I will swear to protect the beauty with my life

After eating and drinking their fill, the two packed up their things and prepared to go home.

However, there was an inexplicable throbbing in her heart that made Rikka not want to end the dinner like this.

Looking at Yuta's back, Rikka remembered the dark flame user who once stood on the windowsill. That shining existence was like a ray of light that illuminated her dark world at that time.

Just like now, when I was lonely and helpless, he stood by my side.

She didn't want it to end like this, at least not now.

She mustered up the courage to call out to Yuta who was walking away, and stated her request word by word.

"I don't want to go back."

"Clam?"

"I'm going to bathe in the moonlight!"

Yuta was very surprised, it was already so late, but Rika ignored Yuta's surprise, turned around and ran away, going to a place with bright moonlight, and Yuta only tried to stop her slightly, and then decided to let her go and pamper her a little.

Meanwhile, Yuta's phone rings... It's Isshiki Makoto.

On the other side, Isshiki Makoto got up in the middle of the night to find the toilet, but unexpectedly found that senior sister Fuki was also up, so he decided to go out for a walk with senior sister Fuki on the spot. At this moment, the two of them were shopping at a convenience store.

The situation is almost the same as that of Yuta and Isshiki, but Isshiki Makoto is much more promising than Yuta, at least he understands that this is an opportunity.

"What do you think? It's late at night! The two of you are alone! This is simply telling me that the stage is set, come on and confess your feelings!"

Isshiki Makoto, since senior sister Annie was buying things inside the convenience store, in order to prevent Annie from hearing, he was squatting outside the convenience store and secretly asking Yuta for advice.

"Who knows? How can I know for sure?"

I originally thought that Isshiki called for something important, but I didn't expect that Yuta had no interest in such a small matter and responded to Isshiki Makoto in a completely perfunctory tone.

"What?! How heartless! Have you forgotten how I talked to you on the day of the entrance ceremony because I was afraid you would be lonely!!!"

"Don't keep bringing this up... I'm hanging up now."

"No! Wait a minute!"

When Isshiki Makoto heard that Yuta was about to hang up the phone, he panicked instantly. He had originally called to seek comfort, but was about to be hung up. How could he not panic? In order to calm Yuta down, he could only change the subject.

"How are you and Kotori getting on?"

"We just had something to eat together, and she forgot to bring her house key."

"Eh? Does that mean...the two of you are alone now?"

"That's it."

Hearing this, Isshiki Makoto's gossipy heart began to burn.

"I thought you guys were suspicious in the first place, but I didn't expect it to come to this."

"What did you misunderstand? How could there be such a plot?"

"Why?"

"Are you asking why? That's Rikka, she's showing her chuunibyou in full effect!"

Isshiki Makoto doesn't understand. Rikka is also a beauty, and it is obvious that she has some feelings for Yuta. How could Yuta not feel anything?

And Yuta also didn't understand why Isshiki Makoto would misunderstand the two of them. How could he have such thoughts about a severe chuunibyou patient?

But soon, his heart betrayed his mind.

While the two were talking on the phone, Rikka, who had had enough of sunbathing, came back and leaned her head to look at Yuta. Their faces were so close that Yuta was startled, but at the same time, something different emerged in his heart. Only then did Yuta take a good look at Rikka's face. She was cute and beautiful.

Yuta was stunned and speechless for a moment, and was eventually hung up by Isshiki Makoto. After Makoto hung up the phone, he looked around but did not see the figure of Anise-senpai. He looked down and only saw a piece of paper -

[It seems like you will continue to talk on the phone for a long time, I will go back first----Fennel]

If you hesitate, you will lose.

Isshiki Makoto could only go back with a sigh, but what he said to Yuta had a huge impact. If Fang Wuwei knew about it, he would definitely stand up and applaud him loudly.

After returning home and taking turns to take a shower, the two were about to go to bed, but Yuta began to inexplicably recall Isshiki Makoto's words in his mind.

And Rokka...

The face that had just made his heart beat faster suddenly appeared in his mind. He shook his head vigorously to get rid of this unsettling face from his mind.

Besides, how could Rikka, who is obsessed with the second-year syndrome, possibly think about love?

At this time, Rikka walked out of Yuta's room. Rikka, who had no clothes to wear, temporarily borrowed Yuta's clothes. Although they were a bit big, she didn't mind. She looked extremely petite and cute in a big top.

"Yuta, this is...the Thunder Hammer?"

Looking at Rikka with her hands tucked into her clothes and shaking them while still mumbling her chuunibyou quotes, Yuta felt relieved.

Impossible.

"Stop it, it will break. Just fold up your sleeves."

Folding up her sleeves, Rikka now felt like she looked like a martial artist, so she decided to act more like one and immediately began to perform boxing techniques, leaving Yuta speechless.

"How can you think of everything as being secondary?"

With a slight sigh, Yuta turned around and pointed to the room across from him: "Okay, it's late enough, this room is for you to sleep in, you need to go wash up first..."

Before he could finish his words, Yuta turned around again, and the rest of his words got stuck in his throat.

I saw Rikka put down her sleeves, covered her face with them, and smelled it hard.

"It tastes like Yuta~"

Yuta blushed instantly. He just thought that Rikka would not have the idea of ​​falling in love, but the next moment she did this. He immediately stopped her, which aroused Rikka's suspicion, because she didn't understand these things.

"Why?... Mm, it smells like Yuta..."

The rebellious psychology made Rikka do it again on the spot, and the agitated Yuta blushed.

"Just no! It's too embarrassing!"

Forcing Rikka back onto the bed, he covered her with the quilt and turned off the light. Then Yuta composed himself and prepared to go to bed.

But just as Yuta walked back to his room, he heard the sound of music outside. Curiosity prompted Yuta to go out. When he went out, he saw Rika squatting on the ground in the dark living room without turning on the lights. The TV in front of her emitted a dazzling light, shining on Rika.

"Didn't I tell you to go to bed?"

"My heart is pounding. I'm afraid it's nearby. We must be alert."

Yuta, who habitually ignores Rikka's daily silly behavior, curiously took a look at what Rikka was looking at. He was shocked to see that it was the Leonardo DiCaprio version of Romeo and Juliet, and the scene showed the two of them hugging and kissing.

And Rikka was staring intently.

After thinking for a while, Yuta decided to turn off the TV. After all, in his eyes, Rikka was still the child who lived in the past and refused to face reality. How could she understand love?

"My heart is throbbing."

"Just get some sleep."

“My heart is pounding!”

"me too."

Faced with the nonsense-talking Rikka, Yuta coaxed her like a child, with great patience.

"My heart is in ecstasy! My heart is about to explode!"

"Why!"

"I have no idea!"

But, this time, Rikka was different. She was not just being silly. She could feel her heart beating so fast, so violently as never before, as if it was about to jump out of her chest. It was as if there was a breath being held in her heart, as if it was suffocating her.

Faced with such a Rika, even Yuta could only make jokes. He turned off the TV, ignored Rika who jumped up, told her to go to bed quickly, and then turned and left.

However, Rikka would not let Yuta get away like that, and she immediately followed up with a sliding tackle, causing Yuta to stagger and almost fall.

"I said you..."

Yuta wanted to turn around and scold Rikka, telling her to stop messing around and go to sleep, but when he turned around, he saw Rikka crossing her arms, staring at Yuta pitifully, with a pitiful expression on her face, which was red and very cute.

"do not go......"

This scared Yuta, he thought Rikka wouldn't feel like falling in love, but now he's not sure.

“Yuta…close your eyes….

Just close it for a moment... just for a moment..."

Rikka's voice was softer than ever before, as if she was acting coquettishly as she begged Yuta.

A cold sweat broke out on Yuta's back, and he recalled the scene on TV where the two protagonists kissed with their eyes closed, and his body began to tremble with nervousness.

But facing the red-faced Rikka, Yuta, who also had a red face, seemed to have made a decision in his heart and closed his eyes obediently...

Hearing the footsteps approaching slowly and feeling his left hand being held by a softer, smaller hand, Yuta's whole body froze. He was not mentally prepared to sing the praises of youth.

However, the facts are often contrary to one's imagination. I did not feel his imagined kiss full of peaches, nor did I feel any warm and soft body being hugged by him. All I felt was a slight itch on the back of my left hand that was being held.

When she opened her eyes, she saw Rikka drawing a magic circle on the back of her left hand with a marker, that was all.

This is the most speechless time for Yongta

"What's this."

"An absolutely effective magic fragment, proof of the new contract concluded earlier."

Yuta sighed slightly, feeling ashamed for having those fantasies just now, and chose to indulge Rikka's playfulness.

“Find an inconspicuous place to paint it.”

"This is the most suitable place. This way, the power of darkness will be multiplied, and it can release a dark explosion that is more powerful than the pitch-black flames."

Looking at the serious face of Rikka in front of him, Yuta just smiled and sent Rikka back to her room to sleep. He was not angry, nor was he furious. He was just indulgent and gentle to Rikka.

As expected, she didn't have such thoughts... This is Rikka, what am I expecting.

That night, Yuta lay on the bed, looking at the magic circle on his left hand, sighing that Rikka's chuunibyou was worthy of her chuunibyou. But he was secretly glad in his heart that Rikka still retained her innocence and was not tainted by the filth of reality. However, he felt a little unwilling in his heart... Is this really a good thing?

The complex emotions in his heart made Yuta give up thinking and turn over to sleep.

But on the other side, Rikka couldn't be so calm in her heart.

The throbbing in her heart made Rikka unable to look Yuta in the face. Even when drawing a magic circle, she had to ask him to close his eyes. Being looked directly at by Yuta made her feel shy and her heart beat faster... She didn't know what was wrong with her.

Staring at the dark ceiling, Rikka tried her best to let go of everything, but Yuta's figure always appeared in her mind, and the bits and pieces of her time with Yuta...

The pounding of her heart made her uneasy. She rolled over in bed, grabbing the quilt, unable to fall asleep...

The next morning, Yuta was still sleeping like a pig, and Rikka was awakened by the throbbing in her heart. She came to Yuta's room, looked at the sleeping Yuta, and gently stroked his face...

She felt that...the bond between her and the Dark Flame Master was no longer the same as before...

At this time, Fang Wuwei, who was far away in the countryside, was standing on the beach facing the rising sun...