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

click...

Everyone's cups clashed together...

"I heard Mio...you're leaving?"

Ayase asked her in the middle of the party.

"Well, I haven't been home for a long time...my family will miss me."

She put down the juice and replied.

"Hey——! Where is home? Isn't it a kingdom where everything is magical?"

Thrush came closer and asked.

"Wait-thrush~!"

Ayase scolded the other party silently.

"The continent of Teyvat."

she answered.

"Eh? Mention...Watt? Never heard of it."

The thrush scratched his head. It looked like he had drunk too much.

It’s weird if you’ve heard of it…

—— She complained in her heart.

"No matter what, Mio, we will never forget the kindness you have brought to us. Even if you are leaving, all members of the funeral club will toast to this great savior!"

Ya raised his head and was suggested.

"Cheers!" ×N

"..."

During this period, Matsuri kept watching her, feeling a little depressed. Maybe it was because she was leaving, and he felt a little reluctant to leave.

After everyone toasted, she looked at the somewhat distracted priest around her and understood, so she spoke.

"Sacrifice?"

"...!"

Matsuri immediately looked at her.

"Won't you toast me?"

She showed a gentle smile to the girl, gestured to the orange juice in her hand, and asked intentionally.

"Well... cheers, cheers!"

Matsuri immediately picked up the orange juice next to him and touched it with her.

"……Me too."

Inori also stepped in, handing over the cup.

boom! ×3

Three people clink glasses.

When the dinner party reached the second half, she did not stay indoors all the time, but came to the deck to get some air. She leaned on the railing and felt the comfortable sea breeze blowing on her skin. She felt the eyes of the two girls on her left and right from time to time.

"Xiao Mio, do you really want to leave?"

Matsuri gently put his shoulder against her and asked softly.

"Well... I have to leave. I also have a mother and relatives. I'm afraid that leaving them for a long time will worry them."

she answered.

"...will you come back?"

Qi asked,

"This... I haven't thought about it, maybe?"

She looked at the girl and answered.

"Well... I also understand Xiao Mio's worries. There is nothing we can do about it. It's okay with me."

Ji lowered his eyes and suppressed the discomfort in his heart to comfort her, or maybe himself.

"It's okay to cry, Matsuri."

He prayed for help and attacked.

"...Wuwu~wuwu——(sobbing)"

Huhu~

When Qi said this, the girl couldn't help but burst into tears. She threw herself into the general's arms and cried loudly.

"If you don't cry, it's not like I won't come back."

The general hugged the girl who was crying muffledly in his arms, followed her hair, put his lips on her head and comforted her warmly.

"I...wuwu...I like...Xiao Mio...wuwu——!"

"I know...I like you too..."

She responded to this as well.

"I don't like it that way——! Ugh——!"

Matsuri gently tapped her chest with his cute hand and retorted with a cry.

"puff…"

Qi laughed heartlessly.

"You're still laughing~"

She gave him a blank look.

"Sorry... Matsuri was too much fun."

Qi held back and spoke.

"Huh... where are you? Are you with Ya and the others?"

She looked at Qi who didn't look like she was about to cry and asked.

"Well... I have said before that the funeral home is my home. Even if it is gone now, these family members are still there. Maybe I will live with them peacefully in the future."

Qi looked at the ocean in the distance reflected by the golden light of the setting sun, brushed her hair behind her ears, and planned her future life.

"That's good. Where's the festival? What's your plan?"

She looked at the girl who had cried enough in her arms, wiped the corners of her eyes with her fingertips, and asked in a warm and doting tone.

"After the lockdown was lifted recently, my mother and father were coming back, and they said they would take me to live abroad."

Matsuri took her hand, put her palm against his face, closed his eyes and enjoyed the warmth of her palm.

"What about your decision?"

"I... still don't want to leave with them. After all, there are many people I know here, and Hua Yin is here... I don't have any friends when I go abroad."

Matsuri shook his head.

She is still living at Huayin's house. After her parents come back, she can go back to live there for a while on the Seventh Ring Road, and she will go there. After her parents leave again, she will go back to Huayin's place.

Of course, these were all brought up by Huayin. Her original intention was not to disturb the other party, but she couldn't defeat him.

"No matter what, live a happy life in the future, pay attention to your health, and grow up healthily, both of you..."

She gave emphatically instructions to the two girls beside her.

"Hmm..."×2

The two nodded obediently.

"Xiao Mio...are you leaving tonight?"

Matsuri asked.

"You want me to leave tonight?"

she asked teasingly.

"No, that...can we sleep in your room that night? The last night?"

Matsuri asked shyly.

"..."

Qiye looked at her expectantly.

"Huh... I can't do anything with you, okay."

she compromised.

After all, the three of them were neighbors in the past... It seems like they have returned to the past. This time can be regarded as the last time they are each other's "near neighbors".

Chapter of Qiu Jin ~ Time passes easily, life is like dew: Chapter 1 Our Eternity

"King's hand~!"

The girl who said this with a sweet and elegant voice pressed the chess piece in her hand into the corresponding space on the chessboard. Then she raised her ice eyes and looked at the two surprised mother and daughter in front of her with a smile. No, the most surprised one should be. This is the mother.

"hiss--"

Ying looked at his checkered chessboard, took a breath subconsciously, and then pressed his knuckles against his lips slightly, his expression a little solemn, or maybe he was lost in some kind of thinking or... wondering.

"..."

Ayaka didn't make a sound. She took her fingertips away from the chess pieces, straightened up her upper body that had been bent when she just placed the pieces, and was sitting in front of the opponent, patiently waiting for the thoughts of the woman opposite.

A few seconds passed like this - Kage spoke.

"...How could this be?"

In the end, she murmured something incomprehensible, with some doubt in her voice, and then subconsciously looked at the general beside her.