"Liar! Grandpa is a big liar! Wuwuwu..."
A white-haired girl wearing a miko uniform rushed through the corridor wiping her tears and almost bumped into Maekawa Yoshiyuki, who had just returned from the dojo.
Looking at this scene, he knew what was going on.
The eldest lady is making trouble again about going to school in Tokyo.
In the distance, an old man holding a cane slowly appeared at the corner at the end of the corridor.
He looked worried.
Noticing that it was Yorina Erina's grandfather who was here, Maekawa Yoshiyuki politely bowed slightly.
"Master of the family."
"Oh, it's a righteous act." The head of the family seemed to have just come back to his senses and sighed: "Help me persuade Erina again."
After saying this, he turned around and left tremblingly.
Maekawa Yoshiyuki frowned, feeling that he had been thrown into trouble again.
Ten years ago, he traveled here and became a child, helpless.
It was Yoshiyuki who was picked up by Yoshiyuki when he was playing outside. From then on, he was raised by this local big family as Erina's valet and guard.
As a childhood sweetheart, Erina has always had a good relationship with him.
Because her family has always been too strict, she did not want to be restrained, and she had more and more conflicts with her family as she grew older.
Often when he gets angry, he won't listen to anything except what he says.
The Yida family was very troubled by this, so they often asked Yoshiyuki to help mediate.
However, this time, Yi Xing found it really difficult to handle.
Erina Yida, who has never left this remote mountain village since she was a child, has always longed for Tokyo. When she was in elementary school, she clamored to go to school in that dreamy metropolis.
Her family told her that she would let you go to junior high school.
When she got to junior high school, she was told that high school would definitely let you go.
Now, finally, it was time for her to enter high school, and her family had another change of heart.
They said that as the most important shrine maiden of the village shrine, Erina leaving like this would cause a lot of trouble to everyone.
So, just go to the high school in the village.
Regarding this repeated behavior of "three years and three years", not only Erina felt devastated, but even Yoshiyuki felt that it was a bit too much.
Therefore, he really couldn't persuade him to leave.
"Miss? I'm coming in?"
Yoshihiro symbolically knocked on the antique sliding door.
Then, he pulled it open and entered Erina's room full of two-dimensional atmosphere.
I saw her listlessly hugging the CLANNAD dumpling doll, lying on the tatami, facing the wall with a large number of anime posters in a daze.
Even though there were many posters, the one she really focused on was the street scene in Akihabara, Tokyo.
It wasn't until Yi Xing put his hand in front of her face and shook it that he came back to his senses.
"Ah, it is a righteous deed."
Erina looked at him, unhappy.
"You won't be invited by them to persuade me again, will you?"
"Yes." Yoshiyuki didn't say much, just sat down next to Erina and looked down at her.
Her naturally long, snow-white hair reflected a transparent silver light in the sunlight.
There is only one white-haired woman in each generation of the Yida family. According to family rules, she must fulfill the duties of a miko.
Therefore, Erina's black-haired sister became the object of her immense envy.
Be free and free from family constraints.
At this time, Yoshiyuki's long silence had already explained his position.
Erina felt relieved after seeing that he was still on her side, and started a series of complaints.
"Huh... I'm really pissed off! They're a bunch of big liars! They changed their minds last time and they went too far. But now, they still don't let me go to high school in Tokyo!"
"Why should you treat me differently? My brother and sister have both gone to school in the city since junior high school. Why can't they come to my place? How partial!"
"You are saying that you have to stay here to perform your duties as a miko. It's okay if I'm not here at ordinary times, right? You've promised to come back before every festival, but you still don't agree! Why on earth?!"
"why why why!"
Erina was so angry that she picked up the stuffed dumpling and threw it at Yoshiyuki's leg.
He saw the opportunity to catch Tuanzi and took away the murder weapon: "Miss, calm down. It's not an option to rush."
"That's easy to say! Can you give me a solution?"
Yi Xing was speechless for a moment.
"Miss, what else can I do? No one in your family agrees, so I can't take you away from home, right?"
Erina's body suddenly trembled.
"What did you just say?"
"I said there was nothing I could do."
"No! That last sentence!"
"Well, I said I can't take you away from home..."
"That's right!" Erina's eyes seemed to be shining. She stood up suddenly and slapped the coffee table, extremely excited: "Why didn't I think of that!"
Maekawa Yoshiyuki's heart suddenly sank, wondering why he was so mean-mouthed.
"No, no, Miss, are you serious?"
"Of course I'm serious!" She stood up solemnly, grabbed a traffic map, pointed to a route marked with a red pen on it, and explained with a wicked smile.
"Humph, I've been studying this route for several years! Look carefully! First, we take the bus to the town, and then take the train on the southernmost railway all the way to Yokohama, Kanagawa! Then we change to the Shinkansen. You can go directly to Tokyo!”
"What happens after we get to Tokyo?" Yoshihiro was sweating profusely.
"What are you thinking about after you've run away from home? Just take it one step at a time!" Erina pouted dissatisfiedly: "Are you going to accompany me? If you don't, I'll leave by myself!"
As soon as Yoshiyuki heard this, a picture emerged in his mind: Erina, who was not very smart but always thought she was smart, was sold and helped people count money one by one.
His first reaction was to laugh, but he thought it was too scary, so he quickly proposed it seriously.
"Miss, I don't think you can achieve this first step. The bus leaves every three hours, and we will definitely be discovered while waiting for the bus..."
"You're so stupid, why don't you hide it for a while?"
"But the driver also knows us. The Yida family has ordered that no one help you leave the village. Does he dare to drive when he sees you coming?"
"That's a question." Erina pondered for a moment, then cast her gaze on the suitcase that had been prepared long ago but never put to use, and suddenly she smiled proudly again.
"Hey? Yoshiyuki, aren't you allowed to go to the town to buy me snacks and comics? Then..."
Maekawa Yoshiyuki suddenly guessed what she meant, and his expression changed.
"NO! No! Don't even think about it!"
"There's so much nonsense, just stuff me in!"
The eldest lady had already opened the suitcase, pulled out a few random things from it, patted the suitcase, and urged impatiently.
"But--"
"Hey, you keep saying that I am your important eldest lady. When you were a child, you swore to protect me for the rest of your life, didn't you?"
"Ah, that's true, but -"
"What's so good! Humph, you can't even pack up your childhood sweetheart, so what kind of man are you! Do it!"
