"Xia Youjun, um...can I ask you to go to the playground to talk after school?"
Xia Youyuanluo was still thinking about samurai swords and monsters when he was suddenly interrupted. He sat in his seat and looked up at the classmate in front of him whose cheeks were as red as fire. He lowered his head and did not dare to look at him, and his voice was weak. Qian Yingxun, her little daughter's behavior has revealed what she wants to say.
Hmm... It should be called Asakura Kaoru, right?
Xia Youyuanluo tilted his head.
In fact, he doesn't know much about the classmates in the class, and he has good contact with them frequently, such as monitor, study committee member, and life committee member. As for the outstanding one - he himself is the most outstanding one. When other people are not conspicuous, Xia Youyuanluo can remember their names because of his good memory.
Having met him once, he could basically fill in the corresponding name.
Qian Yingxun was not called transparent in the class, but she was not outstanding either. He would not focus on her. It's good to be able to match the name with the number.
"Qianying classmate, I'm sorry, I have something to do after school." Xia Youyuanluo smiled gently.
Like his brother Xia Youjie, they both show gentleness on the outside.
But unlike Xia Youjie, Xia Youyuanluo would never change his plans because of others unless he had to.
Xia Youyuanluo would not compromise. There was no word compromise in his dictionary. Underneath his gentle mask was contemptuous indifference.
"Ah... that's it. Sorry to bother you." The blush on Qian Yingxun's face faded, she smiled reluctantly, turned around and trotted out of the classroom with her head buried in the ground, followed by several girls in the class. When they go out, they are all friends of Asakura Kaoru.
"It was rejected..." Others in the class were discussing in whispers.
"Xia Youjun is really unkind."
"But don't you think the inhumane Xia Youjun is cool!"
Xia Youyuanluo pretended not to hear other people's discussions about him, took out a piece of paper from the desk box, and started scribbling on it.
The person behind him stood up and looked at the table curiously, and was immediately frightened by the ugly and weird monster portrait above. His legs softened, and he sat back down with a bang, making a harsh sound when the stool legs rubbed against the ground.
"Yamada, what's wrong?" his friend at the same table asked him.
"No...it's nothing, haha, it's just that my feet suddenly became weak."
Teenagers care about face the most, so how can they admit that they are frightened by a painting?
When the school bell rang, Yamada couldn't help but secretly glanced at Xia Youyuanluo's paintings again. However, due to his sitting posture, the tabletop was firmly blocked. Yamada had to try hard to tilt his body to look from the side, and then with a pair of curved Almond eyes that were smiling but clearly not smiling met.
"Yamada-san, are you okay?" Xia Youyuanluo, who has short, fluffy hair and the ends close to her neck are slightly turned up, asked softly.
Yamada's body froze, feeling inexplicably afraid. He subconsciously looked away, and his gaze fell on the young man's mouth in a panic.
Xia Youyuan Luoying was born with smiling lips, with a slight upward curve at the corners of her mouth.
Yamada was stunned for some reason.
Xia Youyuanluo is handsome and has good grades. He is the most popular male idol among girls in the school. Yamada has always known this.
They are obviously the same age, but Xia Youyuanluo is a typical child from other people's families. He is so outstanding, so perfect that no one can even be jealous.
People may be envious and jealous of people who are similar to themselves or think they can achieve that level, but they will never be jealous of the 'gods' above the clouds who are too far apart.
I can only envy you.
Yamada had average grades and average looks. He was once jealous of Xia Youyuanluo, but he thought about it after discovering that Xia Youyuanluo was not the same kind of ordinary people like them.
Can humans and 'gods' be the same?
Maybe it's the instinct of a small animal.
Even if Xia Youyuanluo is approachable and has no arrogance at all, he will answer you in a gentle voice when you talk to him, and when you ask him a question, he will not sound condescending and disdainful, which you would not know even if it is so simple. But Yamada is inexplicably afraid of Xia Youyuan Luo.
I feel like Xia You is in danger.
But when talking to Xia Youyuanluo, he would give up the idea in a daze.
After all...Xiayou-san is really gentle!
——But I also really think Xia You is scary...
Yamada twitched the corner of his mouth and said stiffly: "No, it's okay. I'm just curious to see what you seem to be drawing."
He didn't have bad intentions at first, but when he was frightened, he immediately confessed honestly.
"So that's it." Xia Youyuanluo smiled, "Then give it to Yamada-san. I just drew a few strokes."
After saying that, Xia Youyuanluo put the paper on Yamada's table.
Yamada confessed why he thought Xia You Yuanluo was scary just now, and stammered: "Thank you, Xia, Xia You, classmate."
"It's nothing." Xia Youyuanluo said and turned back. At this time, the teacher also walked in holding the lesson plan.
"Attend class."
Monitor: "Stand up."
"Hello teacher--"
Sitting back in his seat, the teacher began to teach.
Yamada's attention returned to the drawing paper Xia Youyuanluo had just given him. The sight of it made him break out in a cold sweat.
There are various finely painted body details next to the monster, and even the cut cross-sections are painted so lifelike that it feels like you have seen it with your own eyes.
...
After school, Xia Youyuan and Luo Qing went to the laboratory by the familiar route.
After closing the door, there was only a glimmer of light from the dim sunset outside the window.
The drunken red light shone on Xia Youyuanluo's body, and her long eyelashes covered the bottom of her eyes with a layer of shadow. Half of them shone on her face, which looked red like bloodstains for some reason.
Xia Youyuanluo didn't turn on the light. He liked darkness. He was more inspired in the darkness.
In the birdcage in the corner, two little monsters were trembling together, watching Xia Youyuanluo slowly put on his gloves and walked towards them.
"Well, your body structure is indeed very powerful. I don't know if it is compatible with the human body, but unfortunately..." The young man's tone was full of regret.
——It’s a pity that we can’t do anything to the same kind of people.
Well...not necessarily. If he had a way to get the body.
Xia Youyuanluo suddenly felt a little moved, because he thought that where there is light, there is darkness. There must be underground black markets in that world.
Although I have planned to pretend to be an ordinary person in front of my parents, follow their ideal path, and make a choice that makes them happy. But behind the scenes...he can quietly satisfy his little curiosity.
Just be careful and don't get spotted by anyone.
*
"It's so late today, top student." The doorman joked.
Xia Youyuanluo smiled shyly, said goodbye to the guard, and walked slowly home.
His home is a fifteen-minute walk from the school. Even if he walks slower, he can reach it in twenty minutes.
When passing an alley, Xia Youyuanluo seemed to smell the smell of blood.
Because he has been doing experiments in the past few days, he is very sensitive to the smell of blood.
After rubbing his fingertips for a few seconds, Xia Youyuanluo raised his feet and walked in.
The further you go, the stronger the smell of blood becomes.
Xia Youyuanluo finally found a body leaning against the wall, with a pool of blood on the ground.
Why do you say it's a corpse...?
Because obviously, the other party is dead. Judgment is intuition.
Xia Youyuanluo squatted in front of the corpse, which had a red mountain ghost mask on its face.
The correct thing to do was to call the police, but Xia Youyuanluo didn't do that, otherwise he wouldn't have walked in because of his character. He was not a kind-hearted person.
Reaching out to take off the mask of the corpse, Xia Youyuanluo touched the lines of the mountain ghost mask, especially the eyes, nose, and mouth.
It feels sealed to the touch.
The brown-red eyes reflected the ferocious appearance of the mountain ghost mask. Xia Youyuanluo put his other hand on his lips, which was a small gesture of his thinking. After a while, Xia Youyuanluo put the mountain ghost mask on his face.
Although the body was covered in blood, the mask was surprisingly clean.
...Just as he suspected.
This mask makes a big difference.
From the outside, it cannot be worn on the face because all the spaces are blocked. But when you actually put it on, you can't feel the presence of any foreign objects at first, and then your eyes can see clearly without being blocked, and the same goes for your nose and mouth. Breathing is smooth and speaking is ok.
Not long ago, Xia Youyuanluo was still thinking about how to get in touch with the black market of 'that world', but now props that can conceal his true identity have been delivered to his door.
But it's not safe enough.
Xia Youyuanluo looked at the ordinary-looking corpse in front of him.
He seems to be about the same height and figure as him.
Want to take a gamble?
*
"Yuanluo, are you back? Let's eat sukiyaki today."
"Okay mom."
After the meal, Xia Youyuanluo went back to his room. Like a ruthless answering machine, he quickly finished the homework for all subjects.
Put the book back in your commute bag so that you can carry it when you leave tomorrow. Xia Youyuanluo went into the bathroom and took a shower.
Although summer has not completely entered yet, the recent temperature has been extremely close to summer, and the sweat is sticky and very uncomfortable.
It seems that Xia Youyuanluo was born with a "stove" constitution. He is not afraid of cold, but he is very afraid of heat.
In winter, he would not be frozen even if he wore two unthickened clothes, but in summer, he would sweat even if he moved a few times, as if there was a fire in his body.
After taking a shower, Xia Youyuanluo put the towel around his neck without wiping his hair, letting the water droplets soak the towel. He climbed onto the bed and sat cross-legged, closed his eyes and began to meditate.
After two days of practice - today is the third day.
I successfully summoned the katana the first two times. I hope it will be the same today and the forward swing time can be shortened.
And...it's not his imagination.
There seemed to be a real fire in his body.
And he can control that fire.
Yuan Luo seemed to be looking inside his own body in a trance, and saw a bright flame in his abdomen.
Don't discuss the issue of science or not. After knowing that monsters really exist in this world, materialism has already cracked.
Xia Youyuanluo tried to pull it, and then... pulled out a samurai sword from inside.
Opening his eyes, Xia Youyuanluo saw the katana that had taken more than an hour to summon two days ago, lying obediently on his lap.
