on the sidelines

Where do we go next?With a cheese stick in her mouth, Lina was browsing the webpage in the coffee shop, and the fluorescence of the conversion interface was jumping rapidly in Lina's eyes.

Lina, who stayed in Dentola, felt that time passed too slowly, and there was still half a year before the start of the plot.Closing the computer, Lina rested her chin on one hand and looked at the passing crowd lonely through the glass. [It's been a long time since I saw the master and the brothers, why don't you go back and have a look?Hunter HQ is still pretty close. 】

Bell~~

"Hello, this is Lena."

"I'm Kitya Peddick."

"Ah, Qi Ya? Uh, Mr. Qi Ya."

"You can call me Chiya."

"Oh, ok, Kiya. Are you going to skip the house?"

"...No, today is my birthday, I want to chat with you." Qi Ya's nervous voice came from the phone.

"Ah! Happy birthday~"

"Thank you....My brother...is there any man with long black hair who uses nails to find you?" The low voice was hollow and difficult to express the words the master wanted to say, "I mean...has he attacked you? ..."

"No, I've been traveling alone recently~" Lina knew Qi Ya's hesitation, and decisively stopped the difficult topic.

"En. Huh? Lena, are you traveling alone? You're lying!" Qi Ya's unbelievable voice powerfully passed through the barrier of space, and Lena pulled the phone an arm's length away from the shock.

"Of course it's true, did you see my family that day?"

"Indeed, no family would leave their children and flee alone in a car."

"..." [Why didn't you remind me when I saw the bus leaving that day] Lina wept silently. "By the way, what birthday gift does Qiya want, can I send it to you?"

"..." After a while of silence, Qi Ya replied in a low voice, "No, it won't reach me even if you send it over."

"Your brother robbed you of presents?" Lena asked nastyly, playing with her short hair near her ears. Of course she knew the house rules for beating dicks. Xiaojie was blocked even if he made a phone call through the doorman to transfer to the main line, let alone Items that can be directly touched. "Forget it, are you at home tomorrow? Although it's a day late, I'd better hand it over to you."

"Really?" came the surprised child's voice, with unbelievable joy.

"Well, it's not far from your house anyway. What do you want?"

"You don't need to buy anything deliberately, just the secret soldier jelly beans." The awkward voice was mixed with the faint sound of shoe tips rubbing against wooden boards.

"No problem, but I won't come into your house. You can call and get it when the time comes. I always feel like you can't leave the house except for missions." Lina's worries are not unreasonable. She doesn't think beating Dick will Open the door to welcome her, otherwise Yiermi would not come to assassinate her without pay, and beating Di Hakka is not a person who is willing to do free work, especially Yiermi, a miser.

"Okay, you can call me at this time tomorrow, I'm training time, so hang up first."

"Well, bye~"

"bye."

Listening to the beeping sound, Lina happily jumped off the chair, ran to the children's snack shop, bought all the jelly beans, and walked towards the station with a cardboard box three times its size under the surprised eyes of passers-by. My life has the motivation to move forward again!

Sitting on the roof of the bus with a suitcase in hand, Lena's hair was blown high by the rushing wind. Occasionally, a few squirrels passed by on the branches on both sides of the winding mountain road, and counting the number of squirrels, Lena came again a few days later. The gate of the underworld.

Looking at the watch, when the time was up, I called Qi Ya's cell phone, and an impatient voice came from the cell phone, "Are you here? I'll be there right away."

"Beep beep..."

Lina, who hadn't spoken yet, stared blankly at the phone of the busy tone, pulling the corners of her mouth stiffly.

"Immediately" is indeed very fast. After 10 seconds, the door of the trial was pushed open, and Qi Ya's figure appeared behind the door, with wide cat eyes turning around, "Where's my birthday present?"

Lina pointed to the huge cardboard box behind her and said triumphantly, "That, I bought them all for you."

"What?!" Qi Ya looked at the object three times the size of Lena, and immediately turned into a cat stepping on its tail, "Are you an idiot? You can buy so much and it's not too heavy for you to carry on your back!"

"..." She was obviously very happy, why did she curse at others?It's weird the way Kiya shows intimacy.Lina thought for a while, looked at Qi Ya with clear eyes, and said kindly, "If you think it's too much, share it with me. I also like its taste."

"No! These are all birthday presents you gave me, and they belong to me!" Qi Ya bared her small fangs, walked behind Lina in displeasure, and raised the cardboard box with one hand, "Go and buy it yourself."

"..." They said they bought them all, where can I buy them around here... Do people in the transformation department not hear the key points of others?Lena shrugged in frustration.

Unexpectedly, Qi Ya turned around suddenly, and before Lina could put away her expression, a box of jelly beans flew over, "Here you are, I'm going to train."

Looking at the closed door to isolate the silver-haired boy, Lina caught the jelly beans with both hands, unable to recover for a while, unexpectedly, Qiya is sometimes very considerate.

When she regained her senses, Lina found that the bus was gone again, and she still had to run back this time.

It was still the same hotel, and Lina, who was sleeping on the tree in front of the hotel the next day, was awakened by the roar of the waiter in the hotel, "Which pervert broke into a private hotel casually, and sprinkled nails all over the bed in every empty room, adding Other people's labor!"

After listening to the roar, Lina kept her [extreme] state and quietly slipped away from the tree.It seems that Yier fans came again last night, and this time the work was more thorough, every room has been confirmed.Hey, it's not easy for children who really want to make friends with Qi Ya.

Lina, who had nothing to do, finally decided to take the airship to the hunter headquarters to see the teachers and seniors whom she hadn't seen for a long time, and to complete the registration for the hunter exam by the way.

Two days later, Lina stood in front of Mo Laowu's residence, smiling faintly, there was no difference between here and before leaving.Ringing the doorbell, a loud roar pierced through the thick wall, and broke into the door, "Who? How dare you disturb me, I'm busy!"

The door opened, looking at the stunned Nekel, Lina smiled, and said lightly, "I'm sorry to disturb you, and, I'm back, brother."

Seeing Nike's teary eyes, Lina walked forward, embraced her senior brother whom she had not seen for a long time, patted Nike's broad back gently, and said softly, "I'm back, senior brother."

Afterwards, Nikel hugged Lina and cried loudly. Until Mo Laowu came back, Nikel still kept wiping away his tears.Mo Laowu, who knew his disciple's personality, did not persuade him, but looked at Lina and praised, "Yun Gudu told me that you have made great progress."

"^-^~~" Lina, who squinted her eyes, raised the corners of her lips, obediently listening to the master's praise.

"How long are you going to stay this time?" Mo Laowu put down his pipe, and he threw himself into the sofa in a big shape, with his feet folded.He knew that it was impossible for hunters, a profession that gathers less and leaves more, to be together all the time. Unless they teamed up to go on missions together, they would meet in a hurry.

"It's time for the hunter exam to begin." Lina enjoyed the relaxed atmosphere, feeling dizzy from the comfort.

Looking at Lina with blurred eyes, Mo Laowu took away the drink in his hand, and said helplessly, "The law stipulates that minors are not allowed to drink alcohol."

"?" Lina, who didn't understand, fell down instantly and fell asleep.

In the evening, Lena woke up from her room, and she realized that the can of drink she was holding should not be juice but wine.Jijiong got up from bed, and the warm reunion ended in her drowsiness in such a short time.

Red Eyes was quietly placed on the bed cabinet, and the careful Xiute had quietly returned Lina's belongings.

Having a headache and rubbing her temples, Lina was the only one left in Mo Lao Wu's residence at this time.

Going to perform the mission again?Is the work of the masters too much? Do you want to give President Nitro a little suggestion?Lena opened the refrigerator as she thought, to appease her hungry stomach.

It was very unfortunate that Lina came back, and she didn't see Mo Laowu and the other three who had returned from the mission until a week later. Lina, who had cooked the meals, had to cook again to increase the weight of the three of them.

Dinner table

"Lina, when you came back, you said that you would take the hunter exam next year?" Nikel looked at his junior sister proudly, and continued with a strong sense of seniority, "If you don't understand anything, you can ask me, and I promise you will pass it once. "

"The location of the test questions is different every year, Nekel." Xiute reminded him friendly.

"Hey? Hahaha, let me tell you about my experience in that year." Nikel changed the subject boldly.

"Hehe, thank you, brother." Lina brought out the last dish, took off her bib, and sat down.

"Lina, the master will not interfere with your decision, you can take part when you are ready, but you have to be aware that the hunter test is not a simple test, it requires you to block your life and dreams, it is a test of yourself Challenge." Through the words, Mo Laowu's attitude of stocking became more and more obvious.

"Well, maybe I can make good friends." Lina's cat face flashed before Lina's eyes.

"Okay, you will rest at home recently and adjust yourself to the best condition."

"The disciple understands."

The two who didn't join the topic were sweeping up the food on the table at the moment, arguing endlessly over a dish.

In the following days, Lina basically spent it alone. During the period, there would be calls from Qi Ya to chat about their respective situations. Until one day in December, Lina was shocked by a call from Qi Ya.

"Lina, I accepted your suggestion and ran away from home."... What does it mean to accept your own suggestion, you are obviously destined to run away from home... Lena looked up at the sky with 45 degrees of melancholy, "I hurt my mother and second brother , Brother is looking for me."

"...Why didn't you call me when you took action?" Lina was slightly dissatisfied, "Are you coming to find me now?"

"Well, how did I find you?"

"You take the airship to the Hunter's Association, and I'll pick you up there."

"it is good."

Beep beep, Qi Ya quickly hung up the phone again.Lena had to set out in the afternoon to buy some daily necessities, and rent an apartment for the two of them to live in by the way.

Three days later, the two children met at the airport.

"Qi Ya! Here! Here!" Lina danced vigorously, waving her hands to attract Qi Ya's attention.

The boy with the skateboard walked towards the girl leisurely, stood still, and said coolly, "Bouncing around like a clown."

"?!" Like a clown, could it be that he has BT approached the man in the high heels?Lena was shocked by the news.

The boy who passed Lina looked back at the fake wife, and woke up someone who was stunned, "Let's go, don't get stuck in the traffic artery, and, just now, I lied to you."

Looking at the cute tongue-sticking Qi Ya, Lina couldn't calm down and wanted to find Yi Ermi to teach this venomous kid a lesson.

When they got home, they threw their daily necessities to Qiya, left a note on the dining table to explain the situation, and led Qiya to the rented apartment, where they would spend the rest of their lives.

"Lina, where is it?" Qiya looked suspiciously at the three-story building in front of him from behind the layers of packages.

"The apartment I rented." Lena opened the door. "We live here. There are three men in the family. I'm afraid that you will run away if you see any of them. Although you usually won't come back, it's still safe to live here."

Lina is telling the truth, if the master and the others use [read] unconsciously when they come back, Qiya will see each other and run away, and it will be too troublesome to explain at that time, it is better to live outside.

"Oh." Qi Ya walked into the apartment indifferently, put down the package and looked at the freshly decorated temporary residence. "The environment is good."

"Well, that's your room, tidy it up yourself." Lena pointed to the other side, "That's my room. By the way, do you have anything checked?"

"Huh? No, I left in a hurry and didn't bring my credit card. I bought the airship ticket with all the cash on my body." Qi Ya turned to look at Lina.

"Oh, it's okay, you're busy." Lina walked towards the living room with heavy steps. Not only did she want to cover her but also include food and expenses. Can she afford such an expensive top-quality cat?Fortunately, the hunter exam is about to start, and she has a lot of savings, so there should be no problem.

In the living room, Lina read half of the book in her hand, Qi Ya put her hands behind her head and shook out of the room, "Lina..."

Closing the book in her hand, Lena looked at Qi Ya tenderly, "Now please call me Ken."

"? Your real name is Ken?" Qi Ya looked up and down Lena who looked like a boy, "I just said that something is wrong, so you are a boy."

"Uh, I'm a girl, but I'm Ken, a boy." Lena told lies without blushing.

"Sounds interesting." Sitting cross-legged on the sofa, Qi Ya stared at Lina curiously, and asked eagerly, "What shall we do next?"

We... At this stage, this word is really driving Lina crazy. "I will take the hunter exam on January 1 next year, and I am not a hunter left in my family."

"Amazing! Your family is full of hunters? Just like our family is full of killers?" Qi Ya leaned forward excitedly, his sapphire blue eyes sparkled brightly, "I heard that the hunter exam is very interesting, hey, Lena I'm signing up too, let's go together when the time comes."

"Okay." Lena smiled cutely, as if she was very happy to have another exam partner.

"Let's go now!" Qi Ya enthusiastically dragged Lina to the nearest registration point. He couldn't wait to take the hunter exam.

During the life together with Qi Ya before the hunter exam started, Qi Ya didn't make any demands, just lived leisurely with Lina, and Lina found that Qi Ya was actually a very restrained and easy-to-support person. They can live comfortably under all conditions, which may have a lot to do with the instability of the killer's life.

Playing games with Qi Ya, arguing over trivial matters, the hunter's calendar was torn up to 1999.1.6.

"Is Qiya ready?" Lina asked Qiya standing outside the door boasting a skateboard exactly like Qiya's in her right hand.

"Well, let's go."

☆, extra

I am Qiya? Beat the enemy, the default head of the family of the world's top killers, the third brother, besides me, there are grandfather, grandfather, father, mother, two older brothers and two younger brothers in the family.In fact, I don't like the identity of a killer very much, especially the identity of the next head of the family. Unfortunately, I can't choose where I was born. go down the road.But even so, the desire to have a playmate of the same age (I prefer to call him a friend) still unconsciously grows wildly like weeds, and finally reaches an unbearable level in the eyes of the family.In order to suppress my emotions that I should not have while walking in the dark world, after a mission was completed, my eldest brother killed three children who had nothing to do with the mission in front of my eyes. The reason was just the envy in my eyes.The family motto of beating the enemy is "Don't do nothing for nothing". My elder brother actually took the lives of three people out of a little envy. Since then, I have completely woken up. I will have no friends in my childhood. When I grow up , I am used to being alone, and I am not looking for any friends anymore.After the mission was over and I returned to the cage made by my family, I began to distance myself from Kanalia who was willing to get close to me. Every time I got close to me, my mother punished her. I actually knew from the beginning, but I just didn’t want to let go.Just be alone, it's fine to be alone.

Until my closest brother Alluka was also imprisoned by my father, I was completely disgusted with this family that only knew benefits, and the idea of ​​escaping from here became more and more intense. The first friend appeared, looking at her who said with a smirk that she wanted to help her run away from home, she just refused out of habit, even though she said what she thought in her heart.At first, she was unwilling to touch the emotions that had been closed by her for a long time, until she easily pushed open the 2-ton trial door with one hand, and told herself with a feeling that she was different, at least she would not be killed so easily by her elder brother Drop and disappear from this filthy world.I agreed to her request. Before we separated, I wanted to ask "Can we be friends", but what I said became vaguely "Can I call you if I don't want to leave home?" I began to hate myself of cowardice.Like her and himself, he pushed open the three doors in a handsome manner, walked in easily, and didn't tell her that the bus had already taken other people away.

After the gate closed, I stood behind the door and looked at the girl's anxious appearance, feeling a little proud, but seeing the thin figure disappear from sight, my heart became empty again, and I wanted to fill it up with something.

A few days later, my birthday came. After heavy training, I always thought of that silly girl who smiled. Since that day, I have never had the courage to call her, because I have been paying attention to her that night. I'm a fan of your movements. He had no mission and left home that day. I was afraid that no one would answer the phone calls I made.

I lay on the kingsize bed and rubbed the paper handed by the girl in my hands. After each number was clearly engraved in my mind, my desire for friends still made me dial the number, feeling anxious , Waiting, I didn't expect to be connected soon. I heard the crisp voice on the other side of the phone, and I was sure that I was relieved at that moment.

"Hello, this is Lena."

"I'm Chiya? Beat Dick." It turned out that her name was Lina, and I forgot to ask her name at the time.

"Ah, Qi Ya? Uh, Mr. Qi Ya."

"You can call me Qi Ya." Why do you always call me Mr.?I am very dissatisfied with this address, she can call me by my first name directly.

"Oh, ok, Kiya. Are you going to skip the house?"

"...No, today is my birthday, I want to chat with you." This strange question again, but I don't feel nervous if I interrupt myself like this. If I tell her my birthday, will I be able to see her again?I hope to meet again, but some things still need to be cleared up, even if it is hard to say.

"Ah! Happy birthday~"

"Thank you. . . . my brother . . . just did a man with long black hair and nails approach you? I mean . . . did he attack you . . . "

"No, I've been traveling alone recently~"

"En. Huh? Lena, you are traveling alone? You are lying!" Great, the eldest brother has never looked for her, and also, the eldest brother has not failed in missions.Letting go of this psychological burden, I cooperated and expressed surprise. Ordinary friends would respond this way.

"Of course it's true, did you see my family that day?"

"Indeed, no family member would abandon their child and escape by car alone." I recalled the scene that day, and couldn't help but want to tease her.

"..." There was silence on the other end of the phone. I thought she was angry with me. I was just about to explain, but I was hit hard by the surprise she brought. I couldn't believe it was true.

"By the way, what birthday gift does Qiya want, can I send it to you?"

After the surprise, my reason told me that the things would not be sent to me, and my elder brother and father would not allow it.

"No, it won't reach me even if you send it over."

"Your brother snatched your gift? Forget it, are you home tomorrow? Although it's a day late, I'd better hand it over to you."

"Really?" I thought she would stop, but I didn't expect to get surprises again and again today.

"Well, it's not far from your house anyway. What do you want?"

"You don't need to buy anything deliberately, just the secret soldier jelly beans." I was afraid that she would change her mind, so I made the simplest wish, a wish that she could fulfill.

"No problem, but I won't come into your house. When the time comes, call and come out to get it. I always feel like you can't leave the house except for missions." Although the understanding may be different, what she said is the truth, beat the enemy Hakka enemy Many, in order to protect the life of my next Patriarch, I have been living under surveillance, except for missions, I cannot leave this prison that locks me.

"Okay, you can call me at this time tomorrow, I'm training time, so hang up first."

"Well, bye~"

"Bye." It was time for training again, I hung up the phone reluctantly, and at the same time looked forward to the arrival of the next day.

The next day, I waited anxiously in the room. Although I knew that the appointed time hadn't arrived yet, I was still dissatisfied: why is it so slow, why hasn't it come yet?

When the phone rang, I ran to the gate quickly, using my fastest speed so far, for fear that she would turn into a cold corpse while waiting for me.

Pushing open the door, seeing her smiling gently, I suppressed the anxiety in my heart, fortunately, fortunately she can still smile.

She is really strange, for one of my wishes, she actually brought all the jelly beans back. Looking at the cardboard box that is three times her size, it would be a lie to say that she is not moved. It turns out that this is a friend, although it is only me. One-sided opinion, but I am still very happy.

At night, Yiermi went out again, but he didn't come back the next day, maybe it was a mission, I comforted myself like this.Back in his room, he opened the carton, took out a box of jelly beans, and looked at it quietly for a long time.

I have decided that I want to run away from home and escape the control of my father and elder brother.

That night, I took a small amount of cash and escaped from the house without notifying the girl, just to keep this possible friend from being in danger.After I confirmed that my family members were not chasing me, I dialed the number and told her, "Lena, I accepted your suggestion and ran away from home."

I can imagine the disappointed and distraught face of the girl on the other side of the phone because she didn't accompany me to skip home. She must be very sorry that I didn't notify her when she was looking forward to it so much.Listening to the words of concern on the other side despite complaining, the corner of my mouth slowly curled up: a new life, here I come.