As if hearing the voice coming from somewhere, Yaye raised his head and saw the young man at the door of the living room, with a happy smile on his face.

“Good morning, Master Xiazhi~!”

“Good morning, Yaye.”

Xia Zhi came to her side, touched her little head, and satisfied his desire to touch her.

Cong Yun in the girl’s arms saw this, thought for a moment, then sat up, looked at him and said hello:

“Good morning, Master.”

Xia Zhi also gave her a caress as well, and Cong Yun narrowed her eyes contentedly.

On the other side, Mio went to the kitchen to prepare lunch for today, while Xia Zhi said goodbye to the two girls, walked through the corridor and came to the door of a room with a cat’s paw sign on it.

I knocked on the door gently, but there was no response. It seemed that he hadn’t gotten up yet.

After sighing slightly, Xia Zhi put his hand on the door handle. The door of the room was not locked and he pushed it open easily.

The curtains in the girl’s room were not drawn tightly. The sunlight shone through the thin curtains onto the bulge on the bed. Along with the sound of even breathing, the quilt also rose and fell slightly.

Xia Zhi came to the bedside and looked at the girl with long blond hair who was sleeping in the quilt hugging the pillow.

“Um…”

The girl rubbed her fair cheeks on the pillow and said incoherently

“Brother Xia Zhi… I can’t eat anymore…”

“…”

There are several black lines hanging on Xiazhi’s head.

What are you dreaming about.

He squatted down, reached out his hand and pinched the girl’s face.

Yuanzi first frowned in dissatisfaction and muttered vaguely. It was not until she felt that she could not get rid of this mischievous hand that she woke up from her sleep in a daze, slowly opened her eyes, and her hazy light golden eyes reflected the familiar figure of the boy.

“Xia Zhi…brother?”

Nogi Sonoko asked somewhat uncertainly.

“Who else could it be if not me?”

While the girl was still not fully awake, Xia Zhi pinched her face twice more.

“I thought I was dreaming.”

Yuanzi didn’t care, yawned, and then seemed to remember something.

“Brother Xia Zhi, let me tell you something!”

“I just dreamed that I was having breakfast and Brother Xia Zhi was feeding me a really big and long piece of udon sushi. I almost choked… Fortunately, it was Brother Xia Zhi who saved me in the end.”

She enthusiastically shared her dream with the boy.

Will the young hero dream of gods from another world? This sentence suddenly popped up in Xia Zhi’s mind.

It seems that this question has been answered.

…By the way, is this a sweet dream or a nightmare?

Xia Zhi shook his head, looked at her and reminded her:

“It’s already past breakfast time, and it’s almost noon…”

“whee……”

Yuanzi smiled embarrassedly and got up from the bed.

As she moved, the loose pajamas slid down one of her shoulders, but she didn’t seem to care.

“Where is your doll pajamas?” Xia Zhi asked.

“I forgot to bring it this time.”

Sonoko answered, tilting her head slightly.

“Brother Xia Zhi, which one do you like better?”

“I’m just asking.”

Xia Zhi said, stood up, turned around and walked out the door, saying

“Hurry up and get up, lunch will be served soon.”

Seeing this, Nogi Sonoko thought about it, jumped off the bed, ran out of the room and caught up with the boy.

“Change your clothes first.”

“It’s okay, I’ll wash up first.”

“Then at least put on your slippers!”

“Oh……”

Nogi Sonoko stuck out her tongue and ran back to her room.

…I feel like this place is becoming more and more like my home.

Was I just being polite?

Looking at the girl’s back as she turned and left, Xia Zhi thought to himself, sighed slightly, then turned and walked towards the living room.

This is the fourth day since Xia Zhi returned to this world. Everything is back on track and back to normal life.

In the Brave Club, it was said that Feng was about to graduate, as his performance in the Brave Club activities had dropped rapidly, and he was now busy with schoolwork and tutoring. Shu was also preparing to practice a new song, saying that he was going to participate in some competition.

Togo would come to visit from time to time, bringing some homemade desserts and snacks, and occasionally help Mio prepare meals. He would also bring Yuna along, saying that he was there to help them solve their problems, but when it came to Mio and Togo, they were basically unable to help, and in the end were forced to become freeloaders like Xiazhi and Sonoko.

Living in this time and space, they know nothing about what happened in the past three hundred years, and the changes that the world has experienced are as if they have never happened to them.

History is still blocked by the fault that spans time and space. Except for Xia Zhi and a certain time elf lady, no one knows the story that Xia Zhi experienced in that abandoned history.

However, speaking of the time elves…

Xia Zhi looked up at the sky outside the window.

It has been almost four days since I returned to this time and space. Since the day I came back, I don’t think I have seen Tokisaki Kurumi again.

What is she doing now?

Looking at the blue sky in the distance, Xia Zhi thought to himself.

…….

Chapter 1077: A visit across time and space

Xia Zhi originally wanted to make a phone call or send a message to ask about the situation of the elf girl, but he quickly remembered one thing.

…By the way, what is Tokisaki Kurumi’s number?

We have known each other for such a long time, but we have never exchanged contact information.

Xia Zhi shook his head and returned to the living room.

Yaye, who was sitting on the sofa, was feeling a little troubled at the moment.

As a shrine maiden serving the gods, she should have gone with her to help Sister Mio prepare meals.

but……

Looking at the cute girl lying on his legs, Aye didn’t know what to do for a moment.

She felt like one of those people with cats sleeping on them, suffering a double seal both physically and psychologically, making it impossible for her to get up.

Oh no, no! How can you compare the sacred tree to a cat?

Yaye shook his head vigorously, repenting in his heart for his previous thoughts.

Fortunately, this god-level seal did not last long. When Xia Zhi returned to the living room and sat down on the sofa, Cong Yun finally gave up the girl’s lap pillow, turned around, stretched out his hands to the boy, and skillfully fell into his arms.

Yaye breathed a sigh of relief, bowed to Xiazhi, turned around and ran into the kitchen.

Good boy…

Xia Zhi couldn’t help but sigh, lowered his head to look at Cong Yun lying on his chest, and said in a tone of regret:

“Why don’t you know how to cherish it?”

It’s obvious that a beautiful girl’s lap pillow is more comfortable than your arms, right?

If I were in their shoes, I would choose the former without hesitation.

“?”

Cong Yun tilted his head, looking confused.

“To Cong Yun, the master is more important than anyone else.” She said this after thinking for a while.

“You can have the master’s embrace every day, but the beautiful girl’s lap pillow is limited in time and quantity.” Xia Zhi reminded her.

“The master is more important!” the girl still said firmly.

Xia Zhi was a little touched and couldn’t help rubbing her little head.

Cong Yun first squinted his eyes and enjoyed it for a while, then he started thinking again.

Although she didn’t care much, but since her master was “troubled”…

She thought about it and found a perfect solution for Xia Zhi:

“If the master can also become a beautiful girl, then we can have the best of both worlds, right?”

Summer Solstice:…

He put down his hand, pulled the girl’s cheek viciously, and “persuaded” her to give up the idea.

Cong Yun lay back on the boy’s chest and closed his eyes.

As expected of a divine body, it recovers very quickly.

Looking at the girl’s face which had just been pinched red by him but quickly returned to its fair color, Xia Zhi sighed in his heart and gently stroked the girl’s back.

After a moment, he felt a slight tug in his arms.

He lowered his head and saw Cong Yun looking up at him again. He blinked and said

“They are coming…”

Xia Zhi paused for a moment and soon realized who she was talking about.

After glancing at the two people busy in the kitchen, he did not disturb them. After standing up from the sofa, Xia Zhi took Cong Yun’s little hand and walked to the door of the house.

After taking a deep breath, he opened the door.

The sun is shining outside, the breeze is pleasant, and the scenery is no different from usual.

The only difference is… there’s no sign of anyone.

There were no cars or pedestrians on either side of the road, and no birds or cicadas chirping under the shade of the summer trees. The entire city seemed to be devoid of any living creatures. It was extremely quiet, without the slightest noise.

Xia Zhi was not surprised by this. After closing the door again, he took Cong Yun’s little hand and took her for a stroll in this deserted city.

The doors of shops on both sides of the road were open, with various goods displayed inside, and they seemed to be operating normally. Even the cakes in the windows of the cake shops looked freshly baked, without any signs of expiration or corruption.

Occasionally, the banks and convenience stores we passed by still had “Open” signs hanging on their doors, and both the ATMs and vending machines were operating normally.

Everything in this world gives people the illusion that although time is still passing normally, the whole world seems to have stopped.

A similar scene had been experienced in the mirror world behind the floor-to-ceiling mirror before the summer solstice.

But at that time, I was either busy doing experiments or simply treating the club room over there as a self-cleaning restaurant, and I didn’t sit still and walk around like this.

Before they knew it, they arrived at the park they had been to last time.

Soon, Xia Zhi saw the visitor that Cong Yun had mentioned.

…Before leaving, Xia Zhi had asked Hinata to help verify it.

In the previous singularity, he used the same method as he used on Sonoko and the others to turn Jun Chikage into his own hero, hoping to use this method to strengthen the connection between the girl and the sacred tree, so that she could also come to the special time and space inside the sacred tree.

Since the time on both sides is not synchronized, there is no way to know when the two will come to the summer solstice.

But now it seems that it was successful after all.