[Net King] Pilgrim

For the shocking moment that happened in the stairwell a few minutes ago, Machida did not publicize it in front of everyone.

Except for a few minor scrapes around her knees, she didn't actually have any real injuries, and there's no need for everyone to know about such a not-so-good episode.

Echizen Ryoma helped her up and confirmed again that she was fine, so he stopped talking and walked down the steps.

If the person involved doesn't mention it, he naturally has no reason to help promote it.

It's just that when they descended to the ground at a much slower speed, they were questioned for a long time by the seniors waiting at the bottom of the tower.

Machida didn't feel embarrassed by the expected development, and admitted generously at first, "The steps are very steep, and I was too careful when going down, so the speed was a bit slow."

But after speaking, she unconsciously pursed her lips. She didn't know whether she was a little guilty or felt that she was useless, and her voice became smaller and smaller, "Echizen-kun... I have been blocking you all the time."

Echizen Ryoma stood a few steps away, inadvertently took a panoramic view of her expression when she was seriously explaining, and looked calmly at her serious but a little uneasy expression.

As soon as Machida saw that he gave her a clear glance, and slowly set his eyes on her lap, a bad premonition suddenly formed in his heart.

Her trousers were just above her knees, and their baggy legs dangled in the wind.

Being stared at by him, she unconsciously moved her body slightly, and looked at him with her eyebrows raised, the uneasiness that was hidden in her eyes last second finally showed signs of being revealed at this moment.

Echizen Ryoma raised his eyes to meet her nervous eyes, paused, and glanced at her feet, "Your shoelace fell off."

shoelace?

Machida looked down, and saw that the two pure white shoelaces on his right foot were stained with dust, and they hung messily on both sides of the shoe, looking very weak.

Her mood at the moment is like these two shoelaces that have loosened at some point, unable to go up or down, feeling bored for a while, but she can't explain why.

She calmed down, said "oh" as if nothing had happened, and squatted down to tie her shoelaces.

The seniors on the side looked suspicious, but they didn't notice anything wrong. After a few words of teasing, they walked expectantly while discussing the next place to visit.

Machida followed behind the team, and glanced at Echizen Ryoma diagonally ahead.

Before today, she was not familiar with him.

Since she was promoted to Qing Xue Middle School, her daily life is like a spinning top, without stopping for a moment.

Maybe it's because her family members are too good, and she has an older brother who crushes ordinary people in both business. After playing for a few years when she was young, she gradually developed the habit of not slacking off in doing things and trying to be the best .

She doesn't complain much.When I was a child, I grew up with Machida Hisahi among the boys. He was not soft-tempered and had a natural arrogance.

Besides, she is so focused on her studies that she doesn't care about irrelevant people or things.

So Echizen Ryoma, for a long time after the start of school, her impression of him was only that of a classmate who "always sleeps in English class, talks less quietly, and has a somewhat indifferent temperament".

Until one time, she and Machida were invited by Shusuke Fuji to have dinner at home after school.

During the dinner, when chatting about a tennis match that ended that day, Yuta, who had been enjoying the pumpkin curry in the bowl, stopped when he heard that the chopsticks stopped, and seemed to think of something, and suddenly said angrily: "That kid from Echizen actually said that I am weak! What an arrogant guy! I have to beat him in the next match and rub his spirit!"

Fuji Zhousuke picked up a piece of meat and put it into his bowl, smiled, "Then you have to work hard, Echizen is not so easy to be defeated."

Machida glanced at Yuta who was about to explode across the table, lowered his head and silently took a bite of the croquette.

Yuta, like her, has an outstanding genius brother.Although she is not as resistant to being compared with her brother as he is, she understands the feeling of not wanting to live under the halo of others.

Yuta, who wants to beat his brother in tennis, has a firm goal. After transferring to St. Rudolph, he practiced hard. , The outrageous words made the opponent couldn't help but want to destroy his morale.

But he is so strong that people obviously can't understand his competitive and confident look, but there is nothing he can do about him.

From that day on, Machida Kazu’s perception of his classmate Echizen Ryoma changed from “good English, looks cold” to “good tennis, but easily irritated”.

A group of people were walking on the approach to the rock house, and the sea breeze blew some sand and dust, she turned her head and squinted her eyes.

She remembered that when she met Echizen Ryoma at Enoshima Shrine at noon, he looked a little silent and awkward, but he agreed that the octopus crisps tasted good, and her recommendation was approved, and she was very happy.

Later, he indifferently watched the enthusiasm of the tennis club seniors towards her. The only moment she felt that he was easy to get along with was when he stood on the edge of the observatory and said with a faint smile, "Because this is the most beautiful place."

At that time, she vaguely saw a trace of innocence in his smile, and she liked dealing with straightforward people.

But when she went down to the bottom of the tower and wanted to cover up the experience of her fall, he seemed to have seen through her intentions, and looked around her legs intentionally.

Although it's okay even if everyone knows about this kind of thing, and Echizen Ryoma didn't necessarily intend to deliberately expose her, but his eyes at that time stared straight at her heart beating a little irregularly, for fear that he would say come out.

In the end, when he managed to arouse her nervousness, he calmly withdrew his gaze and reminded her in a very normal tone that the shoelace fell off.

... Can't you just say that the shoelaces fell off? Why do you do so much foreshadowing?

She also thought about thanking him after the game, but now it seems that it is better to withdraw this idea...

Machida stood at the entrance of the rock house, rubbed his forehead, and felt that he had to face up to the new cognition she had about Echizen Ryoma back then.

Located in the innermost part of Enoshima Island, Iwaya Cave is famous for its naturally formed caves.Coupled with the belief culture of Benzaiten and the legend that the depth of the cave is connected with the lava cave of Mount Fuji, it adds a lot of mystery.

The road inside the cave is narrow, dark and damp.

The rocks on the cliff are strange and exquisite, and there are several caves with high tops in the middle. The ukiyo-e on the cliff seems to be rare treasures in the brightly lit caves, which is breathtaking.

There were few tourists in the late afternoon, and the crowd walked nearly half of the depth and did not see many fellow visitors.

Everyone dispersed to browse the exhibits hanging on the wall. Senior Gan stood in the middle and pondered for a moment, then suddenly said: "It seems that the dream I had last night was real."

His sudden words attracted people's attention in the deep cave, the voice of laughter weakened, and everyone looked at him inexplicably.

Machida Kazu was admiring the exquisite stone Buddha on the water, and raised his head curiously.

Senior Gan held a candlestick in his hand, and the blue-yellow flame swayed slightly due to his breath, and the faint light of the flame reflected on the glasses, making his entire face pale.

Bu Er, who was closest to him, was confused, "dream?"

Seeing that everyone's attention was attracted, he nodded seriously, "Last night I dreamed that a man who claimed to be from the Edo period told me that today I would go to a grotto and see many strange scenery. But he told me that no matter how beautiful the scenery in the grotto is, you must go out before four o'clock in the afternoon."

As if he felt that his tone was not dignified enough, he raised his wrist and glanced at his watch, "It's three fifty."

The sluggish people looked at each other in blank dismay. This feeling of deja vu made people feel cold from the bottom of their feet.

Haitang swallowed unconsciously, "W-why?"

Gan Zhenzhi was particularly satisfied with the effect of the silent speech, and slowly approached a few steps.

The cave was so quiet that only the sound of water droplets could be heard. Everyone held their breaths and concentrated on it. Kikumaru suddenly interrupted him with a face of resistance: "Kan, stop! Don't scare everyone like the racket incident!"

The weird atmosphere was broken in an instant, and everyone seemed to think of something after waking up, all with protesting expressions on their faces.

Machida couldn't understand it, so he whispered to Momoshiro next to him: "What is the racket incident? Does it have anything to do with what Senpai said just now?"

Taocheng smiled bitterly, "That..."

Echizen Ryoma walked over from the wall, glanced at her, "You better not know."

She was puzzled, and just about to ask, she suddenly found that there was no one beside her, "Eh? Where did Senior Haitang go?"

There was no one in front of him, and Taocheng immediately forgot that he was so scared that he flew up just a moment ago, and pretended to hate iron and steel, and said "tsk", "Ah Viper, maybe he went to find the way for us."

Dashi forced himself to calm down, "It's okay, it's okay, Gan, you don't have to tell everyone about your dream now..."

Presumably there was still a great shadow over the racket incident, and everyone in the tennis club nodded in deep agreement, walking around A-gan in a very tacit understanding.

Before Machida could react, he stood there with a dazed expression, and was hurriedly pulled away by Kikumaru: "Hurry up, Yi, don't stay here and listen to Gan's bluffing."

Dry:"……"

I don’t know if it’s because the senior’s story is so well-told, even if the next scene is more interesting, everyone loses interest in admiring it, and simply slips around and then rushes out.

The result was supposed to be a moment of admiration that nature can give birth to such a spectacle, and the tour was like exploring a haunted house with ghostly lights.

Walking out of the rock house, Senior Gan nodded in relief at the back of the team, "58:[-]. Fortunately, everyone came out before [-]:[-], otherwise you might be trapped inside and walk forever..."

The whole team in the tennis department suddenly turned black, and glared at him in unison, "Give me a little bit of moderation!"

Dry:"……"

In fact, when everyone was rushing forward just now, Machida heard vaguely the senior Gan who was behind said to himself: "If you don't go out before four o'clock, you may be in trouble."

After she came out, she happened to catch a glimpse of the sign in front of the rock house, and then laughed sullenly.

It is clearly marked on the sign: Rock House Grottoes opening hours in autumn and winter—9.00-16.00