Tokyo, Shibuya, seven in the morning.
The sun had long risen, and the dew formed by last night's temperature difference had vanished beneath the sunlight without a sound, as though it had never existed. Yet it had awakened many people.
The black-haired young man opened his eyes according to his biological clock, climbed out of Sakura's bed, stretched, and began preparing for the new day.
After washing up and making breakfast, he opened the door. Although he knew that more than one Unwilling God, including the Last King, was riding toward him, Li Zihan was in no hurry and continued living at his usual pace.
The unhurried shopkeeper walked to the front door, took out his key, and opened it.
Then he saw the clone of a certain Spirit girl, who had crouched in front of his shop all night and was shivering from the cold in her thin clothes.
Feeling that he ought to close the door and open it again, the young man stared blankly at the girl, who was trembling like a quail.
"Miss Kurumi, what are you doing?"
After a long while, Li Zihan finally spoke to the girl who seemed to have squatted here all night, his tone somewhat hesitant. Surely this idiot hadn't failed to return and find her main body last night?
"I... I merely wished to demonstrate my persistence and wait for our meeting, in hopes of once again explaining the reason for the sins I have committed and the means of erasing those sins."
Though her clothes were beautiful, their ability to keep out the cold was abysmal. Even the girl's voice trembled. After all, she was not the main body, and the spiritual power within her was too weak to keep herself warm.
"Come in and have some tea."
Feeling