Song of Light and Shadow

Time passed quickly, but for Akashi, the passage of time seemed to slow down suddenly.

Already 11 years old, he needs to accept the traditional coming-of-age ceremony of the Akashi family tomorrow.

Unlike ordinary adults, in the Akashi family, the male who is determined to be the next heir needs to return to the main family in Kyoto to accept the oldest coming-of-age ceremony at the age of 11.

For Akashi, this also means that he needs to enter the formal learning stage from now on.Although he is constantly studying now, all the subjects of elite education and emperors are being carried out, but all in all, it has not reached the point where even playing is prohibited.However, once you have entered the rite of passage, things will be completely different.

This point, his father had clearly told him a week ago.

"Tanaka, I want to go out for a walk." Little Akashi couldn't read the book, stared at the bird's nest on the camphor tree outside the window for a long time before standing up, and said listlessly.

"Let's prepare now, young master, please wait a moment." Tanaka immediately turned around and walked out, and parked the car at the door of the house after a while, waiting for Akashi to come up.

Little Akashi, who changed into a sailor suit, walked slowly to the door, looked at the limousine parked under the stairs, but suddenly felt an urge to vomit.The miso of high-grade leather rushed to the brain at once, and even the aromatherapy couldn't cover up the disgusting feeling...

"Master?" Seeing Akashi's face suddenly pale, Tanaka got off the car with some worry.

"Hey, Tanaka, do you think this is the only way I can do this in my life?" But the 11-year-old Akashi suddenly asked like this, so Tanaka didn't realize it for a while, and after a few seconds, he realized that Akashi was talking about tomorrow coming-of-age ceremony.

"The young master is destined to be the top person in Japan." He answered Akashi's question with a smile, but Tanaka found that Akashi's face seemed to be a little paler.

"I... don't want to do this." Akashi shook his head and clenched his small fists, "Tanaka, let's go to the subway."

Regarding Akashi's sudden proposal, Tanaka was really taken aback. After all, Akashi had never taken any land transportation other than a private car since Akashi was born.So Tanaka couldn't understand that Akashi would actually propose to build a subway.

"How did the young master know?"

"It's on TV..." Akashi glanced at Tanaka with an uncomfortable look, apparently Tanaka thought he really didn't understand anything.

Tanaka, who knew he had said the wrong thing, was naturally a little embarrassed, but after all, it was impossible for Akashi to take the subway, so Tanaka had no choice but to prepare himself to be used as a punching bag, and coughed.But before he could speak, Akashi consciously got into the car.

"Let's go...you can go anywhere...I know you can't let me take the subway."

Hearing Akashi's angry words, Tanaka could only smile wryly, and then got into the cab.

Because there is no destination, Tanaka can only find some places that are relatively close and have good scenery.

Looking out of the window expressionlessly, the pedestrians backed away like walking dead, but there was a mechanical smile on his face that he couldn't understand. It was obviously nothing but meaningless things, but it was meaningless to be able to smile like that.

"Master, are you in a better mood?" It has been more than two hours since he went out, and Akashi has not spoken, and he can't see his expression from the rear-view mirror, so he has been in the same lot all the time Playing around in circles doesn't mean much, plus, if Akashi doesn't finish his homework today, the master will definitely be furious again tonight.

However, Akashi just said "keep driving" and blocked Tanaka's worries.

It seems that the young master is really not in a good mood today... Tian Zhongzhong sighed and continued to circle around.

I watched the same scene more than a dozen times, even Akashi would get tired of watching it, plus I was already in a bad mood, so I got angry for some reason, and I didn’t hold back when Tanaka turned No.12, I just yelled Come out: "Can't you change the place? Looks like it's here!"

It was the first time I saw Akashi making such a big fuss, Tanaka was so scared that he almost didn't step on the gas pedal.

"But……"

"There's nothing wrong! Go farther away! The farther the better!" Akashi kicked the back of Tanaka's seat angrily, pouted.

In desperation, Tanaka had no choice but to change the route, but he didn't dare to go too far. Finally, he made a compromise and simply drove to Ginza.

Looking at the finally changed scenery outside the window, Akashi's originally angry face gradually calmed down, but the anger in his heart that had nowhere to vent made his mood worse and worse.

According to what my father taught, as a child of the Akashi family, the most taboo thing is to be read out. Whether you like it or hate it, you can’t express it on your face. failed.

Destroy one's own emotions and annihilate humanity, this is the ability that an heir to the Akashi family should have.

"Eh? Here..." When he regained his senses, Akashi realized that the scenery outside the window seemed familiar again, "Tanaka, have you been here before?"

Tanaka froze for a moment, slowed down the speed of the car, and turned his head to look in the direction where Akashi's eyes touched.

"Ah, the young master came here five years ago."

"five years ago?"

"That's right, I was attending the master's dinner. There was a gas station in front of it, and the young master got out of the car at that time."

Akashi was stunned for a moment, and then recalled the incident at that time, and suddenly the ice-blue haired boy with injuries all over his body but with upright eyes appeared in front of his eyes.Five years have passed, but his appearance at that time is still so clear.

"Stop." Seeing the familiar small park, Akashi immediately stopped the car. Although he didn't know why, he just had a premonition that he could still meet that person there.

"Master?" As soon as Tanaka parked the car, Akashi opened the door and ran to the park quickly, leaving Tanaka behind alone.

"You are not allowed to follow! This is an order!" Even looking back was a waste of time, Akashi ran forward like this, and didn't stop until he reached the gate of the park, panting several times out of breath , while looking around.

The park is very quiet, there is no one around at this point, even couples don't seem to frequent this place.Walking in slowly, looking for the place where that person might appear, Akashi felt that his heartbeat couldn't calm down at all.

Suddenly, behind the woods at the bend in front, there was light coming out, and at the same time, there was the sound of something hitting the ground, as well as laughter and conversation.

"That's all for today, I have to go home."

"I still want to fight for a while..."

"Well, don't be too late, be careful when you go back, Heizi"

"Well. You too, be careful on the road."

Akashi frowned, and after walking two steps, he saw a person running out of the corner and past him.

He didn't even glance at it, just walked straight forward, the conversation just now, one of the voices, he had the impression that it was the person called Heizi.

Turning the corner slowly, the eyes gradually brighten up.The sun lamps standing at the four corners, the ball racks at both ends of the court, and the man wiping sweat in the court...

That's right, it's him...

Akashi slowly raised his hand, covered his chest that was pounding for some reason, and took a step forward.

Probably hearing the sound of footsteps, the child with ice-blue hair turned his head and looked at Akashi with those eyes that were so indifferent that he could not see any expression at all. After a pause for a few seconds, he turned his head back and continued to beat himself ball.