Kyoto Shenyin Love Story

Chapter 8 Night Snow
Step by step, a week passed quickly.

In the old house of the Kirino family, Soya was sitting alone in the Japanese-style room that served as the living room. On the low table in front of him were middle school textbooks and corresponding notes. He was studying by himself.

During this time, he studied at home during the day, and worked in an izakaya from evening to late night. Except for the first day when he was familiar with the environment, Kirino Akane never went to the store again. He prepared for the exam at home with peace of mind. Both of them had a good life. Very regular.

Soya was alone most of the time.

The advantage of being alone is that it is easy to calm down, perhaps because of the good foundation, the review progress is much faster than he expected;

The disadvantage is that if you learn too much, you will ignore the passage of time if you don't pay attention.

Fortunately, at a certain time in these two days, someone will come to "disturb" him.

"Soya—"

"..."

Zong Gu regained his senses, looked up at the yard outside, only to find that the sun had already set to the west.

After a while, the sound of footsteps from the entrance came from far to near, and came to the living room.Akane Kirino put down her schoolbag and sat down on the sofa behind him.

"Thanks for your hard work."

Turning around and saying hello, Soya put the two bookmarks into the book and the notebook respectively, and cleared the table.

She came here after school, which also meant that it was almost his working time.

"That's a bookmark?"

Akane Kirino had sharp eyes and quickly noticed something unusual.

"Ah."

"When did you buy it?"

"self-made."

"Hey...show me."

Soya picked up the notebook casually and handed it behind him along with the bookmark.

She opened it and took a look, "Has Zonggu reached here by self-study? It's so fast."

"The math is easier."

"If I escaped from Huangquan earlier, I might still be able to catch up with this year's middle school entrance examination."

He smiled and said nothing.

Akane Kirino smiled as he shifted his attention from his study progress to his bookmarks.

"what……"

The light blue hard paper was cut just right, with straight lines and no flaws;
It seems to have borrowed the pen and ink she left here, and the front and back of the bookmark have the same sentence written in beautiful Chinese characters:

"'Zibuyu speaks strange power and chaos'."

"From "The Analects of Confucius"..."

"—I know."

After tidying up the table, Soya stood up, "That's what Kirino knew."

"Soya really resists this kind of thing."

His eyes followed, and when he was about to walk out of the living room, Akane Kirino suddenly stopped him.

"Songya."

He turned his head and looked at the girl on the sofa with only her head exposed.

"Well... do you want to visit Danhai High School?"

Soya was slightly taken aback, then nodded immediately.

"can."

In two days, she will go to Danhai High School to take the entrance exam.

"I'll stay there all day, and I won't come back until after the exam in the afternoon. I'll prepare Soya's bento."

"Thank you."

Seeing that she had nothing to say, Soya went to the bathroom.Taking a shower before going to work is a habit he has only developed in recent days.

Just as he was thinking about the accompanying exam two days later, her voice sounded again from outside the bathroom.

"anyway……"

"..."

Pulling off his shirt that was halfway off, Soya opened the door of the changing room and looked outside without saying a word.

Staring at his chest for a few times, Akane Kirino hesitated to speak, and finally just smiled.

"Feel sorry."

She lifted the bag on the handle, "It's nothing, I'm going back, you can continue to take a shower."

"Really. Be careful on the road."

"Ah."

Hearing the sound of footsteps fading away outside the bathroom, Soya thought for a while and followed out.

The girl didn't notice it, she lowered her head and quickly walked under the dead branches on both sides of the front yard, flinching from her back.

"..."

He frowned.

The feasting and feasting gradually fade away, and the night is getting dark.

"Mr. Soya—"

In the izakaya, Kirino Keiko waved at the bar and called Soya over.

"Let's be here today."

"..."

There were still quite a few customers in the shop, although he was surprised, he still responded.

"Ok."

Just as he was about to go to the locker room to change his uniform, he realized that it was still very early, not even ten o'clock at night.

Keiko Kirino read the puzzlement on his face, and took out a packaged supper from the bar.

"Akane said she was a bit hungry, please send this to Soya-kun, thank you for your hard work... By the way, Soya-kun's share is also in it, I treat you. But I will count it as overtime for running errands."

"I see." Sogu took the supper, "Thank you."

"you are welcome."

Kirino Keiko looked at him, "Speaking of which, have Mr. Zongya and Akane talked a lot these days?"

He was startled, "Not too much."

"yes."

She looked distressed, "It's on my side too."

"I thought it was because I talked a lot with Soya-kun that Akane didn't have much to say to her mother."

Soya shook his head, "Maybe it's because the entrance exam is approaching, and she's a little nervous."

"It's also possible."

Kirino Keiko smiled at him, "Then please ask Soya-kun to enlighten her while eating supper."

"..."

Cannibals are soft-spoken and short-handed, and Soya himself was a little concerned about Akane Kirino's unusual performance these days, so he agreed.

"I'm leaving."

"Be careful on the road~"

Carrying a heavy supper, Zonggu was walking alone on the road, and suddenly looked up at the sky.

He remembered that when he went out in the afternoon, it was still a cloudless and sunny day, but now he could only see the gaps illuminated by the moonlight between the dense clouds;

There was no wind, but he felt a burst of coldness creeping into his clothes.

"Is it going to snow?"

The last ray of moonlight was hidden in the thick clouds, and the chill between the sky and the earth grew stronger.Soya trembled involuntarily, so he had to quicken his pace.

Walking with his head buried in the icy street for a while, he caught a glimpse of a bright figure on the side of the road from the corner of his eye, and he subconsciously looked there.

"..."

White Sole Scarlet Hakama is a schoolgirl witch whom he met a few days ago. He remembers that her name seems to be Yuzi.

At this moment, she was shrinking in the shadows, holding a wooden sword in her hand, and was looking at him nervously.

Soya vaguely felt something was wrong.

Looking far away, looking around, he realized that his surroundings were already filled with women in the same attire... all of them were witches.

— hunting.

Such a thought immediately flashed through his mind.

Following this thought, he quickly realized that the other party's target was not himself.

In fact, from the moment he broke into the "encirclement" until now, these witches have stayed where they are, without showing any intention of targeting him;

If it weren't for Yuzi's poor ability to hide traces, he might not even notice their existence from breaking in to leaving.

It now appears that her nervousness stems more from being discovered than from recognizing him.

"Yuzi."

Not far ahead, another witch suddenly spoke.

"Calm down."

"Yes……"

Soya also looked over.

Eyes met, he nodded.To his surprise, the other party responded in the same way.

But that's all, the response was just out of courtesy, Sugawara Kyoko quickly looked away, obviously not planning to communicate with him too much.

Sure enough, just like Akane Kirino said, she is an overly serious person.

Soya didn't care either, but was a little concerned about their target, while guessing, while passing through the encirclement that was so cold that people couldn't concentrate.

When manpower is so scarce, dozens of witches from different shrines have been gathered together, so the picture must not be small...

A touch of coldness fell on his cheeks, he stopped and looked up at the sky.

"..."

One piece after another, the white elves danced and fell quietly.

After all, the night snow fell.

"Oops."

Touching the bag containing the supper, Soya quickened his pace and rushed towards Kirino's house.

It wasn't until his figure disappeared at the end of the street that Kyoko Sugawara looked back and looked at the empty street in his eyes.

Only ordinary people who can't see anything can pass through the formation of the Huangquan army without changing their faces, right?
(End of this chapter)