Protect our prophets

Things were not that complicated.

Relationships need to be cultivated, at least in her understanding.

What Songxue couldn't understand was that he hadn't "knowledged" Asahina brothers for a long time—even if they got along day and night, there were still thirteen people here, and the time for work and study was not counted, and the time allocated to everyone was even less. That's it - where did their excess favorability and abundant feelings come from?

I don't understand, I don't understand.

After all, she's not a seasoned otome player or a self-taught time management guru.

Over there, Nako Asahina fell into the idea of ​​a new script for the domineering president and a dozen runaway wives. Songxue was also meditating alone, walking back through the corridor.

When passing by the new room, Tsubaki's voice came from inside: "Hey, Subaru-chan, get me a rag—"

The next second there was another crashing sound, and then, amidst Tsubaki's giggling laughter, Asahina Subaru staggered out of the room and scratched his hair.

He turned around, saw Songxue, and smiled awkwardly.

"I thought they were calling me..." The tall black-haired young man explained dully.

Songxue took a peek inside, and Subaru Tomaki stood in front of the bathroom, frowning, with his arms folded, examining the broom and mop in the corner, showing an indescribable expression.

"Hi," she greeted, "do you really need help?"

He immediately looked at her, and then looked away shortly after casting his gaze, and said in a jerky tone: "Your house...is very lively."

Songxue looked over his shoulder, waved to Asahina Tsubaki with a smile, and said, "Actually, I haven't been here for long, um...even for ordinary human beings, it's rare to have so many brothers in a family, ah , In short, just get used to it."

So, Subaru Tomaki didn't say anything, squatted down and picked up a rag, his movements were as slow as a robot that had been rusted for many years.

Songxue didn't leave immediately, but stopped at the door and looked at it for a while.

"Well, don't you want to go?"

Behind her, Asahina Subaru couldn't help but asked softly, only to see her turn around with emotion on her face, and said as she walked, "I feel like I've found a new rule of the game."

"Huh? What rules..."

"Humans and vampires are two completely different creatures." Songxue said thoughtfully, "All strategies are for us to adapt to their world and their temper... How can people who are not shaking M be able to persist? But Conversely, let them adapt to the rules of our normal people, this might not be a new strategy."

Simply put, either be changed by the Shaking S vampire, or change them.

Asahina Subaru walked to the elevator side by side with her, hearing it in a fog.

"That, I don't understand very well." He said hesitantly, "Since they are not the same kind...why are they still together?"

——Because the theme of this world is love?

While pondering, Songxue tried to forcefully explain: "Zhimu Shaoai, the agitation of puberty—this kind of hazy feeling doesn't necessarily mean 'like', does it?"

Asahina Subaru pressed the elevator button, and at the same time gave her a quick look.

"...It's not young anymore." After a long time, she heard him murmuring in a low voice.

Songxue was also taken aback.Seeing the elevator door open, she suddenly took a step forward, blocked the door with her hand, looked up to meet his eyes, very serious.

"So suddenly, then——Subaru-san, do you like me too?"

The other party was obviously caught off guard, his expression was stiff, his cheeks were dyed a little red, and his eyes were also dodging from left to right, not daring to meet her gaze.

"No, I mean, we just met..." He said dryly, swallowing hard, "It's too early for such words."

Songxue: "..."

What's going on bro, when we met a few days ago, you were still an innocent gentleman who avoided girls, why did you suddenly become enlightened!

I always feel that something seems to have happened during the short day she left...

"It's not a day, it's a week." Asahinazu said patiently, poured the lemonade into the glass and handed it over.

Mi who was next to him served the small cake made by Ukyo, and nodded vigorously in agreement: "It's a whole week!"

"Then it's—" Songxue quickly realized, "Time difference?"

You Jing untied the apron, went back to the table and sat down, adjusted his glasses: "That's the only way to explain it, and it can also explain why you and Yusuke were in the same class two years ago, but now you look younger than him. If the flow rates of the two worlds are not the same, two years have passed here, for you Xiaoguang, it may be..."

She recalled the words of Reiji and the others, and slowly nodded: "The people from the Nimaki family said that I am still a few months away from my full year."

Yusuke Asahina, who was supposed to be the same age as her, has already gone to college.

The dining table fell silent.

The world in cognition has suddenly become so unscientific, it must be difficult for everyone to accept it for a while.

Of course, they would never have thought that her "sister" who was trying to catch ducks to the shelves was actually from another world, right?

For some reason, Songxue felt that the expressions of his elder brothers were a bit heavy, but Nami Asahina curled up her lips and showed a beautiful smile, and her eyes were also shining.

"In this way, my sister and I are much closer, and we have more chances!"

Boy, your thoughts are dangerous.

She hesitated to speak, but Youjing and Azusa glanced at him at the same time.

Shocked by the invisible chill in their eyes, Mi stuck out her tongue and retracted her neck.

Songxue also silently lowered her head, pretending to drink lemonade, feeling very heavy.She thought about Asahina Kou's previous reminder...

Ah, the headache.

It was obvious that all her efforts these days hadn't worked at all.Maybe everyone defaults to the impossibility of pure friendship between men and women... er, there is also family affection.

However, she, the heroine, didn't think about the strategy at all. On the contrary, these male protagonists are so active in wanting to promote the development of the plot, isn't it too strange?

If you are an adult and more reserved...

As soon as Songxue walked out of the living room, Fudou Asahina stopped her aggressively: "I happened to be looking for you, do you want to come to play chess?"

"Eh?"

Fengdou raised the chessboard with a smile: "I made an appointment with Nijuan-kun, and I also called Yusuke."

"...Have you really forgotten that he is a vampire?"

Fengdou pulled her into the elevator, and said nonchalantly: "I don't think he's as scary as in the legends, he looks like..."

He frowned imperceptibly, and turned to muttering: "It's okay."

The genes of the Reverse Scroll family are indeed excellent, from facial features, to body shape and temperament, and Subaru Reverse Scroll's slightly gloomy and rebellious eyes, Fengdou, who has been immersed in the entertainment industry for a long time, can't find any mistakes. Because of this, he felt a complete sense of crisis.

Asahina Tsubaki packed up the room and slipped away, leaving Subaru Tomaki alone.

He didn't do anything either, just sat on the edge of the bed in a daze, the sunlight outside the house had been covered by the curtains, leaving only a long and narrow golden line on the floor through the gap.

When Yosuke opened the door, he was taken aback by the red eyes hidden in the shadows, took two steps back and almost stepped on Songxue, it took him a while to recover, remembered the identity of the other party, coughed dryly and said: "No, Why don't you turn on the light?"

Tomaki Subaru looked at them coldly, without saying a word.

"Sorry to bother you again." When Songxue sat down beside him, she whispered to him while Fengdou was playing the chessboard on the table, "There is no coffin here, can you still get used to it?"

Subaru Tomaki shook his head, then nodded again.

"...Uh, don't force yourself." Songxue said again, looking down at the sunken finger marks left on the wooden board beside the bed, she swallowed slowly.

Yusuke moved the chair over reluctantly, and Fengdou finally put down the colorful chess pieces and threw a dice over: "Hey, have you ever played Ludo?"

Teenage friendships are often built on fights and games.

When the game of flying chess ended, Songxue was still not sure whether the atmosphere between them would ease up, but the "murderous aura" on Subaru Tomaki had indeed subsided, at least he would tear down the house without even saying a word of disagreement.

He devoted most of his attention to the chess game, and ignored the smoky verbal battle between Fengdou and Yusuke. He frowned and stared at the dice that Songxue handed to him. A cold face was rare. A little bit confused.

—He never played.

It's not that there is no flying chess in the Demon World, but a "lone wolf" like him who would rather sleep than deal with his brothers, has no companions at home or school, so naturally he will not be exposed to this kind of multiplayer interactive game.

"Win."

Matsuyuki threw the last chess piece off the board, clapped his palms, quickly urged Futo and Yusuke, drove them out of the room, and then looked back at Subaru Tomaki.

"Hey, my chess—"

"Don't worry, I'll return it to you later." She hastily closed the door.

Songxue returned to the bed, looked at Subaru's frown, and asked hesitantly, "Are you not feeling well?"

He didn't answer, but thought for a while.

"Will you...will live here forever?"

"Of course not." Songxue answered decisively, sat down, packed up the scattered chess pieces, and said, "After the things here are over, I will go back to my hometown first... and then start a new job."

Subaru raised his head slightly strangely, and looked at her: "Isn't this your home?"

"Temporarily, but not entirely." She replied with a little confusion.

"..." He paused for a while, his eyes were full of deep red, and he asked, "What about me?"

Subaru Tomaki seemed a little nervous.

He clasped his hands tightly, his knuckles pressed against the back of his hand, and his lips were pursed tightly.

"Come with me, of course." Songxue said without hesitation, "You ran away from home anyway, didn't you just want to see the outside world? Coincidentally, my job is to run around in different worlds. If you When do you want to go home, I can ask a friend to take you back—or, if you find something you want to do, you don’t have to follow me anymore..."

Having said that, she stopped and tilted her head in thought.

Speaking of which, do vampires have any ideals in life?

Such a long life, if there is nothing to do all the time, it would be too boring.No wonder they all love to sleep - and sleep in a coffin.

At least, ordinary people would never think of disturbing the person sleeping in the coffin.

"--How about it?"

When he caught her gaze, Subaru inconspicuously withdrew his gaze, stared down, and responded softly.

"it is good."

After a while, he seemed unable to hold back his curiosity, so he asked, "When will it end?"

When Songxue heard this, her face darkened, and she patted her on the shoulder.

"Either, I promise one of them a confession. Or—"

Seeing the instant dull eyes of the silver-haired boy, Songxue continued sadly: "Or, I will issue thirteen good person cards... oh no, brother cards, and then take you away?"

Reverse Scroll Subaru: "..."

"Oh, no." Songxue quickly shook his head and rejected the idea, "I've already explained your identity, and they won't believe you if I use you as an excuse."

Subaru finally nodded and agreed, "This is not for you."

"That's right." Songxue said happily.It's too embarrassing to let her who has no love cells stay here, "If only everyone was like you..."

Before he finished speaking, Subaru Tomaki's expression suddenly changed slightly.

He grabbed her arm suddenly, pulled it down slightly, and said in a low voice, "There are people nearby."

"...Ah?" Songxue became dull for a moment, and looked outside the door, "There are so many people in the family, so it's not surprising that someone is outside, right?"

The silver-haired boy shook his head intently.

"No, it's not them." He discerned carefully, fluttering his nose, and murmured, "There's a strange smell..."

Subaru's eyes turned around in the empty air, returned to Songxue's body, and then froze.

"It's a bit like yours." He hesitated.

Sorry, Songxue thought of something, said briefly, got up quickly and walked to the window sill, and opened the heavy curtains.

Downstairs is Asahina Kiori's garden, showing colorful colors under the brilliant sunlight.

However, Kiori seldom watered his flowers in the afternoon, and the figure that appeared in the garden at this time was naturally not him.

The silver-haired handsome young man raised his hand to block the glare of the light, smiled towards their window sill, and vaguely mouthed something.

At a distance of tens of meters, she tried her best to distinguish.

"Need help, Syl?"

Songxue put down the curtains, turned around and explained: "He came to look for me."

"It was Mr. Fengdou who invited me to be our guest."

Songxue looked at Xingchengkong without doubt: "Look at your proficiency, isn't it your first time here?"

Xingcheng's tone was relaxed, and he twisted the petals he picked up around his fingertips: "He just got a role, which is very difficult...Is it surprising that he asked me to give advice?"

She was thoughtful: "So, you have... met them all?"

He was noncommittal, instead, he picked up the kettle and poured some water on the soil that was a little dry in the sun: "Seeing that your progress is a little slow, I gave it a little push."

Songxue: "..."

wait wait wait.

So you did it!

She was slightly shocked, and took a step back: "Huh? What did you do?"

Xingcheng raised his index finger and said slowly: "No, you should ask, what did you say?"

"Then... what did you say?"

He didn't answer directly, but casually mentioned: "Mr. Feng Dou is a little confused about his feelings. As a senior, I just chatted with him briefly."

No, no, you must be on fire!

Songxue remained silent, looking at him with subtle hostility in his eyes.

"I know what you want to say." Xingcheng glanced at her, still smiling, "But don't forget, this is Otome's world, even if I don't break it, sooner or later... well, it's just a matter of time."

"I still don't think it makes sense." She rested her chin and shook her head, "Even if I choose one of them, what about the others? If they are not with the heroine, don't they have their own life and future? ——Then, I choose one, and I choose nothing, the difference is not very big, right?"

Xingcheng thought for a while: "Oh, your idea seems to be very interesting."

Songxue walked side by side with him along the path in the garden, and continued: "If I choose a certain male protagonist as a condition for clearing the game, it would be very unfair to him - after clearing the game, I will definitely After leaving this world, he can only stay."

She paused: "Unless there are exceptions like Subaru Tomaki."

"Well, he is a mutated werewolf in the world, and he is not compatible with other people by nature," Xingcheng wrote lightly, "Leaving him in the original world will cause a lot of trouble."

"for example?"

"For example, the male protagonists cannibalize each other."

"..."

What is the plot of the otome game to be so dangerous!

Songxue stopped unconsciously, and Xingcheng also stopped to wait for her.

For a moment, the two looked at each other in silence.

"I can help you too." Xing Chengkong thought for a while, and as he spoke, he gave her a friendly smile, looking innocent, "Don't get me wrong, I didn't mean to make trouble."

"You are."

Song Xue was unmoved.

"Language is a very effective weapon," the other party continued, "as long as it is used properly. However, language is only used as a means to induce and develop thinking, and it cannot completely change a person's thinking—at least, language alone cannot. "

"To put it nicely, how is it different from Norton in "The Curtain"?"

Xingcheng is serious: "Of course, I am a good person."

"..."

Songxue rolled her eyes, are you sure she's not an 'idiot'?

"Well, let's take it as your kindness." She thought for two seconds, "You encouraged them to recognize their 'feelings', what is the reason for..."

Star City made a gesture.

"Cut the mess with a sharp knife."

Songxue continued to ponder: "You mean, let me use... Senior as a shield?"

"One," he corrected, with a sincere tone, "isn't a perfect template like me the most suitable choice?"

"..."

Stars might be a bit thick-skinned, but she didn't think too much about it, she nodded and reluctantly agreed: "Indeed, it's much more suitable than Subaru-kun."

"There is another candidate," Xingcheng smiled slightly, "that is your friend. His existence itself is very deterrent to those vampire children, and his identity as a mafia is even more so to ordinary people. "

Songxue followed his instructions and thought for a while: "Is it Mr. Gangji?"

"More importantly, he is one of the cornerstone owners of Uni's world." Xingcheng continued unhurriedly, "With Vengley's ability, he can travel to different worlds just like us. ...Compared to other dew-water relationships, isn't such a love partner very reliable?"

...It's back again, isn't it!

You are also very old, do you have to struggle with "love"?

Songxue turned her head and left, Xingcheng was left behind by her, she waved her hand at her back, and said briskly, "Think about it carefully?"

She pushed open the door and almost bumped into a patch of bright purple.

Asahina was about to lift her elbow, and said with a smile, "What's the matter, little girl, is she being entangled by a wild man outside again? - Hey, that person..."

He narrowed his eyes slightly, apparently impressed by Xingchengkong's visit.

"Fengdou seems to admire him very much." You recalled, "Do you know him too?"

Song Xue responded vaguely, and wanted to go back, but he held his arm and did not let go.

"We've been very worried about you for the past few days." The blond young man put away his sloppy smile, and looked at her intently and tenderly with his amber eyes, "If you come back this time, why don't you leave again?"

"..."

Looking at him, Songxue felt guilty and thought of Atobe who had a similar voice, and quietly moved his eyes away.

"Hey, is that why my little sister doesn't like me?" Asahina sadly raised her wide sleeves to hide her face.

"It's not..."

"Don't rush to answer, I will wait patiently." He bent his index finger, brushed lightly on the back of her hand, and then let go of her hand.

"See you tonight, dear sister."

——She had to figure out the answer at night, what is patience? !

The author has something to say: Note: Idiot, a character in Werewolf Killing (after death) who can talk nonsense.

There is one more chapter, can I still have time? .