After I retired, I became a Butei clerk

Opening her eyes again, the sky was already bright, Shiratori Eri sat up from the bed, took out Ranto Shiro from under the pillow, and held it in her hand, stared at it quietly for a while, trying to pour spiritual power into it, but nothing happened .

Like a mud cow entering the sea, the spiritual power didn't fluctuate in the dagger, it just turned around and returned to Shiratori Eri's body again.

Seeing this, Shiratori Eri is silent, it still doesn't work.

She thought it was because things had turned around that she would jump through time and space.

Shiratori Eri took out the few existing swords in the main pill, and the swords that might have the sword Fusangshen, tried them one by one, and finally put them all back, and fell on the bed in a daze.

Since you don't know what's going on, let's wait calmly for now, and hope to find some clues when we meet that Dazai-san again next time.

However, I need to change the style of my suspender pajamas. I will wear a two-piece suit recently.

After resting at home for half a day, Shiratori Eri prepared all the snacks that Edogawa Ranpo wanted, and then decided to go out for a walk.

As a result, she was on a road and met Atsushi Nakajima who was crying sadly.

He sat alone on the wooden chair, crying very sadly, tears rolling down his cheeks.

Shiratori Eri also saw Dazai Osamu's sand-colored windbreaker, which was almost invisible, being blown away by the wind far away.

"......"

Did Dazai-senpai talk to Nakajima-kun?

Why is Atsushi Nakajima crying like this?

But logically it shouldn't be, judging from their teacher-student relationship.

Not knowing what happened in front of her eyes, Shiratori Eri wanted to take a detour directly to avoid the embarrassment of Atsushi Nakajima seeing her.

But before she could act, Nakajima Atsushi looked up and saw someone coming.

"..."

Is it because his health has improved, so the sense of existence has increased, or has the strength of this young man with extremely excellent superpowers become stronger again?

For a moment, Eri Shiratori looked at Atsushi Nakajima who was still crying, and these questions flashed through her mind.

"Miss Shiratori?"

Although it was a little embarrassing for other people he knew to see him crying, Nakajima Atsushi still tried his best to show his usual smile to Shiratori Eri, although he failed.

His tears seemed to be uncontrollable, continuously appearing and falling from his pair of purple-gold eyes, and then dripping on his body and the ground.

Seeing this, Shiratori Eri walked up to him lightly, and asked him softly, "Do you mind if I sit here for a while, Nakajima-kun?"

"of course can."

Atsushi Nakajima replied with a choked voice, trying to wipe away the tears that flowed out, and then wiped more and more, and finally he covered his face, "Sorry, Miss Shiratori, I am a little out of control now."

"You don't need to apologize. You didn't do anything wrong. On the contrary, I'm sorry. I didn't expect to disturb you."

After saying this, Shiratori Eri looked up at the blue sky and asked, "Did something happen?"

"..."

Atsushi Nakajima was silent for a while before answering in a low voice, "Maybe, I'm crying for my father's death."

Father?

Knowing some experiences of Atsushi Nakajima's birth in an orphanage, Eri Shiratori thought thoughtfully, "The director of the orphanage?"

Seeing her telling the truth, Nakajima Atsushi didn't take away his hands covering his face, but lowered his body even lower, and spoke as if he had the courage.

"I was an orphan since I was a child, and I lived in an orphanage since I was a child. It seemed very depressing to me before, and it didn't seem like a place to raise children, especially me, even the right to cry when I was sad was denied. deprivation."

"I always felt that the dean hated me, because he was the most cruel to me, always beating me for no reason, and putting me in confinement, which made me wonder why I lived in that kind of place and why I didn't die. Until After I was in the detective agency, I really felt alive."

"I thought it would be good like this, yes, this is heaven, but ah..."

"However," Nakajima Atsushi's voice was a bit depressed and painful, and even broke his voice at the end, "I didn't know his measures until today, to a large extent, to protect me and conceal the secret that I am a tiger."

"His means are just because he wants me to always dare to have the courage to fight against the suffering and misfortune in my life. Even if I have the strength, I must be a kind person and not do evil."

"Even if he got into an accident, he died in a car accident because he saw what I did in the newspaper and wanted to encourage me."

Speaking of this, Nakajima Atsushi said softly, "I can't forgive what he did to me, but after knowing this, there is only endless pain and regret in my heart. Dazai-san said that the child will cry for the death of his father, and I Kind, what exactly is it? The dean, he..."

"he......"

In the end, Atsushi Nakajima still didn't say the words that were repeatedly circling in his heart.

Shiratori Eri quietly listened to him.

This child who is not yet an adult has always been inferior and cowardly, and he doesn't even have the confidence to smile.Every time I treat everyone carefully, I only worry that if I don't do well there, I may be abandoned again.

This may be the imprint of his life that his long-term experience in the orphanage has left him, making him a little apprehensive about the kindness and malice of outsiders, and the consciousness that he does not want others to suffer the same as him.

So she could understand that when he faced those who were like him or those who were in trouble, he couldn't help but do his best to save them, even if it cost his life.

Because saving them is like saving the helpless child back then.

She gently raised her hand and touched Atsushi Nakajima's head, feeling that Atsushi Nakajima's body froze after being touched, and cried again in Shiratori's next words.

"If you ask me, the director of your orphanage should be your father."

She answered Atsushi Nakajima's unspoken question before continuing, "Actually, sometimes, even biological parents can't be good parents, and even ruined the child's life for some reason. This is of course ineligible."

"But sometimes, some parents love their children deeply, but they don't know how to love him correctly, and the means are wrong. I am not saying that wrong things done because of love can be forgiven. Violence is violence, and harm is Hurt, the past cannot be changed, that is undeniable."

"However," Eri Shiratori recalled her past, her eyes dimmed, and she said softly, "If we confirm that we still have love for them in our hearts, weeping is also allowed after they die."

"I am also an orphan. At the moment when I lost my loved ones, I suddenly understood that the death of my parents is the beginning of a child losing the last barrier to the world and facing swords, swords, rain, heat and cold alone. For such a sad thing, nothing but Crying, how can we let go?"

After saying these words, Shiratori Eri listened to Atsushi Nakajima's sorrowful cry that almost permeated his soul, quietly took out the candy she made by herself from her pocket, put a pile of candies on the seat beside Atsushi Nakajima, got up and said the last A few words, "Eat some sugar after crying. I heard that when people feel sad, supplementing with sugar will make you feel better. This is what I did. I hope it can help you too."

"Goodbye, Nakajima-kun!"

Eri Shiratori took advantage of her long-term exercised steps to walk away quietly. This is the time that belongs to Atsushi Nakajima alone, so it's better not to disturb her too much.

She went to buy a lot of ingredients, prepared her own cooking materials for the night, and then took a detour to go home.

As a result, on this narrow path that she didn't often walk on, she heard a voice and name that seemed familiar, "Dazai-san!"

She walked to the alley to see what was going on, but as soon as she passed, she was directly attacked by some black sharp blades.

Shiratori Eri immediately jumped aside, swayed slightly and avoided all the sharp blades at high speed, and also protected her newly bought ingredients by the way.

Seeing that she easily avoided all his attacks, the man seemed even more annoyed, "Rashomon, Kirisame."

At this unbearable moment, Shiratori Eri has already seen the appearance of that person clearly, it is Hong Kong black "unintentional dog" Akutagawa Ryunosuke, the black clothes on his body turned into countless thin blades like silk thread, and he moved towards him in a more intensive posture. Shiratori Eri blocked him, with murderous intent in his eyes.

"It's really troublesome."

Shiratori Eri dropped the ingredients, pulled out a short knife from her wrist, and hit it directly. The short knife in her hand kept sliding in various arcs, cutting the black blade with ease.

This made Akutagawa Ryunosuke look unbelievable, "How can an ordinary dagger compete with the ability of the next one, you are also a person with abilities!"

Speaking of this, his eyes were burning with flames, and his spirit was high, "Okay, then let me see, is it your supernatural powers and physical skills, or is my anger devouring you!"

He yelled again, and his ability turned into a huge black beast that bit him, full of thirst for blood.

Ah, it's really annoying.

Avoiding the bite of the black beast, and occasionally scratching it severely with a short knife, Shiratori Eri calmly thought about the way to escape, she didn't want to fight this kind of lunatic who aimed to become stronger at all.

After all, fighting madly with the battle will only make you more and more tired.

So let's just run away, anyway, he won't be able to find her next time.

figured white bird

Eri's spiritual energy circulated all over her body, ready to step forward to knock that person unconscious, but she saw Osamu Dazai coming out of nowhere and running back behind that person, with an anxious expression on his face, "Akutagawa, stop."

He stretched out his hand to touch Ryunosuke Akutagawa, and stopped his abilities, making Akutagawa very unbelievable, "Dazai-san?"

Seeing him like this, Shiratori Eri stopped silently, put the dagger back into his sleeve, turned around and picked up the ingredients, walked over to Osamu Dazai and stopped, "Senior Dazai, don't go, I have something to say to you .”

"Dazai-san wants to talk to me, if you don't want to die, go away."

Although the ability is still controlled by Dazai, Akutagawa Ryunosuke's eyes are very fierce, and he directly tells Shiratori Eri to go away.

"..."

Shiratori Eri tilted his head and glanced at him, then looked at Osamu Dazai who was behind him and put his hand on Ryunosuke Akutagawa's shoulder, and got an innocent and cute smile from him, but his hand did not move away, and his eyes were also there. Quietly looking at Shiratori Eri.

She paused, then reached out to take out a small tomato the size of a fresh egg from the basket, and when Ryunosuke Akutagawa asked him why he wasn't leaving quickly, Lightning stuffed it into his slightly opened mouth.

I have something to ask Osamu Dazai, please shut up first.