You say this is a love game?

The small rental house suddenly became quiet.

Mizutani Makoto slept on the floor, with the tatami reserved for the zashiki, but the girl was not on the tatami. Instead, she sat on the floor, looking at the small desk in front of her, on which was a bucket of instant noodles.

The moonlight was like a pool of spilled milk, flowing over the steam rising from the instant noodle bucket.

The layout of the entire apartment is extremely simple. The 15-square-meter room reveals a minimalist style everywhere. There are no unnecessary decorations on the table or walls. It is so clean and tidy that it does not look like a home, but more like a room in a hotel.

There was nothing familiar about the place.

Even if he had lost his memory, Zashiki wouldn't feel the warmth of home anywhere, but in this small apartment, even the musty smell seemed to be wrapped in a dizzying warmth.

The girl dug her nails into her palms. Even at this moment, it still felt unreal.

Did she really find a place to stay?

I don't know why, but Zashiki is actually afraid of being alone.

I am very afraid of the dark and small corners. What I fear most is that no one can find me. I panic and ask countless people for help, but they are like air that passes through me.

On the first day of her wandering, her world collapsed. She curled up in a corner of the Night Light City, wrapped in loneliness and ignored by everyone.

But she had to endure loneliness.

She had a feeling that if she stayed with others, terrible things would happen.

Until someone told her.

"If you have nowhere to go, you can stay here first... Well, just don't mind that the place is too small."

Although she looks quite aloof, she is surprisingly easy to talk to, and her eyes are always calm, which makes people feel very comfortable.

The man said he was not afraid of her and was willing to help him.

On the floor, the boy curled up on the edge of the blanket like a stranded shrimp, which was indescribably funny.

so quiet.

He actually fell asleep like that, without any sense of vigilance at all.

The air conditioner in the apartment across the street was dripping, and the neon signs of the izakaya on the street were swaying in the cracks in the ceiling, making the small room look like a dream.

"That's not right..."

Zashiki muttered softly.

She suddenly relaxed, feeling indescribably relieved, and thought of Mizutani Makoto's series of actions in her mind.

Even though she lacks memories of the past, she does have common sense.

"You shouldn't trust strangers so much..."

Has anyone ever told her that how can you trust someone you just met?

Trust is a very precious thing!

But Mizutani Makoto placed his trust in her.

He gave her a few instructions, prepared a bowl of instant noodles for her, then lay down on the floor, closed his eyes and fell asleep in a second.

He wasn't afraid that she would do something bad, and he didn't think about what the house would become after he fell asleep.

It's inexplicably a life comedy that seems like something that a TV series would play out.

She gently touched the edge of the instant noodle bowl, and the real temperature exploded along her fingertips. She quietly finished the instant noodles and stood up from the floor.

Is he asleep?

Zashiki came to the window, stood on tiptoe and pulled the blinds tightly, leaving no gap at all.

Take the instant noodle bowl on the small desk to the kitchen counter, squeeze some orange-flavored detergent on it, and rinse it in clean water.

The straw mat in the corner was very dirty, so it was straightened out and the wooden sword was also put in place.

And the grease on the kitchen counter...

The small figure was barefoot and busy in the apartment like a nanny, cleaning here and there. Mizutani Makoto's dishes were washed and put away, and the dried clothes were taken from the small balcony.

It wasn't until he picked up the clothes that Zashiki thought of something.

Didn't he take a shower?

The girl frowned and looked distressed. She squatted beside Mizutani Makoto, hesitating whether to call him to get up.

Who told her that?

You still need to wash yourself thoroughly before going to bed, right?

But he slept so soundly.

Zashiki stared at Mizutani Makoto's face in distress, and finally decided not to wake him up.

He looks so tired...

But Zashiki did not leave. When she approached Mizutani Makoto, she unexpectedly discovered a different change.

Her existence seemed to become a little more solid?

"what?"

She looked at her palm curiously. As she got closer, she seemed to have received something from Mizutani Makoto, and its unstable nature was slowly changing.

At the same time, she felt a sense of "gravity".

The sound came from between Mizutani Makoto's eyebrows. She reached out to touch it curiously. The moment her fingertips touched the boy's eyebrows, she felt dizzy and the whole world was tilted upside down.

"So, you came to the crevice?"

Mizutani Makoto rubbed his brows and thought to himself that he couldn't feel any special changes... Could his brain really make people fall into dreams?

No, no, no, there must be some other hidden factor...

"Hmmmm." Zashiki nodded vigorously.

Mizutani Makoto asked, "Have you been to the crevice before?"

"What is a crack?" Zashiki looked confused.

Mizutani Makoto felt a headache and asked in a different way: "Then how did you give me the Strawberry Daifuku before?"

Zashiki blinked and said, "Big Brother was sleeping at that time, so I put the Daifuku on his desk..."

When she gave Mizutani Makoto a thank-you gift, he was "sleeping soundly" on the tatami. She chose a very late time, so she didn't think there was anything wrong with it.

But in fact, when she put the gifts away and tied wind chimes to Mizutani Makoto's window, Mizutani Makoto was sneaking around in the cracks.

Now it seems that the appearance of the Zashiki's Strawberry Daifuku in the crack is probably related to the "missing" that Kurosawa Ryohito once mentioned, and there is a high probability that it is also influenced by his singularity.

But in any case, the entrance to Zashiki was a surprise.

Mizutani Makoto looked at the pop-up window in his field of vision. It stopped at a completely new interface, which surprised him greatly.

[Conditions met, you can sign a Shikigami contract with ???]

Please provide a medium for ???

Chapter 028 Tang Lion

God formula?

Mizutani Makoto was shocked.

Did I install Onmyoji's MOD?

Shikigami - as shown in a certain game, are spirits served by the Onmyoji in Japanese legend. They were created by the great Onmyoji Abe no Haruaki of the Heian period, and then inherited and developed by his direct descendants, the Tsuchimikado family. Today, they have been integrated into many Japanese cultures.

Generally speaking, it can also be understood as a "summoned beast."

Mizutani Makoto pondered this newly emerged Shikigami system, examined the rules, and found that the "Shikigami Contract" given by the system was a little different.

In the traditional Shikigami contract, the master-servant relationship between the Onmyoji and the Shikigami is clear. Although traditional Japanese arts such as "the inferior overthrowing the superior" occasionally occur, the interesting stories of Shikigami turning against their masters are actually very rare in legends. More stories are that the Onmyoji control the life and death of the Shikigami and drive them as servants.

However, the Shikigami contract before Mizutani Makoto clearly showed a master-servant relationship, but it couldn't be described as a master-servant relationship...

Please respect the rights of Shikigami. If a player engages in acts of derogation, humiliation, or physical assault against a Shikigami, causing the Shikigami to resist, the player will bear the consequences.

[Since there is a controversial age issue when players first encounter a contractable Shikigami, this game has a responsibility to remind players, so hereby give you a friendly reminder——]

[Players are requested to consciously abide by social moral norms. Players should consciously...]

Balabala, blah blah...

The whole article is about encouraging him to be positive and kind.

In the end, due to Zashiki's age, the system even gave him a long reminder, implying that he should be a good person and not wait until his crime was exposed and he was locked up in a police station and had to eat pig's trotter rice before crying and regretting his actions.

"..."

If a player commits a crime that violates social ethics during the game, it is entirely their own fault. This game does not contain any content that misleads or inducing players to commit illegal or criminal activities...

"..."

Finally, emphasis is placed on the Holy Separator – Cutting!

——Your mother (speaking frankly.JPG)!

Mizutani Makoto secretly gave this dishonest system the middle finger. People with a heart of a heart think everything is dirty!

As for the subsequent media, Mizutani Makoto took a look. According to legend, Onmyojis use "white paper" and "paper cutting" to control Shikigami. The Shikigami are actually small paper figures, but they change when placed on the system.

The medium is where the shikigami live.

An object must be a carrier of longing, obsession, or perhaps spiritual power, faith, in order to serve as a medium for a Shikigami to reside.

There are things on Mizutani Makoto that can serve as a medium, such as his beloved kitchen knife brother and Jizo's shoes, but these two things do not match the zashiki in terms of painting style, and the degree of compatibility will not be very high if they are forced to be placed on the zashiki, which means that the zashiki may not be very comfortable.

In addition, he also had Buddha head beads and amulets.

The Buddha head beads were cut from the neck of Jizo monk. To be honest, they are not very suitable. Instead, they are amulets used for "praying for blessings". In terms of their nature, they are very suitable for zashiki boarding.

【Weak Amulet】

[Description: A talisman with a slight faith blessing, providing a slight protection against ghosts and monsters.]

【Review: A small shelter at 1200 yen, the best value for money. 】

After watching it again, this "tiny protective effect" is as good as paper. Not to mention protecting against Miss JK, it can't even weaken the attack of Ksitigarbha!

If you are interested, this amulet is definitely the best hut for Zashiki.

But he didn't sign a contract with Zashiki.

The zashiki was right in front of him, and Mizutani Makoto just asked how the zashiki felt. Kurosawa Ryojin once said that the rift was not a good place and it would wear down the spirit's mind. He was worried that the zashiki would be debuffed by this damn place.

As for the Shikigami contract, Mizutani Makoto has no such idea for the time being, nor does he want to talk about it with Zashiki.

He just said that he wanted to take in Zashiki, and now he wants to ask her for a Shikigami contract. Isn't this just like asking for repayment for a favor?

That's not how you do things. It's not a decent way to do things.

His ultimate weapon is always "truth! Sincerity!".

It's like loyalty to the general!

His current idea is to help Zashiki realize her last wish, and put the Shikigami contract aside for now. Whether it succeeds or not can be discussed later. Thinking too much now will only add to the trouble.

"Is this the gap that Big Brother mentioned?"

When Zashiki first entered the private Hiiragigaoka Academy, she couldn't help but feel curious about the environment here, but when she came to her senses, she quietly shrank behind Mizutani Makoto.

“It’s very uncomfortable here.”

“Will there be any impact?”

Zashiki shook his head: "That's not the case, but I feel it's very dangerous here, big brother, please leave here quickly..."

Places where monsters spawn are of course full of danger.

Mizutani Makoto explained to Zashiki that he needed to fight here and eliminate all the wandering monsters. This was his mission in coming to this place.

Moreover, his physical body is not here, and even death will not affect his physical body in this world.

After this explanation, Zashiki nodded half-believingly. She knew even less about cracks than Mizutani Makoto.

But Zashiki quickly found its place.

She wanted to follow Mizutani Makoto.