The deep blue ocean, the dark sky, the crescent moon, the dawn.

He can see his moon.

The room suddenly lit up, and a pink-haired man walked in with a shopping bag from the convenience store, and smiled, "Good morning, Hajime."

"Are you up yet?" Subaru Okiya put the shopping bag on the table and took out a lunch box from it.

Subaru Okiya must have started making porridge for him since six in the morning. The porridge in the lunch box was thick and white.

You are very attentive, Okiya Subaru.

Kudo stared at the bowl of porridge and couldn't help feeling a little dazed.

Apart from the Miyano couple, he had never met anyone who cared so much about him - if he didn't clearly know that Subaru Okiya was wary of him in his heart and was testing him in his actions, he would surely be moved to give him everything.

So sometimes, he really would rather not be that smart.

If he knew nothing, if he had a stupid brain, he could just be a fool, not knowing all these twists and turns, and wouldn't find it difficult to believe; not knowing the intentions behind those kind people's appearance, he could live a simple life.

If he knew nothing, he would simply treat Okiya Subaru as his brother, as a kind-hearted college student, trust him wholeheartedly, and then be used by him.

Unfortunately, he didn't have that chance. This "if" was never going to happen from the beginning.

...That little girl probably doesn't want to be that smart.

Kudo stared at the bowl of porridge with his eyes downcast, his mind full of thoughts and he didn't take any action.

Until the porridge was handed to him by a bony hand.

"Since you are still a patient, it is better for you to drink porridge." Okiya Subaru smiled with his eyes narrowed.

“…Hmm.” Kudo took the porridge and took a sip.

It tastes great, and it’s really made with great care.

As Kudo looked at the hot porridge in front of him, the faces of the Miyano couple seemed to appear in front of him.

He was a lost child, and he had no memory of how he got lost.

All I can vaguely remember is my life at the Miyano couple's house when I was seven or eight years old.

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Kudo was a very lively child at first, cute and polite.

Elena Miyano saw this child in the laboratory. Unlike other children who had frightened faces, he looked calm and serious, as if he was thinking about something.