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"Everyone, you worked hard, quickly take a break."
Ijichi Nijika's voice was clear. After settling everyone, she came to the bar counter:
"Sister, shall I be responsible for selling drinks now?"
Ijichi Seika nodded slightly and stood up, saying:
"The performance today was good."
"Hehe…"
Ijichi Nijika immediately showed a bright smile upon receiving the praise.
The cheers from the audience were a pleasant surprise, but the affirmation from her sister made her even happier.
One must know that her sister always had a cold and aloof demeanor, so being able to give the evaluation of "good performance" was already a very high compliment.
At the same time.
Yamada Ryo did not go to rest in the back but came directly in front of Kitahara Makoto, her eyes sparkling with anticipation:
"Kitahara-kun, shall we continue playing the game?"
"Not today," Kitahara Makoto shook his head. "The game has a cooldown, so we can only play again tomorrow."
"Is that so…"
Yamada Ryo's pretty face showed disappointment: "Then tomorrow, we'll continue to challenge the next level."
Kitahara Makoto hesitated upon hearing this:
"I might not come to the store tomorrow."
He had asked before, Kessoku Band's performances were not daily, and there might be other things tomorrow, so he naturally couldn't make a casual promise.
"It's fine," Yamada Ryo quickly said, "I'll come to find you then."
Kitahara Makoto agreed: "Then that's no problem."
"Oh no, Ryo is obsessed."
Overhearing their conversation, Ijichi Nijika's heart suddenly sank.
As a close friend, Ijichi Nijika understood Ryo's personality quite well. Although she usually seemed listless and uninterested, once she became interested in something, she would become madly engrossed in it.
Undoubtedly, a magical game that could grant people extraordinary powers clearly suited Ryo's taste perfectly.
In fact, let alone Ryo, even she herself still vividly remembered the adventure in the game earlier, after all, it was a completely new life of swords and magic that she had never experienced before.
"But it's very dangerous, isn't it?"
Ijichi Nijika quietly bit her lower lip.
"Ryo going alone to find Kitahara-kun after school…"
"A man and a woman alone in a room, if something unexpected happens…"
Ijichi Nijika's mind involuntarily conjured up a fantasy.
One day in the future.
Yamada Ryo stood at the school gate: "Sorry, Nijika, I need to take a leave of absence for a while."
"Eh, why?"
Yamada Ryo gently stroked her stomach with her right hand: "Because I'm going to have a baby."
"…"
Ijichi Nijika quickly shook her head, dispelling the terrible image in her mind.
No!
That kind of thing is absolutely not allowed!
Ryo is still just a high school student, she absolutely cannot have a baby!
"If… if Ryo really has to go…" Ijichi Nijika took a deep breath, quickly making up her mind, "There's no choice, I can only go with Ryo…"
On the other side.
Yamada Ryo, who learned that she couldn't continue playing the game today, quickly waved her hand and turned to go back to the backstage to rest.
Kitahara Makoto then looked at Kita Ikuyo and asked softly:
"Kita Ikuyo, until what time are you working?"
Kita Ikuyo replied:
"The performance ends at 8:30, and then we have to clean up, so we can probably go home around 9:00."
"Then it's soon," Kitahara Makoto naturally chose to stay. "I'll go home with you after your shift ends."
Kita Ikuyo's small face flushed slightly, and she whispered:
"I don't need that, I can go home by myself."
Kitahara Makoto thought for a moment and said:
"Then I'll wait for Hitori to go home together."
"…"
Kita Ikuyo's cheeks suddenly puffed up, like a squirrel whose food stash had been stolen. She huffed and glared at Kitahara Makoto, then turned and walked away.
Time quietly passed.
In a blink of an eye, it was 9:00 PM.
"Nijika, goodbye."
"Yamada Ryo, goodbye."
"Manager, goodbye."
Kita Ikuyo's voice was clear as she greeted everyone in the store one by one.
Bocchi-chan followed behind, stammering like a repeater.
All the customers in the store had left, and the cleaning was done. Today's business ended here, and it was time for everyone to go home.
"Yamada Ryo, see you tomorrow."
Kitahara Makoto greeted Yamada Ryo, then walked out of the store.
Coming outside, the chilly, damp rain mist greeted them.
"Eh, it's raining again," Kita Ikuyo said with annoyance. "The weather was so nice during the day, I thought it would be sunny all day."
Kitahara Makoto opened his backpack, took out an umbrella, and looked at Kita Ikuyo and Bocchi-chan-chan beside him:
"Did you bring umbrellas?"
"Of course I did," Kita Ikuyo said while taking out her umbrella. "It's the rainy season now, only an idiot would go out without an umbrella, right?"
"So-sorry…"
A weak voice sounded beside them. Bocchi-chan looked pitiful and apologized softly, "I forgot my umbrella."
"Eh, eh, eh?" Kita Ikuyo quickly looked over. "I didn't mean to say Bocchi-chan is an idiot, it's just… oh, well, that's what I meant. Everyone forgets things sometimes."
Kitahara Makoto repeated from the side:
"It's the rainy season now, only an idiot would go out without an umbrella…"
"Stupid Kitahara!" Kita puffed out her cheeks and reached out to swat him. "Stop talking!"
Gotō Hitori stammered, "When I left this afternoon, my mind was completely focused on the performance, so I forgot..."
"It's fine if you forgot," Kita quickly said. "Kitahara-kun and I both have umbrellas, which is enough to get home... Bocchi-chan, want to share an umbrella with me?"
"Mm-hmm."
Gotō Hitori quickly nodded.
Kita held an umbrella with Bocchi-chan, while Kitahara Makoto took the Beast Eared Girl. The four of them walked towards the Train Station together.
The three of them weren't going in exactly the same direction. When the train reached a certain point, Kita softly said:
"Bocchi-chan, I'm getting off at the next stop."
Gotō Hitori quietly said:
"Kita, go home first. Be careful on the way."
"Don't worry," Kita waved her hand, then turned to look at Kitahara Makoto, clenching her small fist and warning him in a low voice, "Don't take advantage of Bocchi-chan."
Kitahara Makoto lowered his voice and said:
"What counts as taking advantage of?"
Kita puffed out her cheeks: "...You know perfectly well!"
Kitahara Makoto's face showed a look of sudden realization: "Is it like that day at noon in the school's storage room..."
Before he could finish speaking, Kitahara Makoto's waist was attacked.
Kita's small face was flushed, and she huffily glared at him:
"Don't talk nonsense! What if Bocchi-chan hears you!"
Kitahara Makoto immediately cooperated and begged for mercy: "I was wrong, please have mercy, Kita-sama."
"Hmph~"
As they spoke, the train quietly arrived at the station.
"Bocchi-chan, see you tomorrow."
Kita Ikuyo waved her hand and left first.
Next was Kitahara Makoto and Hitori walking together.
The train arrived at the station.
The two of them stepped out of the train, and the drizzling rain continued to fall. Kitahara Makoto opened his umbrella and looked at Bocchi-chan, who was following behind him like a small tail, her head bowed. He said gently:
"Hitori, let's go home."
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