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Chapter 446 Should we stop this wave?
For the next period of time, Aize's life on Itogami Island became unusually peaceful.

Although there are still many ships from all over the world outside Itogami Island, constantly wandering and exploring in hopes of discovering something, none of this has affected Itogami Island. As a result, Itogami Island remains peaceful, allowing Aize to enjoy such a peaceful life.

La Fria went out every day, meeting with important figures from Itogami Island and officials from the mainland. She would also occasionally fly to the mainland for diplomatic exchanges, keeping herself incredibly busy.

But Aize and Natsune Yase were quite free. Unaffected by La Fria's schedule, they went to school peacefully with Nagisa Akatsuki every day. Sometimes, Kojo Akatsuki would also join them, as he would always squeeze in to keep his sister company. This led to a lot of rumors circulating at Ayakami Academy recently.

Originally, the fact that Aize and Akatsuki Nagisa always went to and from school together was already quite eye-catching. After all, as mentioned before, although she was not as outstanding as Natsumi Yase, Akatsuki Nagisa was also a very cute girl, a standard beauty, and very popular at school. It was impossible for such a girl not to spread some rumors when she was always hanging out with Aize.

Now that Natsune Haze, the saintess of the junior high school, has joined this line of work, it undoubtedly raises the level of attention to several notches.

Aize was one thing, he'd gotten used to it, but Xiaogucheng felt a bit uncomfortable.

He just wanted to spend time with his younger sister and prevent her from being alone with men. What did he do wrong?

As a result, he was stared at with murderous eyes by all the boys in the school. How could he not feel uncomfortable?
Unlike Aize, he couldn't take others for granted. Yase Motoki and Aiba Asagi kept making fun of him about it, which made him feel even worse.

So, starting from a certain day, Akatsuki Kojou stopped going to and from school with Aize and the others.

"Anyway, Yese is with someone now, so it should be fine, right?"

Xiao Gucheng comforted himself in this way.

But the truth is, after Akatsuki Kojou left, Aize's relationship with Akatsuki Nagisa and Yase Natsune actually became closer.

As for Natsune Yase, she has been completely unguarded around Aize ever since the incident with the angel model. She has chatted with Aize in his room more than once until she got sleepy, and even fell asleep on the spot. If Aize didn't have some integrity, this girl probably wouldn't be able to become a pure and innocent saint.

Xiao Nagisa is still as lively and cheerful as ever, but she is becoming more and more familiar with Aize. Now she can naturally hold Aize's hand and run around with him.

This is a huge step forward.

It should be noted that previously, only Akatsuki Kojo had received such treatment.

Therefore, the relationship between Aize and Akinagisa has indeed become very close, even intimate.

Of course, this resulted in Aize going to and from school every day with girls on either side of him, making those boys really want to burn him to death.

Unfortunately, even if they did take action, they ultimately couldn't do anything to Aize.

And so, Aize began a rare period of stable and peaceful campus life, living like an ordinary student. No one could tell that his small body contained the power to change or even destroy the world.

He was truly open-minded, readily giving up and no longer trying to cause trouble or live a vibrant life like before. Instead, he spent his days chatting, shopping, and going to and from school with beautiful girls. At home, he mostly stayed in his room playing computer games, only occasionally using his cats and birds to keep an eye on Akina Gisa's surroundings, fulfilling his duty as a monitor.

During this time, even Sayaka Kirasaka stopped bothering him. It seems she finally realized the truth and knew that she was no match for Aize. Continuing to cause trouble for him would only bring her humiliation.
Thanks to this, for more than a month, Aize lived a stable and peaceful life, looking more like an ordinary high school student than anyone else, leisurely and carefree.

However, as time went by, the peaceful atmosphere on Itogami Island finally began to change.

It became somewhat noisy and chaotic.

Because a major festival is approaching.

…………

The festival at Bolong Temple.

This is a major festival held in Itogami City during the last week of October each year.

Itogami Island is an artificial island with autonomy. It is a self-governing region that is nominally affiliated but actually quite independent. Its residents are either researchers and their families from research institutions around the world or demons from around the world. Therefore, there are no obvious regional characteristics and no so-called traditional ethnic customs.

In other words, major festivals and celebrations that would occur elsewhere are extremely limited on Itogami Island.

However, in order to provide entertainment for residents or stimulate the city's economy, non-routine activities such as festivals are necessary. Therefore, the artificial island management company of Itogami Island, referring to the international Halloween standards, formulated a grand celebration for the entire island to revel together.

This grand celebration is the Haruin Festival.

The Haruin Festival is the grandest and most popular of all the festivals held on Itogami Island.

This festival lasts for a whole week, during which every business and school on the island takes a holiday and relaxes entry procedures to allow tourists to participate. As a result, even outside the island, the Harumuin Festival is a well-known celebration. As a special zone for demons, Itogami Island normally does not accept visits from anyone other than business associates, research institute staff, and their families. Ordinary tourists or journalists are naturally out of the question. Therefore, for those who wish to do business with companies in the special zone for demons or want to expose internal information about Itogami Island, this is a very rare opportunity to openly and legitimately enter the island.

Moreover, the Haruin Festival is indeed very grand, with programs every day, including but not limited to fireworks displays, outdoor performances, costume parades, and various other activities. Even the schools on the island are open to the public, and students are organized to set up stalls and shops. As a result, every year during the Haruin Festival, Itogami Island is almost always packed with tourists.

So, in the weeks leading up to the Haruin Festival, the atmosphere on Itogami Island began to change, with announcements about it appearing everywhere.

Several days ago, advertising media in Itogami City began reporting on the Haruin Festival in unison. Major television stations also arranged special programs, and advertisements for seasonal products were broadcast extensively throughout the island, warming up the entire island for the festival and creating a festive atmosphere in advance.

Naturally, the atmosphere at Ayakami Academy has also influenced the school. Now, almost every day, people in class are discussing the Haruin Festival, creating a buzz around the campus in anticipation of the upcoming celebration.

"By the way, why is the Harumuin Festival based on Halloween?"

In the classroom of Class B, Grade 11, Xiao Gucheng was looking rather bored at his classmates who were discussing the festival enthusiastically when he suddenly asked this question out of the blue.

"That's because Halloween was originally a ritual for exorcising demons."

Beside her, Asagi, who was frantically tapping her phone, casually responded.

"Is that right?"

Xiao Gucheng looked puzzled.

“You don’t seem like someone from the Demon Realm at all.” Yase Motoki looked at Akatsuki Kojou like this, shrugged helplessly, and said, “Fun fact: In ancient Celtic beliefs, people generally believed that at the beginning of winter, the passage between this world and the spirit world would open, allowing a large number of elves and witches to flood in.”

"To protect themselves from these monsters, people wear masks and light bonfires, which is the origin of Halloween."

"Of course, the Halloween legends themselves are not entirely unfounded, because it is true that the spacetime continuum becomes unstable during this period. There are also reports of past encounters with visitors from different timelines and uninvited demons from other worlds."

"In other words, this period is truly special, and Itogami Island, as a special zone for demons, naturally cannot be regarded as unrelated to itself."

Therefore, taking Halloween as a reference and holding the Harumon Festival during this period becomes a justifiable and very necessary thing for a demon-dominated area like Itogami Island.

"This is something even middle school students can talk about clearly. Kojo, you don't even know something a middle school student should know?"

Asagi Aoi said this with an expression of utter disapproval, which made Kojou Akatsuki very indignant.

“I’m not like you, who have lived on Itogami Island since I was a child. I only came here four years ago.”

Xiao Gucheng thought it was normal for someone like him, who had come halfway through, not to know these things.

however……

"Four years means you must have attended the Haruin Festival at least three or four times, right?" Yase Motoki didn't hold back with his friend and directly scolded, "You've been through several festivals and you still don't know these basic facts? That's unacceptable, Kojo."

"Enough with the nagging! I just didn't notice!" Xiao Gucheng said angrily, "It's not like I'm the only one who doesn't know these things, Aize didn't know either, did he?"

Xiao Gucheng turned his attention to Aize, who was standing to the side reading a light novel and seemed unconcerned about anything else.

But he went to the wrong person.

“No, I knew about these things much earlier than you.” Aize said without even looking up, “Back last week, Nagisa came running to me chattering away, explaining everything and even asking me to go shopping with her.”

With a "crack," Xiao Gucheng crushed the ballpoint pen in his hand.

Aize ignored him completely and remained silent, lost in thought.

"The Haruin Festival... I think something might happen then?"

Should we try to stop this wave?

Aize thought to himself.

(End of this chapter)