He Plans to Tell His Parents / Roller Coaster

"Miko."

"Um?"

She looked at Hua, who was sitting across from her with a teacup, puzzled by the sudden shout.

"What's wrong?"

"Yuria and Kyosuke will be alright, won't they?" IX Cold Flagship

Although Hua hadn't noticed anything amiss with Yuria from the previous events, she still felt a vague, inexplicable unease. She felt that how things had turned out was inextricably linked to her.

"Was I too harsh? Should we go back and rejoin them?"

What are you worried about?

Yotsuya Miko found Hana's emotions amusing. Although she herself was also confused about Yuria's attitude, she could tell that Yuria didn't want the two of them to go over.

"Just enjoy your play and your food. After all, Yuria and Kyosuke aren't that stingy. Maybe Yuria is just worried that Kyosuke won't have enough fun and wants to be a good older sister. Wasn't she like that during the calligraphy competition last time?"

"Ah... that seems to be true."

The orange-haired girl slowly nodded, accepting the explanation. Then, she quickly deciphered another meaning.

"Miko, are you saying I'm not a good older sister?"

Why would you think that?

Yotsuya Miko held her forehead and chose to give up explaining.

"Fine, you can interpret it however you like."

On the other side, Yotsuya Kyosuke and Yuria walked silently down the road.

During this time, Yuria asked Kyosuke if he wanted to ride the carousel, Kyosuke declined. So, the two of them walked towards the castle park.

Seeing that Yuria wasn't going to say a word, even the slow-witted Yotsuya Kyosuke realized something was wrong.

Do you dislike Sister Hua?

"Um?"

Yuria stopped in her tracks, glancing at Kyosuke behind her, her expression unchanged.

Why do you think I hate Hua? How could I hate her?

You couldn't have chosen to be in a group because of me, could you?

Yotsuya Kyosuke mentally complained. After leaving Yotsuya Miko, his reason finally overcame his fear, and he figured out why Yuria was acting strangely.

Her previous defense of him clearly didn't take his wishes into account. He did want to go to the first route, but the problem was he couldn't say it like that. Anyone with a modicum of sense should have said that Yuria herself wanted to go to the first route, instead of dragging him into it.

This isn't doing him any favors; it's clearly harming him.

"Sister Yuria, do you really not dislike Sister Hua?"

Kyosuke's age and experience don't reveal the truth of the matter, but in his simple mind, there's only like and dislike. If someone's attitude towards another person is unusual, then that person probably dislikes that person. This is especially evident in elementary school, like that purple-haired girl with twin tails. She must have disliked him to say those things, which caused him to get a severe beating from Miko.

"... This isn't dislike, it's just jealousy."

Yuria shook her head.

"Jealousy and dislike are not the same."

"What's different?"

"There are many differences, but perhaps you're not wrong, I've started to dislike you because of jealousy."

She tossed her hair and suddenly realized she was being unusually greedy.

Even though she already had the Straw Rope Doll, the Profound Nether Qi Miko infused into her body, and Miko's deep vow, she still felt uncomfortable when she saw Hua and Miko together.

It's as if she felt she had gained a lot, but her most precious possession had been taken away.

"... I don't understand at all."

Yotsuya Kyosuke truly couldn't understand the difference between jealousy and dislike, or why jealousy could turn into dislike.

"If you don't like it, just say so. Why keep hiding it? Isn't it making you uncomfortable? It's not good for you, Hua-jie and Sister Yuria, is it?"

"I know, I know, but I can't say it."

Yuria continued walking, getting closer and closer to the castle park.

This castle park is filled with people dressed as mascots, representing all sorts of anime characters.

She glanced over, but quickly lost interest.

"Kyosuke, it's hard for me to say."

Are you feeling conflicted?

Yotsuya Kyosuke listened, finding it extremely troublesome; he frowned.

"How about I go and help Sister Yuria? Speaking of which, I used to have arguments with my friends and I had no idea what to say. It was my sister who helped me make up back then. Ah, why don't you go find my sister? She'll definitely be able to resolve this properly."

"Can she really handle this?"

Yuria gave a wry smile. It wasn't that she didn't trust Miko, but rather that this kind of thing would be extremely troubling for most people. If Miko were a boy, she would have already spoken to him; she wouldn't be stuck here worrying about it.

Even if we fail, it's not as bad as it feels now.

"Kyosuke, please let me have some peace and quiet. Please don't tell Hana and Miko about this."

"But I don't understand. I don't understand at all."

Kyosuke looked at her, unable to accept her self-destructive and resigned appearance.

"You and your sister are always agonizing over all sorts of things. Even if those things are indeed troublesome and bothersome, we can't just leave them unresolved, can we?"

"..."

Yuria was speechless, but looking at the gathered dolls and the constant stream of tourists around her, she mustered up a little courage.

She had no one to confide in, no one to express the heavy love hidden in her heart.

However, she longed for a listener, even if they couldn't solve her emotional problems.

"Kyosuke, I like your older sister, I like her very, very much."

A few words, or even some that are hard to say, are difficult to express in words.

"I really want to be the one by her side."

Yotsuya Kyosuke took a moment to process the meaning of those words.

He pinched his arm to make sure he hadn't misheard.

A pair of fierce, triangular eyes stared at Yuria in front of him, confirming the matter once again.

"You... want to be my sister's boyfriend, no, her boyfriend, or rather... her lover?"

He didn't understand, but he was deeply shocked by the story of Qi Liao, who was born in the same year.

Chapter 187 He planned to tell his parents

The amusement park's maze wasn't particularly interesting. However, it's also possible that Yotsuya Kyosuke simply had no desire to have fun.

He looked at Yuria in front of him, unsure whether to be happy or sad that his older sister had gained another female admirer.

It can only be described as extremely subtle.

After Yuria said those words, the two returned to their previous silence.

One person felt they really didn't know what to say, and the other also didn't know what to say.

If Yuria were male, or if his sister were male, that would be easy to explain. But the problem is, they aren't.

This strange, even indescribable, emotion is probably too stimulating for a small child.

After venting her emotions, Yuria felt a little better, but she was still somewhat dissatisfied. However, considering that Yotsuya Kyosuke was only in elementary school, she didn't have much hope for him.

Following the maze's path, the two finally managed to escape through sheer willpower. Beyond the maze, they will rejoin their party.

If you walk a little further ahead, Yotsuya Miko and Yurikawa Hana will be waiting for you.

On a bench where tourists could rest, a large bag of food was piled up beside the two people, attracting surprised glances from passersby.

Especially the orange-haired girl who was still eating, who hadn't stopped since she sat down on the bench, made one wonder if her stomach was connected to something strange, how could such a body hold so much food.

"Oh--! Yuria, Kyosuke, over here! Over here!"

Happily eating her donuts, unaware of what had happened to the others, Hua quickly spotted Yuria and Kyosuke in the crowd. She called out their names loudly, hurriedly finished off a box of donuts on her lap, and then stood up to wave to them.

Meanwhile, Yotsuya Miko, Yotsuya Miko was sitting to the side looking at her phone, raised her head and looked in the direction where Hua was waving.

Miko didn't unleash her Spiritual Sense, the amusement park, which originally held no appeal for her, became even less enjoyable after she expanded her Spiritual Sense to encompass the entire park. Aside from the sheer number of visitors, even if she did unleash her Spiritual Sense, she wouldn't know what to look at.

If Yue/Yi-Ying Lengying Shi Wu Jiu Si Jiu Ba were to place her Spiritual Sense on Yuria and Kyosuke, she wouldn't be able to know their conversation through her Spiritual Sense; at most, she could see the scene. Ultimately, she isn't omniscient or omnipotent; her Spiritual Sense is at most a surveillance and reconnaissance device. Perhaps after her cultivation advances, her Spiritual Sense could reach a level of omniscience within its domain, but she hasn't reached that level yet.

Of course, it wasn't that she completely severed her senses by suppressing her Spiritual Sense.

In fact, she had noticed their approach long ago and sensed something was off about them after they left the maze. This odd behavior was almost obvious; anyone with eyes could see it. Perhaps Hua didn't care.

"Is the first route really that time-consuming? Miko and I have been waiting here for ages."

Hua moved closer to the two of them and struck up a conversation. She noticed their disharmony but pretended not to see it. She smiled and took Yuria's hand.

"You must be tired after shopping for so long, Yuria-chan. How about we grab something to eat? I'm telling you, the food here is amazing! I bought two boxes of donuts alone, and there's another one in my bag. Yuria, you should try some..."

With remarkable skill and enthusiasm, he led Yuria to a bench and chattered incessantly, recommending various delicacies to Yuria, leaving the latter somewhat bewildered and struggling to cope.

Yotsuya Kyosuke, who was next to Yuria, moved closer to his older sister and sat down on her left after she deliberately shifted her position.

"Want some water?"

Miko stretched out a hand, took a bottle of mineral water from the bag, and handed it to Kyosuke. To be honest, this bottle of mineral water was not worth the price at the amusement park at all; it would have been better to buy a regular drink.

In the past, Kyosuke would probably have complained about why he wasn't given a Coke. But after hearing some really exciting news, he didn't care about such a trivial matter. He took the bottle of mineral water without any hesitation, twisted the bottle, and then handed it back to Yotsuya Miko.

"Sister, can you open this for me?"

"Oh, just a moment."

Miko had put down his phone, he grabbed the water bottle with one hand and twisted the cap with the other, loosening it slightly before handing it back to his younger brother. He also casually included a personal question.

"Did you have fun with your Sister Yuria?"

Such nonsense is probably pointless, but everything needs a starting point, and she can't just say "I didn't have a good time with Sister Yuria," can she?

Upon hearing this, Yotsuya Kyosuke paused slightly in taking the water bottle, glancing at the Golden Twin-Tailed Girl surrounded by Hua, and the previous conversation resurfaced in his mind.

He couldn't understand it, but he knew he couldn't say such things in front of his sister.

"It's alright, but the maze wasn't as fun as I imagined."

He made up a reason on the spot, but after playing in the castle park, boating on the lake, or the maze, he had no recollection of it. The only thing he remembered was Yuria's words, which completely replaced his memory of the amusement park. He even regretted asking that question.

Yuria confided her innermost thoughts to him, but she chose the wrong person. As a primary school student, his experience in love was as blank as a sheet of paper, and he had absolutely no theoretical knowledge or practical skills. He only had a tiny bit of knowledge that he had heard from the purple-haired girl in his class.

The purple-haired girl once said that love is not something to be taken lightly, because if something goes wrong, it will cause heartbreak.

Yotsuya Kyosuke doesn't know why love can't be taken lightly, but he knows what heartbreak feels like.

In his past memories, at the moment he learned of his father's death, he felt a strange tremor, an indescribable sense of grievance and heartache. He looked at his sister and mother, who were shedding tears, and then completely lost all memory of that day. The next day, his throat was very sore and dry, and he had difficulty opening his eyes.

And so, he finally understood the meaning of sadness.

He didn't want to hurt his sister or her friends, even though he was helpless and didn't know what to do. But it's okay, some things don't necessarily need to be solved by himself or forced to tough it out.

"Speaking of which, roller coasters must be really fun, right? Have you bought tickets yet, sister?"

"Everything's bought, we're just waiting for you to arrive."

Looking at Yotsuya Miko probably, perhaps, maybe, and maybe didn't even know she had an admirer, this young child found a practical solution.

He plans to... tell his parents.

Chapter 188 Roller Coaster

"I really can't eat anymore."

Roller coasters are a very popular attraction, with many tourists queuing up in long lines, waiting for their turn.

Yotsuya Miko's tickets were also placed far back in the queue. Before boarding, the only things the four of them could do were to visit other attractions, wait on a bench, and grab a bite to eat.

Many tourists originally took the first route, but after seeing the long queues for the roller coaster, they opted for the second route to buy some food, thus achieving a multi-route experience.