Sweet daily life of Little Tanuki and Qin Che in Love and Deep Space

That was all an illusion, yeah!

You've come to ask for peace and blessings. Yes, where do you ask for peace and blessings?

Looking up and around, I saw a neat line of people not far away.

"That's it, go!"

When we left the temple, it was already getting dark.

Holding the talisman bag you had obtained, you still decided to go to the base to see Qin Che.

Mephistopheles will once again be the first to greet you at the door.

"Caw caw, caw..."

"Okay, same place as always, thanks. Next time I'll have Qin Che buy you a diamond ring to play with."

You walked toward the boxing ring at the base, in a fairly good mood.

Qin Che looked like he had just finished practicing his boxing, leaning against the ropes of the boxing ring, completely unsurprised by your sudden appearance.

"Don't you have to go to work tomorrow? Why did you come all the way to the base?"

"Because I miss you~~~" You jumped onto one side of the boxing ring in a few steps, grabbed the ropes, and stood near Qin Che.

Qin Che glanced at you sideways, his eyes clearly conveying, "Go ahead, I know you have a whole series of questions to answer."

You chuckled and said to him with a slightly coquettish tone, "I came here to give you something. Let's make it clear, you're not allowed to complain. You might think it's outrageous, but it's just a small token of my affection. Something is better than nothing."

You stretch out your hand, pinch two fingers together, and hold them in front of your eyes, making a "slightly" gesture.

You know Qin Che falls for this kind of thing, so he just spread his hands and said to you, "Give it to me."

You reach into your pocket, pull out a red talisman pouch, and place it in his outstretched palm.

After a long silence, he looked up at you.

"Were you scammed?"

What?! What kind of evaluation is this?! You thought about it the whole way and never expected this evaluation.

"You! I told you not to criticize me, and..." You pressed your hand against the talisman pouch, and you could vaguely feel the warmth coming from his palm. "Don't say things like that. If the talisman pouch hears this, it might get angry and stop working."

Qin Che smirked and poked your puffed-up face: "Oh, it seems you've not only been scammed out of money, but you're also possessed."

You suddenly raised your hand and covered his mouth, glaring at him angrily: "I told you not to say it, but you still kept talking. If you don't want it, fine, I'll keep it for myself."

Qin Che closed his palms before you could: "Is there any reason to take back something you've given away?"

When he opened his palm again, the red thread on the talisman wrapped around his knuckles, which he gently brushed away.

"He always yells that he doesn't want me to get injured, so why didn't he strictly stop me from participating this time? Instead, he's been so cooperative, helping me study my opponents and even asking me for talismans."

“That’s different. This is something you enjoy. You said it’s just a simple competition. Although I also really don’t want you to get hurt, just like you wouldn’t stop me from being a hunter for fear of me getting hurt.”

You stare intently at Qin Che, the setting sun casting an even longer shadow of him on the boxing ring.

"You are Qin Che."

What happened to Qin Che?

"It's Qin Che who loves me, it's Qin Che I love, but all of that is predicated on the fact that you are yourself, you are Qin Che."

He shouldn't be bound by anyone in the first place, and it is precisely because I love him that I am even more unwilling to see him "kidnapped" by anything illusory.

Qin Che gazed at you, remained silent for a moment, and then a smile, as always, appeared on his lips.