I will swear to protect the beauty with my life

After having a great time at the beach, everyone returned to their hometown of Xiaoniaoyou under the dim light of the setting sun.

In order to get a sunburn tattoo on his belly, Toushou forgot to apply sunscreen and lay under the hot sun and got sunburned. His whole body turned as red as a shrimp.

It hurt wherever he moved and he felt dizzy, so he could only lie on the ground and be taken care of by Nibutani.

Among the people playing on the beach, except Fennel who was sleeping the whole time and Fang Wuwei who couldn't get a tan at all, everyone else, even Nibutani, got a darker shade and got cute tan marks.

That is, using the sunburn marks, Nibutani God subtly pasted a few big words "Stupid Mori" behind Toushou, and these two words will always follow her until Toushou's skin color returns to normal.

But little did he know that there were also big words "Fake Summer" behind him, which was done by Tu Shougan.

What an excellent matching mechanism.

Not long after, Yuta and Touka returned home together. As soon as they got home, Touka went to the kitchen to busy herself. She wanted to show off her cooking skills.

And the first thing Yongtai did when he returned home was to drag the dead Fang Wuwei away. He had a serious face, which made him feel... confused.

"Kong Hong, tell me honestly, have you investigated Rikka?"

Looking at Yongtai who was questioning him seriously, Fang Wuwei was confused for a moment and didn't even know how to answer.

Looking at the silly Fang Wuwei in front of him, Yong Tai was a little angry. Investigating others without authorization, isn't this very......

"You told me about the matter of Rikka before (Chapter 24). You said that it was Sister Touka who told you, but Sister Touka never told anyone. So...how did you know about it?"

After hearing this, Fang Wuwei's thoughts instantly became clear. OK, so that's how it is. It's exposed.

Let me think about how to get past this...

But Fang Wuwei thought for a moment and decided... to self-destruct.

He just smiled, a gentle smile on his face towards Yuta, but it made Yuta feel a little creepy.

"Yuta, this kind of thing is easy to find out, isn't it?"

Facing Fang Wuwei's self-explosive remarks, Yongtai's eyes widened. He originally thought there was a misunderstanding... Well, he really went to investigate! !

"Kong Hong! How could you do this!"

He was a little anxious. How could his good friend become like this?

But Fang Wuwei just smiled, made a quiet gesture to Yongtai, and pointed his hand upstairs, indicating that the real owner was right above his head and asked him to keep his voice down.

"The first time I saw her, I knew she was a miserable person like me, Yuta. Some things can't be hidden... As for the investigation... Don't slander me. Some things can be known just by asking a little."

Facing Fang Wuwei's answer, Yong Tai was a little stunned. Equally miserable people? People who have lost their loved ones can be attracted to each other, right? Even the Stand User couldn't tell at a glance, right? !

But he couldn't refute it. He had not experienced the despair that Fang Wuwei had experienced, and he couldn't say for sure whether he could really recognize him. And asking this... Yong knew Fang Wuwei too well. He was very smart, otherwise he wouldn't have found out about the Kotori family so early, and he wouldn't have known that Rikka's second year was because of him.

There was no way to refute it. Even though Yong Tai knew that Fang Wuwei had lied and that his answer was full of loopholes, he just couldn't refute it.

You can't just cut off ties with him, right?

So in the end, Yongtai could only glare at Fang Wuwei, warn him seriously again, and only left after getting Fang Wuwei's full agreement.

After Yong Tai left, Fang Wuwei sat in the courtyard and looked at the sky...

Damn it...why did I say such a bad mouth in the first place...even if it was to advance the progress of our relationship...there's no rush!

Not long after, Shihua prepared a large table of dishes and brought them to the table, and Fang Wuwei was called back by Isshiki to eat.

Looking at the exquisite dishes on the table, Nibutani couldn't help but exclaim in admiration.

"Did Sister Juuka make all of this?"

And Touka seemed to be stunned where she was. This was the first time she heard praise from a child of the same age as Rikka. Rikka had never praised her cooking skills before.

"Come to think of it, Kotori-san's lunch boxes have always been luxurious."

Isshiki, who was standing nearby, also chimed in on the table full of delicious food, and Nibutani naturally continued talking about the same topic.

"Ah, she's quite famous in the class. Come to think of it, I didn't expect that her sister actually works in that restaurant. I'm really envious of Rikka~"

Touka, who has rarely or almost no experience of being praised and has always been strong, was very happy when she saw the well-mannered Nibutani in front of her. For a moment, she didn't know how to respond and just accepted the compliments with a blush, showing her lovely side.

Isshiki Makoto was the first one who couldn't hold back anymore, so he picked up his chopsticks and started eating. With him taking the lead, the others naturally lost their restraint and started eating their favorite dishes.

Except for one person...

Tu Shou picked up the bowl of salad in front of him, frowned, smelled it, and his face turned black on the spot.

"Is there cheese in this, Death?!"

Tu Shou, extremely hates dairy products.

"Xiao Tuo, don't you like cheese?"

"Who wants to eat something that smells like a rotten rag, Death! This is made of milk, Death, the product of rotten milk, Death! It's terrible, Death!"

Tu Shou kept complaining about the salad, which naturally caused the chef's dissatisfaction. Saying that it tasted bad in front of the chef, wasn't that asking for death?

Tu Shou looked up from below, and under the obstruction of a pair of huge monsters that frightened her, she could only see half of Juhua's face that had turned black. The powerful pressure made her tremble with fear.

What blinded me?

In the end, Touma was forced by Touka to eat the entire bowl of salad with cheese.

"As expected of the Saint Counselor Death who is feared by the Master! That look is too scary, Death!"

I ate and swallowed with tears in my eyes, and held my breath to reduce the taste. Even at this point, I still have to be a middle school student...

Looking at Toumori who was "wolfing down" the food in front of him, senior sister Anise who was sitting next to him thought of Rikka and also reminded Yuta.

"I'll go see her."

After that, Yuta stood up, left the table, and went upstairs to find Rikka.

"Is she unwell?"

Nibutani, who was sitting opposite him, also expressed his concern, but Yuta didn't know how to answer and could only make a joke to get away with it.

Watching Yuta leave, Juuka's heart sank as she thought of Rikka's current state.

As for Fang Wuwei, he decided to do nothing. Just like he said to Shihua, it was best to let things take their own course. He also learned a lesson from his previous bad mouth.

At this time, upstairs, in Rikka's room.

Liuhua did nothing, didn't turn on the lights, and lay on the table, but she wasn't sleeping. She didn't want to do anything right now.

The night outside the window was filled with moonlight. Although it was summer, Rikka felt cold.

There was a knock on the door, along with Yuta's voice.

"Are you there?"

When facing Yuta, Rikka couldn't treat him with the same attitude as she treated her family.

"What's the password?"

Hearing the emotionless, familiar voice coming from inside the door, Yuta frowned, thought for a moment, and said what he thought was the most likely password.

"The Evil King's True Eye is the strongest."

After a brief silence, Rika inside the door said something wrong, which surprised Yuta.

“Isn’t that right?”

Rikka already understood why Yuta came to see her at this time, but it was just that Jukka asked Yuta to come over so that she could leave the room and go downstairs to eat.

She was reluctant to leave this room where she could still feel a little comfortable in her hometown, and even more reluctant to face her family.

"It seems that you have been attacked mentally by the Holy Counselor. Yuta is no longer Yuta."

Seeing that the normal method did not work, Yuta immediately decided to return as a veteran and use chuunibyou to fight chuunibyou, which was the truly correct method.

"You really think so, Evil King True Eye, don't worry, I was once a dark flame user after all!

...You don't want to? Then don't look for the invisible boundary line."

Rika, who was leaning against the door, originally thought that even Yuta had betrayed her and was feeling sad, but when she heard Yuta's words that touched her heart, a glimmer of light reappeared in her calm eyes.

Yuta waited quietly for a long time. Rikka slowly opened the door and lay on the ground, not daring to look at Yuta's face.

"Really?"

Facing Rikka lying on the ground, Yuta felt that something was gradually growing in his heart. He, who had always been gentle to Rikka, squatted down and was on the same level as Rikka so that they could look at each other.

"What did I lie to you about?"

"But...but, mom, sister, grandparents, all..."

"That's why you chose me, right?"

Rikka is still hesitant. She chose to be a middle school student in order to escape reality, but her family did not understand. As a result, now she is in this hometown with her family around her, but she feels suffocated. The pressure from reality makes her breathless.

Only Yuta, only Yuta understood her and accepted her.

After hearing Yuta's promise, she was still afraid that her willfulness would make Touka angry, so she hesitated and dared not go out.

But when faced with Yuta's words "let's just forget it", she was unwilling to give up. She was originally thinking about how to hide it from Touka, but she heard Yuta's words that really touched her heart.

"When to set off?"

It was as if he allowed her to ignore the consequences, without having to think, and even less to be afraid... Because no matter where she was or what she did, Yuta would always be by her side, playing with her, running with her, no matter how willful she was, no matter how childish she was... Yuta would always be by her side.

This moment was the most emotional moment for Rikka since she returned to her hometown.

"Now!"

Seeing Yuta agreeing to her willful request of "leave now", Rikka's eyes lit up again. At this moment, she no longer felt lonely, and she didn't even feel the suffocating feeling that had been lingering around her.

There was only Yuta in her eyes.

Her world is too dark. She is shrouded in a dark fog. Although it protects her from the oppression of reality, it also blocks her from exploring the world. Only Yuta, only Yuta's light, can penetrate the dark fog and illuminate her dark world.