After Boqi moved into my closet, the quiet life is gone forever

Chaoyang shouted to stop.

"Mo---I already told you my name is not Hongxia! Really, it's all father's fault. Let me check on your condition."

"Ahaha, Elena, don't say that. Lucas is the only one at home. If your father doesn't arrange for someone to take turns to take care of him, what if something happens? We are all childhood friends, so this kind of thing doesn't matter."

Next to Hong Xia stood a red-haired man, whose appearance was just above average in Chaoyang's aesthetic standards.

"That's why I'm angry. He even deliberately misidentified me. ... Let's go and ignore Lucas."

After saying this, Hongxia took the wooden basket and walked out without even looking at Chaoyang.

The red-haired man walked over with a smile.

"Isn't it a bit too much to tease Elena right after you've recovered from your illness? Lucas, you should also reflect on yourself. We are not children anymore, you need to be more mature."

"...Huh? Who are you?"

Chaoyang was already getting irritated. It seemed that Hongxia had completely lost all her memories of the other world and had completely integrated into the identity assigned to her by this world, while she herself didn't even understand what kind of world this was.

[Looking at this kind of attire, it feels like some otherworldly place. ]

"It's boring to keep telling the same joke over and over again... Humph, you better take care of yourself."

The red-haired man seemed to be irritated by Chaoyang's question as well, and he chased after Hongxia with an unhappy look on his face.

"Everyone is so impatient. The beginner's guide is terrible. I don't know what kind of annoying character they assigned to me. Sigh... I'll just follow Hong Xia secretly and see. The red-haired man will decide whether to eliminate him or not depending on the situation."

Chaoyang's power has not diminished at all. If you have to say there is any change, it is that his mind is no longer full of desires as before, but now it has returned to its previous state.

"Don't run too far, Elena. I've heard of several cases of monsters injuring people recently."

Hong Xia and the red-haired man had already walked out of the village and came to the mountain path.

"It's okay... I'm going to the mountains to pick some mushrooms to make soup for that idiot. He hasn't had any proper meals this whole time, and I guess he's talking nonsense because of the fever."

Hongxia said unhappily with a pout.

Chaoyang had already jumped behind a rock on the cliff of the mountain path and eavesdropped on the conversation with his superhuman hearing ability.

[Great! The red-haired guy was saved. Apparently, he's not a boyfriend or anything like that. But this Hong Xia sounds a bit tsundere. Ah... I don't know how she ended up in this world. Is she the only one here, or are there a few others as well... Never mind, forget about waiting for her to regain her memory. It's too much trouble. Let's just drag her back to the world of Lonely Rock. To avoid any accidents. I don't want to be NTR, even though Hong Xia isn't my girlfriend.]

At this moment, Chaoyang suddenly remembered a horrible thing.

[Where's my dimensional resonator!?]

There was no trace of it in the bare walls of his house before, and now he searched all over his body but still couldn't find it.

[Was it taken away? Or was it not with me from the beginning... Damn... Another accident like this... I have no choice but to find a way to restore Hong Xia's memory and find out how she got here. But how did I get close to her? Although she's a tsundere and easy to deal with, I don't want to slowly conquer her.]

Chaoyang was still worried, but he didn't forget to keep up.

"Speaking of which, he just mentioned monsters... Since there's that word, this must be a world of swords and magic. Speaking of which, while her character has changed a bit, Hong Xia's inherent gentleness remains the same... But if I think about it, she took care of me, but didn't even help clean up my house when it was so dirty, so it seems she doesn't have any special feelings for me."

"Come to think of it... Elena, you've been this weird before... I remember when I was collecting firewood with others in the forest, and suddenly I started shouting something inexplicable, like 'Where is this?! Sister!! Liang! Chaoyang!' Then I started running around and accidentally hit my head. Luckily, I was back to normal after I woke up."

While walking, Hong Xia turned around in surprise to look at the red-haired man.

"There's such a thing? I don't even remember it. Are you lying to me?"

"How could that be? I swore to you that I would never tell you a lie."

After saying that, the red-haired man wanted to hold Hong Xia's hand.

The moment she touched it, Hong Xia jumped forward as if she had been electrocuted.

"Well, that... now is not the time to do something like this..."

Hong Xia lowered her head shyly and spoke in a low voice.

"Sorry, ahahaha..."

Above their heads, Chaoyang was measuring the size of stones with his fingers, wanting to hit Hongxia on the head to see if he could restore her memory.

[Well, I need to find a rock to hit Hongxia on the head... This rock won't work. If I hit her, Hongxia will definitely turn into a meat patty... Forget it... I might as well just punch her in the head... But if she doesn't recover her memory, my favorability rating will probably be minus 100.]

Chaoyang was just thinking about it, but he didn't dare to use unreliable methods to help her recover her memory.

So Chaoyang followed them, listening to their conversation and collecting information. Around dusk, he finished picking mushrooms in the forest and returned to Chaoyang's home.

Chaoyang naturally returned home early and lay on the bed, pretending to look haggard.

"Huh? When I saw you before noon, you were fine."

Hongxia took the mushrooms and salt, potatoes, carrots and other ingredients from home to the only table in Chaoyang's house and asked curiously.

"Ahaha, maybe I knew you would come to take care of me, so my illness became more serious."

Chaoyang said this in a pretentious manner while lying on the bed.

"It seems to be completely cured."

Hong Xia sighed and complained.

"Do you remember this?"

Chaoyang picked up branches on the road and used them as drumsticks, imitating Hongxia's way of playing the drums.

"Huh? What weird things are you doing again?"

Hong Xia started cutting vegetables with a kitchen knife, but lost interest after taking one look.

"Looks like she's going to die for now... I better find a chance to give her a head start. Seeing her like this, I'm worried about Yukino, Pochi, Ryo, and the others coming to this world. ... Yoshi, take Nijika out on an adventure... Maybe she'll get some kind of boost and regain her memory, and we can also see if we can find any trace of the others."

"Hongxia, do you want to go traveling with me?"

"If you keep saying this, I'm really going to get angry. My name is not Hong Xia! If you're asking me, I don't know what you're fantasizing about, but I have no intention of leaving the village to live somewhere else! Are you trying to get me to elope with you? Humph, even if you have to choose me, I'd choose Yital, a more reliable guy. He's much better than you in both literature and martial arts. If you really want to pursue me, then work harder!"

Although Hong Xia said this, the kitchen knife in her hand began to tremble obviously and her heart began to beat wildly.

[Strange... why did my heart flutter for no apparent reason... I clearly shouldn't have any feelings for him at all.]

Chaoyang thought that Itar was probably the name of the red-haired man, but no matter what, Chaoyang didn't care about such a small character. If he dared to touch Hongxia, he would kill him directly.

"Can I ask something else? Are there such things as Demon Kings and Heroes in this world?"

"Hmm? As for the heroes... decades ago, a hero named Xin Meier led his team to defeat the Demon King. I'm not really interested, so I don't know the details. ...Ah! There's no water in the water tank! How did you survive? You actually have to let a girl like me fetch water for you! Seriously!"

Hong Xia, who was preparing to cook soup, puffed up her lips again and looked very cute like a little pufferfish.

"Ah! You, when did you run to the door? You, you..."

Hongxia seemed to have just picked up a dirty wooden barrel from the corner, and felt a gust of wind blowing behind her. She looked back and saw Chaoyang standing at the door carrying a water tank.

Hong Xia was so shocked that she couldn't speak.

"Hmm? Just now, I went to get some water."

Chaoyang walked out as light as a swallow, carrying a 500-jin water tank on his back.

Only Hong Xia was left stunned.

173. There’s no time to make trouble, get in the car quickly!

"Done, done..."

Hongxia looked nervously at Chaoyang beside the table and handed him the vegetable soup.

"This guy... maybe he's really asking me to go on an adventure... When did he develop that kind of strength?"

"...Oh!!! As expected of Hong Xia, the food is still as delicious as ever."

"I already told you my name is not Hong Xia."

Of course, Chaoyang wouldn't care. He wanted to keep the name Hongxia stimulating her, and maybe her memory would recover. If that didn't work, his backup plan was to give her a severe brain injury.

"That... you might have misunderstood me. Lucas, let me make it clear first..."

"My name is Chaoyang, not Lucas."

"Huh? What nonsense are you saying again? We grew up together..."

[Chaoyang? I seem to have heard this name somewhere before... Ah! When Yitar was picking mushrooms today, he mentioned someone from the past who was also suddenly confused. When he mentioned someone called out a name, it seemed like there was someone named Chaoyang. ...Is there a connection?]

But no matter how hard Hong Xia thought, she still couldn't figure it out.

"...Let's just go to the sunrise... I already have someone I like, and I want to stay in this village with him forever. Besides, I don't know magic, I'm not a warrior, and I'm not a monk, so there's no point in going on an adventure with you."

"Really? That's really troublesome. Then you can return to the village to live after you finish your adventure with me."

Chaoyang didn't want to be too direct, so he tricked Hongxia into the car first.

"Why do you have to take me with you? And why do you want to go out on such an adventure? You are just an ordinary villager living in this village!"

"Haaa... You wouldn't believe me even if I explained it to you, but I'll still explain it. You're not from this world. You and I belong to another world. Your current memories are just false memories given to outsiders by this world. You have nothing to do with this world. My ultimate goal in taking you on this journey is to send you back to your original world."

"Crazy! You lunatic! Who will care about you!!! I'm going home and I won't come here again!"

Hong Xia, filled with rage, slammed the door and walked out.

"Ah... I messed up. I was trying to see if I could stimulate her memory."

Chaoyang did not choose to chase after him. Continuing to pester him would only make his already low favorability even lower.

"Yeah, it's really stupid of me to do this. I should just take him away... Okay, let's do it."

Without any hesitation, he finished the soup Hong Xia made in one gulp and disappeared from the table the next moment.

……

"Stop, stop it! Let me go! What are you doing?"

Chaoyang successfully kidnapped Hongxia before she returned home.

I plan to leave the village overnight. Now that I know what kind of world this place is, I have a solution.

[I'll go to Visast and ask my master if there's any magic that can restore memory. Since I possess the immortality of Sandwich, I might be able to research it for her and perhaps we can negotiate a deal.]

"Ming, I understand! I'll go with you. At least prepare something for me. Girls need to bring a lot of things when they go out! Stupid, listen to me!"

He had already run to the sun-facing mountain road. After hearing Hong Xia's panicked shout, he immediately braked, leaving long brake marks on the ground.

Although he knew that Hong Xia was just trying to delay, his subconscious nature began to take effect and he subconsciously obeyed her.

[What a hassle! This trait has drawbacks regardless of whether it's useful or not!]

After being put down, Hong Xia was extremely shocked. She was in a panic and did not observe the surrounding situation. Chaoyang climbed the narrow mountain path to the top of the mountain and was about to go down the mountain in just over ten minutes. It would take almost half a day.

"You. When did you become so powerful..."

"I've always been this powerful. Come on up, I'll take you back. Hongxia..."

Chaoyang squatted down and let her lie on his back.

Since it's not coercion, there's no need to use a posture that makes her uncomfortable.

Hongxia did not refuse this time. She lay obediently on Chaoyang's back and felt the lightning speed. Chaoyang jumped among the protruding rocks on the cliff.

"Do you really care that much about that girl named Hong Xia... But I want to say that I'm really not the person you're talking about..."

"Haaa... I'm too lazy to argue with you, Hongxia. Time will tell. Or have you forgotten your sister Ijichi Hoshika and the significance of that store, STARRY?"

"..."

[I clearly don't understand what he's saying, but why do I feel so uncomfortable inside... And even though I was kidnapped by him, why do I feel so safe on his back now... I'm so annoyed. Where do these feelings come from...]

The hands on Chaoyang's shoulders couldn't help but clench.

Chaoyang knew that Hongxia was shaken, which proved that even if the memory was gone, some things of the person had already been integrated into the soul.

"Hongxia, you'd better keep a safe distance from that red-haired man. If you get too close, I'll think you've broken our agreement and I'll kill him. We'll leave tomorrow afternoon."

"……understood."

Hongxia agreed glumly. She should have been furious at Chaoyang's threatening words, but for some reason, she didn't feel much.

"Are we really leaving the village? ...We should prepare some underwear and a change of clothes. I can't help Chaoyang, he's always so willful...huh?"

……