[Comprehensive] Sorry, Anna

Seeing that the winter is getting colder and colder, and the heavy snowfall every now and then will turn the whole world into a snow-covered appearance, Anna's school has finally come to the time for the winter vacation.

Before the winter vacation, the school temporarily notified that a parent meeting will be held on Monday, which can be regarded as the end-of-term summary, and the parents of the students will have a meeting and an explanation.

When Anna conveyed the news to Fukuzawa Yukichi, the silver-haired man showed a little apology on his usually expressionless face.

"Sorry Anna, the detective society is very busy these days, I may not be able to go to your parent meeting."

Fukuzawa Yukichi received a commission related to a crime committed by a person with supernatural powers. The murderer only selected women and children to attack, and his methods were extremely cruel. The sooner he was brought to justice, the residents of Yokohama would be less dangerous.

Anna nodded. She has always been well-behaved. Even if she feels a little lost, she never shows it.

So, the next day, when she was playing at Sakiraku's house with her beloved zero bag, as soon as Dazai entered the door, he saw Xiaotuanzi in a red dress and a red cape lying on the table without saying a word, with an expression on his face. Dying.

Shinji and Sakule were still doing their homework upstairs, and Anna had already finished it last night, and she didn't want to disturb them, so she was downstairs alone, waiting for the big brother who had an appointment.

She waited from morning to morning, and from morning to noon, when the sun hung in the middle of the sky, sending warm light to the whole winter, the big brother in a black suit and bandages finally arrived late.

No, it's not so much that he came late, it's better to say that he was simply hungry and came here just in time for his meal.

After ordering a spicy curry meal, he sat across from Anna, coughing and choking while eating.

Anna looked at his face flushed red from the heat, looked at him blankly and asked, "Since you can't eat it, why do you want to order it?"

The boy in a black suit fanned his tongue in pain while saying vaguely: "Ah, because I want to try what it feels like to be burned to death..."

After finishing speaking, he said a few more times: "What's more, isn't the essence of life just endless pain?"

After speaking, he groaned, covered his mouth and ran to the front desk to ask for a glass of ice water.

After pouring everything into the stomach, the whole person came back to life.

He lay dying on the table, and said angrily: "Forget it, don't try this way of death in the future, it is too painful."

After he regained his strength, Anna took off the snack bag she was carrying across her shoulders, put it on the table and pushed it to Dazai's side.

"This is the snack we made an appointment with big brother."

The black-haired boy glanced weakly, then reached out and took out a candy from inside. After the sweet taste melted from his mouth, the tingling sensation that the spicy curry had brought him before seemed to disappear in an instant. Melted in that sweetness.

Xiaotuanzi squinted his eyes enjoying him, then lay down on the table and gently stroked his slightly curly hair.

Dazai froze, almost reflexively wanting to dodge and fight back, but after recovering, he just held back his body's instinct very impatiently.

The girl's soft voice sounded softly above his head.

"No, the essence of life, at least candy is sweet..."

"If you die, you won't be able to eat delicious candies, and you won't be able to meet the people you like."

The noon sun poured down through the huge floor-to-ceiling windows, and Anna's silver-white hair almost merged with those fine rays of light.

Dazai straightened up and looked at her, almost uncomfortable by those shining eyes.

Taking advantage of his height, the young man looked down at Anna opposite him. He still had that casual smile on his face, but his pair of iris-colored pupils were indifferent and dim, as if they had fallen into the deep sea without even a gleam of light.

"Only children like candy, so it doesn't matter if they can't eat it."

"There is no one I like, and there is no one who likes me. Therefore, the essence of life is still painful, isn't it? There is no such thing as a boring and long painful life, and nothing that you want to get at the cost of prolonging the pain."

In the end, there was only a strong dullness and boredom left in his voice, as if he was passing through the world in a hurry.

"no,"

Xiaotuanzi looked at him, with a pair of red eyes on his face that had never been expressionless, and there was a faint flame burning.

"I, like, big brother, and me..."

Dazai raised his eyebrows, as if he heard something funny.

He began to think about how he suddenly started to discuss what he likes and dislikes with a kid here, it's really boring.

Thinking of this, he subconsciously reached out for the snack bag that Anna put on the table. Although he is not a person who likes sweets very much, the candies brought by this child are sweet but not greasy, and have a special sweetness. The aroma is quite delicious.

So, he doesn't mind eating two more.

However, before he took it out, he saw Xiaotuanzi's fleshy little hands pressing on the hug.

"Big brother, didn't you say that children only like it...!"

Dazai paused and blinked.

He looked at Anna, smiled at the corner of his mouth, and said casually: "That's right, big brother is only six years old this year, he just matured a little."

After finishing speaking, he pulled the bag away from Anna's hand lightly with all his strength, and shook it towards the table. Some candy and a piece of jelly rolled on the table.

Anna seemed to be seeing such a brazen person for the first time, staring blankly at his various operations, unable to say a word.

In the end, she could only watch blankly as Dazai took apart one of her candies and put one in his mouth, and put the rest into his own pocket.

A piece of jelly was left alone on the table. Dazai picked it up and saw that there were a few large characters crookedly written on it with a black marker.

—— Edogawa Ranpo

He paused, pointed to those words and asked Xiaotuanzi, "What is this?"

Anna blinked, and said slowly: "Yes, I wrote to me when I went out in the morning."

The boy's iris-colored eyes narrowed slightly, and an unknown light flashed across them.

Yah, what is this...?Oath of sovereignty?

Could it be that the famous detective really thought he would be interested in such a milk doll?

Seeing the kid on the opposite side staring at him blankly, Dazai raised his eyebrows with a dull expression.

"By the way, when I came over at noon, I saw that you seemed very unhappy. What's the matter?"

The boy's words changed and he asked Anna.

The way he spoke always gave Anna a look that he didn't treat him like a child at all, as if he was facing a peer or an old friend, giving people an indescribable sense of comfort.

Of course, Anna didn't understand this at all, she just felt very comfortable chatting with this big brother, and almost let go of all her guard against him.

"My parent meeting, Aji and Luanpo, I can't attend."

When talking about this, the loneliness in Anna's heart was finally revealed at this moment.

Dazai looked at the signed jelly in his hand in a puzzled way, his thin lips curled up slightly, and his voice was deliberately softer.

"Well, then I'll go to your parent meeting, Anna."