I am forced to collect

On the first day of the new year, Kyoko Sasakawa brought her brother to Chunyan's house early.She found the apartment building according to the map, and when she knocked on the door, a fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy with a towel in his hair opened the door for her expressionlessly.

Kyoko Sasakawa: "?"

She asked with some embarrassment: "Yes, Ah Yan's brother?"

"No," the boy's voice was very flat, with no ups and downs, "I am..."

He suddenly stopped, hesitated for a while, and added with some uncertainty: "Friend?"

Kyoko Sasakawa blinked her eyes, she suddenly realized that the person in front of her looked familiar at this moment - she vaguely remembered seeing a red-haired person waiting for Chunyan at the door after school.

(But... how much older does that person seem to be than the classmate in front of him?)

A sense of curiosity immediately filled her heart, and when she was about to ask something more, the girl she was really looking for appeared from the door.

"Happy New Year, Kyoko." Chunyan, wearing cotton pajamas, opened the door for Kyoko Sasakawa.Her hair hasn't been combed neatly, and a few dull hairs are sticking up.Chunyan glanced at Ryohei Sasakawa next to Kyoko Sasakawa, quickly pressed down her messy hair with one hand, and at the same time nodded calmly, "Senior Sasakawa, Happy New Year."

"Hey! This year, let's work hard to the limit!" Sasakawa Ryohei shouted loudly, and his voice penetrated the entire corridor.

"Ayan, put on new clothes quickly—" Kyoko Sasakawa hugged Chunyan's arm with a smile, and followed the girl into the girl's apartment.The single apartment doesn't have much space, so Chunyan remodeled the living room a little in order to make Qiya sleep comfortably, buying an extra single bed and putting it in.

After saying hello to Qi Ya, Sasakawa Kyoko scanned the apartment in a daze, but found no trace of the adult's life, she was silent for a while, and then smiled again.

She raised the wooden comb in a sweet voice, "I want to give Ah Yan the best hairstyle!"

The first fine snow of the new year floats down leisurely, and it melts instantly when it touches people's exposed skin.

Sawada Tsunayoshi prepared to visit the shrine early in accordance with Nana's mother's instructions. He usually doesn't like to line up, but this time is different, because it is the first time for him to visit the shrine with his friends-he has only gone to the shrine with Nana's mother for several years , it should be the day when the whole family is dispatched, but his father never knows where he disappeared.

"Judaime! Judaimu's mother!! Happy New Year!" the silver-haired boy shouted excitedly.

"Hahaha, Happy New Year everyone!"

"Hayi—I actually met Mr. Agang! Xiaochun is so happy!"

(However, there are too many people celebrating the New Year together this year...)

Sawada Tsunayoshi sighed inwardly.

Seeing what his disciples were thinking, Reborn the Great Demon King sneered, "Even the members of the family despise you. You are really disqualified as a leader. Sure enough, you have to train yourself on the first day of the new year."

"There are a lot of people at the shrine this year." The girl who was as warm as the sun walked in front of Tsunayoshi Sawada and the others, "Good morning, everyone!"

"Kyo, Kyoko!" Tsunayoshi Sawada, still a little embarrassed to face the campus goddess, found the girl hiding behind Kyoko Sasakawa in less than a moment.

The black-haired girl hesitated for a while, then slowly ran out from behind Kyoko, greeted them calmly,

"Happy New Year……"

After she finished speaking, she pursed her lips, and did not allow others to look at her at will. She simply turned her head and did not look directly at other people, which made people notice her strange stubbornness.

The girl's black and beautiful hair was completely thrown back by Kyoko, with well-crafted embroidery inserted. Her light-colored kimono stood among the crowd, like cherry blossoms blooming in the coming spring in a world of ice and snow.

Sawada Tsunayoshi's mind went blank.

He still doesn't know what to say, and the words that are about to blurt out seem to be preempted by someone——

"Ayan looks so good today!" Takeshi Yamamoto made a gesture of praise.

Prisoner Hayato let out a "tow", his expression seemed to be full of disdain, and he refused to say a word of praise.

"...It's very beautiful." Sawada Tsunayoshi whispered, he didn't know what to say in the end, his voice was so weak that it was almost undetectable.

He kicked the stones under his feet, thinking about when Nana's mother will come back, they will finish today's worship activities early, maybe everyone can get together to play some small games.

Kiya yawned at being forced to get up early, wondering how a group of people could get up so early just to worship some ethereal god.

He did already know that the gods of this world have human form, but this made him even more incomprehensible—if mountains, seas, and sky all possess human appearance and character, then people's worship and fear of them would seem So fragile and unreasonable?

The young but more mature boy glanced at the crowd and found Hayato Gokudera excitedly following behind Tsunayoshi Sawada. He said casually, "Ah, the guy who ran away yesterday."

Prison Temple Hayato: "??"

Prison Temple Hayato: "Damn brat—you explode for me!"

"Ahhhhhhh——" Before Tsunayoshi Sawada had time to stop Hayato, he anxiously wanted to close his eyes so as not to watch the farce happening, Hayato's wrist, which was about to throw the bomb, was suddenly stopped.

A young and gentle priestess appeared in front of them at some point, and her presence was so low that everyone was shocked, especially Hayato, who was caught in the face.

"Who!?!" The boy jumped up immediately.

"I am the priestess of this shrine," Hotaru smiled softly, "Even if it's New Year's, you can't just throw fireworks in the crowd."

"Miss Ying, happy new year." Chun Yan said politely.

She could tell that the beautiful woman with long black hair in front of her belonged to the other side—she had a low sense of existence, but because she worked as a priestess in this shrine all the year round, she even existed in the minds of many people. .

Hotaru is a gentle woman. I have seen her a few times in the shrine. She always helps visitors sincerely and feels joy from the bottom of her heart.Chunyan was a little curious about her original name as a living person, but according to the game guide, the real name of the artifact is a "secret matter of the gods", and letting the dead know their original names is a devastating blow to them.

Chunyan looked at Yingying's emerald eyes, and said casually, "Miss Ying's eyes are very similar to Hayato's."

"You don't want to see the green color and say it looks good." Hayato Guiji impatiently retracted the bomb he took out earlier.

The maiden in white clothes and scarlet trousers suddenly looked seriously into the eyes of Hayato Gujiji - her gaze made the boy who was very shy by nature suddenly frantic. Before the boy got angry, the beautiful maiden with black hair smiled and said: "I have seen it before. more like eyes."

"Even grown-ups say they look alike," she held out her hand and compared her height, "But that kid can't be counted as a kid, anyway, he's tall, tall and strong, and he was wearing a cute headgear at first, no I can't even see his face when I take it off."

"Very beautiful, that young man, if Xiaoyan grows up, I really want to introduce you to her—" Ying smiled and held her cheek.

"His eyes are very beautiful. I don't mean to boast that mine are beautiful too, hahaha, it's just..."

Firefly fell into memory.

She has seen too many people. Over the past few decades, she has come and met countless passers-by. Many people's faces and names can no longer be remembered, but the young man with emerald eyes left a deep impression on her. .

Because he saw her, looked at her, and cried.

Even though he was such a big person, he burst into tears suddenly, not only her, but even his friends around him were shocked.

"At that time, I racked my brains to comfort him not to cry." Yingying sighed.

She sang to him later, trying to calm him down.She sings pretty well, at least the God Lord likes to hear her humming.The child miraculously eased as she patted him on the back and sang.

"Pull—hook—hang, 100 years—not allowed to change..."

Chunyan looked at her suspiciously, "Miss Ying?"

The deceased was stunned for a moment, then smiled slowly, "Ah, I was immersed in memories all of a sudden. I'm sorry."

"Now that I think about it, I really should have asked that child's name." Yingying said with emotion.

Chun Yan came to the shrine not so keen to line up to visit the shrine, she just came with other people because they wanted to come.She hangs out at the shrine with Kiya, who of course can't stay idle, so he simply plays a duel game of "Killer vs. Killer" with Sakunosuke Oda.They chase and hide from each other to see who can actually hit each other with a color gun bought at a convenience store.

When Tsunayoshi Sawada finally came back from the long line, he saw the girl sitting alone under the tree, looking at the snow on the branches with ecstasy.

She looked more out of place than before, and Tsunayoshi Sawada didn't like the appearance of a girl very much, so she couldn't help being a little sad.

"Ayan...what are you thinking?" He asked hesitantly.

Chunyan calmly replied: "Please don't worry about me, it's just the first time in my life that I don't have any relatives to spend the New Year alone, because I'm lazy and don't want to participate in the killer game, so I'm alone waiting for others to come to me, and then I have to be tortured by the soul Why am I so miserable that I can only sit under a tree in a daze."

Sawada Tsunayoshi: "Yes, I'm sorry!"

Chunyan turned her head and covered her mouth, "Pfft."

"Wait, are you lying?" Sawada Tsunayoshi asked without tears.

"My younger sister's name is Chunxue, because she was born at the end of winter—" Chunyan smiled lightly and picked up a layer of snow on the ground, "I remember it as soon as it snows, her birthday is coming, I don't know if it will be too late Give her this year's birthday present."

Sawada Tsunayoshi was silent for a while, and belatedly asked, "When is Ayan's birthday?"

"today."

"Hey hey hey hey??"

Seeing Tsunayoshi Sawada's panicked reaction, Chunyan felt a little strange,

"Is this an important day?"

"How can you say that... You obviously value your sister..."

Sawada Tsunayoshi moved his lips, his brown eyes flickered with hesitation, and finally he seemed to have made up his mind, his whole body seemed to have changed, Chunyan saw the shadow of the gentle and firm young man ten years later in a trance,

"Tomorrow, this time next year, I will definitely remember!"

Sawada Tsunayoshi always has an inexplicable attachment, Chunyan wonders, why does he like to work so hard on other people's affairs?

Chunyan suddenly remembered the words Hayato told her yesterday that was engraved in the ring - she didn't understand why this sentence was specially engraved at that time, but now she seems to have vaguely understood the answer.

(I wish you happiness forever.)

"Thank you, Gang." Chunyan said.

In the bewildered eyes of the brown-haired boy, she revealed a shallow smile from the bottom of her heart.