I, Hikigu, are contained by the evil god

Bi Qigu's voice was leisurely and his head shook slightly.

Yukino clapped her hands on the steering wheel, rolled her eyes,

"Obey, my lord~"

"Hey." Hikigu smiled and didn't speak. He raised his hand to fasten his seat belt.

"Crack-"

As soon as the car key was turned, the engine started to roar dully. Xue Nai didn't even lower her head, and she raised her hand to put into gear with a skillful "click", and the car was ready to start.

"that."

The moment the engine started, Yukino said something in a low voice.

Hikigu kept raising his eyelids slightly, did not turn his head, but turned his head slightly to Yukino's side, and listened carefully with his ears.

"what?"

Xue Nao's delicate and lovely face was straight, she looked ahead, and said expressionlessly:

"……I mean,"

"That, Mr. hero."

"Ok?"

Hikigu didn't react, just closed his eyes and tapped his head twice.

...and then I heard Yukino say softly in a very serious tone:

"Welcome back."

"……Hey?"

The moment the voice fell, Yukino slammed on the accelerator without looking at Hikigu's reaction of turning his head in a daze——

"boom!!!"

The black Mercedes-Benz is like an arrow from the string, passing through the wide road illuminated by yellow-orange lights, which is as quiet and reflective as water, and rushes out as if flying.

……

On the way, after chatting for a while, Xue Nai finally asked Bi Qigu the question he had been waiting for for a long time.

Xue Nai put her hands on the steering wheel, and she sat upright with her seat belt on, her eyes were looking straight ahead without blinking, her face was serious and meticulous.

"This time, I have gained a lot, and it also made me think a lot... I actually didn't sleep all night last night, and my mind was full of various thoughts."

"So, last night, you didn't die, why didn't you report your safety?"

Bi Qigu scratched his head, he had already thought up the words for a while, and now seeing that this question was finally asked, he felt a bit guilty, but felt that the stone in his heart had fallen to the ground.

Hikigu turned his head and immediately said to Yukino:

"Oh, about this, I can actually explain..."

Hikigu couldn't continue talking suddenly, because he saw Yukino's eyes staring seriously at the street ahead, turning red.

It seems that there are still water lights flickering.

Is she... about to cry?

It wasn't until this moment that Hikigu suddenly realized that Xue Nai was really worried about him... more worried than he imagined.

Probably, she was really sad that night after his disappearance, when life and death were uncertain.

But after the battle that night, they were ordered by Sakaski to return to Chiba City to garrison. They couldn't even dig the ruins with their own hands to find traces of Hiki Valley.

Hikigu had countless excuses to say, and they may not be excuses, that's the thing... For example, it's not that he didn't want to report his safety, but he was also in a coma. Immediately sent a notice to the Chiba City Association, and there was no need for him to report safety.

Even going too far, he can say, you are not my relatives, it seems that things like reporting safety are not necessary. He swallowed it all, because he saw Xue's sad look.

It turns out that sometimes even if you have countless reasons to say, when you see the other person's sad appearance, you don't want to say anything, because those reasons are not important anymore.

The reason is not important. In the final analysis, this matter does not lie in whether you reported your safety in time, but whether you made yourself safe.

He just wants you to be well. What he is sad about is that your life and death are uncertain, and that you were seriously injured and disappeared by the enemy, not that you did not report your safety.

So, Bi Qigu didn't want to say anything, he just kept silent, lowered his head, and said sullenly:

"Anyway, I'm sorry... I didn't take care of myself."

"..." Xue Nai was still driving, looking ahead without blinking. She was afraid that if she blinked, something would flow out.

The overwhelming emotion in my heart was not sadness, but an almost aggrieved emotion that was suddenly relieved after being suppressed for a long time.

Hikigu lowered his head towards Yukino, who drove seriously and looked ahead, the street outside the window was empty and there were no vehicles.

The whole car could only hear the humming and roaring sound of the engine, and the faint sound of wheels whizzing across the street, the overall atmosphere was quiet and scary.

Xue Nai wanted to speak several times, but stopped temporarily, so the silence continued to spread.

"..."

After being silent for a long time, after finally controlling her emotions and ensuring that she would not vibrate or burst into embarrassing tears suddenly, Xue Nai finally spoke to break the silence in the car.

The voice is a little hoarse:

"Bikigu."

"Do you know how panicked and worried I was when the fake third seal in my arms disappeared out of thin air last night?"

When Hikigu heard Xue Nai's words, he was happy for a moment, because it meant that the deadlock had been broken, but when he heard the content of the words, he looked sad again:

"...I probably know."

"Do you know how panicked I was when I found out you were missing during the post-war statistics? We were even thinking about how to tell Komachi about your sacrifice!"

"……I know."

"Frankly speaking, I always felt that you would not die. There was no reason, just intuition, but I really almost cried."

"……I know."

Xue Nai's voice suddenly rose, with a little excitement:

"You know? You don't know!"

"...You are right, I can't truly understand your sadness,"

Hichi sighed, "Although I didn't get up until this morning, I'm really sorry for making you and Kaguya and Shana worry."

"And, thank you for worrying about me so much."

"So, will you still be like this in the future?"

"..." Hikigu shook his head, "I can't guarantee it, Yukino, I really can't guarantee it."

He didn't want to be perfunctory or lie to Xue Nai, so he chose to tell the truth... He is an agent, and the life and death of an agent is often beyond his control.

"...I said, Hiki Valley Hachiman."

Xue Nai still didn't turn her head to look at Hikigu, but she called out Hikigu's full name, this serious attitude made Hikigu straighten her back subconsciously.

"You said."

"Actually, I don't blame you... I know you don't have the time to report my safety. After all, this kind of thing is really irrelevant. What I blame is that you put yourself in danger this time."

"I'm really scared... When the news of your disappearance came, I realized how much I was afraid of your death, so I feel a little angry now, but I'm actually happy to see you well. "

Bi Qigu nodded, feeling warm in his heart, "I understand."

Xue Nai stared at the road ahead without squinting, but after she finished saying this, she suddenly stopped talking, she seemed hesitant to speak, and hesitated for a moment before she gritted her teeth and said:

"Do you know that you are actually very important to me?"

"……I know."

"...Forget it, you don't know either." Xue Nai shook her head, "But it doesn't matter whether you know anything or not."

"The important thing is that if you die, Kaguya and Shana will be sad, Yuigahama will be sad, and Komachi and I will be even more sad."

Hikigu nodded.

"You are not alone in this world, and never have been."

Shino shrugged.

"So, Hikigu."

"Even if it's for me, you have to live a good life in the future, okay?"

Don't mention what I want you to die for me, the real care and sincerity is to want you to live for me.

"……All right."

Bi Qigu took a deep breath, sighed again,

"If you don't tell me, I almost forgot my original intention...but fortunately, I remember now."

Xue Nai didn't understand the meaning of this sentence.

Back then, on the first day Hikigu had just set foot in the secret, he dared to say to Yang Nao: "Don't worry. We will be cautious. Xia Zhiqiu and I will live, and you will live. We will all live."

...Why can't you guarantee it now?

He who is afraid of death and selfish wants to let himself live well; he who is afraid of loneliness and greedy wants to catch everyone around him, and no one is allowed to sneak away.

"Okay! Yukino, I promise you."

Hikigu turned his head and looked at Yukino seriously. Although Yukino was still driving without turning his head, his eyes were still very serious and sincere, as if Yukino's scrutinizing eyes were meeting him.

"I promise you, I will live well."

Just like he promised Yang Nai back then, he also promised Xue Nai now.

The meaning is slightly different, but the determination when making a promise is the same.

"I will live, and you will live too. And Kaguya, Shana, and everyone, we will all live well."

This sentence is Bi Qigu's promise to guarantee that he will live well, and it is also Bi Qigu's promise to protect Xue Nai and others.

he will work hard for it

After all, saving the world and protecting yourself never conflict.No one has ever stipulated that only dead heroes are heroes.

"……OK."

Xue Nai finally stopped being serious, with a satisfied smile on the corner of her mouth,

In fact, promises are often beyond her control, but she still wants to make such a promise to Bi Qigu, at least to remind him that this world is not so unworthy of nostalgia.

Her voice is gentle and soft, as if coaxing a child, her gentle voice is completely different from just now, she is not the Xue Nao that Bi Qigu knew:

"I'll wait and see."

……

The car turned into an intersection and gradually slowed down.

Through the front glass, under the beam of headlights, the familiar street came into Hikigu's eyes.

The sound of the "rumbling" engine subsided slowly, and the black Mercedes stopped steadily at No. 33 Enshengcho.

"It's the place, you go home."

Xue Nai sat motionless in the seat and did not unbuckle her seat belt.

"I'm home... I'm finally home."

Looking at the houses with lights on outside the car window beside him, Bi Qigu's eyes were in a trance.

The leather seat creaked, Hikigu unbuckled his seat belt, looked at Yukino,

"Would you like to come in and sit down?"

"No, it's getting late, you go to bed first, see you tomorrow."

"Alright."

Nodding, Hikigaya picked up the suitcase, opened the door and got out of the car.

"correct!"

Before he had time to close the car door, Hikigu heard a voice behind him, and he turned his head to look.

Xue Nai looked at him, tilted her head,