It seems that the dates in the other world are inconsistent... This is not surprising.

Yoshiyuki decided to find out which year and month it was now according to the calendar of Jiuyuan Township.

After some indirect inquiries, Yi Xing learned that it was April 3, 16th year of the New Calendar.

Because the history of Jiuyuan Township is too long, a new calendar begins every 100,000 years, which is called a new era.

The arrival of this new era is accompanied by gloom.

Not long after the new calendar was launched, the nightmare appeared.

At first it was only seen occasionally, but now some areas heavily eroded by nightmares have begun to appear.

Everyone originally lived a very happy life and thought they would be happy forever, but the nightmare was really scary.

Once swallowed by them, everything that can bring happiness will be taken away.

But these two people firmly believe that the witch-sama will save Jiuyuan Township just like last time.

As long as they pray sincerely and with gratitude, the witch will surely appear and drive away the nightmare and darkness.

They even thought that maybe it was because too long had passed and everyone gradually regarded the witch as a legend and no longer felt gratitude from the bottom of their hearts, so the nightmare would come back.

Yi Xing felt mixed emotions after listening to their thoughts.

He didn't think that the witch would definitely never come back, nor did he want to deny their view.

I just find it sad that they only want to rely on the witches.

If he were to come and see it, he should be prepared that the sorcerer would not save them from their second awakening, and then find a way to use Kuongo's own power to destroy the nightmare.

However, after all, he didn't have a deep understanding of the nightmare of Kuongo, and he didn't know whether this kind of thing was indeed impossible to contend with with ordinary people's strength.

If there really is no other way to deal with them, then this kind of dependence may arise out of desperation.

Yoshiyuki was thinking about these things and knocked on Hirai Taro's door.

The person who opened the door was a lady.

After hearing that Yoshiyuki wanted to find Taro, she told him that her son was not at home and asked him to look for him somewhere else.

Sure enough, Yi Xing found them there.

Several boys who looked to be fifteen or sixteen years old were playing basketball.

After Yoshiyuki glanced at it, he immediately saw that a certain boy looked very similar to the girl just now.

He is obviously Taro Hirai.

He seems to be doing well and has nothing to worry about.

If he goes by exactly what Grandpa Shu told him, he has completed the commission now and it is time to go back and tell Old Shu everything he saw.

But when Yi Xing thought of Grandpa Shu's lonely voice, he couldn't bear it.

He felt that he couldn't just leave quietly.

So, I waved him over.

"Taro Hirai? Do you have time to say a few words?"

Hirai seemed surprised to find that there was an outsider, and a cute girl called him. His face turned slightly red.

He passed the basketball to others and said, "Sorry, I'll be right back." Then, under the cheers of his companions, such as "That's great, Taro!" and "I didn't expect a beautiful woman to find you." He trotted to Yiyi.

Walk beside you.

"Please, please...what can I do?" He stood in front of Yi Xing and said hesitantly, too shy to even look at Yi Xing.

"Yeah. That's right. On the way here, I saw an old talking tree." Yoshiyuki said softly to Taro: "He said he hadn't seen you for a long time and wanted to know how you were doing.

good……"

"Ah, Grandpa Shu!" Hirai couldn't help but exclaimed, and then asked in a low voice: "Sister, is he okay?"

"Yes. But he hasn't seen you for a long time and misses you very much. Didn't you often visit him before? So, can you..."

"Aha? Isn't it?" At this time, the children playing basketball stopped playing and came over one after another, laughing at each other: "That old tree is really funny! Taro hasn't been there for two years.

Yes, it’s obvious that you don’t want to play with him anymore! You actually have the nerve to send someone to ask?”

"That's right! You're definitely not going, Taro? That old man is so boring! Come on and play ball!"

"Hey, I thought such a beautiful girl was going to say something to you, but she actually said this! I'm so disappointed for you!"

"Taro, what are you doing standing still? Come back soon? Hey, don't tell me that you actually want to see him! Are you kidding me?"

"No, no, no, there are actually people who really want to chat with that old man tree? That's too childish!"

"Taro actually made friends with Lao Tou Shu! Hahahaha! How ridiculous!"

"Shut up!" Yoshiyuki was furious after hearing this and yelled: "You haven't stopped talking since the beginning... Do you want me to tear your mouths apart?! What's so weird about being friends with a tree? Why do you laugh at him?!"

When Yoshiyuki mentioned the part about "becoming friends with a tree", the teenagers couldn't help laughing.

He didn't understand what was so funny about this, so he was even more angry. But there was no need to be serious with these unreasonable people.

Yoshiyuki set his sights directly on Taro Hirai, hoping that he would refute them in public and go to see Grandpa Shu with him.

However, Hirai bit his lips and took a long time to say such a sentence with a sullen face.

"I won't go."

"...Really?" Yi Xing looked at him quietly, not hiding the disappointment in his eyes: "Okay then...take care of yourself."

Originally, before Yi Xing left, he wanted to remind him that Grandpa Shu wanted you to be happy.

However, he still didn't say it out loud.

Because, if it were Grandpa Tree, he would probably choose to remain silent at this time.

After all, if Taro Hirai heard this, he would only feel sad.

Grandpa Shu didn’t want to add to Taro’s psychological burden.

After returning to Laoshu, Yi Xing explained to him what had happened.

After listening to this, Grandpa Shu was silent for a long time, and finally said this slowly.

"Well...he won't come back again."

"The child has grown up..."

"...Sure enough, if you make friends with an old tree like me, you will be laughed at, right?"

"Actually, I have been vaguely aware of it before... It's just that Taro is too gentle and has never mentioned it to me..."

Yi Xing didn't say anything, just listened to him quietly.

After that, Grandpa Tree's expression looked very sad.

He sighed and said that he would tell him the information he needed, and hoped that he would leave as soon as possible after hearing this, leaving his old tree alone.

Yi Xing thought the same way.

He could see that Grandpa Shu needed to cry as soon as possible, but he probably felt that he couldn't let go in front of outsiders at his age, so he kept holding it back.

The information given by Grandpa Shu made Yi Xing's eyes light up.
Chapter completed!