Sente Eiji's Black Friday

【"You...do you really care about anything?"】

Shi Er once pretended to ask me casually.

Not to mention, I am so knowledgeable that I can talk to him about everything, but this is the only thing I can't answer.

So I asked back: ["Why do you ask that?"]

【"...I always feel that although you are here, your heart is empty."】

The boy was silent for a moment, looked over lazily with the knife in his hand, and said something beyond my expectation.

I froze for a moment, then turned to look at him seriously.

It was dusk at that time, and he and I had just finished a one-sided beating, and we were sitting side by side by the fence of the Qujuliu team's training ground to rest.

As soon as I turned my head, I saw the young man's exquisite profile.His short and neat short hair was wet with sweat and stuck to his temples. Because of the hearty fight, he felt lazy and satisfied like a well-fed lion.

The warm sunset shone on his face, making his face look half-dark, but his brows and eyes full of hostility in the past were very calm, and the green eyes reflected the sunset and me, and the color was as clear as glass .

This boy is undoubtedly good-looking.

I stared at him in a daze for a while, but he suddenly turned his head unnaturally, muttering words like "sunset" in a low voice.

I don't know if it's my illusion, but I always feel that his ears are a little red.

【"Hello..."】There was a young man's voice of embarrassment and anger in his ears.

I blinked, looked away before he got angry, and said back to the topic just now as if nothing happened: 【"If you want to talk about what you really care about...well, it's probably 'family'?"]

I reflected on how I felt about that forgotten "most precious thing," and answered with some uncertainty.

Shi Er, who didn't care about his family at all, frowned: 【"Parents? Or brothers?"】

【"Well... no, neither."】I shook my head thoughtfully, 【"Although the cheap sister is very important, it is true, but unfortunately, to me she is not important enough to' be The extent to which she gave everything'."]

I paused, and smiled with some distress: 【"Do you think I'm indifferent?"】

Once again beyond my expectation, Shi Er didn't express anything to my speech at all, but just stared at me closely, and asked without pausing: ["That's so important to you that you can help him What is it that gave it all?"]

At that time, I was already thinking about when I would go back to see my cheap sister because of guilt, and I didn't pay attention to the change of pronouns in his words, so I just answered absent-mindedly: ["Um... wife?"]

【"Wife... son?"】 Shi Er's fingertips trembled slightly, his face suddenly became dark and unclear, 【"Are you married?"】

I burst out laughing: ["Hahaha what are you thinking! I'm still in my prime, how can I get married!"]

No, but I, who firmly believe that men will be young until their death, babbled nonsense like this, and rubbed his head happily.

【"Listen well, the so-called marriage means giving up an entire forest for that little sapling! I'm afraid someone worthy of such a stupid thing has not yet been born, hahaha...!"】

【“…”】

Amidst my loud laughter, the boy took a deep look at me, and replied with an inexplicable meaning: 【"I remember."】

At that time, I thought he was saying that he had remembered my mature and open-minded views on marriage, so I patted his head triumphantly, without even thinking about whether his words had any deep meaning.

But recently, I have been bewildered by his increasingly bad reactions—the phrase "I remember" that the boy said at that time may have meant something else.

...I'm a little bald.

To tell you the truth, I know very well that people who have never seen the light will have extreme reactions to the sudden sunlight that shines into their lives—they will hold on to that beam of light as if they were life-saving straws, and cherish it until they die. Ken let go, relying on it almost morbidly.

But I originally thought that children of Shier's age would not be so easily attached to others, so I stretched out my hand with confidence.

... Who knew that he would react more than ordinary people.

Seriously, your monastery is really poisonous, right?

After I finished my memories, I rubbed my hair frantically, and decisively resorted to my own magic weapon - don't think about things you don't understand!In case the problem is solved by itself! !

"Shir! Let's go outside to play!" I jumped up and kicked over the brazier that was in the way, happily suggesting.

Shi Er glanced at the flying ashes of his clothes, and the corners of his scarred lips hooked imperceptibly: "Okay, as long as you pay."

"Don't worry, I won't let you, a minor, pay money!"

I naturally agreed to this trivial request, and happily abducted him out of the door.

two hours later.

Outside the Kabukicho Casino in Shinjuku, the bleak autumn wind blew through the fallen leaves. I knelt on the ground with my whole body faded, and there were heavy shadows behind me.

"It's over. Huh, it's so short, my life."

"Short is the life of your wallet."

Shi'er looked down at me speechlessly, and unceremoniously spat out a mouthful of poison.

I took a deep breath and covered my heart in pain: "Ju, it's such a sharp complaint——Damn it, it seems that I have nothing to teach you, Shier!"

"Tch... I don't need you to teach me anything except fighting."

Shi Er curled his lips in disdain, but there was a hint of a smile in his eyes that he didn't even notice.

He didn't care about other people's weird gazes, and he squatted down in front of me, and I was the only one in his cold green eyes: "Although I didn't go in, to be honest, I think I will lose everything because your skills are too good." Bad."

"What—what do you know!!" I widened my eyes in grief and anger, and punched the ground viciously, "If I had paid more attention to the flipping of my hands at that time, I would not have lost so quickly!!"

"Ah... is it?"

"That's right! As long as you give me another chance, I will definitely be able to win back all the previous losses!! Damn it——!"

"...Is this thing so interesting?"

"That's when—" I was about to agree without thinking, and I suddenly reacted, and looked at him in shock, "Wait, what are you thinking?! How could a kid like you want to go to such a place?! Listen up Oh, only the most useless grown-ups hang out in this kind of shop every day!!"

The interest on Shi Er's face did not fade, and he rolled his eyes when he heard the words: "Anyway, I have already decided that I will come here to make money when I grow up."

"What—?!" I yelled incredulously, holding my head in disbelief, "Ah, what are you talking about, you unworthy brat! How can a good boy come to a place like a casino!! Quickly give me this Take the sentence back, huh huh—?!"

Before I could finish howling, I was violently suppressed by Shier. He pulled me up arbitrarily, covered my mouth and led me to a secluded place, while frowning and coldly staring at the people looking around. : "Tsk, I was just joking, what are you doing so loudly all of a sudden?"

What, it turned out to be a joke.

I immediately breathed a sigh of relief, pulled his hand away, and said in amazement, "Huh? I thought you were the type who didn't care about other people's eyes?"

After all, he didn't even show an embarrassing expression when I rolled around like that at the entrance of the casino just now. If it was Kakashi, he would have dragged me away with a black face and a red face.

...Ah, there it was again, a name that popped up suddenly and I didn't know at all.

"I don't care how I was treated, but the way they looked at you just now—!"

Shi Er replied without thinking, and turned around with a displeased face.

he:"……"

I:"……?"

I looked at the suddenly stuck boy in puzzlement. The close distance allowed me to easily see his slender eyelashes, the blush spreading rapidly on the ears, and a faint fragrance.

Um?Why did you stop talking all of a sudden?what's wrong-

I was caught off guard and pushed hard by Shier.

I:"???"

"What are you doing all of a sudden?!" I staggered a bit before standing still, and looked at him very dissatisfied.

Damn, isn't this still despising me?What are you doing, do you just look down on the adults who lost every last penny? !Maybe you will not be as good as me in the future! !

"...It's nothing." Shi'er's eyes wandered for a moment, he took out his wallet and threw it into my arms, "Go eat, I'm hungry."

I:"!!!"

I forgot about him pushing me in an instant, and embraced him emotionally: "Shir! Sure enough, I saw you right, you are such a super nice person!!"

"Ah, hello..." Shi'er struggled uncomfortably in my arms, but gave up after just a few strokes.

He thought he looked at me indiscriminately, then quickly withdrew his gaze, and said angrily: "What are you thinking? I didn't give you all the money, and I will return it to me after dinner."

Ah this.

My emotion immediately cooled down, and I pushed him away expressionlessly: "Oh."

Shi Er was choked by the speed of my face-changing, and immediately laughed angrily after realizing it: "You—who said just now that you want to take care of minors?!"

"Huh? Did someone say that just now?"

I skillfully started to play dumb, and even wanted to change the subject: "By the way, I remember that there is a very good family restaurant nearby, why don't we go there for dinner?"

"You bastard..." Shier gritted his teeth and looked at me, but just when I thought he would snatch my wallet back, he said abruptly, "You look very familiar with the outside world."

?What crap is he talking about?

I looked at him strangely: "Of course, I grew up in a family of ordinary people, how could I not be familiar with these things?"

"Heh... that's what makes me most surprised." Shi Er narrowed his eyes, looked at me sharply with his arms folded, and said in a low voice, "Eiji, why can't a person like you think about working for the Buddhist monastery? "

I paused slightly.

Shir only calls me by my name when he's serious about it.

Under normal circumstances, he always put on an unlovable face like a little gangster, and called me "Hi" lazily.

Noticing this, I slightly curled my lips, showing an unpredictable smile: "Don't you know what I do at the Zenyuan's house? I didn't shy away from you when I burned the clothes."

"Tsk... Do you think that kind of bullshit reason can fool me?"

Shi Er's face turned ugly for a moment, and he clicked his tongue a little annoyed.

"When that old Naobi man took office, he went against the odds and insisted on hiring you as his bodyguard, and then let you be Naoya's teacher..."

"I don't know what other people think, but no one knows better than me what your strength is. The mere guard and the teacher of a three-year-old kid are not commensurate with your ability at all, and you can't be doing it for the sake of being directly adjacent to the talent." The rest—what the hell are you thinking?"

"Hmm... maybe that's right."

I blinked my eyes innocently, and said sincerely: "But the money he gave is very good."

Shi Er seemed to be choked by me: "What did you say...money?"

"Yeah, money." I nodded frankly, "Didn't I tell you? My sister is quite important to me."

"When she was just born, my family happened to owe a lot of money. What's worse, my parents died in an accident at that time. I didn't know what to do when I was still in school. For a while, I didn't even have milk powder. can not afford."

"When I was desperate, it was Zhipi people who found me and said that not only could he help me pay off my debts, but he was also willing to bear all my sister's education expenses."

"And his only condition is to let me be his bodyguard."

"...you agreed?" Shi Er asked me dryly.

"I promise."

My voice fell silent.

"After that, he took me into the world of conjuration, trained with me, helped me develop my spells, and served as a guarantor for me to be promoted to a special first-level conjurer. He never restricted me from taking private jobs outside. He also gave me this super magic tool worth [-] million."

I tapped the Taidao I named [Sin] on my waist, and smiled slightly at Shier.

"Perhaps you will say that all Zhipi people want is my talents...well, or my body? But to me, it doesn't matter."

"—because he's kind to me, Shir."

"In order to repay this kindness, no matter how disgusting the Chanyuan family is, I will continue to stay here until the Zhipi people no longer need me. ——Do you understand?"

"..."

Shi Er looked at me motionless, his face pale for some reason.

"...But you clearly said that you don't care about anything."

He said this with some stubbornness, like a child who refused to admit defeat.

I smiled and rubbed his head, giving him a thumbs up in my heart.

He really deserves to be the genius I like, and his intuition is really sharp.

Yes, most of what I have said is true, but I have concealed a crucial premise——

The "kindness" that the Zhipi people of the Chanyuan gave me were all because he wanted to have me.

I did have a hard time because of the sudden death of my cheap parents, but I was not so embarrassed that I couldn’t even afford milk powder. After all, there are still many stores in Japan that are willing to provide high school students with part-time jobs.

And I think I am very capable, and I have a good body, so I have several jobs at the same time.

It is also because of this that on my way home late, I ran into a candidate for the head of the Buddhist monastery who was in crisis—because the alpha who marked himself committed suicide suddenly, and he didn’t have the habit of carrying inhibitors with him, he fell into a sudden and unexpected situation. During the climax period, he was about to be killed by the curse spirit.

I rescued him and "helped" him at his begging.

After that, the Zhipi people from the Buddhist monastery unilaterally entangled me, and that's how the things I told Shi Er came about.

Well, all in all, the relationship between me and Zhipi people is indeed unequal, but it is different from what outsiders imagine, the more passive and humble one has never been me.

Zhipi people have no kindness to me, this is just a chasing game where you love me and I want to.

The reason why I was willing to stay by his side—no, it should be said that from the very beginning, the reason why I was willing to save him that night was because he showed me a possibility—

A possibility to break away from the ordinary and boring daily life, to find the "trace" of the past self through blood and battle.

Ah, of course, Zhipiren's body is also an important reason for me to stay.Well, it probably accounted for 2% of the total reason.

And now, there are possibilities around me that are very similar to when I first stepped into the world of magic, and the possibility of breaking away from "daily life"——

Liuyanzi is about to awaken the spell, and the Gojo family is looking for a magician who can protect him.

I have a hunch that for me now, going to the Gojo House has become a brand new way to pursue "what I really care about".

So it's time to jump ship, Fuguro Eiji!

Towards a more exciting and beautiful life, rush to the duck——! !