Tokyo Ghost Diary

"Ayane-chan~ Your mysterious fiancé hasn't given you an answer yet?"

Only the last glow of the setting sun is still struggling on the horizon. The previous grandeur and splendor seemed to be a wonderful gluttonous feast. As time goes by, it has now been swallowed up by the horizon.

The neon lights in the city that had been dormant for the whole day are gradually reviving, like a pale oil painting, starting to smudge with colorful brilliance little by little. In the elegant restaurant on the bustling street, in front of the dining table against the glass wall, Tachibana Akina is displayed He held his cheek with his hand and poked the steak on the plate with his fork without interest, while asking bored questions.

The light bulbs hanging low from the ceiling cast a dim, warm yellow light, trying their best to create a quiet and warm atmosphere for diners.

Opposite Tachibana Akina, Sasaki Ayane sat dignifiedly and carefully cut the steak in front of her to eat. From her body, you can really see the kind of self-cultivation that is exuded from the inside out all the time. Some people's nobility is superficial, but For some people, it is engraved in their bones.

There is no need to deliberately perform or build a complete stage. Just a random movement or expression in life is as beautiful as a poem.

However, as a friend of Ayane Sasaki since childhood, Akina Tachibana has long been accustomed to the brilliance of this young lady that makes it difficult for ordinary people to take their eyes away.

But habit is habit, which does not mean that she ignores those brilliance. On the contrary, she knows better than anyone how terrible her friend's attraction to the opposite sex is.

Anyway, she felt that if she was a man and had such a fiancée, then she would definitely hold her in the palm of her hand and put her on the top of her heart. Replying to messages instantly is the most basic of all. The moment she receives the message, He should immediately put down what he was doing and rush to her side without stopping!

However! Her best friend's real fiancé had such a negative attitude towards such a perfect fiancée in every aspect! Even if she was just a friend, she would be dissatisfied.

"Maybe he is still resting." After swallowing the food in his mouth, Sasaki Ayane said in a calm voice.

Yesterday was a bizarre experience for anyone in the world. She could no longer see any waves related to it. Even though the storm had not subsided, she was still standing in the storm. The most central location...

In fact, not long after Ayane Sasaki shot that sword with the help of Gen Hoshino last night, she returned to Tokyo - along with her aunt who was already brain-dead.

The Sasaki family manor is now packed with people, just like the Kenmi Shrine in Kyoto. Groups of strangers came to the house to prepare for their aunt's funeral.

As her aunt's successor, those people seemed to be no less interested in Sasaki Ayane than their aunt's body.

When she appeared in the manor, those eyes were so heavy that she couldn't breathe. No, it wasn't those eyes that made her breathless, but the recent series of events that were enough to subvert her life again and again... …

And the reason why she is able to come out now is because of her grandfather's instruction. She does not need to attend her aunt's funeral. The Sasaki family does not need to attend except her grandfather...

Breathing out softly and temporarily putting aside those bizarre things, Sasaki Ayane tried her best not to think about those things. No matter how strong her receptive ability was, her nerves, which had been tense for a long time, needed to rest.

What's more, she is very confused now.

Perhaps it was because of this that she sent the text message asking Hoshino Gen whether he would be free tomorrow.

It's not to satisfy a friend's desire to see his fiancé, but out of a confused and lonely individual's instinct to find similar people.

Of course, Tachibana Akina didn't know about all the bizarre incidents that had recently happened to her friend who grew up together. In fact, since they enrolled in different schools in high school, the relationship between the two has become much looser.

Of course, it's not because this friendship that has been born for more than ten years is not strong enough, it's just because the two met because of the business cooperation between their families when they were young, and the cooperation between the two families broke down a year ago.

Otherwise, at the engagement party of Sasaki Ayane and Hoshino Gen, Tachibana Akina, who has been a friend for ten years, said that she should attend whatever she said...

Tachibana Akina couldn't help but sigh: "Really, Ayane-chan, I'm really curious about what kind of person your fiancé is now. I've never been curious about anyone since I was a child. I’ve never been interested in a boy like this, even though I’ve never even seen him face to face.”

Ayane Sasaki didn't reply, but Akina Tachibana suddenly put down her fork and looked at her friend opposite with a smile on her face: "Ayane-chan, tell me, what kind of person is your fiancé, the eldest son of the Hoshino Foundation? What kind of person?"

"..." Sasaki Ayane paused slightly.

The moment this question came to her ears, the first picture that came to Sasaki Ayane's mind was that of last night, the young man who was covered in white light and looked like an immortal under the moon, holding a knife and a giant in the night sky. The scene of the confrontation between the skeleton and the big snake.

What kind of person is he? To be honest, Sasaki Ayane didn't know, because the difference between the three of him in school, the one who practiced kendo with her after school, and the one who faced the enemy last night was so big that she didn't know which one was better. It's the real him.

If you insist on talking, it would probably be——

"He is a very special person." Sasaki Ayane seemed to be answering a friend's question, and also seemed to be making a summary of her own inner doubts.

......

"He's just a black-hearted bastard!"

In the backyard of the antique store, Yu Shimizu stood in front of a stove that was obviously a makeshift stove, using a spatula to stir up the shredded potatoes in the pot, muttering in a low voice with resentment on his face.

Fortunately, I was so worried about him. As soon as I saw his reply, I immediately called him to care about whether he had been injured in Kyoto. But before I could say a few words, the bastard suddenly didn't know what kind of illness he had and insisted on coming out to treat him. He was making shredded potatoes, and even said that if he didn't see her in the store within twenty minutes, he would deduct all of her monthly salary!

At that time, her mother was almost ready for dinner. She would definitely get scolded by her mother if she went out at that time, so she used the excuse of "How can I cook when there is no pot in the store?", but this guy became very crazy. I temporarily asked someone to set up a stove in the backyard.

God knows how much she spent trying to convince her mother, who had already prepared dinner, to let her go out? They even agreed on the spot to advance by at least thirty places in the exams for the next semester!