(Celebrating the book breaking four million words!)
(Thankful to Erciyuan de Shuangxiezuo, Yunqi Qinggu, and Chen Jiale666355 for their tips!)
"I'm back!"
The door to the living room pushed open to a cheerful voice. Carrying her school bag, Xiao Hei walked in, bouncing on her toes with a satisfied smile on her face.
"Big Brother! Two Big Sisters! I'm back!"
"Back already?..." Hinagiku, who had been chatting with Mikoto about something, turned her head and smiled slightly as she watched Xiao Hei walk in.
"How was your first day of school?..."
"Not bad..." Even as she said that, she could not hide the smile on her face at all. Xiao Hei tossed her school bag onto the cabinet outside the kitchen and sat down smoothly, kicking her lower legs back and forth.
"Although I could feel what it was like when Illya went to school before I separated from her, it's definitely much more interesting to go myself..."
"Is that so?..." Hinagiku tilted her head and nodded in agreement.
"It's been a long time since I went to school, either. Seeing you now makes me reminisce about my days at Hakuhou Academy..."
"Hakuhou Academy?..." Xiao Hei blinked suspiciously.
"Is there such an academy?..."
"It's in a very, very far away place..." Hinagiku smiled as if reminiscing.
"It's normal for Xiao Hei not to know about it..."
"Seeing you two like this reminds me of my time at Tokiwadai Middle School, too..." Mikoto, sitting not far from Xiao Hei, said with a wry smile.
"Come to think of it, why does your conversation sound like a mother and daughter?..."
"Mother and daughter?..." Hinagiku and Xiao Hei immediately exchanged glances, their expressions as bizarre as could be.
If you really counted it up, Xiao Hei was only ten years old, the same