After I retired, I became a Butei clerk

"Well, it would be nice to have some snacks at this time, Odasaku, do you know that I have researched a harder hard tofu, the hardness has reached the level that it is almost difficult to hammer in with a nail hammer. But the taste Also very good, delicious."

On this night, the three of them were drinking and chatting here, and they could talk about any topic at will. In the end, Shiratori Eri felt a little drunk, probably because the atmosphere here was so good, so she didn't want to. Be careful to drink too much.

I don’t know if Dazai Osamu is also like this, his originally pale cheeks are slightly flushed, his eyes are shining, and he can’t wait to tell Oda Sakunosuke his homemade hard tofu recipe like a treasure, waiting for his evaluation.

"Odasaku?"

"Well, don't you like that title?"

"No, it's just the first time someone called you that." Odasaku shook his head, then asked Osamu Dazai in doubt, "So, how do you eat such hard tofu?"

"Well... I haven't thought about this question."

Dazai Osamu thought for a while, and then said with some trouble, "Anyway, when people try to eat, it seems to have broken their teeth."

"It's really hard, I'm a little curious about its taste."

Speaking of which, Oda Sakunosuke, who was still chatting with Osamu Dazai, looked at Eri Shiratori who suddenly took out her phone, and asked seriously, "Miss Shiratori, are you not answering the phone?"

Her mobile phone flickered and was still vibrating slightly. Although there was soothing and pleasant music in the bar, for the members of the Butei Club with sensitive hearing, the sound was enough for him to hear.

Osamu Dazai, who was having a good chat with his friends, turned his head again to look at the silent Shiratori Eri. She was staring at the phone interface in a daze with an unclear expression. She held the phone tightly in her hand, "Eri-chan?"

He naturally understood the reason why Shiratori Eri didn't answer the phone for a long time. This is a parallel time and space. How could someone call a phone that didn't exist at all, so there must be something wrong.

He tried to reach out and take Shiratori Eri's phone to check, but was turned off immediately after being avoided by Shiratori Eri, then she raised her eyes to look at Osamu Dazai, and said nonchalantly, "It's just a call that doesn't need to be answered .”

Because of her actions, Osamu Dazai froze his hand in mid-air, then slowly retracted it, looked down at his own wine glass, and whispered, "That's it."

Oda Sakunosuke looked at them for a while, and then said, "Since there is no need to answer them, let's not answer them."

"Indeed," Eri Shiratori suddenly laughed, "If there's no need to pick it up, don't pick it up."

Hearing that her voice was calm and even relaxed, Dazai Osamu showed a sullen face, "Eri-chan just ignored me."

"Sorry, Dazai-san, I just didn't realize it."

Eri Shiratori Chen Ken apologized, and then stared into Osamu Dazai's kite-colored eyes who were waiting for an answer, because she saw something darker than the emotion he showed in his eyes, she hesitated for a moment, and continued to explain, "Because the I really don’t want to touch the person who came, so I don’t want others to know about him, so I subconsciously turned off my phone.”

"Oh," Osamu Dazai still looked unhappy, but leaned towards Shiratori Eri, and opened his mouth, "But I'm unhappy now, what should Eri-chan say? "

Perhaps it was because the long-suppressed emotions were released today. This gentle and quiet Osamu Dazai was particularly active. After getting Shiratori Eri's explanation, he even made a move that he would never do normally, and repeatedly asked Shiratori Eri about it. , a childlike innocence and doubt appeared on his face, and there was a cunning in his innocence.

All of a sudden, Shiratori Eri's heart bumped slightly, she thought hard for a while, and then her eyes lit up, "By the way, I can help Dazai-san cut hard tofu, I'm sure I can cut it. Either sliced ​​or shredded!"

"Eh?"

"what."

Dazai Osamu and Oda Sakunosuke both let out an exclamation of unknown meaning. The difference was that Dazai Osamu was surprised, while Oda Sakunosuke was more at a loss.

"Then solve the problem of how to cut firm tofu."

Oda Sakunosuke said very seriously, after all, the hard tofu sounds very hard, "I just don't know how to cut it and eat it."

"Probably need to hold it in your mouth, or soak it in water? If it is cut small enough."

After realizing that she could only cut hard tofu but couldn’t make it edible, Shiratori Eri was also completely caught in a brainstorm, “How about roasting it?”

"Miss Shiratori is really amazing, she can come up with so many ways."

Because the distressed Shiratori Eri reminded Oda Sakunosuke of the dozen or so children he had adopted, he couldn't help but praise her suddenly because of the old father's upper body.As a result, Shiratori Eri and Osamu Dazai looked over at the same time. For a moment, he suspected that he had strayed into some cat coffee place, and was being followed by two cats playing alone.

Fortunately, this illusion disappeared immediately, and it was his new acquaintance Dazai Osamu who interrupted it. He clenched his fists and cheered himself up, "It doesn't matter if I can't eat it. After I study and study, maybe I can eat it." Find a method that can keep the hardness and taste good, and it is easy to eat in the end.”

"Great idea, exciting to look forward to."

"Then let's skip this topic for the time being. I'll bring it to you when I find a way. By the way, Odasaku is a writer. I know you won the newcomer award, very good."

After bringing up this topic, Osamu Dazai looked at Sakunosuke Oda with a smile, but Eri Shiratori vaguely felt the turbulent emotions in his heart because of his special physique, but his expression was calm and smiling, and he sincerely congratulated He, "Congratulations."

"Ah, thank you for your support." When someone suddenly mentioned his identity as a novelist, Oda Sakunosuke was also a little surprised, thanked him immediately, and then asked in confusion, "But how did you know such a thing?"

Eri Shiratori felt cold sweat coming out of her heart, and felt nervous for Osamu Dazai, who was a little out of control. He has already said a lot of information that should not be disclosed, and if this continues, it will arouse Oda Sakunosuke's suspicion.

"Maybe it's magic."

Dazai Osamu smiled, especially ethereal, this expression made Shiratori Eri clenched her fists slightly, her eyes and Oda Sakunosuke met inadvertently through the void, and then she solemnly gestured to him.

Please, please let him rest for a while, no matter what he said, don't pursue it.

Accepting the emotion expressed in the girl's eyes, Oda Sakunosuke calmly shifted his gaze, and pointed to his head, "Although someone saw a novel that I wrote by myself, but what I really want to write is still there. It’s waiting to come out in my mind, so it’s a little bit reluctant to be a novelist.”

"You will write it."

Osamu Dazai answered him in a decisive tone, and was thanked again by Oda Sakunosuke. When he talked about the novel, his eyes were firm, and his Buddhist temperament seemed to have changed, "Because it is a very important matter, I will definitely work hard. of."

"......"

Eri Shiratori looked at Sakunosuke Oda who seemed determined because of the dream in his heart, and said softly, "A novelist, it sounds very good, you can write down the world you imagined with a pen."

This made Oda Sakunosuke slightly embarrassed, "

Ah, in fact, I haven't succeeded in writing much, because the adopted children take time to raise, so I don't have enough time to write, but it's good to take it slowly.I still don't have the ability to pull out the novels I'm reading in my mind, which can be used to ponder when raising children. "

"Are there many adopted children?"

Oda Sakunosuke answered Shiratori Eri's doubts naturally, "Well, there are probably a dozen."

"It's really a bit difficult for me personally. Is Mr. Oda planning to open an orphanage?"

Eri Shiratori was a little surprised. There are more than a dozen children, whether it is in terms of living expenses or mental effort, the adopters need to overcome many difficulties.And with so many children, a few more children can really open a small orphanage.

"It would be great if it could be done, but there are many conditions that cannot be met at present." Oda Sakunosuke expressed his thoughts frankly.

"Yes. You need to prepare a lot of things in the early stage. Apart from money and manpower, you have to plan well. I have some experience in building large houses, but they are pure and simple, not suitable for raising children. It's a pity. Yes. But I can still give some ideas.”

"Thank you for your kindness."

"I can help," Osamu Dazai raised his hand to interrupt the two sudden topics, and ran all the way to buy a house, decorate the interior, and raise children, with an unconvinced face of being abandoned outside the topic, "where I live I designed them all myself. It’s beautiful, isn’t it, Eri-chan?”

"Ah, that's true, but I don't think it's suitable for children, Dazai-san."

Eri Shiratori directly rejected Dazai Osamu's eager request. The decoration of his chief's office is beautiful, but it costs too much money, and the place with black as the main color is not suitable for children who like colorful world.

Osamu Dazai, who was rejected, snorted softly, whimpered, and complained, "Eri-chan misunderstood, I definitely won't decorate according to my room, I can redesign it."

"Dazai-san knows so many."

Eri Shiratori couldn't help being amazed. I didn't expect that Osamu Dazai in this world would not only find time to study hard tofu, but also design and select things by himself. If it were Dazai-senpai, I always felt that he would give up because it was too troublesome.

Ah, by the way, I haven't heard of Dazai-senpai doing it, so maybe I just haven't seen it.You can't just define Dazai-senpai just because you haven't seen it, and he is different in two worlds, so don't generalize.

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Bird Eri secretly retracted her random thoughts, and then watched Dazai Osamu promote his own aesthetic concept, and was rejected by Oda Sakunosuke because of funding problems.

After being hit twice in a row, he lay down on the table wearily, and began to tap his wine glass to play, "Damn it, I really want to be a kid too. Then I can go to the amusement park."

"Aren't all ages allowed to go to an amusement park?"

Eri Shiratori asked him, and Osamu Dazai answered her indifferently, "Because there is no one to accompany her."

"By the way, there is obviously an excellent candidate. Speaking of this, Osamu Dazai suddenly became alert, and looked sideways at Shiratori Eri, as if his eyes were shining," Eri-chan can accompany me , How are you, Eri-chan. "

"Eri-chan?"

"it is good."

Finally, under his continuous request, Shiratori Eri affirmed, while Oda Sakunosuke showed a very faint smile, and then bid farewell to them, "Then. I will go back first."

"At this time?"

Shiratori Eri looked at the clock, it was indeed a bit late, Oda Sakunosuke hummed, his eyes were satisfied with life, "There are children at home who need to watch, so it can't be too late."

"Then, goodbye, Oda-san."

"Goodbye, Odasaku."

Oda Sakunosuke, who needed to go home, finally stood on the street with Dazai Osamu and Shiratori Eri who came out together.After waiting for a while, seeing that the figure of Sakunosuke Oda had completely disappeared, Osamu Dazai calmed down his childish expression like a boy, quietly watched the direction he left, and after a long time, he softly said, "Thank you, Eri-chan."

Shiratori Eri shook her head, "It's nothing, I'm also very happy to meet him."

"He is a very good person, right?" Osamu Dazai seemed to be asking for an answer, and seemed to be talking to himself. After speaking, he looked up at the sky, "A person like him should calmly Just live the life he loves."

"Dazai-san is also a very good person."

Hearing his words, feeling that he excluded herself, Shiratori Eri glanced at him, and then answered him firmly without hesitation, making Osamu Dazai tremble slightly, and his eyes fell on her, as if he was staring at her, which was even more terrifying. Like an unattainable dream, she asked softly, "Eri-chan, can I hug you?"

His voice was really weak, as if he spoke it with strength that could not even break a bubble. As soon as he spoke, he was blown away by the night wind on the silent street.

Shiratori Eri looked up at him, looking at him

With an expression of joy and sorrow, she was silent for a long time, then reached out her hand when his eyes dimmed, and buried herself in Dazai Osamu's arms.Immediately, she felt that she was being hugged tightly by someone bending down, tightening tighter and tighter, the strength was so strong that she almost had the illusion of pain.

Because of the height difference, Shiratori Eri, who was hugging her tightly, blocked her vision. When she couldn't see her, her hearing was particularly sharp. She heard this Osamu Dazai ask her in a weeping voice, "Eri-chan , I don't want you to go back to him, can you stay?"

The emotions in his heart were almost so heavy that Shiratorie couldn't breathe, overwhelmingly filled with resentment, reluctance and sadness, Shiratorie could only sigh softly in his arms.

Dazai-san, since you don't want to let go, why do you have such despair?This feeling of going to death like a sacrifice has been completely accepted by her before you know it.

She closed her eyes, and hugged Osamu Dazai quietly, but the determination in her heart was burning like a flame.But since you have appeared in front of me, I will definitely do my best not to let you die.

I swear by the name of the god judge and her training, she will definitely let you survive, and will not give the same tragedy a chance to happen again in front of her!