Re:Zero - Starting Life in Chaos.

After going around in circles, it was already late at night when Beichen came out of Sanhua's house.

After politely declining the girl's offer to see him off, Beichen got off the elevator smoothly and arrived at the gate.

Just as he had found the direction and was about to go home, a familiar shout suddenly came from not far away.

"Senior! Senior Beichen!"

"Fuck it! Are you going to let me go home peacefully?"

Hearing the familiar voice, Beichen couldn't help but complain in his heart.

But there is no way, since they have greeted me, I have to respond.

"Hey! Junior sister Hai Meng, why don't you go home and sleep so late?"

Yes, the person coming is Kitagawa Umi.

Beichen hasn't seen her since her father brought her to visit his home last time.

When I see it now, it’s still a bit surprising.

At this time, the girl was wearing the traditional East College uniform, with golden hair and hot girl makeup, which gave her a combination of fashion and tradition.

The already fair skin looks even more delicate and dazzling against the dim backdrop.

"You are truly a senior!"

Kitagawa quickly walked up to Beichen and said in surprise.

Just now she just felt that Beichen's figure was familiar, so she tried to call out a few times.

I didn’t expect it was really Beichen.

Compared to the long time she hadn't seen Beichen, she actually saw Beichen from afar when school started yesterday.

It’s just that the environment at that time didn’t allow it, or she didn’t dare to get close to Beichen.

After all, Beichen was surrounded by everyone at that time like the moon surrounded by stars, and he was accompanied by a talented young lady like Shinomiya Kaguya.

Although she is a bit careless at ordinary times, she can still make sense at critical moments.

Don't join in the fun at a time like that. Going up to Beichen and saying hello can easily cause misunderstandings...

"So you didn't recognize me at all, and you called me out first?"

Beichen was speechless at the girl's recklessness.

"What's the matter? I can just apologize." Kitagawa stuck out his tongue and defended himself, then changed the subject and asked, "It's so late, why are you here, senior?"

"I came to visit my sister and was just about to go back. How about you?"

"Me? I just finished shooting and was about to walk back. Look, my home is in that apartment over there!"

As he spoke, Kitagawa raised his hand and pointed to an apartment building in the distance.

Following the girl's pink-manicured jade fingers, Beichen looked towards the building in the distance.

After realizing that there was still quite a distance from here, he thought for a moment and then asked:

"I think it's still some distance from here. How about I take you back?"

"Senior, are you going to give me a ride?" Kitagawa was surprised when he heard that Beichen was going to give him a ride.

"Yes, it's not safe for a girl like you in the middle of the night." Beichen nodded as a matter of course.

If I hadn't met him I wouldn't have bothered to care, but now that I've met him, it's only a dozen minutes' walk anyway, and it would be unworthy of a senior if I didn't see him off.

"Hey! Senior, you're so nice! I'll treat you to ramen next time."

Kitagawa didn't bother to be polite with Beichen and agreed with a smile.

"Don't give out nice guys cards randomly, junior high school girl!"

"No way~ She was clearly praising you."

"Okay, let's go. I'll get you back sooner so I can go home sooner."

"Hi hi hi hi!"

Chatting and laughing, the two left the apartment building and their figures gradually disappeared into the darkness.

……

In the suburbs of Eastern Capital, in Kaguya’s residence, in an empty open-air shooting range.

Hayasaka Ai stared at the thin figure at the shooting position, a trace of pity flashing in her eyes.

Ever since being lectured by Beichen, Shinomiya Kaguya has been immersed in her own world and didn't even eat dinner.

He just sat quietly in the shooting position, stroking the longbow in his hand, not knowing what he was thinking.

The moonlight poured down like running water, quietly falling on the girl, giving her an otherworldly beauty.

The slender body seemed to be given life under the moonlight, emitting a faint silver light.

The already beautiful face was faintly visible in the moonlight, adding a bit of mystery and charm to the girl.

The only pity was that the girl's ruby-like eyes were lifeless from beginning to end.

But the originally firm and deep eyes now revealed a hint of confusion and bewilderment.

Hayasaka Ai understood that this confusion was not caused by Beichen, but came from the girl herself.

Kaguya is too smooth.

It seemed that everything started going smoothly since Beichen found her.

Grasp power, separate from the family, and gain a certain degree of freedom.

Everything went so smoothly, as if I was loved by the world.

In addition, she is the eldest daughter of a top chaebol family, and there are only a handful of people who can surpass her in status and position.

As a result, the girl has rarely faced oppression from higher levels since then.

Yes, in Hayasaka's opinion, Beichen's scolding was oppression.

Beichen's identity inherently determines that he is on the stronger side when dealing with Kaguya.

Even though Beichen has a good temper, is always cheerful and seems like he doesn't care about anything, that's the truth.

It is no exaggeration to say that she was scared to death when Beichen's face turned cold.

Although Beichen's tone was relatively calm and he expressed his importance to her, she was really afraid that Beichen would be unhappy and directly cancel the cooperation with Kaguya.

Even she is so unbearable, let alone Kaguya who faces Beichen directly.

"You long to escape from the cage of the Shinomiya family and gain complete freedom, but then you find that you still have to look at other people's faces. It must be a helpless and even desperate feeling!"

Hayasaka thought so as he looked at the girl's increasingly thin figure.

……

The night was as dark as ink, and the empty shooting range was completely silent.

I do not know how long it has been.

Hayasaka suddenly realized that the energy field around him was somewhat unstable. Just as he was about to concentrate on finding the source of the fluctuation, the ripples disappeared.

And at this moment, Hayasaka felt a slight sense of oppression from Kaguya.

"Miss?"

Although she didn't say it explicitly, Kaguya still understood what Hayasaka wanted to express due to the tacit understanding they had gained from years of getting along with each other, and nodded slightly.

"Level 5."

"Congratulations, Miss."

"Ah."

Kaguya's tone of response was flat, and her expression remained calm, as if she was not the one who made the breakthrough.

Hayasaka didn't care about the girl's cold attitude and was happy for Kaguya's breakthrough from the bottom of her heart.

Upgrading is only secondary. The most important thing is that Hayasaka feels that the improvement in ability, to a certain extent, shows that Kaguya has figured it out.

Otherwise, there wouldn't be a breakthrough without any warning, right?

Hayasaka is Kaguya's only "bedmate" at this stage.

Whether it is guessing Kaguya's thoughts or predicting her behavior, Hayasaka is very accurate.

The fact was just as she thought.

Before, Kaguya was deeply confused and had strong doubts about whether everything she had done over the years was really useful.

Will the complete freedom she longs for ever really come?

……