What made you have the illusion that I am the protagonist! ?

Sanwa Yiyan asked Dongya to reconcile, and the original intention was to entrust Gou Lang to them, but after the two talked heart-to-heart, Gou Lang was obviously unwilling-not that he didn't want to go to Dongya, but that he didn't even talk about "a word" What will happen after the adult dies?" I don't want to talk about it, even if I talk about it with Miwa Ichiko himself.

That being the case, Miwa had no choice but to shelve this controversial topic.

After visiting the Colorless King, Ma Canghao was the only one who returned to Star and Fire a few days later.

"Where's the manager!?"

The twins were stunned, and Guochang Lu Youyuan also looked at him suspiciously.

"He said that there are always a few trips in life, and then he decided to hike back to Tokyo." The calm young man rubbed his eyebrows, with a rare and helpless look on his face.

Without the only back chef, neither Hao nor anyone else intends to hire another person to open it. The reason for the existence of this coffee shop is Ishitani Toya, not the other way around, so he gave the twins a big vacation. The coffee shop only Can close the door for a while.

……

At this time, a certain wayward store manager was wandering the streets of an unknown city.

Basically Toya Ishitani is the type who can get along well with anyone, how did those companions increase?White Gloves, Diarmuid, Hao, Yuan-chan, twins... No matter how long you spend with your companions, you will never feel bored.

However, in the past, Tomi was used to traveling alone, and he also liked the quietness of being alone. Like a certain red king, he occasionally left HOMRA to lie in a street park looking for peace that no one knew. He could also understand that kind of feel.

Although it was a sudden whim, it has been a long time since I traveled alone like this...

"May I sit here, please?"

Tired from walking, Fuyuya found a bench by the street and planned to sit down.

There are similar arrangements on both sides of this street, but there is a lot of people, and the benches are basically full. The bench chosen by Fuyomi has already had a young man sitting on it, but it looks like he is alone The appearance of one person.

"..."

It was a boy who looked about fifteen or sixteen years old, maybe younger than Gou Lang, with rare light-colored short hair, and the whole person looked thinly pigmented, but it was not the unhealthy whiteness, but rather the color of his age. The white and tender white that is unique to young teenagers.

He didn't answer, but just raised his head to look at Fuyuya, nodded slightly, and then moved to the side of the bench.

"Thank you!"

Fuyuya sat down on the other end of the bench, opened the travel backpack, took out the dried taro and the thermos pot, and gnawed on it—patiently preparing such things is not Dongya's style, in fact, this is a departure from Miwa Ichikan Gou Lang specially prepared it for them, saying it could fill their stomachs on the way back, and then it was taken by Dongmi as dry food for travel.

The taro was planted by the villagers in the village where Miwa Yiyan was located and given to Miwa Yiyan—the colorless king seems to be respected there, and Gou Lang steamed the taro and sliced ​​it himself. It is naturally dried in the shade without any seasoning added, but it still has the unique aroma and sweet taste of taro, and it will not dry your mouth when you eat it with the hot kombucha.

Gou Lang's craftsmanship is good, and in addition, Dongmi always cooks for others during this time, and it is rare to have the opportunity to eat other people's food, so he eats this kind of dry food gratefully and very satisfied.

Maybe it was because he ate too sweetly, the boy sitting next to him glanced at him thoughtfully, and then his throat moved.

"...Well, are you hungry? If you don't mind, try it. This is made by someone you know. It tastes amazing!"

Fuyuya generously opened the dried taro bag to him and recommended.

It seemed that he was a little surprised by his sudden greeting, and at the same time realized that his sneak peek had been discovered. The boy blushed and refused: "...No, no, no need..." After finishing speaking, he stood up and asked Walk.

"Hey, don't be so polite." Dongmi grabbed him, "Just now you also gave way to me, right, this is called reciprocity!"

Maybe it was the phrase "reciprocity" that moved the boy, or maybe his stomach couldn't bear it anymore, the boy finally chose to sit down and share the bag of dried taro with Dongmi.

While eating and chatting, Fuyuya also knew the boy's current situation.

The boy's name is Toru Hida, and he was born in an orphanage without a father or a mother.

Compulsory education in this country is nine years. Although there are free public high schools to attend later, Hita’s grades are mediocre. In addition, he was born as an orphan and hoped to be independent earlier. After graduating from junior high school last year, he did not choose to continue high school. Instead, they went directly to work to make ends meet.

But after leaving the society, I realized that without higher education and talents, he could only do some trivial odd jobs, and at the age of 16, he had not even fully developed his physique, so he was not as efficient and strong as many adult workers. , so even odd jobs are hard to find, and the existing jobs are almost hired by well-meaning bosses because of his pity, and the wages are also very low.

Boys at this age are the best at eating, but Einada's wages are even difficult to support himself, and he is often hungry and full.

"...Sorry, Mr. Ishitani, I said so much without knowing it..." He carefully looked at Fuyuya, and found that he didn't show any bored expression, so he breathed a sigh of relief.

Perhaps because of too many setbacks, Hirota has a somewhat introverted and sensitive personality, habitually observes words, and will say so many words to strangers he meets for the first time, which even surprises him.

"It's okay." Fuyumi stretched out his hand and touched his short silver hair, "Since you are also working part-time here, would you like to travel with me? I am hiking to Tokyo, and I opened a shop there. It happens to be short of people.”

To be precise, the original waiters are useless, if Hao and the twins have a service mentality for the guests, then wait until the next life (for Hao, they probably won’t be able to do it in the next life), although they have already put that kind of Star and Fire's way of hospitality has been successfully sold as a selling point, that is, in Zhenme Town, where the guests are generally warm-hearted. Even so, they still have to throw a few fluffy guests out from time to time.

"...Huh? No, thank you, Mr. Ishitani." Hita refused as expected, a boy who was not used to receiving kindness and sympathy from others, said firmly.

"Then there is no other way...wait." Fuyumi took out a book from his backpack, wrote down the address and phone number of the store, and tore it off for him, "If you go to Tokyo, come here or call this number , report my name and find me!"

When he was done, he stood up.

Although he intends to help, he is also used to it. There are so many people in the world who have experienced misery, and he cannot help them one by one. He can only say that he does his best.

And the young man may still have doubts in his heart. After all, the stranger on the roadside who is not relatives or relatives suddenly said that he wanted to help him. Ordinary people would not believe it so easily, let alone a barnyard that has been exposed to society too early?

Turning his back and walking a few steps, he heard the boy's courageous shout: "Mr. Ishitani, I will definitely go to Tokyo to find you—!"

Without looking back, Fuyuya waved his hand, he still has to continue his walking tour.