Arisukawa stood outside the elevator, staring at the numbers displayed on the electronic screen. He felt that his heartbeat seemed to have the same rhythm as the speed of the elevator as it rose.
The faint sound of the steel cable being pulled and the sound of the box rubbing against the track were getting closer and closer.
"Ding dong!"
The iron door of the elevator opens.
Arisugawa Asuka walked into the elevator, took out his cell phone and sent a message to Aoi Keisuke, saying that he was getting ready to go up.
Qing Keisuke immediately replied "Understood".
The polished iron sheet inside the elevator reflected the girl's pretty face. Arisukawa involuntarily approached the "mirror" and looked at his own appearance again.
She knew that she shouldn't care about her appearance, but she still couldn't help but hope that she could become more beautiful and attractive, so that Qing Keisuke could pay more attention to her and praise her.
This feeling of worrying about gains and losses, I don’t know when it started, has been affecting her.
When she was in Kyoto, she had had many dreams related to Aoi Keisuke, some of which were daily life in school, and some of which were hormonal fantasies beyond rational control.
Every time I wake up, I am so embarrassed that I dare not leave the bed.
She is gradually losing the calmness and tranquility of "Yamato Nadeshiko".
But this feeling made her a little obsessed with it.
——This kind of thought called longing.
"Asuka, it's really useless."
Arisugawa Asuka's heart stopped with the elevator on the 13th floor, and unexpectedly found that his restless heart gradually calmed down.
The iron door slowly opened, and the elevator exit faced the corridor of the apartment building. In front of it, you could see the landmark buildings of Shinjuku in the distance. This was a scenery Arisugawa was accustomed to in the past, but today's billboard looked particularly bright.
The girl looked away and patted her face, letting a gentle smile appear on her face.
She walked to the apartment door with the door number "Qinggui" and rang the doorbell. Soon, there were slight footsteps on the other side of the door.
The smile on the girl's face grew uncontrollably. She put her hands behind her back and quietly tangled her fingers with the string of the paper bag that accompanied the gift.
"Welcome back, Arisukawa."
The door opened, Arisukawa subconsciously looked at Aoi Keisuke's face at the door, and let out a gentle breath with his smiling lips.
"ah……"
This is like a scene in her dream, Qing Keisuke is welcoming her home.
"Long time no see, Qinggui-kun."
Arisukawa's eyes flashed, and he quickly lowered his eyes and nodded gently.
"This is Kyoto's wagashi, matcha biscuits."
Qing Keisuke took the gift box with a smile and invited Arisukawa to come in quickly.
"You Qichuan has been out playing for so many days, and he hasn't even gotten a tan yet."
Aoi Keisuke closed the door and followed Arisugawa. He smelled the good smell of the girl, and his eyes fell on Arisugawa's fair neck exposed after tying up his ponytail.
Arisugawa's neck and shoulders are both beautiful. Whether her hair is half-covered or tied up like now, she has a different charm.
It makes people have the urge to kiss the connection between neck and shoulders.
The girl turned around and replied with a smile: "Because I held an umbrella when I went out and used up half a bottle of sunscreen."
"Ah...so what I smell is the fragrance of sunscreen?"
"Eh~?"
Arisukawa turned his head back when he heard this, and said in a complaining tone: "It doesn't have much fragrance."
But the girl's steps were brisk, and she laughed again after complaining: "Qinggui-kun, you smell of shower gel, did you just take a shower?"
"Yeah, I just woke up not long ago."
"If you slack off like this, my grades may be surpassed when school starts!"
"Then I'll try my best these two days." Qing Keisuke nodded.
Arisukawa blinked at him.
The two of them came to the living room and sat down. Qing Keisuke specially brewed a pot of green tea - this was kept by Yui Kamaba specially for him to use for entertaining guests. It was grown and roasted by Jingu himself. It has a fresh taste and a sweet aftertaste.
After pouring the tea, he opened the souvenir brought by Arisugawa Asuka and invited her to enjoy it together.
"Arisukawa, why did you stay in Kyoto for so long this time?"
Even if it is a school trip, it will not take up half of the summer vacation.
"Um……"
Arisukawa held the tea cup and replied softly: "I have a relative who teaches at the university, so he is taking me to experience different professional courses at the university during this time."
"Isn't the university also on holiday?"
"There are also many majors and students who don't have a break."
"Oh~awesome."
Aoi Keisuke's tone was without any sincerity: "Arisikawa, do you want to choose a major that ends the summer vacation early?"
"It's just a visit!" Arisukawa heard Aoi Keisuke's teasing, looked at him angrily, and said, "Which university are you going to, Aoi Keisuke-kun?"
"University..."
Qing Keisuke has not yet decided whether he needs to go to college - anyway, after passing the Sword Master Trial, he is destined to be a master in this country.
Once you have the power of a sword master, even if you have three generations of officials with the experience of Dongda University, you will never be able to reach your knees even if you work hard all your life.
After all, the sword master has the right to determine life and death within his jurisdiction, which is far beyond the combined power of the police agency and the court.
According to the information provided by Yui Kamaba, there are only 413 sword masters currently recorded in Neon.
Divided according to Neon's 47 first-level administrative districts, there are less than 10 sword masters in one district.
This shows how difficult it is to be promoted to the title of "Sword Master".
Not only must one have the potential to become an extraordinary person, but one must also have the talent to learn swordsmanship.
And these two requirements are only the most basic conditions for becoming a sword master.
If you want to become a sword master, you also need the "comprehension" to feel the world and oneself, the "great perseverance" to evolve a certain sword intention to the extreme, and the "great intelligence" to protect oneself from countless fights.
Countless geniuses cannot even see the threshold of one of them.
Therefore, every sword master is undoubtedly a strong person and ranks among the strong people in this generation who need to be remembered by everyone.
And the one-word whale is the strongest among these sword masters that no one dares to question!
"I haven't thought about it yet."
Qing Keisuke shook his head: "Where is Arisukawa?"
"Me?" Arisugawa Asuka thought for a while and said, "I am now somewhat interested in education majors."
"Arisikawa, do you want to be a teacher...or do you want to be a civil servant in the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology?"
"Eh? Under normal circumstances, would others ask about the latter option?"
Arisukawa had a cute expression on his face, but after realizing that Aoi Keisuke was joking, he couldn't help but complain.
"Really, Qinggui-kun!"
"Haha, sorry, sorry, I'm just a little surprised by Qichuan's choice."
"Why the surprise?"
When Arisukawa asked back, his eyes suddenly brightened - because this was actually asking Qing Keisuke what he thought of her in disguise.
As expected, Aoi Keisuke hesitated a lot. He said to himself: "It doesn't seem accurate to say it was an 'accident.' Arisugawa is Yamato Nadeshiko, so if he joins the education industry, it is actually very suitable.
Is it because of Tsukishima’s influence on me that I have a ‘bad, gangster’ impression of the teacher profession?”
"Eh?!"
When Arisukawa heard what he said, he didn't know where to start.