Chapter 5 Chapter 5 I'm here now. ...

The two returned to school together.

Obviously, the children couldn't hold back their words. Even though the teachers at school had already reminded them not to bring up the topic of Rika Norimoto before Yuuta Otsutsu and Eri Norimoto, there were always some annoying kids who brought up things that were not related to the topic.

At this moment, Eri Kimoto looked at the boy in front of her with a smile, thinking that this bully who had always been arrogant in the class was obviously itching to be beaten.

Yes, Eri Kimoto is not the kind of child who would allow others to bully her. In fact, she is certainly not the kind of child who would bully others.

She never causes trouble, but she is not afraid of trouble at all. Compared to her sister who is always low-key and not good at communicating with others, Eri Kimoto is more like a little sun that attracts everyone's attention. She has always been at the top of the class in terms of grades and all aspects.

Eri Kimoto quickly knocked the guy to the ground with two punches, kicked him hard on the butt twice, and finally left the classroom in the surprised gaze of other classmates and went upstairs to find Yuta Otsutsuki.

It was lunch break, and when Eri Kimoto opened the door of his classroom, he saw a nervous Yuta Otsutsukota waving his hands wildly, trying to get away from the people in the class who were surrounding him.

Qi Ben Eri's gaze suddenly moved upwards, and Otsutsuki Yuta's pupils also shrank sharply. It was obvious that only these two people could see the white outline that was about to appear.

The few people surrounding Yuta Okkotsu didn't notice anything wrong at all, and didn't even care about Yuta Okkotsu's suddenly pale face.

"Otsutsuki, you haven't been to school for half a month,"

"Here are the notes we prepared for you, you—"

She quickly retracted her flying kick from Tiga, braked suddenly, and stood in front of them, managing to keep her balance.

"...?"

"Eh? What is this?"

"It's Rika Norimoto's sister, Eri Norimoto."

Of course, Eri Kimoto also heard their whispers, so she nodded to them obediently, then pulled Yuta Otsutsukota a little away from them.

After perfunctorily responding to his classmates' concern and comfort, Eri Kimoto glanced in the direction where her sister disappeared without a trace. Finally, after saying hello and goodbye to Yuta Okkotsu's classmates, she motioned for him to follow her.

Yuta Otsutsuki showed a relieved expression and followed her without hesitation.

The two of them went to the rooftop of the school together. During the time, they were looked at by countless people with sympathetic and gossipy eyes. Qi Ben Eri became more and more annoyed, but she kept a perfect smile on her face.

But Yuta Otsutsuki beside him lowered his head more and more, obviously not used to this kind of attention. He was not that kind of E person, he was the kind of person who could make himself emo, and he also disliked the behavior of putting his own gossip above the suffering of others. He felt disgusted with the group of people who were whispering.

And most importantly...

Just now, 'Rika' appeared again!!

Fortunately, Eri came, otherwise he didn't know what would happen. He only had a feeling that something terrible would happen, just like what happened to Mayu that day...

Yuta Otsutsuki unconsciously pursed his lips, his peacock blue eyes covered with a layer of worry and fear. After all, he was only a ten-year-old elementary school student. He had endured too many things that he shouldn't have endured at his age.

Fortunately, he was not alone, and there was Eri. Eri knew everything he said. She was different from those people. Yuta Otsutsuka secretly glanced at her, and Eri Kimoto was right in front of him.

Her hair had grown longer, now reaching her shoulders. The black color, like crow feathers, had a strange sheen under the sunlight. From this angle, she didn't look that much like Rika anymore, especially the half-smile on her face.

Those eyes, which changed color subtly with the change of light, were like flames dancing deep in the pupils. Yuta Otsutsuka suddenly realized that her eyes were even redder than Rika's, and at this moment looked more like a dangerous dark red.

Perhaps noticing his gaze, Eri Kimoto glanced back at him, raised her eyebrows and seemed to be asking him what he wanted to do.

"...that is...you should have seen it just now, Eri?" Yuta Otsutsuki asked in a low voice.

"Let's talk about it later."

Eri Kimoto pushed open the door to the rooftop with force.

There was no one else on the rooftop except the two of them. After carefully checking, Eri Kimoto chose a place to sit down, and then looked at Yuta Otsutsuka and talked about this topic.

"See, my sister showed up."

Qi Ben Eri's face was calm: "And she is very angry because of you."

Eh?!

Can she also feel Rika's emotions? !

Yuta Otsutsuki's eyes widened and he asked urgently, "Why?"

"Why?"

Qi Ben Eri repeated his question and asked puzzledly: "You mean why is my sister angry?"

Yuta Otsutsuki nodded frantically because he really wanted to know the answer to this question!

Qi Ben Eri looked straight into his eyes, and after a few seconds she smiled and said in a light tone: "Sister doesn't like people getting too close to you, she will be jealous."

Otsutsuki Yuta: “....Huh?”

"Is it hard to understand?" Qi Ben Eri tilted her head. "Sister is a very loyal little girl who will treat you well with all her heart. She hopes you will treat her the same way. Of course, you will do it, right?"

Her tone now is definitely threatening... Absolutely! Otsutsuki Yuta swallowed his saliva wildly.

"Although, Otsutsuki Yuta." Eri Kimoto thought for a moment and said, "You can't get too close to those people."

Understanding what she meant, Yuta Otsutsuki fell silent.

To be honest, he was not very conspicuous in the class and had no friends. The fact that he was surrounded and cared for by those class leaders today was probably just a favor from the teacher. But now it seems that for everyone's safety, he can't get too close to others.

“…”

Qi Ben Eri looked at him quietly, no one knew what she was thinking, her half-closed eyes were dark and unclear.

"I understand." He raised his head as if he had finally opened his eyes to something, and gave Eri Kimoto a shy smile: "I'll pay attention!"

Eri Norimoto: "...Yeah."

The two of them returned to silence until Yuta's stomach rumbled. He sighed inwardly, and Eri Kimoto stood up and raised her chin to him.

"Let's go to the store and buy some food."

"good!"

....

....

The days passed like this, and after the winter and summer, several years had passed.

Yuta Otsutsuki has been trying hard to maintain his invisible persona in school. Fortunately, Eri Kimoto would go to see him from time to time to check on him, so he didn't feel too lonely. Keeping a distance from others allowed him to spend elementary school and junior high school peacefully, and now he is about to enter the first year of high school.

Eri Kimoto is one year younger than him and is also starting a new semester in the third grade of junior high school.

Every time they go to different schools for a year, both of them will show an inexplicable anxiety to a greater or lesser extent, especially Yuta Otsutsuki who is going to a new environment.

He still remembers the year he entered junior high school. Many of his classmates were replaced by faces he had never seen before, which made him nervous again.

At the beginning of the school year, even though he politely expressed his willingness to be on the sidelines and stay alone, there were still people who wanted to get close to him.

Yuta Otsutsuki couldn't control himself. He apologized deeply in his heart for the class leader's accidental fracture. He also felt sorry for the result that after being surrounded by several bad guys and asked for money in the new school, all of them were hospitalized for three months.

Eri Kimoto completely didn't understand his guilt, especially those bad guys who blackmailed him. Didn't he deserve it? His sister didn't do anything wrong. She just wanted to protect Yuta Otsutsuki.

Of course she said that, and Okkotsu Yuta looked at her anxiously, saying that no matter what, it wouldn't be necessary to be hospitalized for three months...

"Then you should become stronger," Qi Ben Eri said impatiently, "You don't need a sister, just take them to the hospital yourself."

Yuta Otsutsuki: "..But...but..."

...I told you it wouldn't require hospitalization. Eri always misses the point! Yuuta Otsutsukota hesitated, scratching his head as if he didn't know what to say.

What Qi Ben Eri hated the most since she was a child was this guy's timid look. She immediately stood up and looked down at him, then she tutted and kicked his leg.

"Hey, get up."

The two are now at the Norimoto family home. Norimoto's grandmother passed away last year, and currently Norimoto Eri lives alone in this house.

Yuta Otsutsuki would often come to see her and bring her a lot of extra dishes and fruits that her parents had deliberately prepared for her. Then she would stay every Monday, Wednesday and Friday to be beaten, and she could also meet "Rika" with Eri Kimoto.

Yes, meet 'Rika'.

Eri Kimoto always finds a way to see her sister, and Rika will respond to her. Yuta Otsutsuka always feels that when Eri is around, Rika will be more rational, and he can even communicate with the two of them in simple ways.

Just like now, 'Rika' appeared in the heads of the two again.

"Eri... is too fierce..."

"Don't be too fierce... worry too much..."

"..." Qi Ben Eri showed an even more unhappy expression, and glared at Yuta Otsutsukoshi with almost gritted teeth, and then said dryly: "Sorry! I was too fierce!"

Yuta Otsutsukoshi wiped the sweat off his face and couldn't help but complain in a low voice: "You're even more fierce now, Eri."

Being glared at again... Feeling sad, Yuta Otsutsuki silently shifted his gaze and looked into the air.

Even in this state, Yuta Otsutsuki felt as if he could see Rika sighing like she did when she was a child, which made him slow down his expression and a nostalgic smile appeared on his face.

"Get up, Yuta Otsutsukota," Eri Kimoto repeated, "It's time."

".....!" Is it time to get beaten up so soon today?!

Eri Kimoto assumed a Taekwondo ready stance and signaled him to hurry up.

"Choose one, do you want to practice physical fitness today or go out with me?" Eri Kimoto frowned, her tone becoming increasingly unhappy: "Can you conjure up a doll like me now?!"

...It's not that simple, Eri!

Yuta Otsutsuki looked at her sadly, thinking that he had only succeeded once by chance. If he had to choose, he would choose physical fitness.

Because he can't get too close to people, Yuta Otsutsukotsu can't learn this kind of thing... Wait, he didn't really want to learn it anyway!!

Eri has been very good since she was little, whether it's academic performance, sports, or even music. She is a well-rounded genius. Yuta Otsutsuki has always thought she is amazing, especially after she signed up for many classes in the past few years.

She wants to learn a lot and has tried almost everything she wants to try. Now she is still sticking to several sports courses, and will teach herself after mastering them. And Eri has not only learned Taekwondo!

Her name is to attend class, but Yuta Otsutsuki always suspects that she just wants to beat him up!

Yuta looked at her humbly, then looked at Rika.

However, 'Rika' didn't react at all, and even stammered "come on" to him.

Sadly, he turned his gaze away from Eri's newly added swordsmanship medal and said to Yuta Otsutsuki: "...Please be gentle--Ah!"

"...Wait, I remember now! Isn't today the 1st, 3rd, or 5th?!"

Embarrassedly taking the wooden sword she threw at him, Yuta Otsutsukota tried to avoid this free kendo lesson: "I'm just here to deliver food today, Eri!"

Qi Ben Eri flexed her wrist and said nonchalantly, "I'm here now."

....Since you're here, you shouldn't use it here, Eri! ! !

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