COSER, summoned by the strongest

"Go home?" Gojo Satoru, who was playing a game, paused, "Are you all going home?"

Al and Xia Youjie nodded together.

Gojo Satoru was suddenly unhappy and said, "Why go home? Now is not the time for Chinese New Year."

Xia Youjie explained: "Because it's Dad's birthday, so I have to go back. Well, I didn't go home during the summer vacation this year, and now I have to go back no matter what."

"That weekend, I'm the only one left at school?"

Al suggested: "You can seek refuge with Nitro."

Gojo Satoru was silent for a moment, then asked curiously, "... Al, are you serious?"

"……fake."

At home, Nitro does not want to play games with boys, nor do he want to be a spitting servant for a male classmate who is very good at work, and he does not want to be inexplicably sitting together to write a self-criticism. The most important thing is that Nitro is really busy this weekend.

Al thought about it, and felt that Gojo Satoru really had self-knowledge, and he said seriously: "Fake. Number two, you'd better stop torturing Nitro."

"Wow." Gojo Satoru said aggrievedly, "Has Master No. [-] been shortened to No. [-] directly? Why does it feel like I'm a bionic person?"

"Bionic man, wouldn't that be cool?"

Xia Youjie laughed: "You are just playing games in the dormitory. We plan to leave on Friday afternoon, and we estimate that we will be back on Saturday morning."

When Wutiao Wu heard the words, he was surprised and said, "Why are you in such a hurry?"

"Well... After all, we are magicians, and emergencies can happen at any time. In short, I plan to come back after one night."

Xia Youjie said: "By the way, the Black Bean Dafu near my house is very famous. We can bring you a copy when we come back."

"..."

Wujo Wu glanced at him thoughtfully, and after a while, Wujo Wu said: "Forget it, you guys go. I'm going to pass this thing all night tonight, and then I will write a wrong strategy and throw it on the Internet to mislead and reach out." party."

Listen, listen, is this a human language?

Al complained: "You will be scolded, number two, you will definitely be scolded."

Gojo Wu hummed twice, proudly said: "My strategy, all roads lead to BE!"

After talking to Wujo Wu, Al and Xia Youjie ran into Jiajin Nitzi in the corridor again. Jiajin Nitzi came back in a white coat, and greeted them casually when he saw them.

"Yo, where is this going?"

So they told Jia Ruozi about going home on Friday.

Jia Ruozi has recently started dissecting corpses. Starting this weekend, a very professional teacher will come to the school to guide her in person. She is the only student who has something serious to do recently.

She heard that Al and Xia Youjie were going home, and she looked forward to it: "Can you bring me a few packs of cigarettes when you come?"

Al: "..."

Xia Youjie: "..."

At a young age, he seems to be a smoker for many years.

Jia Ruozi shrugged his shoulders: "I can't help it. I'm underage, it's too inconvenient to buy that thing every time, and Teacher Noctua doesn't allow the school to buy it. I don't have much stock right now. When you come back, I will give it to you." I'll bring it back."

Al commented: "People who don't know heard it and thought we were going to help you transport that or something."

"Hehe." Jiarui Nitzi laughed and said, "You can't talk nonsense about this."

After greeting two teammates, Al and Xia Youjie set off on Friday.

Xia Youjie changed his school uniform and wore a hooded jacket that is more popular recently. Thanks to him, Al's current dressing style is gradually moving closer to him. Two boys with tall legs and long legs appeared on the Shinkansen, and they immediately attracted attention. There are countless eyes.

One is a handsome oriental guy with black hair and black eyes and soft facial features, and the other is a foreign boy with blond hair and blue eyes who looks like he just walked out of a movie. Such a combination is very rare.

The staff selling snacks came over with a friendly smile: "Do you need anything?"

Al's eyes lit up, and he said, "Please give us a cup of oolong tea, a cup of cappuccino, two bags of chips, two cheesecakes, two dorayaki and four tricolor balls."

The staff smiled more enthusiastically: "Okay."

Al paid the bill with the pocket money provided by the owners, piled the food on the table, and handed Xia Youjie a can of oolong tea: "Master, are you okay?"

Xia Youjie, who had been in a daze all the way, came back to his senses and took his oolong tea.

"fine."

"Really? I think you are very anxious now."

"..."

Xia Youjie didn't speak, so Al didn't continue to ask. He lowered his head and wiped out the two three-color meatballs. He felt Xia Youjie's mood down a bit through the contract, and Al took the initiative to say: "Uncle's birthday, we have to give Did he buy some presents?"

"Huh? No. Let's just buy some fruit and go home. Dad doesn't like me buying those fancy birthday presents home."

"Is that so..."

The closer he was to the destination, the more anxious Xia Youjie felt. Although there were not many clues on the surface, the Master's emotions were continuously transmitted along the connection of the Command Seal.

... so rare.

It's just going home, is it necessary to be so nervous?

An hour and a half later, they arrived at Xia Youjie's hometown smoothly, took the bus in an ordinary way, bought a few bags of fruit at a fruit shop near the station in an ordinary way, and arrived at Xia Youjie's home in a very low-key way.

This time they went out, they didn't encounter robbers, they didn't blow up their cars, and they didn't use flying spells. It was such a peaceful outing that it was completely unreal.

Xia Youjie took a deep breath and rang the doorbell.

Ding dong, ding dong.

Soon, a woman came to open the door for them. When she opened the door, her expression was a little cold, but when she saw Al over Xia Youjie's shoulder, she was stunned, and a polite smile subconsciously appeared on her face: "Why? Did you bring friends?"

The woman is about 40 years old, and her charm still exists. Al can tell at a glance that Xia Youjie's appearance has followed his mother's.

Xia Youjie apologized: "I'm sorry, this is a new classmate at school, because I just came to Japan, so I am currently taking care of him."

"..."

What kind of sudden new setting is this?

But who is Al?How could the mysterious protagonist from the mysterious universe, who has a unique style of painting among the many Berserkers in FGO, be frightened by such an accident?

He read out his loose Japanese with ease.

"Good evening, Wo is Xia Youjun's new classmate, nice to meet you, beautiful lady!"

Xia You's mother: "..."

Xia Youjie: "..."

Xia Youjie said expressionlessly, "Be normal."

"..." Al bowed honestly: "Hello, Auntie, I'm here for lunch."

Xia You's mother: "..."

This is not able to speak normally!

She let them in with a smile, and cut fruit for them like every hospitable mother would.

"Sorry, because my husband is about to leave work, so I have to hurry up and cook. After all, today is his birthday."

"It doesn't matter." Al said obediently: "It's fine for me and...Jie Jun to watch TV in the living room."

"Well, well, that's good."

After asking Xia Youjie to entertain the guests well, Xia You's mother went back to the kitchen to continue preparing dinner.

The house in Xia Youjie's hometown is very ordinary. It is a two-story house with a small courtyard. It is very clean and tidy. The location is also very good. There is a bus stop within a 5-minute walk, and there is also a subway within a 10-minute walk. station, quite convenient.

But Al noticed that Xia Youjie and Xia Youjie's mother didn't even have a redundant conversation.

Xia Youjie picked up the remote control and asked Al: "Do you want to watch TV? Dad should be home in half an hour."

"okay."

Xia Youjie turned on the TV, "What do you want to watch? I haven't watched TV for a long time, and I don't know what to watch recently..."

"It's also my first time watching TV. After all, there is no TV in our dormitory. Ah, that, a TV series that has been particularly discussed recently."

Xia Youjie stopped according to his words, but after watching for a while, Xia Youjie asked doubtfully, "Is the heroine wearing a horse mask?"

The heroine, although she has the petite figure of an ordinary girl, her head has always been the head of a horse. At first he thought that the heroine was wearing some tricky mask, but after watching it for a while, he realized I realized that the expression on the heroine's face was so vivid that it didn't look like a mask at all.

"No." Al explained very calmly: "The heroine of this TV series is a hybrid of a human and a horse."

The black-haired boy couldn't help showing a skeptical expression: "...Huh?"

"The heroine of "Run, Sayuri Sauce" is a horse, her mother is a human, and her father is a racehorse. After they got together, they gave birth to a daughter with a human body and a horse face, so Sayuri looks like this. This drama is very popular. Gao, you have never heard of it at all, you are too outdated, Master."

Xia Youjie had a painful expression on his face: "...Are all the current TV dramas so curious?"

"Ah, the heroine kissed the hero, Master, do you want to see it?"

"No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no!"

Al laughed and cut the scene to other variety shows.

Xia Youjie, who realized that he was persecuted: "..."

Half an hour later, Xia Youjie's father came home, and was also taken aback when he saw Al, as if he didn't expect Xia Youjie to bring his friends home.

The middle-aged man with elegant temperament said gently: "Are you Jiejun's classmate?"

Al said politely: "Yes, Uncle, my name is Al, and I am British."

"Really? Then your Japanese is pretty good."

Of course.

Heroic Spirit has its own language system in various countries, so there is no barrier to communication with anyone.

Xia You's father took off his suit jacket, and said casually, "I kept you waiting for a long time, come over to eat. Really, I'm already at this age, and I don't have to celebrate my birthday for a long time, and you even came back from Tokyo on purpose... What happened recently? Do you get along well with your classmates?"

"The teachers and classmates are very nice." Xia Youjie smiled, "But I'm really busy, so we'll be going back to school tomorrow morning."

"Really? The time is too fast. You should have a good rest tonight."

Dad's attitude is much warmer than mom's, but he doesn't mean to keep them to stay for another day. Al deliberately slows down when eating, and doesn't show his real appetite at all. After all, the current atmosphere...

It's not an atmosphere where you can let go and eat.

They finished their dinner in such a weird atmosphere. Although the atmosphere of this dinner was so weird that they could choke to death, I have to say that Xia You's mother's cooking is pretty good.

The four of them finished their meal in silence, and watched TV together for a while. At about nine o'clock, Xia Youjie found an excuse to take Al back to the room on the second floor.

"call……"

After closing the door, Xia Youjie heaved a sigh of relief.

"Sorry, Al, my family doesn't talk much. Are you hungry?"

"...To be honest, a little bit."

billions of points.

Just a few hundred million.

Xia Youjie said clearly, "Are you going to eat KFC?"

"...Huh? Now?"

"Let's just sneak out, they probably won't come up. Wait for me to take a shower and change into a low-key dress."

"Oh, good." Al agreed, hesitated for a few seconds, and asked in a low voice, "Are you okay, Master."

Xia Youjie showed a helpless smile: "It's okay. I'll be out soon, you can take a look around in my room."

He quickly entered the bathroom, and Al wandered around Xia Youjie's room by himself.

Xia Youjie's room is very tidy, with various awards posted on the wall, the bookshelves are full of textbooks and exercises from the middle school period, and there are also some secondary school magazines about youth pain literature.

"..."

This guy has been like this since before.

He dug out a lot of practice questions done by middle school students, "The grades are pretty good, as expected of a top student... Ah, an invitation letter from the government of time."

It was exactly the same as the one in Qihai Jianren's hand. Besides, there were also some letters, all of which were daily greetings, with beautiful handwriting and a faint smell of perfume. There were seven or eight letters.

——It’s not like a love letter, it doesn’t have any ambiguous words, and the words are very gentle and polite, and it’s also included with the invitation letter from the Government of Time. Does it have something to do with the Government of Time?

On a whim, Al was about to take out his mobile phone to take a picture of the pink envelope and create a rumor that "Xia Youjie has seven or eight pink love letters in his collection", but he found that his mobile phone was not in his pocket.

Ah... It seems that it was placed on the coffee table downstairs while watching TV.

He had no choice but to quietly leave the room and go downstairs to pick up his cell phone. After walking down a few steps, he heard Xia You's mother complaining in a low voice, "Why is he still bringing his classmates home?"

Al paused.

Xia You's father calmly said, "Everyone is here, so don't complain."

"The classmates I made at that kind of school are definitely not serious people... Really, everyone takes everyone home, and I really don't understand what is going on in his mind."

"That's fine." Xia You's father said helplessly, "Don't let people hear you. Besides, he has been sending money home every month since he entered school, which already shows that the school is not a place to lie."

Xia You's mother still felt unhappy: "...who knows how the money was earned, he has been nagging since he was a child, and now he still goes to that kind of school and hangs out with those messy people all day long. I am ashamed to tell others which high school my son has been admitted to. Shame."

Xia You's father sighed, and persuaded patiently: "Okay, okay, today is my birthday, don't always say these unpleasant things."

"Why, he can make money now, are you in the same camp as him? Who was it that said he was mentally ill?"

"...What's the point of talking about it now. You're just such a son. Why don't you rely on him to raise you when you get older? What's the benefit of having to tear yourself apart with your child?"

Al silently turned around, and cautiously returned the same way, but saw Xia Youjie standing at the door, looking at him quietly.

Xia Youjie had obviously just come out of the bathroom, and his loose hair was still dripping.

"..."

He quickly got into Xia Youjie's room.

With a click, the door was gently locked.

"Feel sorry."

"Feel sorry."

The two blurted out at the same time.

They looked at each other, then laughed in unison.

"Sorry... overheard your parents' conversation."

"Ah, it's okay. It's me who should apologize. I'm sorry for letting you hear such an unfriendly conversation."

Al shook his head, and said to him: "It's okay, the Great Swordsman of the Universe won't mind this kind of thing. But, I'm so hungry, Master, can we set off now?"

Xia Youjie nodded.

He was too lazy to brush his hair, put on a black coat and summoned the devil fish spell, and flew Al to the nearby KFC.

The cold wind was blowing on their faces, and the bustling city was under them. They were flying alone in the sky, feeling unreal and illusory.

Xia Youjie said softly: "Thank you for accompanying me home, Al. This is the first time I went home after I entered the college. It's a bit embarrassing to say it. On the day of enrollment, I packed my luggage and ran away secretly."

He rubbed his nose and said with a wry smile: "That's why I asked you if you would like to accompany me home. If you didn't come back with me, I might be scolded as soon as I entered the door."

...that's what happened.

"Master, don't Auntie and Uncle like you going to the Conjuration High School?"

"Well, for ordinary people, the High School of Conjuration is indeed a very strange place. It's understandable that they don't like me, but I have already decided on my future path, and the rest is to walk unswervingly. Just go down. Al, I never regret going to college."

"Ah."

"I was very happy when I received the invitation to enter the school. I was also very happy when I met Satoru and Glass. Because it was the first time I talked about magic spirits with my peers. Even if I used magic in front of them, I would not be rejected. Treat them as strange people. Enlightenment, Nitro, Sensei... They are all my kind, I am very happy to know them, and I regard my current life as a treasure."

"……Um."

Xia Youjie's eyes were gentle: "It was Teacher Ye Moth who told me that my spells were created to protect ordinary people, and I am not a monster."

Al silently held Xia Youjie's hand.

Xia Youjie paused for a moment, then held Al's hand forcefully.

"However, I always think of my parents these days, and I always feel that I should come back to see them, but... well, let's go back tomorrow morning. Dad's rare birthday is already very unpleasant because of me. I still Don't stay and cause trouble for them."

Al frowned slightly: "Master——"

Xia Youjie interrupted him rarely, and said to himself: "Actually, I'm quite depressed when I think about it. If this happens, doesn't it mean that I don't have a family?"

The devil fish spell slowly landed in the alley near KFC. They walked onto the street nonchalantly and blended into the crowd. Although it was late, there were still many people coming and going on this street, and KFC was almost full.

Al and Xia Youjie ordered a set meal for four people, and they ate in the corner. Xia Youjie seemed much more relaxed than before, and Al began to eat and drink without hesitation.

"Mr. Xia You?" A girl passed by them and asked in surprise, "Are you home?"

Xia Youjie was taken aback, "Far mountains?"

"It's really you!" The girl said happily, "I heard that you went to high school in Tokyo, congratulations!"

Xia Youjie smiled: "Well, that's right. I heard that you have also been admitted to your favorite girls' high school. Congratulations."

The girl blushed: "So you know... No, no, it's nothing. Well, your hair has grown long."

Xia Youjie was taken aback, "I'm sorry, I came out in a hurry and forgot to tie it up."

"It's okay! I mean..."

"Yuanshan! What are you doing?!"

The girl turned her head, "Here we come!"

She said goodbye to Xia Youjie a little nervously: "I have to go, that, goodbye, Mr. Xia You!"

Xia Youjie blinked his eyes and smiled softly: "You have made new friends. Well, then go quickly, it's late at night, be careful!"

"……Um!"

The girl ran back to her friends in a hurry, and looked at Xia Youjie several times reluctantly before leaving. Xia Youjie patiently waved at her twice, and she left amidst the laughter and ridicule of her friends.

Al narrowed his eyes, "It's very popular, Master."

"Don't make fun of me." Xia Youjie said helplessly, "I used to be a discipline committee member, and every time I took the initiative to talk to a girl, I was looking for trouble."

"Hahahahahahaha, then they must be annoying you to death."

"Almost." Xia Youjie also recalled the past: "Adolescent students are really difficult to deal with, especially those who don't wear school uniforms at all. Those who secretly change the size of school uniforms can still turn a blind eye , if you don’t wear it at all, you really want to pretend you can’t see it.”

As for the girl just now...

He still remembers the quiet and gloomy girl sitting under the cherry blossom tree and saying to him: I am actually very envious of Mr. Xia You.An outstanding person like Xia Youjun must have parents who love you very much and a very healthy family, right?People like you who have everything will never understand me.

It is still difficult for Xia Youjie to describe his mood at that time.

He forgot how he responded to the girl at the beginning, only those few words were remembered by him for a long time.But in any case, Yuanshan looks more sunny after entering high school than when he was in junior high school, and he has made new friends, which is a good thing.

After eating and drinking, Al said with a serious expression: "Master, I thought family members were people who accompanied each other."

"...Isn't this topic over yet?"

"No." Al said innocently: "It was an intermission before, I was so hungry that I didn't have time to talk to you."

Xia Youjie: "..."

Watch the one who feeds the child hungry.

Al said seriously: "I'm serious. Even if you can't understand each other, you should always support and accompany each other. This is family, right?"

Xia Youjie leaned back in the chair, "Really? Then if I stay with you all the time, then you will be my family."

Al was taken aback, "...well, you're right."

He stared at Xia Youjie with his blue eyes, making Xia Youjie feel uneasy all the time, before he said, "Actually, Master No. [-] is right about one thing."

The black-haired boy asked suspiciously, "What?"

Al said meaningfully: "I won't tell you, you can guess for yourself."

Xia Youjie had a strange expression, "...Hey, he talks too much, I don't even know which one it is!"

"Then I won't tell you." Al said solemnly: "Because there are some words, once said, the character design will collapse."

Xia Youjie: "..."

Thank you, with your words as the foundation, no matter what you say in the future, you will not collapse.

Al smiled and said: "I'm full, let's go back, we'll go back to the college tomorrow morning, that's where we should stay."

Xia Youjie smiled.

"……you're right."

They took the devil fish spell and sneaked back to the room on the second floor. Xia Youjie sent a spell to retrieve Al's cell phone. Before going to bed, he sent the exact time to go back to school tomorrow to the class group of four, but Only Nitro replied.

— remember my cigarettes.

Al & Xia Youjie: "..."

Dude, almost forgot!

As for a certain bionic man No. [-], he is probably still struggling with the game, so he has no time to talk to them...

I hope Gojo Satoru didn't just overwrite their game saves casually.

"Thank you for today, Al."

"You've already said thank you. Just say thank you once. Being overly grateful to others is a personality defect."

Xia Youjie smiled, "Flaws are flaws. As for me, I don't want Wu and Nitro to know about my situation. I always feel embarrassed, but it doesn't matter what Al said, because Al is not human."

Al said sincerely: "You can really talk, Master."

Xia Youjie said softly, "Good night, Al."

"...Good night, Master."

The bedside lamp was turned off, and in the darkness, Al heard Xia Youjie's breathing gradually slowing down.

Gojo Satoru said something right.

——Xia Youjie was able to summon him, because like attracts like.

His wish after completing the task is actually... home.

Al stared at the ceiling for a long time, then suddenly told the system: "System, I should do something."

Suddenly caught by CUE's system: "...for example?"

"Change your vest."

The next day.

early morning.

Xia Youjie's quilt was lifted, and the male high school student opened his eyes in a daze, and saw a heroic spirit with long purple hair showing him a kind and sickly smile.

Berserker, who switched vests again and again, urged enthusiastically: "Jie-chan, wake up, I'm going back to school with my mother today!"

Xia Youjie: "..."

Isn't the way he got up a little bit wrong?