Re:Zero - Starting Life in Chaos

After that, there was no Polish time.

When Beichen finished eating all the food on the table, it was about 1:30 in the afternoon.

The two were sitting at the table chatting.

"Hey~ Beichen, do you have any plans for the afternoon?"

After taking a sip of the drink, Kato suddenly asked.

If Beichen didn't have any plans, she wanted to invite him to watch a movie or something.

After hearing Kato's question, Beichen thought for a moment and was about to answer that it was okay, when his phone suddenly vibrated.

After giving the girl an apologetic look, Beichen picked up the phone.

When he saw that the caller's nickname was "Dean", he couldn't help but frowned. He was a little confused about why the other party was looking for him, but he quickly pressed the answer button.

"Hello, Dean, what do you want to talk to me about?"

[Oh! Beichen! It's been a long time since we last contacted. I heard about you falling into the maze some time ago. It was really a disaster~]

A man's voice came from the microphone.

Although a little old, he was still full of energy.

This was the dean of Beichen's original welfare home, an old naughty boy named Qingshui Liang.

If you want to say that in the island country, except for the group of male and female protagonists that Beichen is more optimistic about, only this person is a little special to him.

"Anyway, it's not me who died." Beichen curled his lips and did not comment on the dean's words.

[Cough! Cough! You kid. That's also your classmate... um, well, you seem to have been full of prejudice against the island country since childhood. ]

[It's not your fault. After all, you are also a poor child. 】

"Hey! Old man, you are the one who is pitiful! If you say that again, I will tear your bones apart."

Beichen was a little unhappy when he heard the other party's words.

Although he didn't know how he came to this world, he at least knew that he had no parents in this life.

Originally, after the self-detonation in Xianyuan Continent, his consciousness fell into a deep sleep, and he woke up only when his soul was thrown into this world.

He did not experience rebirth by taking over another body.

Instead, his body uncontrollably consumed the remaining energy and automatically became an ordinary baby with flesh and blood.

At that time, Beichen thought it was quite strange.

But on second thought, rebirth in the second dimension can happen, and this small scene does not seem to be worth paying too much attention to.

[Hahaha, okay, okay, I won't say these things, how have you been recently? ]

The old man's heroic voice came from the microphone again, Beichen retracted his thoughts and responded:

"It's okay, how about you?"

[I'm fine, old man, I can still work for decades! 】

"Yeah, yeah, yeah, you're still strong at old age." Rolling his eyes, Beichen continued, "Okay, tell me what's going on. I don't believe you haven't contacted me for years, and you suddenly called just to reminisce."

Since Beichen started practicing, he left the welfare home.

Became a [social orphan].

This is a temporary identity assigned by the island country to cope with the increasing number of orphans.

Today, the island country basically follows the following order when dealing with orphans:

If there are relatives, go to find relatives. If there are no relatives, they will be allocated according to age and self-care ability.

Those who are young and have little self-care ability will go to the orphanage and wait for adoption.

For those who are older, they will be trained a little bit. When they have a certain ability to survive, they will find a certificate from the local official and go into society to become child laborers.

The official encourages employers to give priority to recruiting these minors and try to provide accommodation.

Beichen left the welfare home on his own at the age of 6, and he rarely went back.

When he came to Dongdu later, he basically lost contact with the other party.

It's not that he is cold-blooded, but the other party didn't give him too much care except accepting him according to the procedures.

After all, the most abundant thing in the welfare home is children with tragic fate.

And before leaving Gaoshan, Beichen had secretly saved the other party's life more than once, which can be regarded as repaying his kindness.

[Ahem! ]

Beichen's straightforwardness made the old man on the other side of the phone couldn't help coughing a few times to cover up his embarrassment.

[You still speak so bluntly...]

[Okay, since you don't want to listen to me, an old man, nagging, then I'll make a long story short. I have two special children here, and I hope you can accept them. ]

"Huh? Adopt orphans?" Hearing Qingshui Liang's request, Beichen was a little confused.

Just as he was about to refuse directly, he heard Qingshui Liang's hurried words from the microphone.

[Don't rush to refuse, I'll tell you about the situation of these two children first, and then you can make a decision. Is it okay? ]

Beichen glanced at Kato across from him, and only nodded in agreement after seeing him wave his hand to him, indicating that he didn't need to pay attention to her.

"Okay, go ahead!"

[That's great, one of these two children is called Jin...]

...

In the bedroom on the second floor of a detached house in Toshima District, Tohoku.

Kato put the shopping bag on the desk, then stepped back a few steps and fell into the quilt.

He grabbed the pillow at the head of the bed, hugged it in his arms, and stared at the ceiling in a daze.

Just now, Beichen said goodbye to her after answering the phone.

Although it was a bit regretful, considering that the other party had something important to do just now, Kato would naturally not make trouble.

He also took the opportunity to propose the idea of ​​going home.

So at Beichen's invitation, she got into Fiona's car and sent her back along the way.

"Well~ Beichen-kun has a hard time! How about making some cookies tomorrow and giving them to him on Monday?"

Muttering to herself, Kato turned over while hugging the pillow.

Thinking about what flavor the cookies should be.

Accidentally glancing at the shopping bag on the table, the corners of the girl's mouth could not help but curl up slightly.

When she thought of everything that happened between her and Beichen today, she couldn't help blushing.

It's true that she wants to take care of Beichen, but it's also true that she wants to trick him.

From shaking wrists to holding hands, buying clothes for each other, and feeding sushi to each other when the other person can't free his hands.

All these ways are to bring each other closer.

After getting along for this period of time, Kato already had a good impression of Beichen.

After the two emotional lows in the morning were smoothed out by the other party, she found that she seemed to really like Beichen.

Or she actually liked Beichen as early as the beginning of school, but she just didn't dare to face her heart.

Just like she had reached the critical point, but she was still unwilling to upgrade.

She knew very well that as her level increased, her situation would become more and more difficult until she was forgotten by the world.

Whenever she thought of this, she felt cold all over.

Just like the famous poem "I could have endured the darkness if I had never seen the sun".

The companionship she once had was slowly becoming a knot in her heart.

Similarly, just when she was considering whether to give up the struggle and silently bear the disadvantages brought by her ability, Beichen appeared.

This boy who could look at her in any occasion and any place, like the sun, illuminated her increasingly dim life.

She wanted to catch this light and launch a final charge against fate.

Even if this light might eventually become an illusion like a mirage, she wanted to fight hard again and not leave regrets for her life.

As her thoughts flew, the girl's eyes gradually became firm, and the energy around her began to fluctuate violently.

Squinting, Kato took out the amulet in his arms and raised it in front of his eyes.

Staring at the pattern above, he murmured:

"Hey~ Beichen Jun, will you always keep an eye on me?"

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