As a general, she cannot be a good daughter of Kage.

She in turn made a condition.

"Well... I promise you, but before that it's better to keep a low profile. I'm very happy that you chose us, because your power is too powerful. It would be bad if GHQ took advantage of you."

There is no need for the other party to tell her... Even though she said this, she didn't really make the matter a big deal so quickly. After all, there are people around her who she cares about. If she can resolve it safely, just let it go. Enjoying life is the best thing.

"I will tell Qi the other party's void form later, and I'll leave it to you, you two."

……

.........

"Huh...that's really troublesome."

The general lying on the low table complained in a muffled voice as cute as a kitten.

"Touch~"

Qi beside her reached out and touched her furry head.

"Ah~"

She sighed again.

"Mio-chan has been sighing since she came back just now..."

After finishing washing in the kitchen, Matsuri said with a wry smile after hearing her sigh.

"Something happened... it's very troublesome."

She replied lying on her stomach.

"By the way... shouldn't it be time for you two to do your homework?"

What did Matsuri think of and asked?

"..."×2

Both of them were silent in tacit agreement.

"Is there any homework left?"

Qi asked bluntly.

"Yes~! It's true... the moment I think about it, you two won't listen to the lecture after seeing it... Oh, forget it... let's write together later."

So decided.

"Pray...I don't think he can see my face, right?"

At this moment, the general said it to Qi without any intention of hiding anything.

"It's better to be just in case, Mio."

Pray for answer.

"...It's strange. The other party happened to see Mio...you and the GHQ soldiers..."

Qi lowered her eyes and murmured softly.

"I'm worried that the other party will be targeted by those people -"

slap!

"...!"×2

At this moment, there was a harsh sound of broken plates coming from the kitchen, which instantly attracted their attention.

"Eh? Ah...hug, sorry...my hand slipped."

When Ji returned to his senses and saw the plate falling to the ground, he immediately apologized to the two of them in a panic, and then squatted down to pick up the broken remains of the plate.

"I'll help you…"

The general stood up and walked into the kitchen. He squatted in front of the girl and picked up the broken pieces of the plate with her. However, she noticed that her hands were shaking a little at the moment, as if she was afraid of something.

"..."

Seeing this, she gently held the other person's wrist.

"!"

Ji trembled and looked up at her with a pale face.

"…What's wrong?"

she asked.

"...No, it's nothing..."

The opponent shook his head.

"Are you afraid?"

she asked.

"No, no...I...was frightened by the sound of the plate just now, haha."

Matsuri smiled at her and made an excuse.

"Oh...it's okay, I'm not afraid anymore."

He touched the girl's back, then picked up the remains of the plate together with the other person, put them into the trash can, and then turned his back on the other person and gestured to the kitchen for the other person.

"..."

Matsuri pursed his lips with a complicated face at this moment, recalling the conversation between the two of them just now, and put his trembling hands behind his back, his face a little pale.

Guilty Crown ~ A stranger in a foreign land, but a fellow countryman at heart: Chapter 33: Where did they... go?

Boom~!

There was a muffled thunder outside the window across the sky, and the dazzling light flashed across a certain girl's bedroom. The dull sound instantly woke up the girl who was frowning as she fell asleep.

"Don't~!"

The girl, who might have fallen into some kind of nightmare, instantly opened her eyes, and with a subconscious shout, she stood up from the quilt in panic.

"Huh...huh...!"

Sitting up, Matsuri looked pale, covering her heart and panting, as if she was being chased by someone in a dream, which made her suffocated.

After lowering her eyes for a moment, she froze for a moment, then raised her eyes to look at her surroundings. It was her bedroom. Although it was dim, it still had a familiar atmosphere, but——

Touching his forehead a little, he found that he had broken out in a large amount of cold sweat, his pajamas all over his body were wet with sweat, and his hair was stained on his forehead, making him look miserable.

"Huh...nightmare..."

She murmured in a hoarse voice, and then exhaled heavily, letting her whole body relax.

bang~

The next second she saw the muffled thunder outside, she trembled and subconsciously looked at the window blocked by the curtains, crawled over and opened the curtains.

"It's raining…"

Looking at the drops of water falling on the window, she talked to herself in ecstasy.

wow~

Then the curtains were closed again, making the bedroom with a hint of light fall into darkness again.

He slowly leaned on the head of the bed, pulled up the quilt, and sat on his knees, as if curling up.

"..."

Recalling the words she accidentally heard from the two of them before, she hugged her body tightly again, as if she was a little scared and uneasy.

"How could...? Why?"

With a trembling voice, she slowly buried her face between her knees and began to sob.

Why is she like this?

She knows this matter better than anyone else. Specifically... the time should be pushed back to two nights ago——

……

.........

Two evenings ago——

When she came back from school, she bought some ingredients and planned to have a dinner with the two people next door at home in the evening. After putting the ingredients away and about to wash the pot for cooking, she thought about it and changed her shoes and walked out, and came to the door of the room next door. .

beep!

Ring the doorbell.

"..."

She stood there silently, waiting for the other party to open the door, but no one responded after a long time.

"……Eh?"

She was confused for a moment and rang the doorbell again.

beep!

Another wait...but still.

"...?"

She was stunned for a moment, then slowly put her ear close to the door to listen to the sounds inside, but there was no sound at all, only silence, and there was no sound of footsteps approaching slowly urged by the ringing of the bell.

"Xiao Mio? Xiaoqi?"

knock knock ~

She knocked on the door and shouted something in a slightly loud voice, but the result was the same as before.

"Isn't it strange...not at home?"

She murmured in a low voice.

No way?

Although Xiaoqi usually goes out a lot, there is always Xiaomiao looking after the house at home. He can see each other every time he comes in, but what happened today?

"……call."