An hour before the fireworks display in the city started, the black cat appeared again. This time, it jumped directly into my arms and rubbed me flatteringly.

"Mao Mao? Why are you here? Ah... do you like it here?" I happily reached out and hugged the black cat, "Then live here! I will never let others bully you!"

"Meow."

"Do you agree?" I hugged the black cat and rubbed it, "It's great that you are willing to stay. Just now I thought you had left. By the way, A Xi just went to find you, and you haven't seen her yet.

Come back...eh?"

The black cat struggled out of my hand and sat on the low table, looking straight at me with a pair of blue eyes.

"...So Maomao doesn't want to stay?" I said sadly, "That's right...if I force you to stay, wouldn't you be happy? Besides..."

"Meow meow?"

"I'm sorry, I can only remember three days of things. Although I can write them down in the notebook, maybe one day I will forget about the cat and regard the cat as a wild cat, which will be bad."

"Meow……"

"Are you feeling sorry for me? Hmm... I don't understand it from that notebook, but I can feel it. There is something like 'Never forget' written on it. I know it's something very important."

I reached out and touched Maomao's head, "But, isn't this bad? I will make the head of the family distressed, and will make A Xi and A Qie worried? In short, it is not a good thing, even..."

"Meow?"

I exhaled: "You don't understand me anyway, so it's better to be a happy kitten. I'll just... I'll just continue to worry."

The black cat meowed twice more. Not only did it not go away, but it patted my hand with its paw, which was very humane.

"you are here."

Ache's voice came from behind me.

I hurriedly picked up the little black cat, turned around and ran to him: "Ache, look! It's Maomao!"

Aqie was stunned for a moment, and then said: "Did Axi bring it to you?"

"No, Maomao came here by himself."

"It's better not to keep such wild cats casually——"

"Meow!"

"Ah...Mao Mao, no!"

…

"Hiss..." Ache, who was leaning against the sliding door, groaned.

I hurriedly took back the hand that applied the ointment on him: "It doesn't hurt, Aqie, I can just blow on it and it will be fine."

With that said, I was about to step forward and blow for him, but the back of my neck was lifted, and I was suspended in the air.

"Just let him deal with this minor injury."

"House, Master of the House?" I looked at the person in front of me in surprise, "How could you..."

"Aren't you going to watch the fireworks?"

"But isn't the head of the family very busy? This kind of thing..."

He looked down at me: "Don't you want to go with me?"

"Then we have to put her down first." A Xi came back at some point.

"I'll go out and wait for you."

The head of the family let go of his hand, and I stood up. The head of the family left, and Ache stood up at this time, holding the black cat in his hand.

"Since he went with you, I will go back."

"Eh? Ache isn't going?"

"..."

"It will be more lively if there is one more person."

"……never mind."

"Okay... let's go to next year's fireworks display together."

After bidding farewell to A Qie, I sat down at the low table with some anxiety: "A Xi, do you think the head of the family... why?"

A Xi picked up the comb on the low table: "But haven't you always wanted to go out with him once?"

"Very much? Me?"

"Isn't it?"

"Because I will be very happy when I see fireworks... But the head of the family has never smiled. Although Axi and Ache rarely smile, you will be in a good mood when you see me. Only the head of the family..."

Axi's hand combing my hair paused: "Do you think he will be happy after watching the fireworks?"

"Yeah! That's what I thought."

-

The head of the family was waiting for me outside in casual clothes. Although he was going to play, I followed him cautiously, not daring to speak casually.

"Why don't you talk? Don't you usually like to ask questions?"

"Yes, is that so?" I replied nervously, but I was trying my best to recall what I had written down in the notebook, but I couldn't remember anything at all, so I had to ask, "Speaking of which, that person this afternoon...

"

"Do you care about him?"

I shook my head: "I don't care, I don't know him. Does the head of the family know him?"

There were many people coming and going on the street. I followed him and could only see his back. Before I finished speaking, I was pushed a few more times and fell a few steps behind him. But at the same time, I also saw

He stopped, so I quickly followed.

"do not know."

"oh……"

"I only know that he is from Kyoto."

I looked sideways at him. Under the bright light, his figure looked a little thin and his face was cold——

"What's wrong?" he asked.

"No, it's nothing..." The sadness that came from nowhere made me look back, "I just feel..."

"feel?"

"My master, this shouldn't be the case."

"Not what?" he asked.

I thought about it for a long time, and then I mustered up the courage to ask: "Does the head of the family know how to use a sword?"

"I don't know how to use a knife."

"Where's the horse riding?"

"No way."

"What about Onmyoji?"

"That thing is useless."

"Is this like this..."

"Do you think I should be able to do swordsmanship? Horse riding? Yin-Yang magic?"

"..."

"Those are all useless things."

"Then Aqie and Axi also practice sword skills every day."

"They can also protect Genji in case a thief breaks in."

"But wouldn't it be better if we learn it ourselves?"

"..."

"……excuse me."

I stopped to apologize lonelyly, but he didn't stop. The crowd separated me from him again, and this time, he didn't stop to wait for me. When I caught up with him, he just looked at me lightly.

"Like a child."

That is indeed what was written in that book.

"Yorimitsu Minamoto... The head of the Genji family looks at me like a child. He won't take it seriously, nor will he ignore it. I have no effect on Genji, but he will still let me stay in Genji... No... I think

If I can’t get up... A Xi and A Qie don’t want to say anything... In a few days, will I even forget what happened today?”

"...I forgot something very important and didn't write it down in my notebook. What should it be...? It should be... related to the Genji clan. Occasionally, my memory will improve, but I don't dare to ask for it...

…”
To be continued...