In the anime, who is not a childhood sweetheart?

“Ah—no need…!”

An expression of embarrassment and shyness appeared on her cute, doll-like face, and she leaned back quickly!

But the sparse bushes behind her, only a few dozen centimeters high, could not bear the weight of her sudden pressure from behind.

Seeing that Eriri Sawamura was about to lose her balance and fall to the ground, Gen Chisato subconsciously leaned forward and reached out to pull her.

The next moment, Sawamura Eriri's delicate back was hugged, and Gen Chiye held her to his chest. The two of them pressed together, with their other hands supporting themselves on the ground.

They overlapped in an eerie yet intimate pose.

And Yukinoshita Yukino witnessed the whole process from beginning to end.

At this moment, she narrowed her eyes slightly, and a cold aura emanated from her body, which she herself was not aware of!

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East side of the sports warehouse.

Yuan Qianye went to the outdoor sink and washed his hands.

After taking out a tissue to dry his hands, he didn't waste the half-wet tissue.

He bent down and gently wiped the surface of his pants which was covered with dust when he knelt on the ground to hold onto Eriri Sawamura.

Yukinoshita Yukino, who was standing by, was not surprised by the behavior of her childhood friend.

Sawamura Eriri obviously cares at this moment, but she doesn't want to show it too directly and appear frivolous.

Therefore, she just didn't turn her head, but her eyes kept shifting to look towards Yuan Qianye, glancing at him and then quickly looking away, repeating this over and over again.

Yuan Qianye took care of his own hygiene issues and returned to them in a good mood.

He turned to Sawamura Eriri, his tone as gentle as before: "Can you calm down a little now?"

Yukinoshita Yukino looked at him silently.

"Um... I'm sorry about what happened just now!" Eriri Sawamura bowed slightly towards them.

When I looked up again, I could see that she had wiped away her tears, but her eye circles and nose were still red, and even her little face was red.

Yuan Qianye waved his hand nonchalantly: "No need to apologize, it was force majeure. We are looking for you for something important."

"Important matter?"

"Well, this is back to you."

Yuan Qianye handed over the anime badge he had just picked up.

But Eriri Sawamura looked at his palm but did not reach out to take it.

"No...I..."

She took a step back, and her emotions, which had finally calmed down, now seemed to be on the verge of collapse again.

Yukinoshita Yukino sighed: "There's nothing wrong with you liking these things. The wrong ones are those who are self-righteous and give you orders."

She tried to motivate him, but it didn't work.

Eriri Sawamura shook her head and slowly lowered it.

She has been well protected by her parents since she was a child, rarely experienced setbacks, and does not have the tough heart of Yukinoshita Yukino.

At this time, Yuan Qianye looked at the character engraved on the badge and slowly said: "This is Aiyi-chan from Magical Girl Momo-chan."

"!"

"..."

Eriri Sawamura and Yukinoshita Yukino looked at him at the same time.

The former is incredible.

The latter was thoughtful.

Seeing that his strategy was effective, Yuan Qianye smiled and continued, “Kobayakawa Ai, one of the main characters in Magical Girl Momo-chan.

Its representative color is black, its personality is mature and steady, and its awakened ability is 'Sword Blade'.

Compared to her companions who are good at long-range combat using magic wands or magic books, her advantage lies in closing the distance and engaging in close combat with the enemy.

Her elegant posture and fearless and handsome fighting style made her popularity win the first place in the latest voting without any suspense!

...Is what I said above correct?"

Sawamura Eriri's eyes widened, and she took a step forward excitedly, her voice trembling a little: "Managuchi-san, how...how do you know all this?"

"Haven't you guessed it yourself? Of course it's because I'm your kindred spirit! Ai-chan, who has the demeanor of a Yamato Nadeshiko and is cold on the outside but warm on the inside! Isn't she the best?" Gen Qianye grinned, revealing his neat white teeth.

"!!!"

Eriri Sawamura, her pupils are shaking!

That top student in the class, the role model who was constantly talked about by all the teachers as an inspiration to their classmates, was actually... my classmate?!

She wouldn't even dare to think of such a thing in her dreams!

Wait a minute, since Gen-kun also likes Magical Girl Momo-chan, doesn't that mean...

"Hey, Sawamura-kun, let me ask you something."

“Ah…mm…mm!”

"Do you think it's shameful to like Magical Girl Momo-chan?"

If it were before that conversation just now, Sawamura Eriri might have agreed.

But now, she shook her head resolutely!

"Then why do you think it's embarrassing to like Magical Girl Momo-chan?"

"..."

Sawamura Eriri seemed to understand something, but hesitated and did not give an answer immediately.

Seeing this, Yuan Qianye pulled her hand over and placed the badge in her palm.

Hold the back of her hand, give her strength, and slowly tighten it.

It was as if I was suddenly encouraged by something invisible.

She was pulled out of the deep sea by an invisible giant hand, and at this moment the sea surface was illuminated by the sun, dispelling the fog!

She felt a sore nose at the moment.

"I, I understand now. It's not me who should be ashamed... but those... those who know nothing but meddle with other people's hobbies!"

"correct."

Yuan Qianye hesitated for a moment, but finally reached out and gently touched the head of Ying Lili, who was a head shorter than him.

Eriri Sawamura felt like crying again at this moment.

But her desire to cry at this time was completely different from before.

"..."

Yukinoshita Yukino watched everything happening in front of her silently.

She was clearly there the whole time and clearly wanted to help others.

But for some reason, he didn't participate in it at all.

Besides, she finally figured it out in the end.

Yuan Qianye had chased him from the playground to the back of the sports warehouse.

I took out my phone briefly and looked at it while walking over there.

What exactly are you looking at?

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013: It will get better and better in the future

After that, it’s lunch break.

Eriri Sawamura has always been following Chiya Minamoto and Yukinoshita.

When it was almost time for class, they returned to their respective classes.

As soon as Eriri Sawamura walked into the classroom, the boy with black-rimmed glasses came up to her eagerly.

Although after Yuan Qianye's guidance, her mood is no longer so depressed.

But when she met her childhood friend who had just been ridiculed and mocked by her, she still couldn't act as if nothing had happened.

Although the thorn in my heart has been removed, the wound cannot heal so quickly.

After she replied perfunctorily with a few words, she returned to her seat.

At this moment, Yuan Qianye, who was far away in another class and had a panoramic view of the entire situation, was tapping his fingers rhythmically back and forth on the table.

Sure enough.

Third-grade elementary school students have basically left their childhood and are no longer heartless. They can easily put all kinds of things behind them.

From this stage on, they begin to build their own inner world and gradually develop their own ideas about everything.

Just a few simple words might temporarily improve Sawamura Eriri's sad mood, which has been hit and ridiculed.

But this is ultimately treating the symptoms rather than the root cause.

Of course, the most direct reason why Yuan Qianye is so sure that Sawamura Eriri has not gotten over that hurdle in her heart.

Or maybe it’s because after he accepted the task, there has been no pop-up notification indicating that the task is completed.

[She has developed a mental block due to the trauma she suffered. Perhaps you can help her...]

That's easy to say...

Little girls at this stage are extremely sensitive and are the most difficult to deal with...

That afternoon.

Yuan Qianye was not attending the class as usual.

While spreading out the paper and practicing calligraphy with a hard pen, he was thinking about how to solve the problem that troubled Eri Sawamura.

Classmates and teachers have become accustomed to this and tacitly accepted that the academic genius is different from ordinary people.

After school, he and Yukinoshita ran into Sawamura Eriri and Aki Tomoya at the shoe-changing area.

Eriri Sawamura expressed her gratitude to the two people who comforted her at noon. She greeted them politely and left first.

Watching their backs as they left, Yukinoshita Yukino said, "You lied to Sawamura-san at noon. You haven't even read that comic, have you?"

Yuan Qianye was shocked: "You just realized it now?"

Yukinoshita took a deep breath and said, "I knew it at noon, I just didn't have the chance to tell you before."

"Oh, are you going to criticize me next, saying that lying is bad or something?"

Her thoughts were predicted, and Yukinoshita felt a little rebellious. She suddenly didn't want to talk about this topic anymore: "In the afternoon class, Sawamura-san didn't seem very energetic."

"Of course she's not in the right mood. A sensitive girl like Sawamura-san has a mental capacity not much thicker than paper. It only takes a moment to destroy it."

"What are you going to do next?" Yukinoshita asked as a matter of course. Although she had no reason, she was determined that Gen Chiye would not let go of the matter of Sawamura Eriri.

Just like when I was in kindergarten.

Her sister teased her more than once, saying that Yuan Qianye did this because he had a crush on her.

But Yukinoshita didn't think so. He just wanted to help her and didn't want her to be alone, so he stayed by her side and accompanied her throughout kindergarten.

As for why their relationship is still the same now that they are in elementary school...it's probably just because they let it happen naturally.