This is a question worth pondering.

Yi Xing couldn't help but fall into focused thinking.

The things that made Erina feel a little awkward have now returned to normal.

The eldest lady couldn't help but snicker. From this angle, Yoshiyuki wouldn't notice.

However, she would never have imagined the reason for this change.

The eldest lady can never guess what was going on in Yi Xing's mind when he suddenly calmed down.

Willpower alone cannot bring something back to normal.

It must rely on some indescribable imagination.

It is a way of thinking to imagine the eldest lady shaving her head.

It is also an idea to imagine that the dumplings at home are two-meter-tall tough men with eighteen-pack abs, and they start wrestling every day when they are not at home.

What Yoshiyuki is more afraid of is that if he imagines this kind of thing too much, he will get excited.

But fortunately, there are no such signs so far.

He can always transform into a great sage immediately after imagining such a ghostly scene, and remains unmoved in the face of any temptation.

A quarter of an hour passed quickly.

The car drove all the way up the slope. Although there were no cherry blossoms, the scenery was extremely beautiful.

The only problem with it is that it's a bit long.

Yi Xing feels that students who walk here to go to school definitely don’t have to worry about their physical fitness.

You have to climb so many hills every day, even if you don’t do any other exercise, it’s basically enough.

What he is a little worried about now is whether Erina will not be able to climb the slope in the future and will clamor for him to carry her on her back.

"Miss, this ramp is long enough. We must come to school by ourselves in the future, and we can't bother Yusuke and the others all the time."

"That's for sure. I don't want Murayama to drive me to and from school! The journey to and from school every day is the most interesting. It would be too boring to just go back in the car!"

Erina fell into fantasy and rubbed her hands excitedly.

"I have fantasized about it many times! After school, we will go to club activities! After the activities, we will eat desserts on the way home and hang out! After arriving home slowly, as soon as the door opens, Yi Xing welcomes

When I came back, he brought me slippers and gently asked whether he should take a bath first, eat first, or..."

"What first?"

"Of course, let's play the game first!"

Damn it, I know it!

Yi Xing wiped his sweat and complained: "Miss, you should use your brain before speaking. We are going home together, right? Then when you open the door, why should I welcome you back?"

"Ah, yes." Erina showed a regretful expression: "It seems that I want to experience this feeling, so I can only let Yoshiyuki go back first. My friends and I have been walking outside for a while!"

"Miss, I can't leave you as soon as you leave school." Yi Xing reminded helplessly.

"Hmph, it's really troublesome! I know." Erina looked out the window and complained: "This ramp is really a bit too long... Yoshiyuki has to carry me up on his back every day, which is really hard work."

"No way, Master! You've never climbed even once, and you're already thinking about letting me carry you?!" Yi Xing was shocked, and immediately tentatively suggested: "How about you insist on climbing once every day? Just treat it as exercise.

"

"Hmph. I don't want it. It's okay to exercise once in a while, but it's so tiring to climb every day." Erina complained: "You have to carry me on your back. You can also hug me!"

"Ah, but..."

"What, you don't want to be a slave to me?! I'm so dissatisfied!" Erina snorted and slapped Yoshiyuki on the head with a dumpling: "It's your honor to have such a delicate and lovely girl like me in your arms! Why don't you?

Why don’t you thank me quickly! Others who want to hug me haven’t had the chance yet!”

"Master, can you at least try to walk by yourself? If you can't walk, I will carry you." Yoshiyuki thought for a while and found a perfect angle to persuade Erina: "Haven't you always wanted to live the life of an ordinary high school student? Then and

It is also necessary for students to climb uphill with their own legs, right? This is a sense of ritual."

"Oh..." Erina looked a little hesitant and confused when he said this: "Is... is that so?"

"Of course it is." Yoshiyuki rubbed her head like a Samoyed and said happily: "It's hard to get to Sakurajima Academy. What's the difference from ordinary schools without climbing?"

The car stopped in the parking lot outside the school. Except for Murayama Masao who wanted to wait here, the other three people got out of the car and walked towards the Sakurajima Academy with the school gate wide open.

Yi Xing noticed that due to limited open space, the area of ​​the outdoor parking lot is very small. However, there is an entrance to the underground parking lot not far away, so there is no need to worry about lack of parking spaces.

From here you can already see the playground in the distance, where many students are playing football and baseball.

Probably a sports club.

Yoshiyuki heard that Sakurajima Academy's school team performed well in many sports, so perhaps they often came to school to train throughout the holidays in order to prepare for competitions.

Around the school gate, you can already see the Hatsuyuki Shrine and the tall and strong cherry blossom trees not far away - they bloom all year round regardless of the four seasons, and they also wither all year round.

The petals of the cherry blossoms fall down one by one, and new ones keep growing.

The cycle of life and death never ends.

The stone path leading to the shrine, the torii gate and the rope are very old, but they seem to have been carefully maintained.

There are almost no fallen leaves, let alone man-made garbage.

It seems to be cleaned many times every day.

"Brother Yusuke." Yoshiyuki looked at the shrine with some curiosity and asked: "Who manages the shrine dedicated to the Sakura God Hatsuyuki? Is there a permanent shrine maiden?"

"Yes. I also sent greetings on behalf of the Yida family." Yusuke nodded and said happily: "She lives in the shrine. She will be a freshman in high school this year. If I have a chance to meet her, I will introduce her to her.

You know each other! We are both miko, so we must have a lot in common."

"That's it." Erina looked a little hopeful: "Is there only one shrine maiden in the shrine?"

"Yeah. That miko is quite pitiful." Yusuke mentioned this and was very sad: "Her father was killed by monsters many years ago. But at least when I first came here in the first year of high school, she still had a mother to depend on.

.As a result, she died of illness last year...and her body was buried under the Sakura God tree."

"That big tree?" Erina felt a little uncomfortable after hearing this story, so she looked up at it again.

"Well. She contracted severe leukemia not long after giving birth to the child. In fact, she should have died ten years ago. It was the blessing of the Sakura God Hatsuki that delayed her death until her daughter was able to take care of herself. Then she finally couldn't hold on any longer."

Yusuke said this and smiled cheerfully.

"Oh, I noticed that the atmosphere is a bit sad. But, it really depends on how you understand this kind of thing! You should see more of the positive side of things. For example, look up!"

The two of them looked up together with Yusuke.

From time to time, fallen cherry blossoms from Hatsuyuki Shrine on the top of the mountain drift down with the wind and into Sakurajima Academy.

The beautiful scenery left Yi Xing stunned for a moment.

"The cherry blossoms have fallen, and some people feel sad about them." Yusuke put his hands in his pockets, looked at the scene, and said softly: "But the scene of it falling from the sky is so beautiful... isn't it?
Chapter completed!