Be Dazai's mother

"Aji." I called out.

Azhi, who was beside me, looked at me blankly, and I looked at him seriously, and said in a somewhat tranced tone: "You...have you grown taller?"

Azhi blinked, and said uncertainly: "Maybe?"

Originally preparing breakfast, I put down the bento at hand, took Azhi's hand and walked towards the wall.

Since Aji likes to draw, I bought some crayons some time ago.Of course, due to lack of funds, the crayons I can buy are just some cheap crayons that can be seen everywhere in the store, but Azhi seems to like it very much, and often draws on paper against the wall.

Bringing the topic back, I asked Azhi to stand by the wall. When Azhi was close to the wall, I seriously picked up a crayon and drew a horizontal line on the wall above Azhi's head.

Then Azhi came over to me and looked at the small horizontal line on the wall with me. It was obviously taller than Azhi standing by the wall before.

I was so happy that I kept saying, "Oh! I really grew taller! You see, you only reached that nail before, but now you are a little taller than that."

"Really." Azhi stared at the line I drew with incredible eyes, and said, "I don't feel anything myself."

"I definitely can't tell if I have grown taller." I smiled and said, "Especially when I grew taller when I was a child, it really grew like bamboo shoots."

"Sachiko's metaphor is as wonderful as ever." Aji didn't seem to understand why I was so excited, but he couldn't help laughing out loud when he heard my metaphor.

Aji, who was originally incredibly thin, has grown a lot taller and has become a little bit stronger. Looking back carefully at the time when we first left Tsushima’s house, the difference between Aji at that time and the current Aji can be said to be more than a star and a half .

It has been several months since I woke up. With the help of others, Azhi and I found a temporary place to live, and I also found a job. Everything is going in a good direction.

If there is anything that really bothers me——I look at this thing called "mobile phone" in my hand with a delicate mood.

Although Aji specially taught me how to use this thing, but I still seem to be very clumsy when using it.In contrast to me, Azhi immediately learned how to use the mobile phone, and he was very enthusiastic about it.

When I woke up, I found myself a few years later, and things around me changed horribly.

First of all, the mobile phones and TVs that are common in every household, and many old buildings in my impression are also occupied by brand new high-rise buildings.

When I just woke up, an organization called scepter4 came to me and Aji, saying that they wanted to inquire about things in Fuyuki City.

I didn't understand what was going on, but Azhi put forward a hypothetical answer: According to the secretary in another world, Azhi and I were caused by the space shock caused by the black mud plus various The reason came to the world of literary giants.

What if the spatial shock caused by the black mud not only transported Azhi and me to another world, but also incorporated some things that should have been from other worlds into it?

And the mobile phones I see everywhere now are the butterfly effect formed by this.

About "a few years later" is also the butterfly effect.In short, when I woke up and found that the time on the calendar was several years later, I thought I had slept for several years.

Fortunately, Azhi reminded me that it was not that I slept for a few years, but that the whole world fast-forwarded a few years.Similar to how I clearly remember that I and Aji came to Fuyuki City in 01, but the data shows that we came to Fuyuki City in 03 and were admitted to the hospital due to an inexplicable disaster.

Of course, this is just my analogy, not the exact time.

And the years that seem to me to be inexplicably fast-forwarded do exist in the eyes of others.For example, Mr. Yosano, who managed to get in touch some time ago, said that Akiko had returned after leaving Mr. Mori a few years ago, and now she is staying in a place called the Armed Detective Agency.

To be honest, I felt helpless in this sudden change of the world, as if I was left behind by the whole world.Although I didn't show my panic because I thought that Aji would be a little bit at a loss, but my brain was indeed in a mess.

Fortunately, at this time, I met a kind and kind person—a lady named Nana Sawada. She seemed to be visiting an acquaintance in the hospital, but she accidentally went to the wrong ward.After learning that I was a victim of the very famous Fuyuki City some time ago, I felt very sympathetic to me.

Nana has a kind of tenderness and tolerance that makes people feel relaxed, and I can't help but confide my feelings to her cryptically.Although Nana didn't know why I was so unfamiliar with these modern things, she didn't ask any questions, and just carefully told me and Azhi about some of the current things.

The fire in Fuyuki City seemed to have something else behind it. In addition, it was an extremely tragic catastrophe. The medical expenses and hospitalization expenses of me and Aji were all reimbursed.But we had to pay the living expenses ourselves, so Nana helped me find a job in an ordinary restaurant. The salary was not high, but it was enough to feed me and Azhi.

No, in just a few months, Azhi has grown a lot taller.It is said that it takes a blink of an eye for a child to grow taller, but after all, it was my first time raising a child, and I was so happy to see Azhi, who was originally too skinny, grow a lot taller in a short while.

Moreover, Aji's appetite has increased a lot recently when he came to Aji, and he ate all the food in a short while, and it was not at all obvious that he always ate a little bit when he was at Tsushima's house.

But there is another thing about Azhi that worries me—that is, he said that he seems to have some special abilities.

I can clearly feel the changes brought about by the Butterfly Effect. For example, I have seen a lot more strange homicides and rapes reported in the newspapers, and I occasionally hear some guests who come to the restaurant talk about superpowers and the like. s things.

Although Azhi knows that he has a special ability, he has no way to perceive what his ability is, so that this ability is like a **** in our eyes.

Thinking of this, I couldn't help sighing again, put the bento in my hand on the table, then turned around and told Azhi: "Azhi, I'm going to work first, I put the lunch here, you have to be obedient Stay home."

A Zhi responded, and he was still staring at the horizontal line on the wall with a curious face.

In order to live, I have to go out to work and earn money, but in desperation I can only leave Azhi at home alone.Although I also thought about sending Azhi to school, the identity of the two of us is a problem.

I'm fine, after all, I'm possessed by Mei, but Aji has already been registered as a dead person in the identity record.

The world now is different from what I knew before. Although many places are still chaotic, news is circulating very quickly.Thanks to Nana's help, I went to work with an acquaintance at her introduction.But in places like schools, Nana has nothing to do.Unless I let Azhi go to a private school that doesn't require ID, but I don't have enough money to support me to send Azhi to a private school, and I don't feel at ease.

Because of this incident, I feel a little guilty, but Azhi doesn't care. According to him, even if he doesn't go to school, he can still beat others in grades by a large margin.For example, when he was Shuji Tsushima, he rarely went to school, but every time he went to school, he could always get No. 1 in the exam.

He's too smart to care about these things, but I'm terribly worried.After all, school is the best place for children to make friends. It is a good time to expand interpersonal relationships and communicate with others. If he didn't go, what if he can't make friends in the future and there is a generation gap with children of the same age?

Aji could tell what I was worrying about at a glance, and he said with some amusement: "I'm really fine. I seldom went to school when I was at Tsushima's house."

With that said, he waved his hand at me and said, "Be careful on the road."

Seeing that he didn't want to continue talking, and that I was going to be late, I could only answer vaguely a few times, shouting: "I'm going out." Then I left the house.

I left a lunch box for Azhi, fearing that he would be bored, and bought some brushes and drawing paper for him to draw. In addition, Azhi is addicted to his mobile phone recently, so he probably won’t go out.Of course, just in case, I still left the money for him.

But Azhi has not been able to use the money I gave him recently. He seems to be looking up various information with his mobile phone recently.I was happy for Azhi's high spirits. After all, this kid is rarely interested in anything, even when he is painting, his expression is indifferent, but now he has a very strong curiosity about his mobile phone. I also put it aside.

But on the other hand, I worry that he is too addicted to the phone.

I walked on my way to work with a worried look on my face.

In order to prevent Azhi from continuing to be addicted, you should make an appointment with him for a day to play. I heard that mobile phones are not good for children's eyesight?Then you should set a time limit for playing with your mobile phone.

In my mind, I plan the time when Azhi can play with his mobile phone in a day.I'm not afraid that the kid will lie to me, I trust him, if we two make an appointment, then Azhi will definitely not lie to me.

When I arrived at the hotel and started busying myself, I received unexpected guests.

"Isn't this Akiko?" I shouted in surprise.

The girl I met earlier had grown up a lot. Girls themselves grew up faster than boys. When Akiko appeared in front of me, I really almost couldn't recognize her.

"Sachiko." Akiko smiled shyly at me.It seems that because we haven't seen each other for a long time, she looks at me a little strangely, but the closeness in her eyes is not fake.

I glanced at the boss on the other side, smiled at her apologetically, and said, "Sorry, I have to work first."

Akiko didn't mind, she shook her head and sat down to eat.

When I finally finished working for a while and could drink some water to catch my breath, I came to Akiko.

"Why are you here? Speaking of which, do you know I'm here?" I asked.

Akiko responded and said, "Dad told me before." She glanced around and said, "People from the place where I am staying are coming here because of work. I thought you were here, so I came here together. .”

I remembered that I told Mr. Xie Ye that Akiko had joined a place called Armed Detective Agency a few days ago, and I couldn't help being a little curious, and asked: "Your father told me about you, did you and Military Doctor Mori have anything happened? "

Jingzi gave a "tsk" with some disgust, and said, "Don't mention it, and that guy is not a military doctor anymore, he seems to be going to the port mafia now."

I nodded blankly, and Akiko realized that maybe she shouldn't have said these things to me, she shook her head and said, "Tell me something else."

Speaking of this, she asked me again: "Where is Azhi?"

"Still at home now." I sighed, remembering something, and asked, "Speaking of...Akiko, don't you go to school?"

The previous world was still very chaotic, and I can understand Mr. Xie Ye not letting her go to school, or rather understand it very well.After all, what if it is just a matter of going to school and heaven and man are separated?But I have a little understanding of the current world - the flow of information brought about by high technology has also enabled me to better understand that now, except for a few places that are still in chaos, most other places are still very peaceful and peaceful.

Akiko said with a guilty conscience: "There are various reasons for this. Now I want to help Mr. Ranpo and the president of the detective agency."

"And..." Akiko spread her hands helplessly, sighed, and said, "Because I have such abilities, many people are staring at me. What if I was kidnapped when I was going to school? What if only It's okay for me to suffer, but if it hurts other people in the school..."

Akiko lowered her eyes, and her eyes were dark.

I looked at her helplessly, patted Akiko on the shoulder, and said in a soft voice, "Don't push yourself too hard, okay?"

Akiko blinked and said with a smile, "I will."

Akiko reached out her hand to stir the drink in the glass, then raised her head as if remembering something, and said, "Speaking of which, thanks to Sachiko, you reminded me that people's hearts have limits."

"I saved an important person because of this, thank you very much." Akiko said with a smile.

"This is a choice you made yourself, and you should be the one to thank." I laughed and said, "No matter what, I can see that everything is fine with you, and I'm also very happy."

We chatted a little more, and it wasn't long before I had to continue working and Akiko had to leave, and we said goodbye to each other.

After a hard day's work, I came home.

"I'm back!" I said, put on my indoor shoes, and shouted inside: "What do you want to eat tonight?"

"Welcome back." Azhi came out of the room, still holding crayons and drawing paper in his hand, and said, "Just eat whatever you want."

Seeing Azhi's appearance, I burst out laughing with a "puchi". Seeing Azhi's bewildered appearance, I stretched out my hand and touched his face to wipe off the crayon color on his face.

"Look at our little douchebag with crayon paint all over his face," I joked.

Azhi subconsciously wanted to stretch out his arm to wipe the marks on his face, looked at the color stained on his clothes, and smiled a little embarrassedly "hehe".

Looking at his appearance, my heart seemed to have turned into a puddle of water, which was incredibly soft, and the warm feeling made me smile and squint my eyes.I rubbed Aji's head and went to prepare dinner for him.

During the meal, I talked to Aji about Akiko, and Azhi said: "It's normal for her to have that kind of trouble, after all, her ability is extremely rare and powerful, and it is bound to cause many people to fight. "

Aji who said this looked extremely calm.I thought of Aji's ability, which I hadn't figured out until now, and I couldn't help but sighed a little sadly.

When I realized that Azhi was still in front of me, I subconsciously covered my mouth, then changed the subject, and said, "Tomorrow I can take a day off, is there somewhere I want to go? We can go out with a bento."

Azhi thought for a while, put down the spoon in his hand, and laughed: "Well, the cherry blossoms in the nearby park seem to be in bloom, shall we go to see the cherry blossoms together?"

Due to the tragedy in Fuyuki City, the original agreement between Aji and I to go to Fuyuki City to enjoy cherry blossoms can only be temporarily abandoned.But the cherry blossoms in Fuyuki City can’t be seen, and cherry blossom viewing in other places is also a good choice. Thinking of this, I smiled and nodded.

At this time, Azhi and I didn't think about what we would encounter tomorrow when we went out. If we knew, we would definitely not go out. After all, the peaceful daily life is always broken at the touch of a finger.