[Net King] Pilgrim

In the warm atmosphere, his voice was a little indifferent and not eye-catching. If it wasn't for the sight, Machida probably wouldn't have noticed it.

Not sure who he was calling, so instinctively, the corner of her eye turned from furtive to aboveboard out of curiosity.

Echizen Ryoma put the napkin on the table, and turned to look at her the next second.

Under the light above his head, his silhouette against the light was blurred, but his quiet eyes were clear enough to meet him.

As soon as Machida met his amber eyes, he felt his heart stop suddenly, and then it beat uncontrollably fast.

I was already guilty, but now I was caught "peeking"...

She withdrew her eyes in a little panic, and lowered her head to sip her tea as a cover-up. Unexpectedly, the temperature of the freshly brewed tea was extremely high, and her teeth were scalded as soon as her lips touched it.

It is true that Echizen Ryoma didn't intend to scare her, but he still couldn't help curling the corners of his lips, laughing silently and nastyly amidst her embarrassment that seemed to be getting darker and darker.

Regardless of maintaining his image, Machida grabbed a piece of paper from the table and covered his mouth. When he looked resentful, he heard him ask: "Is the debate interesting?"

She was taken aback when she heard the words, her lips were slightly dry from the tissue.He looked at Echizen Ryoma, as if confirming what he just said.

He held his chin and stared at her intently, looking very serious, just like a normal chat between classmates, but his brows and eyes were full of indifference, as if he was talking about some irrelevant topic, asking Very casual.

Is the debate interesting?

... Interesting.

She looked directly at him, pursed her lips, and couldn't say what she wanted to say.

Echizen Ryoma's eyes were calm but direct, just looking at her directly, as if looking into her eyes all the way.

Machida opened his eyes to recognize it, and then nodded hesitantly after a while, "Well, it's interesting."

He raised his eyebrows.

Half of her face was hidden in the dim light, her eyelashes trembled slightly, under the straight bridge of the nose, the curvature of the corners of her mouth was shallow and stiff.

Echizen Ryoma was silent for a moment, then turned his head and stacked the used tableware neatly in front of him, "That's it."

The porcelain white tableware makes irregular collision sounds, which are crisp and pleasant under the soft light.

This tone sounded like he would not continue talking, and took a small step back, but gave Machida a safe enough distance.

She was silent, and looked up at him.

It was almost time to finish the meal, and everyone was discussing about going to the hot springs in the evening. Echizen Ryoma occasionally participated in the conversation of the seniors, and seemed quite interested.

After leaving the restaurant and getting on the Enoden, Machida Kazu didn't take the initiative to talk to him again.Ever since the seniors mentioned that Machida Hisashi used to be a member of the tennis club, she felt depressed and powerless throughout the night.

Her latest state is like a drawn bow, with an arrow on the string, just waiting for the arrow to hit the heart at the moment of aiming at the target.But the originally clear center of the circle in the field of vision became inexplicably blurred at this time. She tried hard to distinguish it, but she couldn't find the focus.

The last topic that Echizen Ryoma raised was simple but unexpected, and there was no difficulty in answering it, but she was fully engaged and ready to go at the point she raised, but at that moment she was slightly distracted, and the strength in her hand was loosened. The arrow fell without preparation.

-

The hot springs are not far away, and it was only after seven o'clock when the group returned to the ancient folk house for a short rest and then walked to the hall.

Inamurazaki Onsen is a famous natural hot spring in Kamakura. It is said that the black hot spring here has skin beautifying effects, so many people come here to experience it.

Machida sat on the lounge chair in the front hall of the hall, carrying the small wooden frame containing his belongings, staring at the ceiling boredly, with his eyes empty.

Machida Hisahi and several seniors were queuing up at the front desk to register, and she was waiting with the rest of the people with her ID card in her hand.

Speaking of it, although their childhood playmates used to come to Kamakura often, they never seemed to go out to soak in a hot spring. She remembered that every time they returned home from playing outside during the day, they would be urged to go to the bathroom by the adults Rinse, and then sleep comfortably on the soft bunk.

But even if she had never experienced the natural bath here, she didn't have much expectation at this time.

In fact, she didn't intend to come along. Although the house they rented was old, it was well-furnished and sound-proofed. Moreover, her room was not facing the street, so it was quiet and very suitable for studying.

Now that I have relaxed during the day, it is reasonable to spend this time in the evening reviewing.

She made up her mind early on Jiang Zhidian, but she didn't expect that after everyone returned to the hotel, she was told that the internal circuit had failed and was being repaired, and the power would not be restored until later.

After the seniors who heard the news confirmed that the situation was not serious, they didn't show too many complaints. After all, they were going to soak in the hot spring at night, and it was probably time to rest when they came back, so it shouldn't have any impact.

The abacus collapsed, and Machida had to accept his fate.

There were candles in the house, and she went upstairs with a face full of lovelessness in the dim candlelight, went back to the room to tidy up briefly, then changed into a bathrobe and set off.

There are quite a lot of people in the hot spring hall tonight, almost all of them are families, and the seniors lined up for a long time before walking to the front desk.

Everyone gathered and registered their identities at the front desk.

Machida handed over the ID and waited for the staff to check the information with the computer.

The chandeliers on the ceiling are well arranged, and the light in warm tones illuminates the goose-yellow marble countertops dazzlingly.

On the counter in front of you is an exquisite glass jar filled with colorful candies, and the wrinkled edges of the wrapping paper are still slightly golden under the light.

She was concentrating on guessing the flavors of these candies of different colors, when a warm voice came from above her head: "Hello, guest, may I ask..."

Once Machida came back to his senses, he looked up at the staff and smiled apologetically, "Hello."

The young man in charge of the reception was gentle and courteous, "I'm sorry, our hot spring has a rule that people under the age of thirteen are not allowed to enter." There is no problem, but according to the date, you haven't celebrated your thirteenth birthday, have you?"

She was taken aback by the question.

Almost at the same time, almost the same rhetoric came from the counter next door.

As soon as Machida turned his head, he saw Echizen Ryoma standing in front of the counter not far away from her with a blank expression, holding the recently returned certificate in his hand.

... She really didn't want to talk at all.

Machida raised his hand and rubbed his forehead, as if helpless for his negligence.

Kikumaru approached Machida Kazu, bent over, stared at the ID in her hand for key information, and said word by word: "Machida... I? Birthday...December 12..." He froze, "Ah really Oh...it's not a birthday yet, so it's too strict."

The reason for wanting to come to Echizen Ryoma is the same.

The atmosphere became tense for a while. Naturally, there is no room for change in this kind of express regulations. If you are not satisfied with the age requirement and you are not accompanied by a guardian, the probability of being able to enter is basically zero.

Seeing more and more customers queuing behind, it is not an option for a group of people to stand at the front desk like this.

Machida thought for a while, then slowly shifted his gaze to Echizen Ryoma.

Although there is obviously only one solution to the current situation, if you can't get in, of course you have to leave, and you can't sit in the rest area all night, but this is not just about her, she hesitates how to speak.

But later it seemed that her worry was unnecessary, because Echizen Ryoma was only silent for a few seconds, and then said to her directly: "Let's go."

"Ok?"

He raised his foot for a moment, then looked back at her, "Are you going to sit here all night?"

"..."

Seeing this, the seniors were even discussing whether to cancel together. Machida was dumbfounded for a moment. She didn't want to spoil everyone's interest because of this, so she said casually in a hurry: "Senior, don't worry about us, I can bring Echizen You go to the beach to see the night view..."

Echizen Ryoma stopped, glanced at her, and said nothing, she had no choice but to bite the bullet and continue: "This is not far from the sea, it won't take long to walk there, we can go there for a while... Since the seniors are already After registering, then stay and soak in the hot spring."

She racked her brains to get her words right, and when she was done, she looked at him, as if saying, "Please cooperate with me", but the other party pretended not to see him, didn't answer, turned and walked straight to the door.

Machida stared at his back and slandered a few words, then said goodbye to the seniors with a smile.

After walking a few steps, Machida Jiu stopped her from behind: "Call Zhou Zhu if you have anything to do." He put his hand next to his ear, making a gesture of answering the phone.

Remembering that his mobile phone was out of battery, Machida nodded, and just turned around to leave, when he heard him say again with a little teasing: "When you are enjoying the scenery, don't be distracted."

She stopped.

Distracted?

"..." Realizing what he meant, Machida was instantly petrified.Taking a deep breath, resisting the urge to turn around and argue with him, he kicked his wooden clogs and walked towards the door without paying any attention.

Machida Hisahi hid the smile on the corner of his mouth, and said in a relaxed tone to everyone, "Take a hot spring, take a hot spring."

-

What happened unexpectedly, the proposal to watch the night view at the beach was completely the result of Machida's words in a hurry.

But even so, the hole you dug yourself still has to be filled by yourself.

Although Echizen Ryoma didn't answer when he heard her suggestion just now, after the two of them left the gate of the hot spring, he patiently followed her and walked along the main road to the coast.

However, there should be no interest in speaking, and no one spoke in the middle.

This quiet atmosphere lasted until they faced the sea.

Different from the sea surface that is shining with broken silver and the sound of waves during the day, Sagami Bay under the night is like a calm and unrestrained old man, lying on the clouds and sleeping on the moon.

Machida couldn't help taking a deep breath, "I miss you so much." After saying that, he was about to walk over the low stone fence to the beach.

She was wearing a bathrobe, and her movements looked a little clumsy, but she still couldn't wait.

After walking a few steps, he realized that something was wrong. He paused and turned to look at Echizen Ryoma who was still standing outside the stone railing.

The light from the street lamp blurred the contours of his body, and the soft light and shadow fell across his shoulders, casting them right in front of her eyes.

He stood there, couldn't see his expression clearly, but Machida could feel that his gaze was looking right at her.

Embarrassing... She remembered that she was the one who brazenly said in front of the seniors that she would take him to see the night scene, but now she left them alone, and she was so excited.

She hesitated and took a few steps back, raised her arm and pointed to the front, "Let's walk from here, and the sea is in front of us."

There was a wind blowing from the shore from time to time, fearing that he might not be able to hear clearly, she purposely raised her voice, but it still seemed weak and hoarse in the open environment.

Echizen Ryoma raised his head slightly, as if gazing at the distant sea, before raising his heels after a while.

The clogs sank into the soft sand, and it was very strenuous to walk on. Machida frowned, and simply took off the clogs, held them in his hands, and stepped on the sand with bare feet.

With no restraints on her feet, she smiled quite satisfied, then turned half of her body to Echizen Ryoma, raised her hand holding the wooden clogs and motioned to him, "Do you want to try?"

There was sand on her insteps, her hair was a little disheveled by the sea breeze, but her eyes were extremely bright.

Not far away came the sound of children chasing and laughing, which was not very real.

Echizen Ryoma looked at her for a few seconds, then looked away, and also took off the clogs on his feet and held them in his hands.

As soon as Machida watched his movements, he smiled brightly, "It seems that Echizen-kun still trusts me as a guide."

After she finished speaking, she strode forward, her whole body immersed in the sea breeze with a salty smell, and she smiled extraordinarily wantonly.

Not too far away, Echizen Ryoma's faint voice was entangled in her ears with the damp and cold wind: "I just trust your familiarity with this place."