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Jiuhuayue smiled and said, "Rinhua, you don't have to be so restrained."
She then replied: "I quite like this."
".Ah?" Hiiragi Rinka was shy and didn't understand what she was talking about.
Jiuhuayue stared at the shrine: "This shrine looks both old and young. I like this mature and appropriate feeling. It's very tasteful."
"is it?"
"Rinka doesn't think so?"
“I didn’t feel it”
Hiiragi Rinka didn't understand why Satsuki suddenly said that. She then looked towards the shrine, where tourists gathered in front of the main hall, ringing bells and making wishes in groups of three or five in front of the money box, and then burning incense to the Jade Fox God.
Almost everyone who comes to the mountain will pass through the Torii gate on their way here, but the two of them were the only ones standing there stupidly.
This made Rinka Hiiragi even more confused. Why did Xiaoyue come here?
"Let's go to the observation deck in the back hall. It's usually not open to tourists, but I know there's a path that leads directly there."
".Not so good."
Jiuhuayue smiled at Hiiragi Rinka and said, "If you are caught, you will inevitably be scolded. In serious cases, you will be spanked with a ruler."
“Would it be bad to do this?”
"It's not good, but I hate rules. Sometimes I just want to be willful! I can do whatever I want."
Jiuhuayue said this, and then took Hiiragi Rinka by the hand and entered the bamboo forest on the side.
It is a quiet and remote place with a small stream running through it. Small jade fox statues can be seen everywhere on the edge of the dead leaf cliff.
The jade fox statue, which was originally solemn and somewhat cute, now looked cunning and terrifying in the darkness.
If Xiaoyue wasn't around, I wouldn't dare come here.
Hiiragi Rinka couldn't help but think.
At the same time, she felt that Jiuhuayue's hand holding hers became much warmer and tighter.
"Xiaoyue just said that she doesn't like festivals?"
“I don’t like crowded places.”
"But this is a contradiction." Hiiragi Rinka said, "If Xiaoyue doesn't like crowded places, then why would she want to participate in the festival? And when Xiaoyue and Mr. Fujii arrived at Otaru Station together, didn't she seem to be in a good mood?"
Jiu Huayue looked forward: "Yes, why am I so conflicted? What's even more conflicted is why I came to the festival and deliberately ran to such a deserted place."
"Xiao Yue."
"Just keep walking."
Jiuhuayue's question made Hiiragi Rinka even more confused.
Her legs were already aching from walking so much, and Xiaoyue's sandals were covered in mud, with the straps leaving two marks on her fair, flawless skin.
The two of them came to the observation deck of the shrine together. The night wind was very strong here, and looking down from here, the entire Teine area was in sight.
The Kaneyama town below was brightly lit at night because of the festival.
The lights of Kanayama-cho, Teine-ku, and Sapporo further away are reflected in the darkness, like stars in the sky.
There is no doubt that the setting is stunningly beautiful.
"so beautiful"
Rinka Hiiragi just stood there, holding on to the handrail, and couldn't help muttering to herself.
"Pretty."
"Yeah, super beautiful!"
Hiiragi Rinka couldn't help but sigh. She turned sideways and found that the night wind had blown Jiuhuayue's long hair. She reached out and lifted the hair beside her ear. Her purple eyes were so unique above the stars on the observatory at night.
"If we don't break the rules, will we not be able to see such beautiful scenery?"
"Yeah," Hiiragi Rinka nodded subconsciously in response.
"I like it this way. The more something restrains me, the more I want to break through it. I hate the secular world."
Hiiragi Rinka looked at her profile again.
Xiaoyue is really beautiful.
"I like you very much, Rinka." Jiuhuayue said for no reason.
"Eh?!"
Hiiragi Rinka's face immediately turned red with embarrassment, the girl avoided his gaze, and her heart became restless.
"Xiao-Xiao Yue, are you... confessing to me all of a sudden?"
"Confession? Of course not, just what's in my heart."
This, this, this. These words!
It's obviously worse!
Rinka Hiiragi had never heard anyone say this to her before. She had never had any long-term friends since she was born.
Xiaoyue suddenly said to herself
Like yourself or something
She could hardly imagine it, and because of these words she had never heard before, she felt joy and excitement in her heart.
Although Xiaoyue is very beautiful and handsome.
She's the kind of girl who can blush at the sight of her
But she doesn't think that she and Xiaoyue have that kind of relationship.
Hiiragi Rinka didn't know what to say for a moment, so she could only anxiously take out a handful of candies that she had secretly hidden on her body, picked out the best one, and handed it to Jiuhuayue.
"Thank you."
Jiuhuayue accepted it and put it into her mouth. Her cheeks were facing the night breeze from the mountains and her eyes reflected the lights of the festival.
Saying
If I give Xiaoyue candy, it won’t be considered that I have agreed to her, right?
How to do.
She had no idea how to handle a girl's confession. It would be wrong to agree, but she was afraid of hurting the girl if she didn't agree.
"Rinka likes to do things that are different from ordinary people. For example, even at this age, she still likes to collect candies. You also made an illustrated book, right?"
"Um"
"Very unique, and in the eyes of others, very strange. Such people will not be understood by most people. But they are very unique. This is why I said I like you, Rinka."
"I see."
For some reason, Hiiragi Rinka breathed a sigh of relief.
She thought it was a confession.
"I never thought I was unique before. But as time went by and I grew up, I realized that I had different heights, eyes, family identities, and talents from many people that I didn't even know where they came from.
"Because of these, I have become the most unique and most anticipated person in Takarazuka."
"Takarazuka?"
Hiiragi Rinka was extremely surprised and confirmed that she had heard correctly, "Is it the Takarazuka I was thinking of?"
"I grew up in Takarazuka School. I was the youngest to enroll, the youngest to become a full member, and the youngest to become the head male role of the Moon Group."
Jiuhuayue's eyes were calm and her snow-white dress fluttered in the wind.
There was a hint of disgust in her calm tone.
".It really is, it has always been the most special one."
Rinka Hiiragi didn't respond, but she could hear the annoyance in Xiaoyue's words.
"Is this related to your coming to Otaru City, Xiaoyue?"
"Rinka, you are very smart. I returned to Otaru for this reason. More importantly, I want to become more ordinary."
"Unique. Isn't that good? At least Xiaoyue is also very unique in my eyes."
"not good."
"."
"Uniqueness represents my specialness, but being special also makes me have many demands that do not belong to me. I hate this kind of shackles. But sometimes, being unique is also good. At least now, I want to be a unique person in a place."
Hiiragi Rinka suddenly thought of something, "Xiaoyue, are you talking about the trumpet?"
Jiuhua Yue looked at her with a little surprise, "Rinhua, you are really smart."
Hiiragi Rinka was very happy to be praised: "After all, I see you practicing the trumpet alone on the rooftop every day. I have never really understood what kind of goal could make Xiaoyue in such a state. I have some doubts."
Jiuhuayue retracted her gaze and nodded: "Yes, Linhuani is right. I am on my trumpet and I really want to be a unique person."
"But being famous on the trumpet is the same as your status in Takarazuka, Xiaoyue. You are the center of attention and are very popular."
"Who said that?"
"Hug, sorry."
"I don't mean to blame you, Rinka. I just want to say that you misunderstood."
"Understand. Wrong?"
"Yes, I practiced the trumpet hard, not only because I like music, but also because I want to be someone who stays with Mr. Fujii.
"Rinka, you know about the past of Mr. Fujii and Mr. Akai, right? They would practice by the Otaru Canal every day after school. That's great. I want to be like that, too."
"Knowing is knowing"
Jiuhuayue looked at the galaxy formed by the lights below, and the wind blew her hair back.
"Rinka, I like Mr. Fujii."
Hiiragi Rinka listened patiently, but she didn't react for a moment.