Chapter 394

Mitsuzuri Ayako did not realize what kind of blow her casual remark had dealt to her good friend.

Because she hadn't looked at her good friend beside her at all, she naturally couldn't notice how strange and subtle Tohsaka's expression and gaze were.

Classmate Mitsuzuri was just staring excitedly in that direction, her gaze entirely drawn by the two figures slowly walking down the slope.

If this were in some anime or TV show frame, at this moment the camera language should specially be used to make the whole world gently rotate along with those two figures.

This big-sister-type figure who could be called a heroine among women, at this very moment, had very rarely fallen into a shipping state.

No way around it.

Being extraordinarily charming is definitely like this.

Even because her Divinity rank had fallen, only possessing the B-rank Skill "Beauty Manifestation," Miss Filia was not someone who would wrong herself and keep a low profile.

So that charm transcending the mundane was unrestrained, freely blooming.

Although in a state of possessing another, she had already surpassed the human realm.

Anyway, Miss Filia fundamentally didn't care what consequences it would trigger... and Xia Zhi walking together with her naturally had to find a way to balance and regulate her astonishing charm.

At least make that powerful temptation controllable, so it wouldn't become a Curse.

To prevent unrelated people from being scorched by that overly dazzling radiance.

And the result was...

"It's really strange, how come I didn't discover before that Senpai Xia Zhi is actually this handsome, this attractive..."

Mitsuzuri Ayako clicked her tongue in wonder, her eyes flashing with surprise and puzzlement.

She recalled the few meetings with this senpai, always feeling as if she had completely failed to notice, as if she had previously never paid attention at all.

The other's appearance was undoubtedly handsome, but... but...

For a moment she actually couldn't find suitable vocabulary to describe that indescribable bizarre feeling.

Beneath the seemingly perfect exterior, there hid an indescribable ordinariness and plainness... just like that's all there is, unable to leave any too-deep impression.

Although very contradictory, Classmate Mitsuzuri for the time being couldn't find a better description.

The more she praised the senpai's flawless bearing now, the more she was perplexed as to why he couldn't leave a clearer memory in her.

This cognitive conflict made her feel perplexed.

As if encountering a magnificent dream, no matter how magnificent, upon waking it would quickly fade, letting all impressions dissipate like thin mist, leaving not the slightest trace.

And she previously seemed to have completely ignored the existence of this contradiction, as if she hadn't perceived this strange cognitive conflict at all.

If it weren't for Rin's sake—

Who knows, she might have even forgotten this Senpai Xia Zhi's existence.

Until now seeing this scene, Classmate Mitsuzuri suddenly realized in shock, how could she have overlooked this point before.

Could it be, because this Senpai Xia Zhi's handsomeness and temperament are the introverted type, nothing can be seen without a comparison...

And when a silver-haired beautiful girl who is beautiful beyond description, simply not looking human, stands by his side, only then is it similarly set off, becoming the focus of attention?

For an instant, Mitsuzuri Ayako's imagination ran wild.

Of course, this is very normal, she doesn't know anything, is neither a Magician nor has any connection to the Mystery Side.

Ultimately just an ordinary human girl, in her past ten-plus years of life, the education she received, and the worldview and common sense shaped thereby, all fixed her thinking patterns.

Therefore, not knowing the inside story, Classmate Mitsuzuri naturally wouldn't think wildly.

She wouldn't think in those fantastical directions, thinking whether she was being interfered with, her cognition influenced by something.

"No wonder you kept denying it before, Tohsaka, saying it's not that kind of relationship..."

At this time, Classmate Mitsuzuri gently exhaled, thoughtfully withdrawing her gaze.

"I thought you were just being stubborn, tsundere and unwilling to admit it, turns out it really is this kind of situation."

Her tone carried a few parts relief, yet also seemed mixed with some hard-to-detect implication.

Ayako felt the reason she left no impression definitely also had this aspect.

Because after that acquaintance, she had asked several times, only receiving negative answers.

Although this way it seemed Mitsuzuri herself didn't count as having lost, deep down she was half-believing, half-doubting Tohsaka's words.

However, with the passage of time, and through meticulous observation in daily life, Mitsuzuri gradually discovered, it seemed indeed to be this kind of situation.

Tohsaka didn't seem like other girls in school who would have strange behaviors of falling in love, fundamentally no traces could be seen at all.

Over time, Mitsuzuri Ayako also felt it was indeed so, and stopped paying excessive attention.

"Hehe, is, is that so..."

Miss Tohsaka was also staring tightly at the street opposite, hearing this she laughed "hehe" a few times.

"Of course it is... hey, Tohsaka, you still haven't said who that girl is, you should know her too, right."

Mitsuzuri nodded repeatedly, pressing: "You said before Senpai Xia Zhi came to Fuyuki City this side to do something, it couldn't be... that he's waiting for her, right?"

"..."

"..."

Really don't want to talk to her...

Miss Tohsaka felt mentally exhausted, Tuteng's Mitsuzuri what are you doing with such good imagination?

I just casually found an excuse to brush it off back then, you can even connect them like this?

"Wait, stop talking, they're coming over..."

Really not wanting to answer this question, the black-haired pigtail girl grabbed her good friend and hid into the shop beside them.

"Eh? Why hide..."

Classmate Mitsuzuri was once again somewhat doubtful, meeting is just meeting, at this time just going up openly and greeting wouldn't be fine?

Tohsaka didn't speak.

How could she possibly go up openly and greet at this time.

Moreover, to handle this matter, she also couldn't question things in front of a good friend who knew nothing.

………………

………………

With great difficulty she found a reason, and shook off her good friend.

Miss Tohsaka, with a complex mood, took the first-mover advantage and returned home.

——Indeed……

——It still turned into this state……

——She should have been more vigilant earlier……

But when exactly did this happen? Usually there didn't seem to be any signs, except for that conversation in the living room.

Only, that time wasn't it admonishing Filia, telling her not to be obsessed with competing against Miss Oute? She even got anxious about it……

She remembered it very clearly.

Then, why exactly did it become like this?

It really shouldn't be, and from their performance during the Summoning, they seemed to not know each other…… that is to say, clearly she arrived first, right?

Amidst delusional complex moods, the black-haired pigtails girl pushed open the door and entered the house.

In the living room.

A certain hateful fellow was sitting opposite the pale, one-eyed girl, talking animatedly, gesturing constantly with his hands.

How come after finishing flirting over there, he's flirting over here again?

——This was Rin's subconscious first reaction.

Only, she also immediately felt doubtful, as if something wasn't quite right.

"Yo, Rin, welcome back…… Sakura didn't come together?"

The young man interrupted his dialogue with Othinus, raised his hand and waved, wearing a frank, cheerful expression.

Not being so cheerful would be fine, but seeing that expression, the black-haired pigtails girl couldn't help but get angry, with an impulse to rush up and pinch him hard.

She gently inhaled, then exhaled, and then spoke in as calm a tone as possible:

"Sakura has club activities, she's an Archery Club member, Mitsuduri intends to hand over the club president position to her after advancing to third year……"

"So today she just found a reason to let her go preside over club activities, and we came back first……"

"……"

"……"

"So that's how it is, that's good, shows Sakura's campus life is also on the right track……"

Xia Zhi nodded, still wearing a frank, cheerful smile.

That expression and gaze both seemed very relieved, as if an older brother seeing a problem younger sister's change, genuinely feeling this was a good thing.

Rin noticed this detail, and her heart suddenly went cold with a jolt.

Wait……

Could it be he really treats her and Sakura as younger sisters? That's why he acts like this?

"N-no, let's not talk about this……" she pursed her lips, and glanced at the pale, one-eyed girl beside her, seeming to be conflicted about something.

Only Othinus always had a cold, indifferent air.

Although not very friendly, hard to feel close to, likewise, that posture at certain times also makes one feel extra peace of mind.

Moreover, she's the Norse Main God with such a famous origin and identity……

With this endorsement, Miss Tohsaka also subconsciously felt she probably didn't need to worry too much about being seen through by her.

Miss Oute definitely will keep it classified…… right?

Thinking this, the black-haired pigtails girl simply gritted her teeth, no longer conflicted about whether to ask Miss Oute to leave first:

"That……"

"When did you come back?"

"Hm?" Xia Zhi blinked, pinched his chin: "Me? I've been here all day today, already discussed Rune knowledge points with Othinus all day……"

"How is that possible?!"

Rin's eyes instantly widened: "I clearly just saw you outside!"

"Oh, at the shopping district with classmate Mitsuduri? I saw that too, wanted to say hi at the time, but you and Mitsuduri turned and ran away……"

Xia Zhi's face unchanged, even frankly stated the chance encounter on the street earlier.

Rin simply couldn't believe it.

"Then that's it! You were just outside a moment ago……"

"I was just outside, but that doesn't mean I'm not here, can't I be both here and there……"

The Magician coughed lightly: "For someone who's still a high school student, you can't even figure out this kind of thing?"

"That makes no sense at all…… ugh! Wait, what does this have to do with being a high school student?"

Xia Zhi raised an eyebrow: "Already a high school student, shouldn't you have already proficiently mastered Quantum Theory?"

"What normal high school student would learn that stuff!"

Miss Tohsaka felt angry enough her chest hurt.

(Chapter End)