I’m a Witch In Dongying

the other side.

After listening to Jiufeng Shion’s persuasion, Kurimi Sanae hesitated for a while, and then said, “Actually, my brother is a police officer in Narita...Although he can use his family’s identity to let him open one eye and close the other, but It’s better not to do things that violate traffic laws."

As a descendant of the archery family, Kuri Jian Sanae still values ​​these rules of the way because of the tutoring he received from a young age.

So, the next thing is simple.

Keiko Kanako, Kanako, Kurimi Sanae, and Shion Washmine, who "cannot drive after drinking", stay overnight.

And Fumyama Jindai and his party, as well as the countermeasure team, and Mr. Ito, drove to the suburbs and the city respectively.

On behalf of Tenmu Shrine, Shirasui Yoshiyo descends the mountain to see off the guests.

The remaining few people discussed the issue of sleeping at night.

One bed per person is definitely not enough.

So, after a brief discussion, Chiyo decided to let Jiashi and Yuxia sleep in their bedroom.

Then Keiko Kandako and Shirasui Qiu put together a room, and Kanako and Asuka Hyuga put together a room.

The last remaining Shionamine and Kurimi Sanae live in the room where the Kazuto family originally lived. These two were originally teachers and students, and their relationship was very harmonious. There would be no inconvenience in living together.

For this plan, Keiko Kandaji and others naturally have no opinion.

Only Jiufeng Ziyuan gave Bai Shuiqiu a meaningful look, and then when Bai Shuiqiu was worried that she would raise an objection, he nodded and agreed.

That night.

Bai Shuiqiu, Keiko Kandaji and others played card games in the living room for a while.

During the period, Bai Shui made a phone call with someone and came back to congratulate Bai Shuiqiu on his birthday.

It's rare that this cheap father still remembers his birthday. Bai Shuiqiu thanked him in an unsalted way, and after a few words in the microphone, he ended the call.

After half past nine, the group took turns to take a shower in the bathroom, and then gathered their things and prepared to go back to their rooms to sleep.

After all, Bai Shuiqiu is already the second time...

No, it should be said that this is the third time I slept with Keiko Kamishiro.

The first time was on the rainy night when she encountered Painted Skin. After she had just solved Painted Skin and was mentally exhausted, she followed Keiko back to the mountain villa.

The second time was in Kyoto. After participating in the Gion Festival, I returned to the hotel due to rain and stayed together temporarily. But that time, they were not alone, and they only slept for two or three hours. They were awakened by Shiyuan Shiyuan, and went to Luolei Valley to collect thunder and lightning. Later, they encountered Ibaraki and his party. So strictly speaking, it can only be regarded as a "half time." ".

Now, it is the third time.

After returning from her grandmother's room with a quilt, Keiko Kamidai started to make the bed.

Bai Shuiqiu originally wanted to help, but Keiko Kamidai spoke out to discourage him, so he sat back at the desk and cast his gaze on the pile of things on the table.

When I went out to eat cakes, the birthday gifts from Kurimi Sanae, Suzuki Suzuki and others were all put together by her, so it looked a little messy.

"Speaking of..."

Since returning home this time, it seems that I haven't seen Keiko Kandagawa's gift.

Anyway, I was idle. Bai Shuiqiu took the opportunity to gather up several birthday presents he received this time, and put the music boxes sent by Kurimi Sanae, Asuka and others on the storage rack on the side of the table, and [ Jinwenling] and the famous sword "Watching the Moon" were put into the scroll of sealing the demon, and finally his gaze stayed on the gift box at the beginning.

In fact, this gift is not her first birthday present this year.

The true "first" should be the necklace that Bai Shui Jiashi gave out half a month ago.

But the difference is not big.

After looking at Keiko Kandaji who was making the bed, Bai Shuiqiu pushed the other objects on the table to the sides, then placed the gift box in front of him, and slowly opened the silk ribbon on it. After the package was completely opened, a loose-leaf book of 16 folds appeared in front of you.

"..."

Bai Shuiqiu hesitated and opened the cover of the loose-leaf book.

It is a stick figure.

A few simple lines outline a classroom-like scene, with a few human figures in the middle, as if they are attending a class. The lines of one of the human figures are extraordinarily delicate, different from the painting styles of everyone around him, and the profile of the face looks very familiar to Bai Shuiqiu.

"this is me?"

Bai Shuiqiu continued to turn the page after his gaze paused on this picture for a few seconds.

The second scene is a shopping mall.

There is still only one human figure with fine lines on the screen. It seems to be choosing clothes. If I remember correctly, it should be the cultural festival. In order to rent costumes for the "Shinto Cafe" in Class B of the year, when I went to the mall with Keiko Kandaro Scene.

and……

That was also the first time Shirasumi and Keiko Kandaki kissed.

The third is the cultural festival stage. Bai Shuiqiu, wearing a uniform, rides on a tall horse, his body is wrapped in armor, only his head is exposed, he is raising a bow and shooting arrows.

And the next fourth, fifth...

A loose-leaf book of twenty or thirty pages, each page depicts a scene with Bai Shuiqiu as the protagonist.

Some have really happened in previous campus life, and some are mixed with speculations, such as the picture about cultural festivals. Bai Shuiqiu did practice riding and shooting, but she was not a military commander in that performance. The person wearing a suit of armor should be Kurimi Sanae.

But I have to admit that the combination of armor and riding and shooting feels more heroic than the witch costume.

Coupled with the lifelike features and expressions outlined with a simple pen...

It almost perfectly matches the image that Bai Shuiqiu had in his mind at the time.

"These paintings...were Keiko painted them by himself?"

Bai Shuiqiu has seen Keiko's paintings.

When this girl was a child, she studied painting with a tutor for a period of time. In her own words, she was only an amateur, and she could only draw rough simple strokes. But even with simple strokes, it would take more than an hour to draw so many lines on a sixteen-carat paper.

Suppose I draw one or two every day...

It also takes nearly half a month to complete this set of pictures, not to mention that it is not realistic to paint every day, there is always a break in the middle.

Therefore, the probability of this picture album is not to rush to work in the near future, but to start painting from a long time ago, just taking advantage of her birthday this time, all the paintings are bound together.

"call……"

Bai Shuiqiu turned page by page, while constantly recalling the scenes depicted on the screen in his heart.

The old school building in the western suburbs of Sakura City, the painted river bridge, and the Thunder Valley facing the ghost clan...

Most of these scenes were experienced by her and Keiko Kashiro together, so they have some special commemorative significance.

When turning to the last page, Bai Shuiqiu's gaze suddenly froze.

Like the twenty-odd previous ones, the picture scroll on the last page still has her as the protagonist.

Moreover, the scene depicted on the screen is surprisingly the firework tonight.

The two girls cuddled up and sat on the top of the rock, looking at the night sky. Large groups of fireworks appeared under the dark night. Even if they were not colored, they could vaguely hear the sound of fireworks exploding from these simple lines. , And the brilliant flames that followed.

It is not surprising that Keiko Kashiro can paint this scene "in advance".

Because although the fireworks took place this evening, Keiko Kandaro must have previewed it in advance, probably based on the preview scene and painted this picture.

But the problem is...

The girl in white on the screen is not Bai Shuiqiu.

In other words, it is not the "now" Bai Shuiqiu, but a girl who is much smaller than her, but has a similar face.

The same is true of Keiko Kanda who is next to this "White Water Autumn". She seems to be only a teenager, with her hands on her knees. She looks very immature. At first glance, it looks like two small furry beasts nestling together. , People can't help but give birth to a bit of a feeling of pity.

"this is……"

Bai Shuiqiu narrowed his eyes slightly.

When she saw the face on the screen, she suddenly felt a strange feeling, as if she had seen...

When I was young... myself?

I was about to take a closer look, when I heard Keiko Kashiro's slightly cramped voice, "That...Are you the gift that Qiujiang gave me?"

"!"

Keiko Kashiro's voice was actually not loud, but for Bai Shuiqiu who was immersed in this picture album, it was a bit sudden.

Bai Shuiqiu shook his hands, and the thoughts floating in his mind were instantly interrupted. Turning his head anxiously, he saw the girl standing on the bedside and whispered:

"Those paintings were all made by me when I was in school before. This time I re-sketched them and assembled them and bound them into this album. Compared with the gifts of Sanae-senpai, they are too crude. Some, I hope you don’t dislike it."

"How come... Those paintings contain beautiful memories, they are not simple things, just like the fireworks tonight, they are worthy of eternal commemoration. I will treat them as a birthday banquet. The best gift I got, treasure it up."

Bai Shuiqiu had already recovered, smiled at Keiko, and then asked, "have the sheets and bedding been laid?"

"Ok."

Keiko Kandaji nodded, and then glanced into Bai Shuiqiu's hand. From her perspective, she could only see the upper part of the album, but she couldn't tell which page Bai Shuiqiu had turned to.

The air in the bedroom was quiet for a few seconds.

Bai Shuiqiu hesitated for a while, closed the picture book spread in front of him, and dispelled the thought of asking about the contents of the last page of the sub-picture book: "When it is finished, please rest as soon as possible. Tomorrow is Wednesday, and I have to get up early to go to school and join the club. Morning exercise."

"Ok."

Keiko Kashiro nodded, no doubt there was him.

At the moment, Bai Shuiqiu put the album in the drawer, then pushed aside the chair and stood up.

When the two took a bath before, they had already changed into pajamas-Keiko's pajamas were prepared by Ryoko, and they were handed to the girl before the latter left with Fumiyama Jindai and his party-so there is no need to change clothes at this time. Lie down on both sides of the bed.

After Keiko Kamidai put the thin velvet quilt on her body and nodded for a moment, Bai Shuiqiu raised her hand and pressed the switch beside the bedside table to turn off the desk lamp, and the whole room was immediately darkened.

In the small compartment, only two breathing sounds were heard, one after another in the gap where the clock hand clicked and moved.

after awhile.

Then I heard Keiko Kandai opened her mouth and said softly, "It's so quiet."

"……Yes."

Bai Shuiqiu answered vaguely.

Compared with the rainy nights when we shared the same bed the previous two times, tonight looked very quiet, and even the cicadas were seldom heard. In this case, both Shirasuiqiu and Keiko Kashiro were bothered by those who came from each other. The sound is very clear, and at the same time... there is also a subtle atmosphere between embarrassment and charming, quietly emerging in this space.

When watching the fireworks on the top of the mountain before, Bai Shuiqiu and Keiko Kandaji almost kissed each other, but at the last moment, they were disturbed by the sudden arrival of the old monster. After returning to the foot of the mountain, he was always busy with seeing off the guests, and there was no time for him to take care of him.

Wait till now.

It’s late at night again, and the two are now sleeping together in the same bed. Even if they don’t take the initiative to think about it subjectively, the previous pictures will inevitably come to mind unconsciously, making Bai Shuiqiu unable to help it. Something crazy.

even……

It will also make up some weird pictures.

Bai Shuiqiu closed his eyes and suppressed the chaotic thoughts in his heart. After trying for a while, he did not fall asleep.

Judging by the slightly rapid breathing from her side, Keiko Kashiro was also not asleep.

"Qiujiang, are you still awake?"

After a while, Keiko Kashiro suddenly spoke, and said with a little embarrassment: "It seems that I was too excited during the day, and now I can't sleep a bit. Or, let's talk about it for a while?"

Bai Shuiqiu's eyelids moved, without opening his eyes immediately, he asked softly: "Well, okay, what are you going to talk about?"

"Then... just start with me."

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Keiko Kashiro thought for a while, seemed to sort his thoughts, and then slowly said:

"In fact, before you, Qiujiang, I had participated in other people’s birthday banquets a few times. They were celebration banquets held at the age of sixteen or seventeen or adulthood by the uncles of major consortia, clubs, and elders. Their engagement banquet, wedding, etc...

But those in the past, said they were celebrating birthdays, were essentially everyone in the name of the banquet to gather contacts and discuss business with each other.

So even if it looks like a lively and crowded crowd, but behind the scenes, they are all tricks, and there is no real friendship at all.

Only today Qiujiang’s birthday banquet made me feel the purest friendship and happiness, so...

thank you. "

"Eh?"

Bai Shuiqiu was stunned for a moment, and then he was a little bit dumbfounded by Keiko Kaminari's words of thanks: "This sentence should be my line, right?

It is really my honour for you to make time to celebrate my birthday today, not to mention the carefully prepared gifts and such beautiful fireworks to see. Therefore, I should be the one who should say thank you. "

Speaking of fireworks, Bai Shuiqiu paused.