Even Dazai can't think of it

With long and slender fingers, he took down the lollipop in the shape of a plastic toy from the shelf. Osamu Dazai fiddled with it for a while, and added an accent on the word "children" very deliberately: "children should like it very much, right? This kind of toy."

Hatsusaki's body stiffened visibly, she twitched her nose pitifully, then lowered her head, the corners of her eyes seemed to be slightly red.

——I was almost bullied by him to the point of crying.

Osamu Dazai hummed a few lines lightly, and said with an inexplicable emotion that he didn't know how to describe.

Hatsusaki is a completely different person from her older brother Nakahara Nakaya.

"...The incarnation of Huangba vomiting." Osamu Dazai narrowed his eyes slightly, the metal part of the shelf in front of him reflected the figure of the girl behind him, the young child passed by crookedly, the small cart hit the girl's calf, and the girl just Frowning slightly, he gently told the other party to be careful.

He recalled the conversation he had with the leader, Mori Ogai.

"—— Dazai, did you complete that observation task properly?" The elder leader clasped his hands, propped his chin leisurely, and asked the young man in front of him, "It's okay to be lazy, okay?"

"Of course, because I'm also a little interested," Dazai Osamu said standing in front of him, "but no matter how you look at it, these two people don't look like the incarnation of the same god at all...the difference is too far, in every sense There are gaps that cannot be ignored.”

"Does Dazai know?" The dim candlelight illuminated the side of the man's face, casting half-bright shadows, he said casually as if casually, "In Japanese Shintoism, there is such a thing as 'one soul and four souls'." concept."

Osamu Dazai let out a long "hmm" before slowly answering: "That's it... living beings have four different 'souls' or something, it seems to be very popular recently, this kind of saying."

On one side, Alice held the palette and dipped it in water. Although she was very careful, the paint was still on her fingers. She puffed up her face slightly, and looked up at Mori Ogai coquettishly: "Rintaro, I want to eat cake--"

Mori Ogai's face became very loving in an instant, and a pink flower floated from behind him: "I'll cut it for you right away~"

A silver knife cut the cake in two, Mori Ogai inserted a fork into half of the cake, and he smiled like a kind elder at home: "The human soul is composed of four 'souls',"

"'Desolation' represents struggle, 'lucky' represents love for others, 'harmony' represents humility, and 'odd' represents rationality," Mori Ogai unhurriedly moved the cake to another On the empty plate, the pattern on the cake was broken by the knife, and the decorated cream was unevenly distributed on the two cakes. "If the proportions of these four souls are different, then the characters of the creatures themselves will be different."

Osamu Dazai stared at the cake in front of him very quietly: "Because of this...it is more believable that they are also the incarnation of Huangbatu. Is that what you mean?"

Mori Ogai neither denied nor admitted, his smile did not change at all, Alice happily took away the two cakes on the table, but one of them almost fell due to stepping on the drawing tools on the ground.

"Nakaya prefers the combination of 'Ara' and 'Odd', and Azaki prefers the combination of 'and' and 'Fortune'." Osamu Dazai glanced at Alice calmly, then retracted his gaze uninterestedly, "It's not so much the two An incarnation of Huangbatu, it is better to say that they are a complete Huangbatu together."

This kind of relationship is more like brother and sister than...

Osamu Dazai recalled Nakahara Nakahara's awkward possessiveness in the name of his elder brother, he sneered unabashedly, Mori Ogai looked at him with a little surprise, he instinctively noticed that there seemed to be something important that he ignored : "Why are you laughing, Dazai?"

"It's nothing, I just remembered what I saw before." Osamu Dazai replied perfunctorily.

"...Oh...?" Mori Ogai expressed his doubts with a drawn-out voice, but he didn't delve into it, and immediately put on a crying expression, "If this is the case, it will be very troublesome, you understand Dazai? Is it a very troublesome situation?"

This conjecture of one soul and four souls does not belong to a scene in Mori Ogai's original script.

If Hatsusaki is really Arahatsu's incarnation who is partial to "He Misoul" and "Xing Misoul", then everything she has done so far has an explanation, especially her enthusiasm for fulfilling other people's wishes.

——But in this case, it means that the possibility of Mori Ogai pulling Hatsusaki into a dark place like the port mafia will be infinitely reduced.

Because that is the incarnation of the god that represents love and affinity.

...But it is not so easy for Mori Ogai to give up Hatsusaki, and it is not impossible now.

Osamu Dazai and Mori Ogai looked at each other, and then he ignored Mori Ogai's words - anyway, he hoped that he would bring Hatsaki down before the government came to him - he vomited slowly In one breath: "Then there is only one question left,"

"...It's neither an experiment nor a singularity caused by the entanglement of multiple people with different abilities. Then, why was that child born in this world?"

Mori Ogai's last answer rang again in Dazai Osamu's ears: "The answer to this question can only be found by Dazai."

Recalling this, Osamu Dazai's breathing paused imperceptibly for a moment, his fingertips trembled, and then Osamu Dazai calmly took a few rolls of ribbon from the shelf next to the toy.

The young child's voice merged with Mori Ogai's mature and slippery voice, and then gradually separated, and finally only the child's determined voice remained in his ears.

"—she came for you."

...he found the answer.

Oda Sakunosuke followed the children's list, silently and carefully put the things into the cart, and he checked the list for the last time: "Well, it's almost done now, is there anything else to buy?"

Although it is a thank you meeting, considering that most of the participating members are young children, the three of them bought more toys and decorations, which is also to avoid food waste.

"Wagyu, mushrooms, konjac shreds... Potato chips, Coke..." Hatsusaki quickly took stock, "That should be all, if not enough, please ask the store manager to prepare some food."

After paying the bill, the three of them returned to the foreign restaurant in the car called by Osamu Dazai. The store manager noticed them, wiped the sweat off his face, and said enthusiastically: "Oh! I really prepared a lot. Let me help later, Odasaku."

"That's really troublesome for you."

The store manager smiled heartily: "This kind of thing is nothing compared to having to bear the living expenses of so many children. Well, let's temporarily close the business today."

Oda Sakunosuke: "... I am very grateful."

With the help of the store manager, the ingredients were quickly cleaned up, neatly stacked on the plate, and then brought to the second floor.

Osamu Dazai was getting together with a group of children, and he danced the scissors on the ribbon with great interest. The children beside him applauded excitedly. After a while, Osamu Dazai put down the scissors, unfolded the ribbon with a serious expression, and shouted in a surprise tone: " look!"

The children were amazed and carefully stretched out their hands to caress, while asking curiously: "What is this? Human?"

"No! Talents don't have horns!"

"? Are those horns! They are pointed ears! The stray dog ​​downstairs has ears that look like this!"

"Okay, okay, stop arguing!" The older Xingsuke stopped them with a serious face. He carefully looked at the ribbon in Dazai Osamu's hand, and after a while, Xingsuke affirmed, "This is a devil! Right, brother !"

Osamu Dazai said deliberately teasingly: "Why is it a devil?"

"Because there are devil's horns! And this tail! It's also a devil's tail! Ah yes! And this hat! A devil's top hat!" Xingsuke confidently put his hands on his hips, "Absolutely right! This must be a devil!"

"No, no——" Osamu Dazai proudly denied the answer, "This one is clearly a dog! And that one is an ear."

children:"……"

children:"…………?????"

Shinji raised his head, his whole face was blank, and he asked from the bottom of his heart, "But, how can a dog have hands?"

Hatsusaki who watched the whole process from the side: "..."

She looked at the familiar silhouette in Osamu Dazai's hand and was silent for a long time, then calmly moved away from Shishi.

...It's a rare day, just ignore him.

This small episode was quickly broken up by the cooked sukiyaki pot. The children happily gathered around the table in the center of the room, looking forward to the steaming pot.

Oda Sakunosuke exhorted like an old father: "Be careful, don't burn yourself."

The children responded in unison.

The child's attention shifted quickly, and after eating half of it, he started to make a fuss excitedly. Osamu Dazai slipped away first, and disappeared after a few mouthfuls, so only Hatsusaki and Sakunosuke Oda were left at the table. personal.

"Oh, that's right," the fluorescent screen flashed in front of her, and Hatsusaki noticed the memo on buying you, clapped her hands suddenly, and took out a card from her pocket, "This is for you."

Oda Sakunosuke was startled: "A bank card?"

Hatsusaki responded, and explained: "Isn't there a time when I was so busy and dizzy that I forgot to hand over the living expenses to you? So I went to apply for one, and the money will be drawn from my card every month, so that Don't worry I forgot."

After she leaves, Odasaku can still continue to receive the children's living expenses, so that he doesn't have to worry about the children's living problems.

Oda Sakunosuke didn't refuse: "Usually it's really troublesome for you, but I brought up the matter of adoption, and I should bear more of the part."

Hatsusaki: "I'll be upset if you keep saying things like that, Odasaku!"

Oda Sakunosuke: "Ah, sorry."

"Don't worry, the money is still within my ability, so don't worry." Hatsusaki put down her chopsticks and sighed comfortably, "It's been a long time since I ate so happily—huh? What's wrong, Huayi?"

Huayi shyly buried her head in the doll in her arms. She turned her head, looked at the child standing beside him hesitantly, and finally, encouraged by Kota, took a deep breath, threw the doll away, and hugged it tightly Hatsusaki's waist.

"Hey hey hey!" Hatsusaki was taken aback, she touched the little girl's head hesitantly, "Oh..."

Huayi rubbed against her, raised her head with a flushed face, closed her eyes and shouted: "That, that! I, I, I, I, can we call you mother!"

"..." Hatsusaki was stunned, "...Huh?"

This hesitant sound made Huayi's heart skip a beat, she was sensitive to Hatsusaki's shock, and said in a low voice, "I won't scream outside...just, just at home..."

Hatsusaki: "..."

Hatsusaki: "..."

It's not that she can't understand, but, but she really doesn't want to be a mother now!She is only twenty! !

The other children in the room stopped playing at some point, and there was silence in the air for a while, as Hatsusaki's eyes swept over them one by one, the children started playing again in an attempt to hide it.

Hatsusaki: "..."

She lowered her head and looked at Hua Yi's pitiful and expectant eyes for a few seconds, and finally she was defeated helplessly: "...Okay, okay."

...just a cry!No big deal woo woo woo!

Being hugged by several children in turn and calling mom, Hatsusaki was in extremely complicated mood. She walked to the window with a cup in her hand, silently sipped her coke, and sighed melancholy at the moon.

The girl leaning against the window stared at the moon and was speechless. Osamu Dazai, who was sitting in the yard, seemed to feel it. He looked up at the girl, and put the paper butterfly in his palm into his pocket.

Then Hatsusaki, who was staring at the moon, heard the voices of the children behind her.

"That, that! Odasaku...can we...call you daddy..."

Hatsusaki: "..."

Hatsusaki: "????"

Hatsusaki: "???????"

She turned her head stunned, and the children hung on Oda Saku like cats begging for food, and the flowered clothes flung themselves into his arms, and she raised her head and called daddy sweetly.

Hatsusaki: "..."

Hatsusaki: "..."