Chapter 510: Chapter 502: Come Back Home with Me
"No need." Shirakawa Sawahei gritted his teeth and said, "I can do it. Perseverance is my strong suit."
"Hmph, you might as well exhaust yourself!" Tsukimi Sakurazawa punched the scumbag twice in anger and turned her head, saying, "I want to go to that shop and have some mousse!"
Shirakawa Sawahei sighed, thinking to himself that his cute Tsukimi still cared for him, finding excuses to let him take a break... If it were Miss Kaori, she would probably have already jumped to coldly laughing while making the scumbag carry bags on a five-kilometer cross-country run, eventually leaving him foaming at the mouth and begging for mercy.
Hmm, wait... given his current situation, cute little Ise Yu might also toughen up and strike the scumbag mercilessly.
Poor scumbag, when will he finally be able to become a carefree scumbag like a middle-aged Long Aotian...
"Tsukimi?"
"Hmm?"
"I’ll come find you tomorrow." Shirakawa Sawahei composed himself and continued, "Didn’t we agree earlier to go pray together? To get a charm..."
"A prayer charm... hmph, I don’t need you to accompany me, I can go by myself."
Shirakawa Sawahei: "Earlier??"
"Earlier was earlier, now is now," Tsukimi Sakurazawa said fiercely, "Only my boyfriend can accompany me to draw a fortune, you’re just a scumbag now, you can’t come!"
"Then I’ll follow you secretly."
"Ah~ Officer, there’s a criminal here..."
"It’s not that serious," Shirakawa Sawahei said helplessly, "I also want to get a charm for Tachibana as a birthday gift."
"No copying my idea!"
"I’m getting a peace charm for her... and by the way, a relationship charm for myself, to bless my love life to be smooth sailing."
"Just one?" Tsukimi Sakurazawa sneered.
"It’s not like it’s a consumable."
"Scumbags have faith?"
"Of course, if anime characters could count as gods, I’d even worship Shido-sama."
"Ugh! You scumbag..."
"What time should I pick you up tomorrow?"
"I’m not going out with you! I have something very important tomorrow..."
"How about eight o’clock?"
"Eight o’clock won’t do, Mother wants to have breakfast with me."
"Then nine o’clock it is."
"Hey, don’t overstep your bounds." Tsukimi Sakurazawa gave him a sidelong glance and muttered, "Anyway, at most you can accompany me to the shrine, we’ll separate on the way back... also remember, don’t be greedy and ask the god for three relationship charms all at once... being so greedy will get you punished..."
Even though her words were nagging, the gentle affection imbued within them couldn’t help but touch a person. Shirakawa Sawahei looked at the familiar beautiful face in front of him, suddenly feeling an urge to hug her.
"Tsukimi?"
"Hmm?"
Shirakawa Sawahei reached out to embrace the girl, looking at her bright, beautiful eyes, and sighed softly.
"Will you go home with me?"
"Aunt Higashino said she wanted to meet you."
"..."
"Can’t you? Just for Aunt Higashino."
"You really leave me with no choice." The girl sighed softly and naturally rested her cheek against his chest. After a moment of silence, a cute and satisfied smile suddenly appeared at the corner of her mouth.
"Just this once, for Aunt Higashino."
"Alright."
"What about the prayer charm then?"
"Let’s go today, after all, there won’t be too many people at the shrine on Christmas."
"Shirakawa... huh... going now? Wait, wait a minute... I haven’t even decided... hey..."
...
While the old scumbag was having the time of his life shopping, grabbing prizes, and getting prayer charms, the Black Hearted Lolita was having a hard time. Leaving home, she hurried all the way to Shirakawa Sawahei’s residence, planning to confront him face-to-face.
Unfortunately, there was nobody home at Shirakawa Sawahei’s place.
Not even Ise Yu Yuzhijin was there!
To avoid alerting anyone, the Black Hearted Lolita resolutely decided to wait at the door for him to return, lest a single phone call scare the pretty boy away... but waiting and waiting, the little Lolita became a bit desperate as there was still no sign of the old scumbag Shirakawa Sawahei.
Something’s wrong!
Thus, the Black Hearted Lolita decided to send Ise Yu Yuzhijin a message.
No response on Line, and when she made a call, it was answered by a somewhat unfamiliar voice.
"Hello~ this is Ise Yu Yuzhijin’s phone... may I ask who’s calling?"
"Mi-Miss Hinata?" The little Lolita strained her memory to search for the identity of the voice owner, sweetly saying, "I’m Asano Nazuki... um... is Orikin there? I want to ask her about Mr. Shirakawa..."
"Oh, hang on a second." Hinata Rion turned and shouted, "Someone’s calling to ask about Mr. Shirakawa, come take it."
"I’m not taking it! Just tell them Shirakawa Sawahei is dead!"
Hinata Rion nodded, then seriously said, "She said Shirakawa Sawahei is dead."
Black Hearted Lolita: "???"
Revolting, revolting, this little idiot dares to talk to me like this... whether the pretty boy is dead or not, can’t I tell? We were on the phone just now!
Something must be wrong... Ise Yu Yuzhijin’s abnormal behavior, Black Hearted Woman’s abnormal behavior, it must be all related to the pretty boy!
I need to find Tsukimi Sakurazawa quickly, and probe into the pretty boy’s situation through her...
Moments later...
No answer??! Revolt, revolt, this group of losers has revolted! I’m going to get angry!
Only Tachibana Tomoku is left!
The Black Hearted Lolita took a deep breath, feeling a sense of betrayal by the whole world, yet fortunately, Ms. Tachibana Tomoku made her feel the last warmth of humanity, answering the call immediately.
"Hello? Asano, what’s up?"
Asano Nazuki breathed a sigh of relief and said, "What I’m about to say, don’t be scared."
Ms. Tachibana Tomoku gasped slightly, quickly stood up from the sofa in a flurry, ran back to her room, then lowered her voice, "What happened?"
"Something seems to be wrong on Mr. Shirakawa’s side," Black Hearted Lolita said seriously, "Try if you can reach him."
"Okay."
A little while later, Ms. Tachibana Tomoku called back, looking confused.
"I can... Mr. Shirakawa said he’s out having fun with Department Director Tsukimi... what happened?"
Black Hearted Lolita responded with an "oh," perfunctorily said a few things, then chose to continue waiting at the door.
The little transparent one tilted her head and slowly typed a question mark.
The waiting time at Shirakawa Sawahei’s door seemed incredibly long to the little Lolita. Sitting at his doorstep, she angrily opted to play with her phone until it was nearly out of charge before, unable to bear it any longer, directly dialing the main culprit.
"Pretty boy! Are you coming home or not!"
Confronted by the Black Hearted Lolita’s inquiry, Shirakawa Sawahei stared at the scenery whizzing by outside the train window in silence for a while before replying.
"Whose home are you talking about?"
"Yours, of course!"
"I’m on my way..." Shirakawa Sawahei cleared his throat twice and said perfunctorily, "What’s up?"
"Then why aren’t you home yet?"
"Probably another hour or two."
"Oh... well, hurry up, alright?" The Black Hearted Lolita pouted, "I’m waiting for you at your door."
"..."
"Pretty boy... why aren’t you talking?" The Black Hearted Lolita caught the sound of train tracks clashing faintly in her ear and suspiciously asked, "Where did you go?"
"I’m on my way home," Shirakawa Sawahei said seriously, "just to a different home..."
"Where’s the other home?!"
"It’s in Tottori Prefecture..."
The Lolita: "???"
Pretty boy! I’m gonna kill you!!!