The faded person who shuttles between the everyday and the extraordinary

"Why do you look so suspicious? Am I that untrustworthy?" Irena's unbelieving look made him feel a little hurt for no reason, but Irena asked his question again with a refreshing smile. Shelved: "Then? Why did you come to me?"

"Actually, I'm surprised that you're still here. I thought you had gone on a trip."

"Ah~ well...it's all kinds of situations, right?"

"Forget it, this matter is not urgent. Let's sit down and talk." He put his hand on his stomach and added: "It is best where you can eat."

"Okay, I happen to know a good coffee shop nearby, come with me~"

Irena was also unambiguous and led him directly with a smile to a nearby family restaurant that was familiar to him.

....Yes, it was the place where Hong Xia led them to eat when he was in this different world.

Perhaps because she had been hanging out with Hongxia for a long time, Irena also recognized this store, so she directly led him into the store and ordered generously, letting him have a good meal.

However, after he finished his meal and the girl opposite also finished his dessert, neither of them had any intention of paying the bill. Instead, they stared at each other with big eyes and small eyes.

This gave him a somewhat bad premonition, but he still didn't intend to tell the matter directly, so he asked in a subtle way: "Irena, are you short of money recently?"

"What are you asking about?" Irena rolled her eyes at him and said matter-of-factly: "I've always been short of money!"

"...Is that so? But no matter how difficult it is, you can't cheat money, right?"

"Where did that money come from?"

"...Why can you ask this question so naturally?"

"Are you discriminating against my job?"

"....No, I just want to say, can you borrow money? Ask your friends to borrow some."

"But I have no friends here."

"Have you forgotten? Aren't we just friends?"

"Oh~! Do you want to lend me money! No interest, no mortgage, no time limit?" The ecstatic girl, with her overly delicate face, came forward.

However.....

"That's wrong, I want to borrow money from you." An Yan stretched out his hand to the ecstatic girl with a smile: "No interest, no mortgage, no time limit."

Chapter 26 Miracles and magic are not free

An Yan's sudden words caused the expression on Irena's face to freeze, and her little head tilted unconsciously, doubting her ears: "...I'm sorry, I didn't hear clearly, what did you just say? "

"I want to borrow money from you, no interest, no..."

"No, I asked the last sentence."

"Have you forgotten? Aren't we just friends?"

"Sorry, no." Irena smiled brightly again and rejected his proposal without hesitation.

This degree of exhilaration made him dumbfounded: "...the promised community of destiny?"

"Have I ever said that again?"

"Said!"

"Then just now, this fate has been over~"

Looking at the girl who bloomed with a flower-like smile and started pretending to be dumbfounded, this answer was actually not unexpected, but he still couldn't help but sigh: "...Sure enough, I shouldn't have anything to do with you. expect."

These words also made Irena speechless: "What is your attitude? After all! I haven't asked you to borrow money yet, and you still ask me to borrow money? You are obviously the young master of a wealthy family, right?"

"Do you know how I spent this year?"

"Have luxurious and luxurious fun every day?"

"How is that possible? I study and study every day! It's very difficult for me to escape secretly every time, and I don't have a dime on me! I can't even sit on the tram, so I have to rely on my legs to walk all the way!"

"...Really?" At this time, Irena was dumbfounded.

"real."

"So...could it be...you..."

Although she was deeply suspicious of this, seeing how seriously he said it, she couldn't see any flaws even though she was proficient in deception, so her face gradually turned gloomy.

On the other hand, An Yan's face showed a refreshing smile: "We are friends, right?"

"I said no!"

"Ask me~"

"do not want!"

"Thank you! I knew you were a good person, and I will be grateful to you forever!"

"——Are you listening to me?!" He ignored the topic and made Irena slam the table and get up.

At this time, An Yan lowered his head with his hands clasped together and said sincerely: "....Please, please treat me as a loan. I will definitely pay it back if I have the chance..."

"....Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa," Irena, who has spent half her life trying to figure out how to make money from others. This was the first time she was being turned around to make money like this. She couldn't help but let out a long, depressed sigh. But he still said depressedly as if giving up: "Remember to pay me back next month, and I have to pay back my meal portion too!"

"Huh? Next month? This is a little bit..."

"Hey! You don't want to say that you can't pay back next month, right?" Irena's eyes narrowed, and her tone became much lower.

"It's okay! I will try my best to find a solution!" Although he was completely unsure, after all, his family would not give him any money, and he had no chance to work, but now he could only bite the bullet and agree.

Of course, Irena couldn't believe him, but now she could only stare at him with hatred: "....You'd better remember!"

"Don't worry~ What I care about most is credibility!"

"..."

He patted his chest to reassure himself, but Irena just stared at him expressionlessly, with eyes full of disgust that seemed to say: How dare you say that in front of me?

It was this look in his eyes that made him quickly put down his hands silently and turn to look out the window at the street scene of people coming and going.

Irena still pursed her lips and stared at him unwillingly. After venting her resentment that the money had to come out of her pocket for a while, she took out the money from her pocket sadly and went to the counter to check out.

.....................

In the alley beside the street, Irena leaned against the wall, looking at An Yan angrily but saying nothing, waiting for him to say something first.

An Yan was not ambiguous and said slowly: "Actually, I have wanted to find you since the first day we separated."

"Wait a minute! Let's say it first, I don't lend money! Don't even think about borrowing money from me again!"

"..." The sudden interruption made him stare at the serious girl in front of him for a while. After a long time, he put his hand on his forehead and sighed:

"I said, when we first met, I also invited you once based on the results of my labor. It doesn't matter if you invite me once too, right? And who do you think I am? Don't think of it right away. Is the money good?”

"If you don't tell me, I almost forgot. It's Hongxia's money. Remember to return your part to her! And you just borrowed money from me, and you still have the nerve to say this now?"

"...Let's put this topic aside for now."

"Are you really going to pay it back?"

"..."

"You really know how to pay it back!"

"..."

He silently repeated the non-physical performance, leaving the air aside without saying a word, so that she was afraid that he would treat it as nothing happened, and the chattering Irena reluctantly gave up collecting debts temporarily.

An Yan then cleared her throat and continued: "Ahem, you are a witch, right?"

"so what?"

"Teach me magic?"

"....Aha?"

"Can't you?"

"No." Irena shook her head slowly, and then said solemnly: "There is no problem in teaching you, but miracles and magic are not free... Do you understand?"

"I have no money."

"Then what are you talking about? Go back to your Shinomiya home! Don't waste my time here."

"As reward, I will find a way to send you back."

"go back?"

"This is your original world."

"I'm quite happy now, so there's no rush."

She plays different games every day, watches different movies and TV series, and enjoys the local customs at super low prices. Personally, she is quite satisfied... Although she has money, she still hopes that she can visit other countries. lock up.

She was not in a hurry, but she stared at An Yan suspiciously and said: "After all, even if I really want to go back, how can you send me home if you can't even defeat me?"

"You have to believe in the possibilities of human beings!" He clenched his fists and looked like an enthusiastic young man, but Irena waved her hand with a black line on her face: "Stop acting, it's too disgusting... What are you? Don’t I know the person yet?”

"who?"

"Honestly, I feel like there is no one more untrustworthy in the human race than you."

"... Let's put this topic aside for now. At least for you and I, I will try to be reliable. Although the process may be long, I still have a clue. You can rest assured. In addition, you want money now. , I can also pay on credit.”

"What are you talking about seriously? It's up to me to decide whether I can pay on credit, right?" His matter-of-fact tone made Irena's face suddenly filled with black lines.

But he continued disapprovingly: "My bid is very high. You can rest assured on this. The credit plus the hope of returning home. Think about it this way, isn't it very profitable?"

"If you can't get money and you can't wait for hope, there's no point in making any more money!" Faced with the topic he was promoting on his own, even Irena was going a little crazy at the moment.

Chapter 27 Has anyone ever told you that you have a bad personality?

An Yan, who had already figured out Irena's habits, looked at the girl in front of him who seemed to want to beat him, but he didn't panic at all and directly offered the price: "Ten thousand an hour."

"...Can you really pay the money?" Although the price made her very excited, Irena was full of question marks about his payment.

"Before the summer vacation, I will find a way to settle the balance."

"....if not?"

"Do whatever you want."

"...It always feels very unreliable..." Irena tilted her head in annoyance and thought for a while, then gave up and said: "...Forget it, I will believe you again, but you What are you doing to learn magic?"

"Save my hometown. Although there is nothing to miss there, it is my hometown after all, and... this is what we agreed on from the beginning."

"Can't you see that you, this guy, are surprisingly affectionate and loyal?"

"That's because you always look at me with strange glasses, right? I'm actually a really good person!"

"Really good people don't say they are good people, like me." Irena pointed at herself and showed a slightly proud smile.

"....Let's talk about it first, what kind of magic do you know?"

"Hey, if you just ignore it like this, even I will be embarrassed! Do you still want to learn magic?"

"....You are so troublesome."

"This was my line just now, right? Don't bother me! And call me Master from now on!"

Irena puffed up her barren chest confidently, and silently urged him to call someone quickly with her eyes.

"....Preface withdrawn."

"Not enough! Withdrawing is not enough! You still lack Master and I..."

"——You are so troublesome!"

Before Irena could continue to find fault, An Yan couldn't help but said what was in his heart, causing Irena's face to darken: "I'm not kidding, I will beat you? I'll beat you up." Tie them up and..."

"You've already tied it up, right?! What's the matter with this rope? Where did you get it from?"

Before he heard what Irena said, he noticed a small wooden stick appeared in Irena's hand. He just waved it a little, and a thick hemp rope came out of thin air and tied him up tightly. He was immediately confused. .

But Irena, with the corners of her mouth turned up, poked his face with her wand, and continued with a thorny tone with a smile:

"This is the first lesson I will teach you ~ the importance of respecting teachers! Come and say a few nice words, maybe I will let you go~? Otherwise... Well, you will just be in the classroom like this What do you think it would be like to spend a day in the alley?"

"...What you said makes sense, and I want to respect it, but there seem to be more and more people behind you? Do you know all those people?"

"what??"

Irena turned around in confusion, but she saw many students wearing Shimokitazawa High School uniforms observing the situation in the school on the street.