Dazai's girlfriend Natsume

"Reiko, are all human beings like you?"

"How?"

"……strangeness."

"I said, isn't it too rude to speak like this?"

"In the first place. Even if you cross the world, you will die if you are not careful, but you still persist. Why?"

"I found out in the things left by my parents that I actually have an older brother in this world, so I kind of want to meet him. Guys like me don't have anyone close. But if it's an older brother,? I think... ...Maybe, he won't let me down?"

"So did he disappoint you?"

"Of course not." There was a happy smile in the girl's words: "He is my brother!"

"..."

"Are you going to leave?"

"Yeah. After all, I'm not from this world."

"How do you go back? Don't die on the way back."

"Hey, if you are concerned, just be honest. Otherwise,? But you will be misunderstood. Don't worry,? Someone will come to pick me up."

"Who?"

"It's someone I like. Ah,? It seems like you should say youkai."

"Monster? But you are human."

"I know. But liking is liking, what can I do?"

"what is his name?"

"..."

"—Asanagi."

Natsume Chiaya suddenly opened her eyes, and the grotesque dream disappeared.Only the final answer still lingers in my mind.

North Korea, Nagi.

Natsume Chiya silently recited the name, and a sense of intimacy suddenly rose from the bottom of her heart.

"Mr. Dazai,? I have a clue!"

Natsume Chiaya hurriedly found Osamu Dazai downstairs, and said these words.Dazai Osamu closed the diary in his hand, and handed it to Natsume Chiaya: "It's just right, I also found a little bit."

Natsume Chiaya took it, and subconsciously asked, "Why didn't Mr. Dazai come to see me last night?"

"I just found it this morning~ After all, I was really sleepy last night,? Let's go to bed first!" Dazai Osamu dragged his voice.

"I'm sorry,? I really troubled Mr. Dazai this time." Natsume Chiaya apologized.

"It's easy to talk about,? I still want to eat crab meat dishes after I go back. By the way, there is also a report at the end of this month..."

Natsume Chiya: "The front is fine, but the back is not."

Osamu Dazai pursed his lips: "Cut."

He didn't continue to argue with Natsume Chiaya, and asked, "So, what is Chiya's clue?"

Natsume Chiaya told Osamu Dazai about her dream, and of course, concealed the identity of "Asanagi" as a youkai.She finally concluded: "That girl is Grandma Reiko, and the person she likes, if nothing else, should be Grandpa."

"Grandpa's name is Asagi?"

"Ah."

"Coincidentally," Osamu Dazai pointed to the diary in Natsume Chiaya's hand: "Grandpa was mentioned in it."

"What?" Natsume Chiaya hastily opened the diary.

In all fairness, with her carefree personality, Natsume Reiko is not a person who is used to keeping a diary.Most of the pages consist of extremely perfunctory short sentences—

'On the third day here, nothing happened. '

'Sunny day, that's all. '

'Meet new friends. '

'I found my brother! ! ! '

There was only the first page, and Natsume Reiko complained: "Asagi talks a lot of nonsense, isn't it just a trip to another world?"He will go back in three months, and he even wants me to write a diary for him to read. '

Out of respect for Reiko's grandmother, Natsume Chiling and Natsume Takashi hardly searched through Natsume Reiko's relics except for hearing about the friend's account from Mr. Cat and looking for it.Therefore, Natsume Chiaya never knew that there was such a diary hidden in it.

After reading the entire content, Natsume Chiaya thought deeply, "In this way, the 'brother' Grandma Reiko mentioned...could it be Mr. Natsume Soseki?"

"More than that." Osamu Dazai turned to the first page and said, "There is also Grandpa Asagi, since he was able to take Grandma Reiko back, he must have supernatural powers—or in terms of your energy system, demonic powers— —It is related to time and space. It is estimated that Grandma Reiko was able to come here because of his help."

Natsume Chiaya couldn't help thinking, it would be great if she inherited Asanagi's grandfather's ability.That way, maybe she can go back on her own.As for the "danger" of crossing the world, it is better than staying in another world and not being able to go home.

"And, is there a third person or monster that appeared in your dream?" Osamu Dazai tapped his chin lightly with his fingertips, thinking: "It is certain that it is in this world and knows the existence of another world. We can Try to find it, you should get more information."

Natsume Chiaya: "Yes."

"..."

After exchanging all the clues, the two decided to go back to the Armed Detective Agency first.

Natsume Chiaya cleaned up the traces that she and Osamu Dazai had been there, put the doll in the shoulder bag properly, and said to Osamu Dazai: "Mr. Dazai, let's go."

"Click", the door was locked again.

"Maybe I'll be back soon, Chiya-chan." Dazai Osamu stood beside her and smiled.

"Well, thanks to Mr. Dazai." Natsume Chiya responded with a smile and bent her lips.

Before leaving, Natsume Chiya couldn't help but look back.The wind in the courtyard blew past the wind chimes in front of her window, making a "jingling" sound.As if in a trance, I can still hear Aunt Tazi's gentle and smiling "bon voyage".

As soon as he got on the tram, Osamu Dazai yawned lazily, and muttered, "I'm so sleepy... Chiya-chan let me lean in. Wait there, and Chiya-chan will call me up again."

After finishing speaking, he spontaneously rubbed over and leaned on Natsume Chiaya's shoulder.Natsume Chiaya breathed lightly so as not to wake Osamu Dazai.

Suddenly, she remembered something.Natsume Chiya lowered her head and saw that the bite marks on the back of her hand had already faded away.

Dazai-san, you probably didn't notice it, did you?

Natsume Chiaya thought uncertainly.

No one knows about her physique except her elder brother, Teacher Mao, Bing, and Sanxiao.Ever since she was a child, she even tried every means to escape the physical examination.Otherwise, it might be regarded as a monster.

It's not that he doesn't trust Osamu Dazai, it's just... there's no way to talk about this kind of thing.

Natsume Chiaya was ecstatically looking at the scenery outside the window.Yayuan has long been left behind by the tram, far away and unreachable, like a fragile and illusory dream.

She slowly retracted her gaze, and gently held the hand of the doll in the shoulder bag.Next to Osamu Dazai's gentle breathing sound, Natsume Chiaya belatedly raised a doubt——

Mr. Dazai, how did you find her?How did he know where her house was?

"Tazi, what are you looking for?"

When Shigeru Fujiwara opened the door, she saw Toko Fujiwara rummaging in Natsume Chiaya's closet, and the neatly folded futon was scattered on the side.

Toko Fujiwara was a little worried: "Just now I wanted to take Chiaya-chan's quilt out to dry in the sun, but found that her doll was missing. I obviously washed and dried it the day before yesterday, and put it here. The cloth that Kishi-kun made for her Baby, Qian Lingchan cherishes it so much, you can't lose it."

"Could it be that you misremembered the place?" Shigeru Fujiwara squatted down, folded the quilt, and asked.

"Actually, it shouldn't be? I don't know." Fujiwara Toko said unsurely: "Then I'll look elsewhere. Zi, please take the quilt out to dry. There is also the one in Kishi-kun's room." Quilt."

"Didn't it just be exposed yesterday?" Shigeru Fujiwara asked.

"It's almost winter, so we need to help them keep their quilts warm." Fujiwara Toko said with a smile, "Otherwise, they will catch cold and get sick."

Shigeru Fujiwara bent down and picked up the quilt: "Understood."

"By the way, did Chiya-chan and Kishi-kun tell you when they will be back?" Fujiwara Toko asked.

Shigeru Fujiwara stopped by the door and replied, "Not yet."

"Then...can you come back on New Year's Eve?"

"I don't know." Shigeru Fujiwara knew what Toko Fujiwara was thinking, and comforted him, "It's okay, Toko, Chiya-chan and Kishi-kun are no longer children."

Toko Fujiwara clasped her hands over her heart, and sighed, "But I'm still worried about them. The two of them are always too sensible, which makes people more worried."

"At least they're not alone."

"Yes. Otherwise, walking alone in that kind of world would probably be very lonely." Toko Fujiwara smiled and pushed Shigeru Fujiwara out: "Okay, go and dry the quilt quickly. What do you want to eat tonight?"

"It's all right, you decide."

After Shigeru Fujiwara finished speaking, he walked downstairs quickly, as if asking him to make a choice was to kill him.The remaining Fujiwara Toko was angry and funny: "Hey...why is this answer again?"

"Forget it, let's find Qian Lingchan's doll first."

Toko Fujiwara gently pulled the door of Natsume Chiaya's bedroom, and the "jingling" sound of the wind chime by the window was concealed behind the door.

"..."

"It's here."

A huge tree soaring into the sky stood before them, covering the sky with its green shade.However, there is a hollow at the position of the trunk, like a purposely left entrance.The whole tree exudes a faint red-gold halo, even the leaves are like this, looking gorgeous and brilliant.

Cat teacher jumped off Oda Sakunosuke's shoulder and asked, "Natsume, are you okay?"

Oda Sakunosuke also asked with concern: "Mr. Natsume, are you really all right?"

Natsume Takashi shook his head, smiled, and said, "I'm fine, I'm just affected by Qian Ling. It's much better now. Teacher Cat, Mr. Oda, let's go in quickly."

Oda Sakunosuke responded, and raised his leg to explore the way first, but the cat teacher stepped on his shoes: "Wait, don't move around. The outer layer is an enchantment, you can't get in. Natsume, you go in first. Since even the demon power is making way for Natsume, if it were you, you might be able to go in."

"Okay, teacher." Takashi Natsume didn't doubt Teacher Mao's judgment, and stepped in without hesitation.

The red-gold halo flickered a few times, then suddenly dispersed.

Natsume Takashi turned his head and asked suspiciously: "Mr. Kitty, the barrier seems to have disappeared by itself?"

Teacher Cat snorted softly: "This guy Chao Nagi, it really is still like this. Let's go."

Sakunosuke Oda followed behind the cat teacher, and stepped into the inner space of the towering giant tree together.Surprisingly, the inside is not dark, but bright as day.

This time it was Natsume Takashi who walked ahead.Because he was too worried about Natsume Chiaya, he walked very fast, and thanks to Oda Sakunosuke's help, otherwise he might not have been able to keep up.Teacher Cat knew Natsume Takashi's mood, so it was rare that he didn't complain, and stepped up his short legs.

At a certain end, a pair of red-gold phoenix eyes slowly opened.