I will swear to protect the beauty with my life.

As everyone was enjoying their meal downstairs, the two people upstairs began their escape plan.

However, it was a failure. Rikka

, who planned to climb down from the roof through the window, stepped on the trap set by Touka as soon as she took a step.

Everyone eating downstairs only heard a sound of steel knocking, and an iron basin tied with a rope fell down.

"I fell into a trap."

"Eh?"

Without waiting for the others to react, Shihua put down the dishes in her hands, took off her apron and walked out.

She jumped slightly and grabbed the eaves, then turned over and flew up with an almost perfect gymnastics move, showing her ancestral light skills of Xiao Niaoyou, and looked at the two people in front of her quietly. Before

Liuhua could recover from being hit on the head by the iron basin, the big boss Shihua had already arrived.

"I didn't expect you to stand on her side.......What do you mean?"

Looking at Yuta who betrayed her, Touka was puzzled. They said they would stand on the same side, but in the blink of an eye, he ran to the opposite side.

"God knows, I don't know myself either."

This is true, and Yuta doesn't know why he���He wanted to go with her just because he saw Liuhua so sad. Even he himself couldn't tell why.

"That sentence just now is quite cool"

"You better shut up."

Even in this situation, the two of them still had the leisure to chat, and Juhua felt a little melancholy in her heart.

Maybe Yuta is not reliable at all.

"Really......It seems that you are indeed a dangerous person!"

Jika has already drawn Yuta into the enemy camp, raised the spoon in her hand, and prepared to clear the door first and annihilate the enemy camp.

Facing her sister, Rikka naturally drew her weapon (folding umbrella) and went forward to meet the enemy, and Yuta seized the opportunity and jumped directly from the second floor, regardless of his original plan to leave secretly. Shika was very nervous. If something happened, it would be a big deal.

Fortunately, Yuta still had some reason and jumped to the bushes below. He used the plants to buffer the gravitational potential energy as much as possible in exchange for elastic potential energy, and fell to the road.

Yuta climbed up, regardless of the pain of being pierced by the bushes, stood up and looked at Rikka who was still confronting, and opened his hands

"Jump! Jump! Rikka!"Jump! Rikka!"

Jika, who had just seen Yuta safe and sound, was relieved when she was numbed by Yuta's shout, because she saw Rikka really jump down, and her heart was in her throat.

Fortunately, Rikka, who also fell on the bushes, was really caught by Yuta when she bounced up. Although Yuta was also dragged to the ground by Rikka, both of them were fine.

"Are you okay?"

"fine......I'll take you to the place where the twin blue wheels (bicycles) are hidden......"

Seeing the two people going away, Shihua did not chase them. She knew she could not stop them. Even if she stopped them here today, they would find another chance to get there.

But she was afraid. She was afraid that Liuhua would collapse after seeing the truth. Since her father's house was sold, she never let Liuhua go back, nor did she tell her.......

She looked at the two people walking away, especially Yuta. Maybe he could really help Rikka get out of the haze. Just like Dongfang said, give them more time.......

"Really......have a finger in the pie......"

It was unclear whether she was talking about Yuta or herself.

At this time, Fang Wuwei, who was drinking tea in the living room, was also ready to take action. Seeing Shihua turning around and leaving after coming down from the roof, Fang Wuwei stood up and followed.

He just didn't know the way, but he didn't plan to take Shihua's car. He had other ways. Apart from anything else, he would probably be faster than Shihua if he ran there.

On the other side, Yuta had already ridden his bike and started heading towards the still unknown destination, dragging behind him a Rikka who was skating in roller shoes.

Although this would have some impact on his progress, it didn't matter. If it was Rikka, it would be fine, and he would have no complaints.

"How far to go?"

"About ten kilometers"

"Varied......Is it so far?!"

He was not wearing shoes, and it would hurt his feet if he rode a bicycle.

"It doesn't matter! Because the Dark Flame Master is the strongest!"

"The strongest?"

"Well, you are the strongest after all! The Black Flame User is the strongest!"

For a chuunibyou, the best confession is to admit that the other person is stronger than oneself.

Although Yuta didn't hear the love hidden in Rikka's words, since Rikka said so, Yuta couldn't wilted and had to endure it no matter how painful it was.

"It's speeding up, hold on tight!"

"......But the real strongest one is the evil king's true eye"

"Haha, ok, ok~"

————This is a lovely dividing line.————

Along the way, the two chatted and laughed, and moved forward until they were close to their destination. Liuhua began to talk about how she discovered the invisible boundary line.

"You said, you saw it? Three years ago?"

"Um......I saw it the night my father left."

At that time, Liuhua was still a normal and lovely child, standing alone on the seawall, with a drop of more than ten meters in front of her and the ocean. She stared at the sea, but her eyes were as lifeless as ashes.

Suddenly, a flashing white line appeared in front of her eyes, shining like the Milky Way, with countless halos, dividing the sky and the sea.

Although it was just a line of countless lights from the other side of the sea, for Liuhua, it was the only light, the only hope, and even the faith at that time.

"Through the invisible line, I saw my father......I saw it, so he is still here, watching over here and watching over me from the other side of the boundary line.

Definitely."

We have no way of knowing why Rikka was standing on the levee alone that day, and we don't know what Rikka, who was heartbroken, would do if the 'invisible boundary line' hadn't appeared. The second-year syndrome is not only an escape from reality, but also the driving force that supports her to live.

The invisible boundary line saved Rikka, but also hurt her.

Rikka, who was tired of sliding, sat in the back seat of the car and let Yuta take her forward.

For Yuta, he could not confirm Rikka's words, nor could he deny her. The reality was extremely cruel, and Rikka would have to face it eventually, but......He couldn't bear to hurt her.

Suddenly, Rikka asked Yuta to stop the car and jumped out from the back seat.

"Reached?"

"Yes! Right in front, my base, the place where I lived with my dad and everyone else!"

Rikka wanted to walk by herself, walk through the familiar streets, and walk towards the place she once called home.

She was full of expectations. She expected her father to still be there, she expected the happiness she once had, and she expected the happy times in the past.

However, there was no home in her memory, let alone the beautiful warmth. There was only an open space full of wild flowers and weeds, and a for sale sign in the middle.

She stood there blankly, unable to accept this reality for a while. Her mind was blank. Yuta, who was walking slowly with a cart behind her, could only stand there when he saw this scene.

Not far behind them, Touka, who had already arrived by car, opened the door and got out of the car. She had known that they would come here and had been waiting for a long time.

But what they didn't know was that on the roof farther away, a figure stood quietly, with a red light flashing in his right eye.......

Seeing Liuhua walking into the barren land in front of him, Juhua did not comfort or apologize, but just said coldly:

"This is reality, Dad is gone! This is it, now! You still can't accept reality?!"

Lihua didn't respond, didn't even move, it seems that she didn't hear it at all.......But her tears, which she shed quietly, had already given the answer.

There was a long silence. Although the cicadas and crickets were chirping in their ears, both Yuta and Rikka felt only a dead silence.

In the end, Rikka gave her own answer.......

Pulling out a folding umbrella from under him, he began to chant his own spell in a crying voice.......

"Explode, reality......Break your nerves......"

In response, Juuka took out her spoon from behind her.

"exile......This world!"

As Rikka took off her blindfold, her tears floating in the air and her right eye reflected a golden light, which flashed away.

The battle was about to begin.......