The shining Shoko Toyokawa

"So I ran away from that person and even thought about killing him."

Su Shi exhaled the air in his chest and dived into the water as if to escape from his negative emotions.

After nearly two minutes, he slowly stood up from the water.

The countless threads of flax-colored paint a picture-perfect scene among the mountains and valleys.

Xia Ya, whose eyes reflected this scene, felt only sadness and self-blame.

"I can no longer..."

Xia Ya walked quickly to Su Shi and covered Su Shi's lips with her white index finger.

This is her responsibility, because of her concealment, because of her deception,

Su Shi would feel pain even if she just thought of Xiao Mu.

It was all because of Xiao Mu's inaction that Xiangzi became bad.

It was all Xiao Mu's fault for not reporting the situation, so he didn't do anything.

It’s all Xiao Mu’s fault, it’s all Xiao Mu’s fault! That’s why Xiangzi died—Su Shi must have thought so...

But the hardest person to deceive in this world is not the super detective, but yourself.

In the end, Su Shi couldn't deceive himself.

So much so that whenever she thought of 'that person' she would remember the day when she lost Xiangzi, the filthy earth, and the pain of her own helplessness in the face of despair.

Gradually, it became as soft as silk and white clouds, and in an instant it swallowed Xia Ya like weak water.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, Xia Ya-san! I'm doing something absolutely unforgivable."

The flaxen-haired girl was so strong that she seemed to want to rub Xia Ya into her body.

At this moment, the distance between the two hearts was only ten centimeters, yet they seemed to be in different worlds.

The person Su Shi deeply loves, reflected in those moist and misty blue eyes, is a girl with water blue hair.

The flaxen-haired girl lowered her head slightly, and her breath, so hot it seemed like it could burn someone, kept hitting Xia Ya's face.

Facing her like this, Xia Ya neither dodged nor approached.

She just smiled gently, like a mother, looking at her wayward 'child'.

"Soyo, Xia Ya-san, are you almost done showering? The hot water system in our room is broken. Can the child and I use your bathroom?"

Aiyin's voice came from outside the door. Su Shi was struck by lightning, and his eyes instantly regained clarity. He loosened his arms around Xia Ya as if escaping, and shouted to the outside: "Wait a moment!"

"Um, sorry, Xia Ya-san... I..."

At this moment, Su Shi was like a child who had made a big mistake. He lowered his head anxiously, his hands unconsciously clenched into fists.

Xia Ya took a bath towel and covered Su Shi's head, as if isolating her from another world.

It was as if she was wearing the white innocent Kakuin.

"It's okay to be shameless or despicable in this world."

'After all, these are my sins, and I should pay for them.'

"No no no!"

Su Shi desperately shook her head, "It's wrong to do this, I can't let Aine down!"

"Aine is the one who truly loves Xia-san, so why would I do such a thing... I'm such a bad woman."

Although she had expected such an answer, Xia Ya's heart still sank.

She knew that Su Shi liked Ain, just as Ain also liked Su Shi.

But, it will still be a little sad.

But it's only a little sad.

A trivial point.

The two people, each with their own thoughts, quickly wiped the water off their bodies, put on their pajamas, and left the bathroom one after another.

Aiyin, who was pretending to watch TV, immediately turned her gaze over.

She originally wanted to find some clues from the faces of the two people. In Aine's opinion, whether she was with Xia Ya or Su Shi, if nothing happened in the bathroom together, she would be a god.

Under normal circumstances, Aine's gaze would have been captured for a long time by the two people coming out of the bath.

But now she has grown up and is a reliable MS pilot, and is also deeply dependent on the child that Xia Ya rescued a few days ago.

Therefore,

"I will never be fooled by Char and the others again!"

Aiyin made up her mind.

“Aine…Aine?”

"what?"

Xia Ya shouted twice in succession, and the pink-haired girl came back to her senses and hurriedly looked away from their faces.

She felt her nose was a little itchy, which was definitely because it hadn't rained recently and the air was too dry. It was not because she was fascinated by the two people coming out of the bath!

"Then I'll take Maria to take a bath first."

Aiyin stood up guiltily, took the little blonde girl's hand and went to the bathroom.

After witnessing the massacre of people in the town, Maria was greatly shocked.

Like a wounded little animal, he could only say the word Maria and couldn't even eat by himself.

These days, Aiyin and Sushi, who have some free time, take turns to take care of her.

Su Shi turned up the volume of the TV, sat down next to Xia Ya, and whispered, "Maria, what should we do? We'll have to continue the battle soon..."

After the battle a few days ago, the terrorists of the Albania Liberation Front who raided Serbia were no longer able to organize an armored company-scale attack.

However, with the covert assistance of the regional power Hasman, it still has the ability to launch terrorist attacks by single or multiple machines.

Peace...is still a long way off.

"How about Suyo and Aine adopting her?"

Su Shi was stunned for a moment, and after thinking seriously for several seconds, he said seriously: "How can we, two high school students, be responsible for the life of a little kid..."

Seeing the smile on Xia Ya's face, Su Shi realized that Xia Ya was joking.

She said with a mixture of laughter and tears, "Xia Ya-san, you've really learned bad habits from Aine. It turns out we can only ask for help from Sevilla, or maybe we can find the child's relatives."

"That child... has no relatives. Her father died in the racial conflict a few years ago, and her mother hasn't left the town this year..."

"That's it..."

The only sound in the living room was the sound of the TV program.

After a long while, Su Shicai said, "I asked someone to find out about a few reliable welfare homes in Seville. Let's go and have a look when this is over."

"I'd like to ask someone I know to adopt her. Maybe she'll leave the peninsula and go abroad..."

“Bang bang…”

"Xia Ya-san, Su Shi, are you here?"

Li Xi's voice came from outside the door. Xia Ya and Su Shi looked at each other, stood up and looked out through the peephole.

A girl with long black hair stood outside the door, holding something in her hand, but due to her limited vision, Xia Ya couldn't see what it was.

As soon as Xia Ya opened the door, Li Xi's eyes passed over her and glanced into the living room.

"Where's that guy? Isn't he here?"

“Aine? Let’s not talk about that for now. What is this?”

Her gaze shifted to Lixi's right hand. It was like a skinny little kitten, its fate being strangled by Lixi by the scruff of its neck, looking as if it had lost all desire to live.

"It peed on my shoes secretly. There's not even a mouse here. That guy must have sneaked it in!"

The 'guy' that Riki hated so much was naturally the 'reliable' pilot, Ms. Chihaya Aine.

"Could it be Lenna's friend?" Suye said with a smile, "Wait until Aine finishes her bath, then ask her."

Xia Ya also thought this was possible. Although Aine liked cats, she was not to the point of bringing one home if she found one.

What's more, they are now busy with their own affairs and this is not their home, so it is even more impossible for them to pick up a cat.

…………

"It's over, Maria. The devil has come to our door. What should we do?"

Just when Aiyin was in despair, Maria, who hadn't even wiped the water off her body, opened the bathroom door, walked quickly to the living room and stretched out her hands to Lixi.

Li Xi was stunned for a moment, then placed the kitten in her hands and said softly, "Be careful not to get scratched. Its claws are not trimmed."

She turned her gaze towards Aine, who was trying to sneak away, wrapped in a bath towel. Her voice suddenly changed from the warm spring sun to the cold winter wind.

"Sure enough, you picked up this cat, right? You, wash my shoes ten times!"

“Haha,” Aiyin said in a strangled voice, “How annoying, Riki-chan, you should do your own thing, right? Can you please stop being so willful?”

It’s hard, Li Xi’s fist is hard!

"Quack! Lixi, stop pulling my towel!

I was wrong. I will wash it for you right away and make sure it’s as good as new!

Help, Xia Yasushi!

Xia Yasang, why are you just watching?

And Sushi, why did you just cover Maria's eyes?!

That's it!

So that's how it is, have you all betrayed me?!"

"Good kids, don't watch this~"

Su Shi pushed Maria back to the bathroom to dry her hair, while Xia Ya silently closed the door and locked it.

The pink-haired girl was pushed down on the sofa by the black straight girl.

For a moment, the living room was filled with blood and brutality.

By the time the 'punishment' was over, Miss Aine was having trouble breathing and couldn't even stand up.

Chapter 101: Happiness, Heaven

"Are you still awake, Maria?"

That night, in the castle of Seville, which was ancient on the outside and modern on the inside,

The little blonde girl still kept her eyes open in the dim room.

It was already twelve o'clock in the evening. The pink-haired young "mother" was a little distressed, but she did not use the mobile phone and IP provided by the organization to access the Internet.

Speaking of which, not long ago, she was a huge fan of sumim.

But after meeting that woman of Sumim, Aine felt that anyone who could still like Sumim was a god!

That woman clearly likes her childhood sweetheart Toyokawa Shoko, but she keeps taking advantage of her power and gentleness to get close to Xia Ya, and even takes advantage of Xia Ya. She is simply committing a heinous crime!

Aiyin took a deep breath and stopped thinking about these troubles. Instead, she sang a lullaby to Maria.

It was a long time before Maria fell asleep, but her little hand still held the teaching pistol.

On the first night they brought her here, the girl who had survived the hell did not sleep the whole night.

It was not until Xia Ya placed this teaching aid, which was different from a real gun except that it could not shoot, in her hands that she gradually fell asleep.

Looking at Maria, who frowned from time to time and dreamed about something, the pink-haired girl sighed slightly.

The well-fed kitten beside the bed was silent in the cage, perhaps because of a congenital defect. Its eyes were glowing, which looked a bit creepy at night.

Maria fell asleep, but Aine couldn't fall asleep.

The cruel scenes she witnessed a few days ago, the incident between Xia Ya and Su Shi, and Xiao Deng's inexplicable depression all made her at a loss as to what to do.

"This world... is so cruel..."

Aine subconsciously hugged Maria, as if she wanted to protect this only hope with her body.