Summary: The Elves' Daily Love

"——The rules are: two people form a group and write their names on the wall at the end of the second floor and then come back. There are no scary characters, so feel free to be scared."

"Draw lots to form teams. The order of numbers from 1 to 20 will determine the teams. Everyone, come and draw lots—"

Yunci narrowed her eyes: "I always feel that Guizhi and I can't form a team."

She lowered her voice slightly and said to Madara in her arms: "Takashi is in your hands, Madara."

after all--

This guy volunteered to stay with Takashi.

To protect him.

Although he arrogantly denied it and said it was for the Book of Friends, which monster could not see his real purpose?

Ban meowed in response and then jumped out of Yunci's arms.

It was unknown when Jun Sasada came to the other side of Natsume Takashi and told him the story of this place in a low voice.

After listening to it again, Natsume Takashi didn't react much. Instead, he was a little confused, wondering why Sasada Jun suddenly told him all this.

Although Jun Sasada said there was no reason, Natsume Takashi still felt very strange.

When drawing lots to form groups, Yun Ci drew a boy she didn't know.

When the boy saw the same number as Yunci, he touched the back of his head a little embarrassedly: "Um... please take care of classmate Yunci."

Yun Ci smiled and responded: "Please take care of me."

Although the numbers were complete, one note was missing, which made people feel a little scared, but the boys who were assigned to the same group with Yun Ci were a little excited.

——This is a rare opportunity!

The boy quietly clenched his fists and kept secretly observing Yun Ci.

Natsume Takashi and Nishimura Satoru were assigned to a group. They set off before Yun Ci, and soon after, Sasada Jun and Kitamoto Atsushi, who were in the same team, also set off.

Yun Ci and his partner, who got relatively low numbers, are among the last few groups.

Yun Ci stood at the stairs, looking at the darkness above, calculating the time with her fingertips.

The boy thought she was scared, so he bravely tried to comfort her: "Don't worry, Yunci, I'm very brave! Even if there is something strange, don't worry! If it dares to show up, I will just punch it--"

Yun Ci smiled at the boy and gently pressed her right index finger on her lips: "Classmate, even if you don't believe these things, it's best not to provoke me."

The boy blushed: "Um... is Yunci the type of person who 'believes in the existence of monsters'?"

"Yes." Yun Ci walked up the stairs, her voice was not loud, but the boys could hear it, "I believe in the existence of monsters--"

*

"——Hey, Natsume-san, can you see it?"

"Natsume-san does some strange things from time to time. He gets startled in an empty space and talks to someone without anybody."

"Now, what can you see?"

"Could it be that this is not something from this world?"

"If that's the case, I'll keep it a secret for you. Can you help me?"

"How is it?"

“In fact, you can see it—”

'boom--! '

The wall next to him was kicked open, and dust and smoke rose up, interrupting Natsume Takashi's panicked thoughts.

Natsume Takashi and Sasada Jun looked over in surprise and saw Yun Ci walking out while waving away the smoke.

"Xiao Ci!"

Natsume Takashi hurried forward and helped Yun Ci out from the ruins of the wall.

"What happened? How are you? Are you hurt?"

Yun Ci waved her hands: "I'm fine, I just heard some nasty words——"

She looked at Sasada Jun with sharp eyes and strode over.

"Well, you are the monitor. I understand and respect your responsibility. I am also grateful for your responsibility, but——"

"Do you have no sense of boundaries?"

"It's disgusting to get to the bottom of other people's affairs."

"How do you want Takashi to answer you?"

"In your heart, you have already labeled Takashi as someone who can see, right? Even though Takashi can't see anything, you wouldn't believe it, right?"

Jun Sasada didn't expect Yun Ci to appear suddenly, even though Natsume Takashi was already a little shaken just now.

She continued unwillingly: "This is Natsume's own business. I know that Yunci and Natsume have a good relationship, but you can't go beyond him--"

"What Xiaoci means is what I mean." Natsume Takashi stood beside Yunci, his voice gentle but firm, "Squad leader, I don't know what you want me to do for you, but if you really have such needs, I suggest you go to the shrine to ask, what do you think?"

"I--"

"Class monitor." Yun Ci interrupted Sasada Jun again, "As the class monitor and organizer of the Test of Courage, you should be concerned about the safety of your classmates, right? The boy who was traveling with me suddenly disappeared."

Sasada Jun pursed his lips: "Let's talk while we walk..."

The three of them walked around the old school building looking for other classmates, while listening to Jun Sasada talking about why she wanted to see a monster.

"——After that, I came here every day, wanting to thank him properly, so I hoped that he would appear and tell him "You are not unclean", but in the end, he did not appear..."

"So, if Natsume-san can see this kind of thing, I hope you can help me."

"This place is about to be demolished. This is the last chance."

"I'm sorry for talking like that just now..."

Jun Sasada looked a little disappointed, and finally asked Takashi Natsume for confirmation.

"Natsume-san, can't you really see?"

Natsume Takashi was silent for a long time: "...Yeah."

He looked a little guilty.

Yun Ci put her hand into Natsume Takashi's hand and said, "If the boy you are talking about really exists, he should have heard your thoughts."

"This is just a guess. I didn't express my gratitude to him face to face..."

"But you've come so many times. If the other party wants to see you, he will definitely show up. Since he didn't show up, it means he doesn't want to. If you keep doing this... If I were the boy you mentioned, I would be very troubled - of course, this is just my opinion."

"Is this so..."

Jun Sasada lowered his head and did not respond.

The three of them came to the entrance downstairs together. There was no one there and all the students had not returned.

Madara suddenly appeared and quietly took Yun Ci and Natsume Takashi away.

Madara, who had seen Shigure in person and remembered that Shigure's name was also on the friend's book, found it difficult to deal with him and tried to leave early with the two of them.

But Natsume Takashi didn't want to.

Even though he doesn't like humans.

But he still firmly chose to help.

only……

Natsume Takashi felt very sorry, he looked at Yunci:

"I'm sorry, Xiaoci, I have to take you into danger with me."

Yun Ci elbowed Natsume Takashi in the waist, but the force wasn't strong enough to cause any pain.

"If you say something so rude again, I'll beat you up!"

Natsume Takashi held Yun Ci's elbow and smiled.

"--Um."