"Yes, this is all Shokuhou Misaki's fault. She took out a "Spell Encyclopedia" for no apparent reason, and then cast a spell for no apparent reason! None of this has anything to do with me!"
Chen Xiaofeng, who found the "scapegoat", said it as if he was venting his anger. But...
"That's not what I'm talking about... what Shokuhou said... I mean, you two have no intersection at all. Could it be that you went to find her?"
Misaka Mikoto's eyes seemed to want to eat Chen Xiaofeng.
Such a terrifying look made Chen Xiaofeng dare not look at him.
"No! I just randomly found a classroom that seemed empty! Meeting her was completely unexpected!"
"Eh? That's such a coincidence, isn't it?"
"Yeah, I think so too."
"Really? What a coincidence, right?"
There was strong disbelief in his tone, and his stern eyes seemed to want to see through Chen Xiaofeng.
"it is true!"
Chen Xiaofeng increased his tone, hoping to gain Misaka Mikoto's trust.
stare--
After a long time, Misaka Mikoto decided to let Chen Xiaofeng go temporarily: "Forget it, I won't argue with you anymore."
Chen Xiaofeng, who was granted amnesty, secretly breathed a sigh of relief. The strange atmosphere before was officially gone. But after that, what greeted them was silence between the two.
I have to say something. Chen Xiaofeng thought.
"That... Misaka." Chen Xiaofeng thought of the issue that he had always cared about.
"What's up?"
"What kind of job are you doing? It's so mysterious."
Even though Minato and Shokuhou Misaki both said that Misaka Mikoto had their own reasons for saying this, Chen Xiaofeng still couldn't ignore her concern for her.
"Don't worry, it won't be a job like that."
Misaka Mikoto smiled and answered, but did not tell Chen Xiaofeng her plan.
"I know you have your own reasons, but...hey, I'm just curious. Just satisfy my curiosity."
"If you are just curious, you are too persistent..."
I started asking in the classroom before, and I am still asking now. Misaka Mikoto had to praise her for such perseverance.
"This is definitely out of curiosity..." Looking at Misaka Mikoto's suspicious expression, Chen Xiaofeng couldn't help but mutter, "I didn't ask because I was worried about you... It's really just curiosity..."
This is completely an arrogant expression like being at odds.
However, Misaka Mikoto did not intend to point it out.
"Yes, I know, you curious baby~"
"I'm not a curious baby! By the way, if you don't want to say it, forget it, I won't care at all!"
Regarding Misaka Mikoto's words that were close to "teasing", Chen Xiaofeng childishly turned his head and ignored it.
"Hmm~ 'Senior' looks really cute like this...if he puts on women's clothes~"
"Please, that was all a month ago, so don't mention it again."
"Besides, I really like how 'senpai' has a childish temper sometimes~"
Eh? Chen Xiaofeng was stunned. Was that a confession just now? Chen Xiaofeng turned his head in disbelief and looked at Misaka Mikoto, who was sitting on the gymnastics mat humming to herself.
I must have thought too much. Chen Xiaofeng lamented for his random thoughts.
However, Chen Xiaofeng was careless and did not notice Misaka Mikoto's unnaturally red cheeks.
"By the way, Chen Xiaofeng, if, I mean if..."
"what if?"
"If...one day, you find out that I am not as ordinary as I am now, will you still be friends with me?"
"Well? What do you mean by this? Do you..."
“I told you it’s what if!”
"From a certain perspective, as the third superpower, you are already extraordinary."
"But, even so, can't we still sit together and chat like this?"
"This is because of the curse!"
"Really, I'm serious!"
Misaka Mikoto stared at Chen Xiaofeng dissatisfied.
"Okay, okay." Misaka Mikoto quickly surrendered to Chen Xiaofeng, "But you have to tell me, why do you think so?"
"Why?" Misaka Mikoto bit her lower lip gently, thinking.
"Because, I have a friend...she is engaged in some special jobs because of her abilities. Only her ability can do that job."
"Isn't this great? That friend of yours will never lose his job."
"But... it is precisely because of her abilities and her job that she is treated as an alien by the people around her, and her friends around her become fewer and fewer."
When Chen Xiaofeng heard this, he roughly understood the reason why Misaka Mikoto was unwilling to talk about her job - because of her profession, she was afraid that she would be treated as an alien.
"If she doesn't want to do it, wouldn't it be better not to do it?"
"As I said, only my friend can do this job." Misaka Mikoto smiled bitterly.
"So, you feel that your current situation is very similar to that of your friend, so you are afraid that after telling us, we will leave you too?"
Misaka Mikoto didn't speak, but her expression told Chen Xiaofeng the answer.
"Don't be ridiculous~" Chen Xiaofeng couldn't help laughing, "How can there be people who break up with each other because of work? If there are such people, they probably aren't real friends, right?"
"You don't understand, these jobs...you have experienced the darkness in Academy City, right?"
Chen Xiaofeng nodded.
"Some things are not controlled by our will...some work will inadvertently affect the people around us."
"Are you afraid of hurting the people around you?"
Chen Xiaofeng finally understood what Misaka Mikoto wanted to express.
"Yes."
"That's why you think too much!"
Chen Xiaofeng lightly hit Misaka Mikoto on the head with a knife.
"Since we are all your friends, I will definitely understand you. Even if something happens, I will not blame you, 'because you are blamed' or something like that... Please, if you are a true friend, not only will you not be blamed
, on the contrary, they will help you!”
"Is that really what you think?"
"Yeah!"
"Thank you……"
Misaka Mikoto smiled sweetly.
Looking at Misaka Mikoto's smile, Chen Xiaofeng also breathed a sigh of relief. He roughly knew the reason why Misaka Mikoto was unwilling to say it, but it didn't seem to be a comfortable job, and it might be accompanied by danger.
Initially relieved, I became worried again.
"By the way, Misaka, if you need anything... no matter what it is... that..." Chen Xiaofeng glanced at the ceiling unnaturally, and scratched his reddish cheek with his right hand, "that... you can try
Just rely on me..."
As if hearing the most beautiful language in the world, blush crept onto Misaka Mikoto's delicate face.
"After all... we... we are friends."
As for the added sentence... Misaka Mikoto thought it would be better to ignore it automatically.