Chapter 55 Chapter 55 Visiting the Sick & England
When the alarm clock rang, Yuyin was already awake.
Perhaps because of the commotion yesterday, which resulted in excessive consumption of spiritual energy, Yuyin lay in bed completely unwilling to move. She thought for three seconds and decided to follow her instinct and be willful for once.
So she turned off the alarm, took out the cell phone on the bedside table, called her homeroom teacher, and asked for sick leave.
Because of her excellent grades and good behavior in school, the head teacher on the other end of the phone agreed without any doubt, and only asked her to remember to fill out the leave note after returning to school.
So Yuyin covered her head with the quilt contentedly and continued to take a nap, not getting up until noon.
After getting up, looking at the empty refrigerator at home, Yuyin had no choice but to pick up her wallet and go out to have breakfast and buy some ingredients.
The ingredients were bought from a seafood supermarket. It happened to be a discount day, so Yuyin bought a lot. She doesn’t have to worry about lunch and dinner today.
Noon was too close to her breakfast time, so Yuyin just made a pot of fish porridge to get by. After cleaning the kitchen, she returned to the study and began to worry while looking at the open laptop screen.
Alas, the deadline is approaching again, but she hasn't moved a word yet.
During this period of time, she was either busy as a volunteer police officer to eliminate cursed spirits, or completing the tasks assigned by her senior brother. She had to attend classes during the day, and in addition, she had to take time out to participate in the National Kyudo Competition. It can be said that every minute and every second was arranged tightly, and she had no spare time to write.
Moreover, Yuyin has developed a certain psychological shadow about writing novels. Although her several failures were not entirely affected by her widely circulated series of novels, they were also closely related, especially the time when she was exposed by her senior brother and the head of the department.
Now, only Mr. Ango from the Special Ability Department still doesn't know about her novel writing. Yuyin feels that with his workaholic attitude, he probably won't have time to read leisure books such as novels. Unless her novel is related to a case involving a superpower, Mr. Ango will devote his energy to studying it.
However, no matter how much she didn't want to start writing, the manuscript still needed to be rushed. Yuyin was not the kind of irresponsible person. Once she started something, she had to see it through to the end.
After making herself a cup of strong black coffee, Yuyin immersed herself in the ocean of writing. Since she had taken a day off today and had some time, she decided to take the opportunity to finish the manuscript.
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It took more than four hours to write this.
What woke Yuyin up from her full-on writing state was her neck, which was a little sore from maintaining the same posture for a long time, and her stomach, which had started to growl.
From noon till now, she had only drunk a few cups of coffee and some cookies to go with it, and the fish porridge she had at noon was digested early.
Thinking that she had just finished writing a plot point, Yuyin planned to have dinner first before continuing. As soon as she entered the kitchen, she heard the doorbell ring.
Pressing the communication button, she asked casually without holding out hope, "Excuse me?"
After her parents went on business trips for a long time, the people who would ring her doorbell were usually advertising salesmen and other professionals.
Then, Saionji Tamane heard Asami Saya's distorted voice coming from the doorbell intercom: "Tamane, great, I'm in the right place! It's me."
"Saya, why are you here?" Yuyin asked before she realized, "Wait, let me open the door for you first, come in and talk."
"Excuse me."
Asami Saya changed into slippers at the entrance and then walked into the room carrying a bag. As she walked, she said, "I saw that you didn't come to the classroom this morning, so I went to ask the class monitor. The class monitor said that you asked for leave from the teacher because you were sick. So I came to visit you. I hope I didn't disturb you?"
"No, no," Yuyin waved her hands. "Actually, I'm not sick. It's due to something else. Saya, you know it's more convenient to ask for leave because of illness."
"Yeah, but I feel that your aura is not as stable as usual." Saya naturally saw through the truth. Ever since the family heirloom was damaged by the attack of Nunu, she began to practice as an N half-demon with the help of Yuyin. Although she did not make much progress in combat ability, at least she had reached the level of an ordinary little monster in terms of sensing aura and danger.
"You figured it out..." Yuyin touched her head embarrassedly, "I encountered a bit of a tricky situation last night..."
When Saya heard the word "difficult", her expression immediately became tense, and she asked with concern: "Difficult? Yuyin, are you okay?" She pulled Yuyin to look left and right, as if she wanted to see a wound clearly so that she could help bandage it.
"It's okay, it's really okay, it's all resolved," Yuyin said to calm her panic, "I didn't suffer any external injuries, I just depleted a lot of spiritual energy, so I just took a leave of absence and took a break."
Saya breathed a sigh of relief and patted her chest. "That's good, that's good." She handed her the bag in her hand. "These are the cookies I made for cooking class this afternoon. I'm giving them to you as a souvenir. And here," she said, pulling out notes from her schoolbag, "are today's lecture content and homework. I've marked them all for you."
Tamane exclaimed, "Wow," hugged Saya, and said, "I love you~ I'm still trying to figure out what to do with my homework, otherwise I'll have to make it up tomorrow."
Saya blushed at her excited movements and said to her fingers, "This is just a piece of cake. We are friends after all, and good friends should help each other, right?..."
A warm feeling surged in her heart, and Yuyin was slightly startled. Indeed, she had been away from normal junior high school life for too long. She had deliberately pretended to be a loner and had few friends, and almost forgot that normally, when someone is sick, there will definitely be good friends who come to visit and send comfort gifts.
"Saya-chan, I'm so touched~ You're the first friend to come visit me when I'm sick. I'm going to crown you my best friend in school!"
It felt like she was back in the past, when she first started junior high school. It felt like her youth had returned, and Yuyin couldn't help but curl her lips.
Saya was also a little embarrassed by her sudden "true confession". Although the relationship between the two had broken the ice and become friends before, it had not reached the level of intimacy as it is now.
She looked around, trying to find a change of topic, and noticed the kitchen apron Yuyin was wearing. "Yuyin, are you planning to cook dinner?"
"Well, that's right," Yuyin lowered her head and glanced at her apron. Since it was almost dinner time, she planned to invite Saya to have dinner together. "Saya, you can stay. I bought a lot of ingredients today, enough for three or four people to eat together." Although it was originally included the amount for breakfast or bento tomorrow and the day after tomorrow.
"How can that be?" Saya said. Yuyin thought she was going to object, but unexpectedly, Saya pushed her towards the sofa in the living room, took off her apron and tied it around herself. "You are a patient, how can I let you do the work by yourself? Go and rest. Leave the kitchen to me."
"How can I let a customer like you take action..." Yuyin was pushed a few steps away helplessly. Then she turned around and looked into the kitchen, saying jokingly, "I bought a lot of fish and seafood. Is it okay for you to kill each other?"
Yuyin's joke has a history. With the unremitting efforts of her and Saya, they finally found an old notebook in the warehouse of Asami's family. The owner of the notebook was Saya's great-great-great-grandmother. The notebook wrote that she was originally a colorful koi fish living in a temple pond, and became a spirit because of being influenced by Buddhism day and night.
Asami Saya held the fish's neck with one hand and a kitchen knife with a shiny blade in the other. She smiled and retorted, "It's no problem. In water, big fish eat small fish, and small fish eat shrimps."
"OK~" Yuyin gestured and said, "Since you don't mind, I'll go upstairs to do my homework. I've placed the basic kitchen supplies and seasonings there. If you need something and can't find it, you can come upstairs and ask me.
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If you cook seriously, it will take a lot of time.
Yuyin took this opportunity to flip through Saya's notebook, finished all her homework, and started typing again.
After a while, she smelled the aroma of food and finally could not sit still anymore. She went to the kitchen under the pretext of helping out but actually stole the food.
Saya smiled and slapped her hand away, saying, "Go get some more tableware. I see there aren't enough dishes here."
Yuyin suddenly remembered that because she was always alone at home, the tableware she usually used were all convenient for one person. Today, with Saya added and the meal prepared, there was not enough.
"I should have put it in the cabinet. Wait a minute, I'll go find it."
She found a low stool to stand on and reach the high cupboard, while Saya Asami carried some of the food that had been served to the dining table outside.
Just at this busy moment, the doorbell of the Saionji family rang again.
Asami Saya, who had just walked back to the kitchen door, paused and asked, "Yuyin, are your family members back? Didn't I make too little?"
"Huh?" Yuyin finally realized what was happening and replied, "No, no, my parents are still abroad, and my grandfather is far away in Kyoto. They won't come."
"Is that a guest?"
"He's probably a salesman..." Yuyin said nonchalantly, grabbing a large stack of dishes in one breath. "Just answer the door and get rid of him."
When she said this, she had no idea that there was another possibility for the visitor's identity.
Saya Asami would never have thought of it.
Seeing Yuyin still standing on a low stool to get something, she naturally helped her answer the door.
After pressing the communicator at the door, she politely asked, "This is the Saionji residence. May I ask who you are?"
“…”
However, the communicator was silent, as if the doorbell was a child's prank.
"That's strange, is there no one here?" Saya Asami asked curiously. If he was a product salesman, he would at least be able to speak, right?
"What's wrong?" Yuyin put the newly taken out dishes in the sink to rinse and ran out.
Saya turned around and said, "It doesn't look like he's a salesman. No one is talking on the other side. It might be a prank."
"Don't worry about it then." Yuyin waved her hand, "Wait for me to clean the dishes, then we can start eating~"
"All right."
Saya responded and was about to press the button to end the call when she heard a familiar and gorgeous voice coming from the other end of the communicator.
"Ahem, don't shut it up... Hello, I'm Tama and Saionji's classmate, Atobe—"
Saya Asami widened her eyes, and because she was too shocked, she accidentally pressed the close button.
She turned her head to look at Yuyin, as if to seek her approval, "I seem to have hallucinated just now, otherwise how could I hear the voice of Atobe-sama?"
The person she asked, Saionji Tamon, said as if it was a matter of course: "It's Kei and Atobe."
Saya Asami's neck turned back with a crackling sound. She stared at the door, her eyes seeming to penetrate the gate and see the person standing outside the iron gate of the yard.
"Ahhh, I locked Master Atobe out and shut down his communications!"
“Ding-dong, ding-dong—!”
Just then, the doorbell rang again urgently.
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When Keigo Atobe returned to the classroom after morning training with the tennis club, he was surprised to find that Tamane was not in class.
During the break, he found an opportunity to calmly ask the class monitor, and got the answer, "Oh, Saionji, it seems she is sick and has taken sick leave."
Although he knew that Yuyin did not suffer any serious external injuries last night, Atobe Keigo still couldn't help but think too much when he heard it. He didn't know much about the things in the other world. What if Yuyin suffered some internal injuries or had some sequelae, and he was unaware of it?
He was completely unaware that his behavior at this moment perfectly fit the definition of being confused due to concern.
He had originally planned to visit Yuyin's home at noon, but due to the tennis club training in the past few days and the banquet he attended yesterday, the student union had a pile of documents piled up, and he was completely unable to get away at noon.
After school in the afternoon, it was time for the tennis club's activities. After all, Hyotei's first game in the national competition would be soon, so it was impossible for Atobe to put personal interests above work.
In this way, Keigo Atobe spent the whole day appearing calm and composed as usual, but actually worried inside.
As soon as the club time was over, he immediately got on the car that was waiting at the school and asked the driver to take him to the Saionji residence.
“Ding Dong!”
When the doorbell rang, Keigo Atobe was standing outside the mansion with a sign reading "Saionji" hanging on it, carrying a bunch of gifts, anxiously waiting for a response.
If the information the housekeeper had found out before was correct, Yuyin's parents were away on business trips all year round, so she was the only one at home right now.
His thoughts couldn't help but fly back to last night. At that moment, if Mr. Munakata hadn't interrupted him, he would have confessed his feelings.
If he had confessed his feelings yesterday, maybe he and Yuyin would be in a relationship now, and he could come to her house openly today.
Maybe just invite Yuyin out for dinner and a movie. A French restaurant would be a good choice.
For a moment, Keigo Atobe's thoughts raced through time, from today's date arrangements to how long it would take for them to get engaged, to how long it would take for women to get married according to the island's laws. Fortunately, he had dual citizenship, and the legal marriage age for men in the UK was 16, not 18 as stipulated in the island's regulations. He also wondered if Yuyin was willing to register for marriage in the UK...
As a result, when he heard a strange female voice the moment the communicator was connected, Keigo Atobe was unable to react in time.
Is it Yuyin's mother who has returned? Or is it another female relative of hers?
It was not until the other party said they wanted to close the communication and he could faintly hear Yuyin's voice that Atobe Keigo became anxious. He coughed lightly and introduced himself directly without bothering to guess the other party's identity.
Unexpectedly, before he could finish his words, the other party cut off the communication.
Atobe frowned slightly and rang the doorbell again.
Then, a sentence like "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, Lord Atobe, I didn't know it was you, open the door immediately!" was thrown at his head.
Only then did Atobe come to his senses. The other party should know him, so he was not a relative of Tamane. Based on his observations during this period, the most likely person was Asami Saya, who had suddenly become friends with Tamane recently.
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Adhering to the strategy of making friends with others in order to please them, Keigo Atobe calmly accepted Saya Asami's apology for cutting off communication and generously forgave her.
However, except for the few words she spoke to him at the beginning after entering the door, Asami Saya was so shy that she kept her head down the whole time.
"Why are you here, Jingwu?"
Yuyin originally wanted to call Atobe, but thinking about her special relationship with Saya now, it would be okay to let her good friend know that she has another good friend.
But when Asami Saya heard that intimate name, she suddenly looked up at her, then looked at Atobe Keigo's expression, and found that Lord Atobe was not only not angry, but also looked very happy.
Although she is not a fan of Atobe-sama, thanks to her other friend Onoue Juri who is a member of Atobe's fan club, she still knows Atobe-sama's taboos about addressing others. Even among the members of the tennis club who are very close to him, few can call him Keigo, let alone the girls in the school.
Atobe Keigo raised his eyebrows, handed her the comfort item in his hand, and said very confidently: "I came to visit the patient. Someone asked for sick leave."
"Ah, actually I'm not sick..." Yuyin helplessly held her forehead. This was the second time she had to explain today, "You know what happened last night..."
Wait, last night?!
Asami Saya pricked up her ears. It wasn't what she imagined, was it? So—
Tamane is dating Atobe-sama!!!
Yuyin had no idea that someone nearby had completely lost their minds. She accepted the gifts from Atobe and said, "I'm here, so why did you bring so many things?"
She took a quick look and saw not only the essential fruit and flower baskets for visiting a patient, but also luxurious dessert gift boxes, the kind that five-star hotels limit to 100 boxes a day.
"Well," Atobe said, looking a little shy, which was unusual for him. "I've never visited a sick person before, so I don't know what to give. I asked Yamaki, and he prepared something similar. I'm not sure if it's correct. And this..."
He handed the last bouquet in his hand to Yuyin and said, "Originally, according to my idea, I would give red roses, but Yamachi said that red roses cannot be given to patients when visiting them, so I changed it to white roses. I hope you like it."
Yuyin took the big bouquet of white roses with a helpless smile. She could see that it was really the first time for Atobe to visit his classmates and friends. His way of expressing kindness to others was to present all the things he thought were good to those who approved of them.
"Thank you. I like it very much."
She lowered her head and gently sniffed the scent of the rose. It was not as strong as she had imagined, but rather a light and refreshing fragrance.
"But it's a good thing you're coming to my house. If you're going to the hospital to visit someone next time, Jingwu, some hospitals don't allow flowers. If you really want to send flowers, you can just give rootless daffodils, gladioli, roses, etc."
Is this the right time to discuss what flowers to send when visiting a patient?
This is a white rose! The flower language is pure love, and white roses are only given to relatives and loved ones!
Saya Asami wanted to scream, so it turned out that Tamane was dating Lord Atobe!
"I'll let Yamaoki pay attention next time."
Atobe was so awkward that he couldn't help but call himself "a rose". At the same time, he felt a little disappointed. Sure enough, she didn't understand the meaning of his sending white roses...
Yuyin was thinking about what kind of vase to put the bunch of white roses in. If she used some magic, she could keep them blooming for two months without withering. This was the first time she received flowers from someone else, so it was very memorable.
She glanced at the clock and invited him, "It's getting late. Jingwu, do you have any plans tonight? If not, why don't you stay for dinner?"
However, Atobe's disappointment came and went quickly. Upon hearing Yuyin's invitation, he immediately said proudly, "Since you asked, I will not refuse."
A certain Asami girl who watched the whole process said that she had a new understanding of Atobe Keigo. It turned out that even someone as high and mighty as Atobe-sama was also like an ordinary person in terms of emotions.
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In a horse farm with a royal background in the UK, two women with noble temperament and outstanding appearance returned to the starting point after running a few laps.
"Tracy, you said your riding skills have declined. But today, I saw," the younger blond woman raised her whip, pointed at the crowd, and praised her companion, "you're clearly much better than those who seek fame. I haven't had such a good ride in ages."
"No, no," Atobe Tracy said with a modest smile, "Compared to you, Christie, my skills are nothing. I'm old, and I haven't been to the races much in the past two years. I'm not as young and energetic as you."
And her friend is none other than Agatha Christie, the youngest and most powerful lady in the empire. Tracy has only become acquainted with her in recent months. Perhaps because they are both British lady barons, although they have only known each other for a short time, they hit it off and their relationship quickly became close.
Today, the two of them had some free time and made an appointment to go horse racing at the Royal Racecourse.
When they reached the side of the field, the two handed the whips and other items to the waiting servants, strolled to the rest area on the side of the field and sat down. Someone immediately handed them black tea and desserts.
Tracy Atobe was born into a British aristocratic family, but she married a Japanese upstart in her early years and now changed her surname to Atobe. However, after marriage, she still stays in the UK most of the time to handle family business, and occasionally flies to Japan to accompany her husband and son.
In fact, a few years ago, her son Keigo Atobe had been studying and living in the UK, and he went to Japan only in the last three years. She was a little emotional when she mentioned this. She didn't know what was so good about that little place that made Keigo reluctant to go back to the UK. It was obvious that Eton College was a better choice for his studies.
"What's wrong, Tracy? You seem worried. Are you worried about business matters?" Seeing this, Agatha Christie put down her teacup and asked with concern, "If there's anything I can help you with, just let me know."
Atobe Tracy shook her head. "It's not a business matter." She sighed softly and said to Christie, "You can't understand what I'm worried about right now, Christie. I don't know if my son Jingwu has reached his rebellious stage. I asked him to go back to England to study, but he refused."
Christie knew that Jingwu was the name of Tracy's son, and upon hearing this, she couldn't help but jokingly said, "When children reach a certain age, they want to break free from their parents' control and explore the world. Don't worry too much. Whether or not he goes to Eton doesn't really matter. Doesn't your Jingwu's not going to Eton mean he's no longer the heir to your title?"
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The author has something to say: Ding ding ding~ an unexpected character appears
I haven't seen any specific information about the name of Atobe's mother. Her name and birthdate are both second settings.
Looking at the information of the wild dog, Agatha's title seems to be Baroness, but after checking, there is no such term as Baroness in reality. For the time being, I used Lady Lord, which is a general term for women with noble titles.
*Corrected the content about the legal marriage age for men in the UK being 16. Also, the island nation actually amended the law in March 2018 to raise the marriage age for women to 18. For the anime world in this article, just assume it's still 16. _(:з」∠)_
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