Subtle chirping of birds sounded from outside the house. Chiyorei turned over after being awakened. He slowly opened his eyes and saw an unfamiliar roof.
After a few seconds, Chiyo Rei gradually woke up and remembered that he was in Yae Shenzi's private residence.
Thinking of this, Chiyo Rei got up from the quilt, then rubbed his eyes and walked slowly out of the room.
As soon as he opened the door, he saw Qingqi who was feeding the bird.
"Don't you want to sleep more?" Chiyo Rei asked with a yawn. He usually had to give dance lessons to the miko, but today was a day off, and Qingqi still got up so early.
The Qingqi heard the sound and looked back with a smile, and then he asked, "Did I wake up Rei?" What he said was exactly the same as what Chiyo Rei asked last night.
"No, I should be awake at this time." As he spoke, Chiyo Rei sat next to Qin Qi Zhe, looking at the tuanque that were eating and recalling what happened before going to bed.
After realizing it later, he became upset because he fell asleep listening to the story told by Qinqi again.
Sighing silently in his heart, Chiyo Rei felt that unless he grew taller, the Qingqi would probably still treat him as a child.
Just when Chiyo Rei sighed in his heart, a well-fed sparrow fluttered its wings and landed on top of his head without warning.
Tuanque didn't have any intention of being afraid of Chiyo Rei, and squatted down comfortably.
Feeling the weight coming from his head, Chiyo Rei was stunned for a moment.
The Qingqi person laughed out loud without giving any face.
"Qingqi Zhe, don't laugh." Chiyo Rei couldn't help but protest. He thought that he was simply being implicated. Qingqi Zhe was the one who really had the physique to attract animals. Animals would stick to him just by standing. , even Yae Shenzi made fun of him with this.
"Yeah, but Lian is cute like this." Qingqi Zhe agreed while honestly speaking out what was in his heart.
When Chiyo Rei heard what he said, she wanted to emphasize that she was not a child, but at this moment, several well-fed little finches flew over, and this time they landed on Qinqi's shoulders and knees.
Seeing this scene, Chiyo Rei, who thought he had seized the opportunity to fight back, immediately changed his mind and said, "Qingqi is cute like this." He wanted to treat others with the same treatment as others.
But Qingqi didn't take it seriously. He blinked and responded calmly, "Thank you."
Chiyo Rei seemed to have punched cotton, and he puffed up his face and became a little unhappy.
Sensing the change in Chiyo Rei's mood, Qinqi Zhe smiled again, and the next second he said, "Go and clean up. Yaegomiya said he wants to have breakfast with us."
"What? Are we going to have dinner with her?" Chiyorei became nervous, and all the previous unhappy comments were brushed aside.
"She said she would stay at Yae Hall at noon, so she wanted to have a meal in the morning as a treat for us." The admirer recalled what Yae Shenzi said before leaving yesterday. At that time, she also complained a few words about the contents of the manuscript. , which shows how concerned he is.
Chiyo Rei learned that it was just a gathering, so she breathed a sigh of relief and followed Qinqi to wash up.
Every time she had dinner with Yae Shenzi before, she would tease him from unexpected angles. For example, when he was picky about food, she would deliberately say that adults are not picky eaters.
Even though he knew it was a provocation, Chiyo Rei jumped in without hesitation.
Although Yae Kamiko treats everyone equally in terms of bad taste, and usually likes to tease the shrine maidens at Narukami Taisha Shrine, his reaction alone makes her laugh even happier.
So many times that Chiyo Rei wanted to figure out why this happened.
"Okay, Rei."
The voice from behind brought Chiyo Rei back from his distant thoughts. He came back to his senses and looked at the mirror.
Inside, he was fully dressed and his hair had been combed by Qinqi.
Looking at herself in the mirror, Chiyorei asked in a strange way, "Do you think I should cut my hair short?"
"Cut it short?" Qinqi repeated in confusion.
Chiyo Rei touched the tied hair at the back and said bluntly, "This way it won't be so troublesome. I don't need you to tie my hair every day." For some reason, the more he looked at it, the more he felt that his outfit was going to be in the card pool.
However, the current timeline is still hundreds of years away from the beginning of the original plot, so being able to enter the card pool is not a good sign for him... but it seems that not being able to enter is not a good thing either.
Chiyo Rei was confused for a moment.
The Qingqi who stood behind didn't know Chiyo Rei's worries. He shook his head, "I don't find it troublesome." It's not so much trouble as it is that he is used to this kind of care.
Maybe Chiyorei didn't feel that important, but he did need it.
Suddenly, Qinqi Zhe didn't want to talk about this topic anymore. He thought for a while and said, "Let's go. Don't let the Eighth Palace Secretary wait too long."
Chiyo Rei didn't notice that Qinqi was changing the subject. He nodded and allowed the other party to hold his hand and walk out as usual.
Walking through the corridor to the front hall, as soon as you get closer you can see Yae Kamiko sitting in front of the window holding a cup and drinking tea.
Noticing that Chiyo Rei and Qingqi Zhe were coming, Yae Kamiko put down his tea cup and joked with a playful smile, "You came so early, I thought I had to wait a little longer."
Without giving the two of them a chance to talk, Yae Kamiko made a gesture of invitation, "Breakfast is not ready yet. Let's take advantage of the rare free time at the moment to sit down and chat."
The admirer hesitated for a moment, but finally sat down with Chiyo Rei opposite Yae Shenzi.
Among them, Chiyo Rei remained silent for fear of being caught if he spoke.
But just because he didn't speak, it didn't mean Yae Kamiko wouldn't ask. She tapped her fingertips on the table a few times and asked Chiyo Rei, "Speaking of which, how did you arrange the subsequent plot? Who is the murderer?"
"Huh?" This question caught Chiyo Rei off guard. It took him more than ten seconds before he figured out what Yae Shenzi was asking.
Hesitating and not thinking about the plot behind it, Chiyo Rei had to bite the bullet and deal with it, "The murderer will be revealed in the end. I told Editor Yae, there is no suspense anymore." In the first article, he only wrote about the mysterious organization and the case itself. , did not identify who the murderer was.
"That's true." Yae Kamiko agreed, and then talked about her views on the 'novel' Chiyo Rei wrote casually.
Seeing that the fool was over, Chiyo Rei relaxed and listened carefully to Yae Shenzi's suggestions. It has to be said that many of the suggestions were straight to the point.
Suddenly, Chiyo Rei realized that compared to being the editor-in-chief of Yae-do, being the palace secretary of Narukami Taisha Shrine might be more of a side job for Yae-jinko.
Being a Palace Secretary is a job, being a Chief Editor is a life.
Chiyo Rei secretly thought, and at the same time he heard Yae Kamiko ask again, "Is there a specific setting for the mysterious organization that the protagonist is tracking down in the article? This can be regarded as a selling point to attract readers. If the setting is not good, it will be bad."
Hearing this, Chiyo Rei became vigilant. He suddenly felt that Yae Shenzi had already guessed the identity of the 'murderer' in the novel.
Not to mention that with her keenness, she could definitely tell that the story was adapted from the Tatasha incident. Based on the intelligence and information she had in hand, after reading it, it was hard to say that she could not imagine that the prototype of the real murderer was the man from Maple. Dan, the engineer who calls himself Escher.
However, Chiyo Rei didn't think that Yae Kamiko was testing her. She probably just wanted to know the setting.
That way you can make it up randomly. Chiyo Rei thought about it and fabricated the existence of a mysterious organization. He set that organization to be hidden in the dark side of the world. Its members were all over the world, and they would not hesitate to become enemies of the world in order to save the world.
"...In the end, the organization will invite the protagonist to join." Chiyo Rei finished speaking in one breath. Under the gaze of Yae Shenzi and Qinqizhe, he poured himself a cup of tea and drank it.
After drinking several cups, Chiyo Rei's thirst was finally relieved. He held the cup and looked at the reflection of the admirer in the remaining tea, and for some reason he thought of the skirmishers.
Thinking of the mysterious organization he just mentioned, Chiyo Rei suddenly became worried.
If the current crowd of fools cannot find the Qingqi, will they look for the skirmishers?
After all, the Skirmisher and the Qingqi are technically the same individual, both puppets made by the gods.
Chiyo Rei regretted this speculation again. He decided that the next time he met a skirmisher, he would keep him no matter what, so that he could not be taken away by the fools again.
And Yae Shenzi and Qingqi should not mind the stragglers staying.
Especially Yae Shenzi, in that case she can completely become the hands-off shopkeeper.
Chiyo Rei's thinking was divergent, and he felt that if the stragglers were to stay, based on his hundreds of years of experience as a senior executive in the Fools' Group, Inazuma's Sanfengxing would probably be honest in the future and would not do anything for his own selfishness. It’s hard to make a living if you win people.
Just when Chiyorei lamented that the original plot had been completely changed, he heard Qinqi suddenly ask, "Will the protagonist in the book agree?"
Yae Kamiko chuckled, then stared at Chiyo Rei and replied, "It depends on the author's intention."
After receiving Yae Kamiko's gaze, Chiyo Rei read her words again, feeling that they were a bit subtle.
After a moment of silence, Chiyorei responded cautiously, "I haven't thought about it yet."
"It doesn't matter, you can take your time and think about it before the deadline arrives." Yae Kamiko said skillfully.
Chiyo Rei felt pressure from her words.
Fortunately, this topic did not continue any further, as several foxes appeared holding food.
Because of those foxes, Chiyorei looked over curiously. This was the first time he saw foxes that were still spiritual except Yae Shenzi.
"They are monsters who want to live among humans, and they usually take care of the house." Yae Kamiko took the initiative to explain to Chiyo Rei that there are still many monsters in Inazuma, but unfortunately most of them are weak and cannot transform into humans.
These foxes are typical of them, and that's why they live in this house.
At this point, Yae Shenzi changed the topic and suggested to Chiyo Rei, "If you are curious, I can ask the foxes to take you to see other monsters after dinner." At the end, she added, "There are more than just monsters in my house. fox."
After hearing this, Chiyo Rei immediately realized that Yae Shenzi was trying to ward him off.
Thinking of this, Chiyorei nodded decisively, "Okay."
Faced with this answer, Yae Shenzi laughed a few more times and said nothing more.
The Qinqi Zhe also didn't say much. He took care of Chiyo Rei and watched him and the foxes who came to clear away the dishes leave after finishing the meal.
After the door of the room slowly closed, Yae Kamiko took out a letter out of thin air.
"I got the news this morning." Yae Shenzi said and handed the letter to Qinqi. "Where do you want to meet him?"
The admirer opened the letter in silence, and there was only one sentence in the letter: "Everything goes well."
This is very ordinary, but the font is very familiar to him.
Closing the letter silently, the admirer asked, "Can it be at Narukami Taisha Shrine?"
"Okay, but since it's at Narukami Taisha Shrine, it's up to you to make the arrangements. I'll go there when he arrives."
When Yae Kamiko said this, he turned his eyes to the window he was looking at and raised his voice slightly, "Oh, I'm really curious. What did Niwa Hisahide know that made him be targeted by that mysterious organization."
Chiyorei, who was eavesdropping outside the window, opened his eyes wide. He never expected that Niwa would actually be found.
Does that mean that he can go directly to Niwa and ask how he survived from the doctor?
Chiyo Rei became excited, the question that had troubled him for a long time could finally be answered.
And with Niyu personally telling the truth, the skirmishers will definitely stay.
Heaving a sigh of relief, Chiyo Rei looked forward to the next meeting with the soldiers.
