the living room, and stood up when they saw him.

"Great--"

Seeing that he was still alive and kicking, Keiko Kirino breathed a sigh of relief, "I thought Soya would disappear suddenly like he appeared at the beginning of the year."

"Feel sorry……"

Hiroyuki Kirino came over and patted him on the shoulder. He didn't say anything, but chose to let his wife speak.

"Xiaohong from Yoshikawa's family has come back, right? After so many days, have you been kidnapped? So many people died at Hiei Mountain Pass that night, and there has been no news of you two. We are almost worried to death."

Soya selectively explained to them what happened to him in the past ten days.

Running an izakaya, the couple have entertained all kinds of guests, and their knowledge is beyond ordinary people's comparison, so they quickly believed and accepted his statement.

"It turns out that Huang Quan really exists..."

Keiko Tongye was thoughtful, "I don't know if I will go to Huangquan after I die."

"If it becomes a spirit body, it will usually go there." Soya said.

"Mom, I must have died earlier than Soya, so please pay attention to me then. Ah, and Dad too."

"..."

Soya really didn't know how to answer this kind of words.

"Has Xiaohong gone home yet?" Keiko Kirino mentioned Hongzi again.

"Yes."

"Mr. Yoshikawa and Mrs. Yoshikawa are also in a hurry these days. His eldest daughter has returned from Tokyo."

Soya nodded silently.

"correct……"

Kirino Keiko signaled him to come and sit down first, and then said: "The Hiei Pass incident has had a great impact, and the disappearance of Soya and Xiao Hong has also made the news."

"yes."

This was a matter of course, and Soya didn't think too much about it.

"Soya's relatives in the northeast also saw it."

"..."

Kirino Keiko looked at her husband, "What's the name of the one who called first?"

"Mr. Soya Eiji." Kirino Hiroyuki said.

"..."

As soon as he heard Uncle Ying'er's name, Soya suddenly had a bad feeling.

Kirino Keiko smiled at him, "When Mr. Eiji called, he called Hiroyuki 'Yoaki's father'."

it is as expected……

They probably already knew the rhetoric about being adopted by Hiroyuki Kirino.

Soya was very embarrassed, "This..."

"It's okay. As I said earlier, Hiroyuki and I treat Soya as our own children." Keiko Kirino said, "Even if there is no relationship between adoptive parents and adoptive mothers, if you want to call us 'Mom and Dad' , and there is no problem at all, it would be better to say that I would be very happy.”

"thanks……"

There was no way he could change his words now.

"Soya is back now, don't forget to tell Mr. Eiji. If Hiroko and I didn't dissuade him, he would have come to find Soya himself."

"Well, I will."

It's getting late, and the couple didn't stay here for long, and they will go back after chatting for a while.

Soya and Akane Kirino sent them out.

Before leaving, Kirino Keiko looked back at them again.

"Soya is safe and sound, I'm really happy. But Akane has always been the one who misses you the most."

"..."

Soya nodded, "I understand."

She smiled, "Good night."

"Good night. Be careful on the road."

The Kirinos left under an umbrella, and Akane Kirino dragged him to the kitchen again, only to find that the udon noodles that had been cooked before were lumpy.

"Ah, I'd better cook another bowl."

"Would you like something to eat yourself?"

"Well... okay."

"Then let me prepare."

Kirino Akane sat down at the dining table.

"Songya."

"Ah."

"Let's sleep together tonight."

"..."

"I want to continue to listen to what you said in Huangquan."

Soya glanced back at her, "Okay."

When he took out the udon noodles from the refrigerator, he thought for a while and said, "Go and ask Tsukiyomi-sama if you want to eat it."

"Good~"

Akane Kirino went upstairs and downstairs, and soon brought Yuedu's reply: "Don't eat."

Soya was a little surprised, but didn't say anything.

Cooked two bowls of udon noodles, each added a piece of char siu, and other side dishes, the two sat opposite each other, and Akane Kirino spoke again after eating for a while.

"I knew in the afternoon that Zongya had fallen into the underworld, because Zongya couldn't possibly be dead."

She said a word without beginning and end, Soya didn't know why, so he looked at her while eating noodles.

"Sister Sugawara told me."

"How did Kyoko know?"

"Senior sister burned a talisman... By the way, it was burned with Soya's hair. Then, seeing that the color of the smoke was black, it was said that Soya died, or fell into the underworld."

Hearing her talking about burning talisman paper and hair, Soya almost understood.

"That talisman is very precious."

"Sister also said the same."

"The value of a talisman is about the same as this house."

"..."

Kirino Akane couldn't take it anymore.

"Really?"

"In order to improve the sensitivity of spiritual power, some very rare materials are used, and the production may not be successful every time, and the purpose is only to judge whether the spiritual sense being investigated is still alive... The output is small, and the use Narrow, no one is willing to make it, and it becomes more and more precious as time goes by."

Akane Kirino thought for a while, "Is that senior sister the talisman paper she bought with her own money?"

Soya shook his head, "This is one of the things that the organization rewarded after Kyoko 'killed' Tsukiyomi-sama."

"I see……"

She ate the noodles again, "Did senior sister know that Soya is back?"

"I don't know yet." Sogu said, the phone was still charging in the room, "I'll contact her later."

"Uh-huh."

After eating supper, Akane Kirino washed the dishes, and Soya went upstairs first and returned to the room.

Turning on the phone, various notifications popped up one after another, and it took a long time before it stopped.

And Jingzi's last message was sent this afternoon.

Jingzi: I will definitely rescue you.

"..."

Squeezing the phone tightly, Soya called her.

"Fangming...student?"

"Kyoko, I'm back."

The sound of her taking a deep breath came from the microphone, which soon turned into trembling low sobs.

Soya's heart was also trembling, and he slowly sat down by the window.

"Sorry for worrying you."

In the next half hour, he told her in detail most of what happened to him in Huangquan in the past ten days.

Akane Kirino went upstairs halfway, and saw that he was on the phone, so she didn't come in, and went back to her room to stay.

"...I'm sorry, I've kept Kyoko secret until now."

"No... I think it's normal for Fang Ming to hide this matter. Most people will feel confused when they know about it. I am very confused now."

Jingzi sat in front of the desk, and there was a lot of information related to Huang Quan on the table, "No one can really believe that Lord Izanami is in Kyoto, and he has a lot of connections with the institution."

She paused, "Could Fang Ming introduce you to me, I want to visit Izanami-sama in person."

"What would Kyoko want to say to the teacher?"

"I have a lot to say... such as canceling the Kyoto Soul Festival."

Soya smiled, "About the Kyoto Soul Festival, the teacher has promised me that this year will be the last time, and there will be no more in the future."

Kyoko was stunned for a few seconds, "Is this Fang Ming's request?"

"Ah."

"Great……"

Seeing hope from this, she proposed to go with him to persuade the master of Huangquan to return to Huangquan.

"Okay, then I can be killed by the teacher with Kyoko."

"..."

Kyoko was silent for a while.

"Can't you?"

"No."

"I still want to say something..."

"Don't risk the life of the girl I hold dearest."

She smiled, then leaned back and let out a long breath, her face full of helplessness.

"Ok."

Soya leaned against the wall and whispered, "I want to see Kyoko now."

She pursed her lips, "I want to see you too."

"Tomorrow morning, I will come over early... Besides, there are some things I want to tell Jingzi face to face."

For no apparent reason, Kyoko thought of Akane Kirino who was sleeping in his room.

"Well... I also have something to ask classmate Fangming."

"Then see you tomorrow, good night."

"Good night... where is Kirino?" She asked suddenly.

"Kirino? In her own room. What's wrong?"

"fine……"

Hang up the phone, the time has passed zero.

Looking at the hundreds of people who needed to reply in the message and missed call list, Soya thought about it, and decided to reply tomorrow morning.

"So……"

Seeing Zhao Wuling, the only one among them who had not sent a message or called, he was silent for a while.

"Where did Bell go?"

Soya made a phone call, but no one answered.

I got up and went to her room to have a look. Everything in it was normal and nothing could be seen.

Going back to her room, Kirino Akane had already come over, hugging the pillow, and tilted her head at him.

"only today."

"Got it."

Spreading the bedding with him, Akane Kirino lay down, and Soya turned off the lights.

"I've been sleeping in Soya's room these days."

"Ah."

"I always feel like staying here, and when I wake up, I can see that Soya has returned..."

"Isn't it going to come true today?" Sogu lay down beside her, looking at the ceiling in the darkness, "When I was in the underworld, I always thought, if I wake up and find that this is just a dream gone."

In the darkness, she groped for his hand and held his hand in her palm.

"It's great that Soya came back safely..."

Sogu stood up sideways, stretched out his other hand, touched her face by feeling, and wiped the corner of her eyes again.

"I've never been so sad."

"Ah."

Moving her body, she moved a little closer.

"Don't disappear suddenly again."

"Well, I promise."

　Thanks to the leader of the book friends [April 4th of the Doomsday Year].

　　
　
(End of this chapter)