The faded person who shuttles between the everyday and the extraordinary

"Why are you looking away?"

"...Well, traveler, it's quite reasonable when you encounter an emergency situation where you can't make money, right?"

"...I think you should plan well when traveling normally."

"There's no point talking about it now."

"Too....."

.........

Looking at the sky above the city, there is no way to see the stars in the sky. Two travelers are walking through the streets with thousands of lights, but they have no home of their own, not even a place to stay.

"...I feel a little lonely." Irena looked at the completely unfamiliar city in front of her and murmured softly as if she was inspired by something.

But when An Yan looked over, she turned around and avoided his gaze, but she still couldn't avoid his curious voice:

"You are a traveler, right? And if I remember correctly, you took the initiative to leave home to travel? Are you still lonely?"

"What? Can't you be lonely while traveling?" Irena retorted without looking back: "What about you?"

"Well...I don't know either." He thought for a moment but then looked away, looking at the hazy moon in the sky.

"do not know?"

"I'm not lying, I'm a little happier than lonely."

"What's so fun about sleeping on the street?" The girl's obviously disbelieving voice made him look over with a smile: "Because you are here."

"Huh? What?" Irena was speechless for a while, and then said without thinking: "Do you want to pursue me? - I'm sorry, I'm a traveler, and I have no intention of dating anyone!"

"...I haven't said anything yet..." The sudden announcement didn't even include the comment of a good person, which made him feel as if he had been pierced by an invisible sharp arrow, and he couldn't help but hold his chest and cast a secret resentment at him. gaze.

"What's going on? Why do you suddenly say things that make people's skin crawl? It's totally unlike you!"

"....Don't you think it's hurtful to say this?"

"I'm sorry? No, no! How about you explain?" Irena sat down on the steps of a roadside shop, looking at him with her chin in one hand.

A helpless smile flashed across An Yan's face, and then she lowered her eyes with a hint of distress: "There is no one in my hometown... If there are people around, no matter who they are, they will be a little happy."

"Huh? Is that so?"

"Actually, I escaped...from my hometown."

An Yan confessed with relief, somewhat melancholy.

He didn't look like he was lying, which made Irena ponder for a moment before asking: "...If I remember correctly, you said in the morning that you prayed to God and wanted to travel to another world, right? ?”

"...That's partially correct, but I'm not as adventurous as you. If possible, I would like to stay at home."

"Really? Are you so good at deceiving people?"

"Are you complimenting me? I don't want you to say that to me, and when you say this, can't you look at the atmosphere?"

"Really~?" In fact, it wasn't that Irena couldn't understand the atmosphere, but she was very uncomfortable with it, and she was also not good at being honest, so she just tilted her head, looked him up and down curiously, and said with a smile: "But no matter how you look at it, it doesn't look like it's your first time doing this kind of thing, right? Are we really the same person?"

"...How is that possible? Didn't I already tell you that, unlike you, I have never committed a crime since I was a child?"

"How rude~ Who do you think I am?"

"I wonder if he is a reliable companion?"

"Hmm~ Isn't this comment a bit subtle? I obviously regard you as a close friend~!"

"Then when you have money, you can lend me some money and you won't have to pay it back."

"Let's break up the relationship~"

An Yan stretched out his hand with a smile, while Irena shook off his hand with a sweet smile and flatly rejected his unwanted thoughts.

However, the two of them didn't care about this, and just chatted aimlessly. After giving up looking for new customers, they looked for a suitable place to stay together.

After wandering around the city for a while, due to the constraints of life, they finally chose a remote uninhabited park.

After Irena used her wand to release the warning magic, the two of them just lay two meters apart with a tacit understanding on the two benches for tourists to rest in the park.

Fortunately, it was not summer and there were no mosquitoes. The two of them just chatted and looked at the sky as they fell asleep.

Not long after they fell asleep, An Yan casually placed the backpack beside him, and the invisible force naturally opened it, revealing the crystal box inside.

The cold, lifeless doll girl in the crystal box slowly raised her head to look at the moon in the sky.

The clouds that blocked the moonlight dispersed naturally, and the surrounding light pollution seemed to fade inexplicably.

The starry sky that was blocked in my hometown was just displayed in the eyes of the doll.

The demigod who controls the stars, the moon, and the laws of the cold night naturally has different powers here than usual.

Although the power that this body can exert is limited, she glanced at the apostle and the girl who was involved, and decided to do something.

"...Although it's hard to comment on your words and deeds, you are still my apostle after all. It would really be an insult to the name of a witch if you keep living on the streets doing that kind of thing."

Saying this to himself, the doll slowly stretched out its slender arms towards the moon in the sky.

The moonlight responded with an imperceptible ripple, and then everything returned to normal.

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

the next day.

The two people, who had no idea what happened last night, just sat on the bench and looked around for a suitable target, hoping to get some money for today's food.

When they woke up early in the morning, before their stomachs started to moan, they were very lucky to find a girl staring at them from a distance, as if she was curious about what they were doing.

The two looked at each other, and then reached out their hands in a tacit understanding, using the most primitive method to decide who should go up this time.

However.....

"Oh~ As expected of me, you are so lucky!" Irena raised her open little hand, celebrated and pushed his back hard: "I am willing to admit defeat, hurry up~!"

"...I should have used scissors if I had known..." An Yan retracted his fists regretfully, then took Irena's hat and put it on his head, preparing to lean on the suspicious The image went through a round of screening first, and he also walked towards the girl.

When the blond girl opposite saw his strange dress, her face looked a little weird, and she subconsciously stopped. However, she still took out her phone after a brief hesitation, and didn't know what she read on the phone, and then carefully observed An Yan again. , walked over with firm steps again.

Chapter 9 A new type of scam performed by maid girls?

It was only when he got closer that An Yan discovered that this blond girl and Hong Xia from yesterday both had side ponytail hairstyles, but...

The blond hair and blue eyes are clearly European, but he has an upright and beautiful Asian face, which is the so-called mixed race?But honestly speaking, this was the first time he had seen such a beautiful mixed race.

However, the blond girl was wearing black and white clothes with a pure white scarf around her waist, clearly dressed like a waiter.

Are students working part-time?Forgot to change out of your uniform when you got back from get off work?But it’s still early morning, right?Could it be that I really look like a fortune teller?And is she really confused and looking for a guiding light? ——An Yan really couldn't figure it out, but the more he thought about it, the more he felt that it would be more interesting to say it. He immediately approached him with a smile, stopped when he got close, lowered the brim of his hat and smiled mysteriously as usual:

"I said...Miss, you look like you have something to worry about. Are you confused about life? How about it? Do you want me to help you figure it out?"

"....Huh? Divination?" The girl's eyes widened in surprise.

"Don't look at me like this. In fact, I studied divination for ten years in Tianshan and finally learned the fortune-telling method taught by the witch. Don't you want to give it a try?"

"Witch...? Could it be...?"

"──That's right, it's that witch! I know her, and she can even be called a spiritual friend. That's why she taught me her housekeeping skills."

"....Really or not?" Looking at his serious nonsense, the blond girl's face was full of black lines and she didn't know whether she should expose it, because she didn't even know what witch she was talking about.

But An Yan, whose brim of the hat was pulled too low, couldn't see the other person's face at all, and couldn't adjust it for a while, so he bit the bullet and continued to talk nonsense:

"I have never told a lie since I was born! Miss Witch also hates lies the most. If she lies once, she will never see me again."

"....That's right."

"Miss, I just took a serious look at your face. Your fortune has been very bad recently. I'm afraid something bad will happen today. Do you want to buy a magic stone?" He casually took it out of his pocket. Pebbles picked up from the fountain: "If you buy this magic stone, you will become as happy as the family of three walking together over there, right?"

"that....."

"What's wrong? Are you worried about the price? The price is completely negotiable?"

"No, it's not like that..." The girl looked dumbfounded at the pebbles in his hand, which looked ordinary no matter how you looked at them. She was stunned for a while before lowering her head, bowing deeply and saying respectfully:

"First meeting, Mr. Yanan, I am Hayasaka Ai from the Hayasaka family. I am currently in charge of managing the villa in Tokyo. I heard that you are going home. I came here to take you back to your hometown on the order of Mr. Yanan. This topic will be discussed when you return home. I will listen carefully, but if it is convenient now, can you please move to another residence?"

"......Aha?"

what's the situation?Yan'an?Who is the guy with my name reversed?And how does this guy know me?How do you know?And... sir? ? ——The words with too much information and the sudden over-respectful attitude caught An Yan off guard. His head almost shut down, and he was even stunned for a while without recovering.

He didn't remember that he had lived in a family for two generations and had enough money to hire someone to call him "sir."

So at the end of his hard thinking, two words came to his mind - fraud.

Yesterday when he was having dinner, he remembered saying his name. Could it be that someone's phone microphone collected it?

He has long heard that mobile phones can record themselves and then push what they hear through big data. He didn't expect that the world could reach this level?Is this world so developed in this regard?But this is how the stolen information is used? ?I used to get scam calls from people who knew my name, but now I'm going to face face-to-face scams?Are scammers so rampant?

Call the police!The police must be called! !Such a rampant liar, even trying to defraud a penniless person like me?Could it be that he was looking at the waist or the cornea or something?Even higher than my deception looks!It’s really unbearable! ——The more he thought about it, the more An Yan suspected that this was a new type of fraud. He couldn't help but want to find a public phone to call the police.

But when he angrily wanted to call the police, he suddenly remembered that he seemed to be committing fraud now?And he made it clear that he was more suspicious than the other party. If he was beaten down by then, the police would definitely believe the girl who claimed to be Hayasaka Ai, right?

He had no idea what advantages he had that could convince the police, which made him become decadent again after a brainstorm.

"What's wrong, Mr. An Yan?" The blonde girl who called herself Hayasaka Ai looked at his eyes with a slightly tilted head, and saw the last change on his face, his sudden look of decadence and depression, and couldn't help but blink blankly. Blinked.

If he didn't really know what his situation was, just because the girl couldn't tell any lies at all, An Yan almost believed that he was actually a hidden rich second generation, and his parents finally planned to tell him the truth.

However, the other party obviously didn't intend to let him go easily, which made him troubled and couldn't help but look behind him. His companion on the bench hoped to get some help, but...

Irena, who heard the conversation between the two, did not look like she wanted to help him at all. Instead, she stared at him with bright eyes. She seemed to vaguely see the symbol of money, and her face was full of expectations.

It’s really a bad start, even the companions are unreliable!What's all this about? ? ——He couldn't help but want to scold Ai Hayasaka and then argue with his unreliable teammate.

Unfortunately, before he could prepare his lines, he noticed that behind the blond girl, there were several over-the-top black limousines parked as in the TV show "The Domineering President". There were several men in black suits standing beside the cars and in various places in the park.

At first, his attention was focused on Hayasaka Ai, but when he noticed these suspicious people who looked like bodyguards, he suddenly became nervous.

Although he is a fader, he has never received any combat training in the past and is a complete scumbag. No matter how you look at it, he has no chance of winning unless... the door is closed and Irena is released.

Therefore, as soon as the words came to this, he swallowed them forcefully, preparing to solve the problem as peacefully as possible. He tried with a grimace: "Haasaka... love, right?"

"Yes, this subordinate is Hayasaka Ai."

"....I'm not convenient right now. If you can, can you go back?"

"But....."

"I'm your...superior, right? Aren't you going to listen to me?" Seeing the girl's expression of embarrassment, he tried to take on the role given to him by the other party, wanting to see how she would behave towards him, and then think about it again. Try to find ways to recruit and dismantle them.

However, Hayasaka Ai was unexpectedly very cooperative. Although he hesitated, he bowed his head respectfully and saluted again: "I'm very sorry. If it is your order, I will obey it unconditionally. I will not disturb you now."

After saying this, Hayasaka Ai didn't bother anymore and left directly with the people.

After watching those cars disappear from sight, he breathed a huge sigh of relief, but before he had time to rejoice, his companion not far away - Irena rushed out, rubbing her hands and showing a very intimate look. Cute smile:

"An Yan~ We must be lifelong friends!"

"...Do you want to listen to what you are saying?"

"We must be lifelong friends!"

"No, I mean, didn't you just say goodbye yesterday?"

An Yan said it without hesitation, she refused ruthlessly last night.

But Irena was not embarrassed at all. She waved her hands with a smile and said: "Oh~ That must be a joke. What is our relationship? How can we really break off our relationship~"

"...Should I say that I am worthy of you? This unpretentious, generous and calm way of adapting to the wind makes people feel refreshed, and the speed of adapting to the wind really makes me feel ashamed..." ..”

Chapter 10 The angel girl suddenly turned against her?

If it was her first time meeting her, An Yan might be confused by Irena's cute appearance.

But having known her for a while now, he was naturally extremely wary of this sudden closeness, and he immediately guessed her reason for being so. He couldn't help but complain to her, then covered his face and sighed:

"I have probably guessed what you want to say, but I don't want to hear it now, so please shut up."

"——I want to eat croissant for dinner! If possible, I want it to be filled with the best caviar!"

"...Is that really the case?"

"I hate it~ Do you still want to hide it at this time~?" Irena came closer with a smile and kept poking his stomach with her elbow: "He is obviously a local rich man, but he still plays a time traveler with me? Is this just a hobby for rich people? You are really naughty~"

"You may have misunderstood... I don't know that guy at all, and my family is very ordinary, let alone a rich second generation."

"Stop hiding it~ Didn't that girl know your name just now~?"