Humanoid self-propelled wishing machine

Shuji Tsushima is playing with Reo Tsushima in his small courtyard.

The servant who was in charge of taking care of Tsushima Reo was dismissed by him, and he couldn't come back before [-]:[-] in the evening. He took off the gorgeous but heavy haori with peace of mind, rolled up his sleeves and played catch and toss with Tsushima Reo childish games.

The old colored ball that Reo Tsushima begged from the servant has been washed clean and brightly colored. Amidst the clear and crisp laughter of the children, it was thrown into the air again and again. When the vast blue sky opened, the fall accelerated again.

"elder brother!"

Reo Tsushima caught the colored ball and hugged it lovingly. Instead of continuing the game, she called Shuji Tsushima, who was panting, with sparkling eyes.

Shuji Tsushima propped his hands on his knees, his slightly curly hair was messy as if blown by the wind, and a few strands of sweaty hair stuck to his forehead. His embarrassed appearance did not reveal the slightest dignity of a nobleman. In response, "Huh?"

Reyo Tsushima laughed, and some flesh hung limply on her cheeks, "Give me a hug."

He said happily, coquettishly.

"sure."

Shuji Tsushima took a breath, straightened up, walked towards Reio Tsushima, and hugged him tightly through the colored ball.

Reo Tsushima nestled obediently in her brother's narrow arms that could just accommodate him, and there was a faint smell of sweat on the tip of his nose. He didn't feel disgusted at all, but felt at ease.

Shuji Tsushima deliberately pressed his sweaty neck to the side of Reo Tsushima's face, and rubbed it vigorously, making Reo Tsushima's dry skin sticky.

But the overly obedient child only thought that his brother was playing with him, and instead giggled.

"Ah, I don't even know I've been bullied. I'm so stupid~" Shuji Tsushima let go of Reo Tsushima in frustration, got up, and said with a long ending. In his eyes, there was a trace of a natural smile that he didn't even notice.

Rei Tsushima didn't answer, he still had a cute smile of satisfaction on his face, carefully put the ball in his hand aside, and flung himself on his brother coquettishly, "Brother, give me a high !"

"Hey——" Shuji Tsushima dragged out his voice, showing great reluctance, "I can't lift you up."

Although he said this, he still put his hand under Tsushima Reiyang's armpit, carefully lifted him up and turned him upside down, and muttered, "Reiyang, are you really five years old? You are not long, and you weigh the same light."

Reyo Tsushima shook his feet hanging in the air, and laughed just because it was funny, and didn't answer his brother's question. He lowered his head to see Shuji Tsushima's face with similar features to his own, grinning, and begged again, "Brother Xiuzhi, please praise me."

Reo Tsushima's soft black hair fell down, gently scratching Shuji Tsushima's neck, the itching like ants biting bones made Shuji Tsushima shiver involuntarily.

Something is not right.

The child lifted up by his stiff arm has completely changed his face at this time, with pale skin and dark facial features, this [unidentified object] like a ghost coming out of a horror drama is engrossed, looking forward to stared at him intently, waiting for his answer.

The hot sweat flowing from Tsushima Shuji's neck condensed and stuck to his skin coldly.

Cold, sticky, itchy.

Abnormal, grotesque, uncomfortable.

"Okay." The smile on Shuji Tsushima's face did not waver at all, he carefully put his brother down, agreed to his request, and praised lightly, "Our Lianyang is so cute."

[Unidentified Object] smiled contentedly. Its laughter was not as crisp and happy as Reo Tsushima, which had the power to make people smile, but was thin, vague, and trembling as if the communication was not smooth.

"Brother Shuji, do you have any wishes?" It looked up at Shuji Tsushima, and asked in a tone without any ups and downs, as if it was executing a fixed procedure.

"May I make a wish?" Shuji Tsushima asked softly, looking down at the child who was nearly half a head shorter than himself, "So, can you tell me your name?"

"My name?" [Unidentified Object]'s black facial features could not make a rich expression, it tilted its head, expressing its doubts calmly.

After being stuck for a long time like a bad signal communication, [unidentified object] gave his own answer, "...No, I don't have a name."

[UNidentified Object] disappeared.

Reo Tsushima is back.

He looked up at his elder brother who was slightly taller than him, and called out happily and crisply, "Brother!"

"Reyo?" Shuji Tsushima confirmed.

"Yes!" Tsushima Reo raised her hand and responded obediently.

"Does Lian know what is occupying your body just now?" Shuji Tsushima asked.

"That's not right," Reyo Tsushima carefully corrected the mistakes in his brother's words, "It's not about occupying, we were originally living in the same body."

He wrinkled his nose and said in distress, "But I don't know what she is." He thought for a while and said, "If I have to say it, then the child must be my sister."

Thinking of a satisfactory answer, Reo Tsushima had a cute smile on his face, and he stuck to Shuji Tsushima again, "Brother, my sister is cute, right?"

"Yeah," Shuji Tsushima smiled naturally, "It's so cute~"

Found, he thought, the source of the [abnormality] on Lian Yang.

"Lianyang also heard the conversation between me and her just now, right?"

"Yeah!" Tsushima Reo replied briskly, "I heard it."

"If it's a younger sister, it won't work without a name. Does Lianyang want to help her choose a name?"

"Since this is the case...then call it Erina!" Tsushima Reo said almost without thinking.

"Erina?" Shuji Tsushima asked in surprise, "Is Lianyang going to call her Erina?"

"Yeah!" Reyo Tsushima nodded vigorously, and he said in a reasonable tone, "Because I hope she can become a happy child like Erina."

In the eyes of Reo Tsushima, Erina who is favored by Kanako is the happiest child in the world.

Living surrounded by love and dying surrounded by love can make Kanako burst into such great grief and despair at that moment.

That is, what an enviable life.

"And," Tsushima Reo said, "it was Kanako who woke Erina up. If you put it this way, she is also Erina's mother."

Shuji Tsushima said, "In this case, the name Erina is really appropriate."

"Erina. Erina." Tsushima Reo couldn't be more satisfied with the name he gave, he repeated it twice, and happily said to Tsushima Shuji, "I want to tell Erina, I gave her the name name!"

"Then Erina will be very happy." Shuji Tsushima said, he was willing to coax Reo Tsushima.

Of course Erina would be happy, he thought.

——Because Reyo and Erina are one.

Shuji Tsushima realized the essence of that monster at the first sight of [Unidentified Object].

Suffering from hunger and cold, and growing up in the helplessness and loneliness ignored by everyone, in order to maintain the crumbling self in the great despair, she stripped away all negative emotions, only Leave a warm, bright and happy front.

Behind Reo Tsushima smiling at everyone.

It is a cold, ugly and terrifying monster.

The [unidentified object] formed by gathering, compressing, and combining all the negative emotions of Lianyang was born in his curse on this barren world, and also cursed all the human beings who tried to take something away from him.

Tsushima Reo showed a satisfied smile because of his brother's words, the flesh on his cheeks hung softly, he trotted to pick up the colored balls that were put aside, and called crisply, "Brother, do you want to play again?"

"Okay."

Shuji Tsushima tightened the cloth belt on his sleeves, showing a relaxed expression as if nothing had happened, trotted to catch up with Reo Tsushima, "Then let's play ball grabbing this time!"

"Don't!" The child twisted his body to avoid his brother's hand, and screamed happily, "I won't give the ball to my brother!"

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"Welcome back, Master Patriarch." Mr. Butler, who was full of hair, bowed deeply.

When Tsushima Ueiro stepped into the house, the sun was already hanging precariously on the horizon, and even the afterglow of the setting sun was about to burn out.

Wearily, he took off his hat and coat, and handed them over to the servants who had stood aside earlier.

"Is dinner ready?" Tsushima Ueiro asked casually.

"It's ready, do you want to eat first?"

He thought for a while, "No, let's take a bath first."

Mr. Butler's smile froze slightly, and he cautiously and darkly stopped him, "Master Patriarch must be tired from traveling all the way, let's use some placemats to cushion his stomach first."

"Alright." Tsushima Ueiro was a little strange, but he didn't think too much about it. He didn't say anything, and accepted Mr. Butler's arrangement.

"By the way, where is Shuji?" Tsushima Youweiro took the head seat at the dining table, looking at the empty seats around him and asked.

His wife has been bedridden all year round because of poor health, so she never eats with him, but the youngest son will eat with him according to etiquette as long as he is at home.

"Master Xiuzhi feels unwell today..." Mr. Butler was dealing with Tsushima Youwei according to the words he had planned before, when suddenly the door of the restaurant opened.

"...But it's nothing serious, Father, don't worry." Shuji Tsushima walked in with a pale face, dressed in a luxurious and formal kimono, with a straight back and a dangling neck, and a faint smile on his face covered him like a mask. real emotions.

It is the bearing of Tsushima Youweiro's favorite Chinese son.

There was a satisfied look in Tsushima Ueiro's eyes, and even the fatigue on his body seemed to be relieved a lot, "Since you are sick, you should take a good rest."

"Thank you, Father, for your concern." Shuji Tsushima lowered his eyebrows, his long eyelashes concealing the boredom and impatience in his eyes.

Although I had anticipated the current situation when I released the news about Kanako Uchiyama, I still find it annoying.

Shuji Tsushima took his seat and had dinner with "Father". He followed the etiquette norms in every move, and he didn't look crazy like he was rolling on the dirt half an hour ago.

Tsushima Youwei came back suddenly, even the housekeeper received the news not long ago, Tsushima Shuji hurriedly took a shower and changed clothes, just happened to be in time for this dinner, and Tsushima Youwei didn't let Tsushima rise what doubts.

Dull, restrained, tormented.

No sound when chewing, no obvious preference when picking up vegetables, no collision of bowls and chopsticks, no eating too fast, no spilling of soup...

Just paying attention to these so-called etiquettes is already exhausting, the food can't be tasted at all, and it's heavy in the stomach, which only makes people want to vomit.

As long as he is in the same space with Tsushima Youweiro, he feels like he is about to suffocate.

Hurry up and leave, Tsushima Shuji prayed in his heart, his family only needs to have Lianyang.

When the long meal was finally over, Tsushima Shuji secretly breathed a sigh of relief, he said goodbye to Tsushima Youweiro calmly, turned and opened the door to leave.

"housekeeper."

Before taking a few steps, he vaguely heard the man's question.

"...Where does the child live now?"

Shuji Tsushima stopped in his tracks.