Her development seems to be much slower than that of her peers - girls develop earlier than boys. Generally speaking, by the age of twelve or thirteen, many girls will grow to over one and a half meters tall. Therefore, the body is very light, and it feels to Higashikata that it is about the same weight as a bag of rice. Iori Miko was wearing a skirt. The white dress only reached below her knees. A pair of straight and delicate calves were freed from the cover of the skirt and were exposed to the air. Her skin was delicate and white. Considering that the age of twelve or thirteen is the time when gender consciousness awakens, and he needs to avoid taboos, Higashino Yu only puts his hand around Iori Miko's legs, trying to avoid more contact. However, Iori Miko didn't care. Her warm and jade-like arms were wrapped around Higashino Yu's neck without any notice, her whole body was pressed against his back, and her little head rested on his shoulder. Her mind right now is probably all about Xiu Ji and that dead pigeon. Higashino Yu glanced sideways at Iori Miko's face. Those glass-like eyes were full of energy and expectation. Although he is already in junior high school, he is still a child at heart. Thinking of this, he smiled. He quickly carried Iori Miko to the far right side of the third floor of the apartment, found the key and twisted the door handle. Bang!
He opened the door with his elbow and turned on the switch at the entrance with ease. The warm yellow light suddenly turned on, giving people a little warmth of home. The room is approximately less than 20 square meters, but the design is unique and the space utilization has touched the realm of the devil! The open kitchen integrated with the living room perfectly displays the next generation home. It's a pity that the stubborn bathroom and toilet complex of the islanders interfered with the designer's freedom and ease. A few square meters of space was reluctantly filled with a bathtub, a washbasin, a semi-automatic mechanical toilet, etc. The display and furnishings in the living room follow the recently popular mid-generation simple decoration. There are only lamps on the ceiling that are full of glass texture, electric fans that emit regular melody when working, and TVs that occasionally show the afterglow of cosmic explosions. Among them, the TV is the most favored by Higashino Yu. Every night when eating, he will turn it on to watch the cartoons and food programs broadcast by TV Tokyo. Neatly placed in the corner were some high school textbooks and a large box filled with miscellaneous items. It contains some clothes and small gifts he got when he left the orphanage, plus the bedding on the floor and the small square table placed by the window. This is all the collection in Higashino Yu's treasure house. Okay, it's a bit shabby indeed. But I have nothing to complain about. I like the sense of security that a small space brings, and compared to the orphanage, I at least have a separate room now. "It's a bit shabby and ridiculous." Dong Yeyu said with some embarrassment. Iori Miko shook her head and said softly: "Grandma said that poverty is not a shameful thing." Dong Yeyu smiled slightly, feeling a little ashamed. Most people actually despise poverty, including themselves. But money is just a tool, not a purpose. This is not a good thing, especially for spiritual practice. Then he put the bento on the small square table where he usually did his homework. Higashino Yu pretended to check around and found no trace of Xiuji. So he said: "Its ears are indeed very sharp, and it should have escaped long ago. Let me send you home, Miko. If I catch it later, I will notify you as soon as possible."
Iori Miko looked anxious and waved her hands quickly, fearing that Higashino Yu would not be able to control the force of the slap and crush Kichizaemon Sui to death. "No need to catch it, Higashino Nissan. I just want to talk to it." "Okay, if I see it, I will convey what Iori-san said." Higashino Yu followed the girl's words, but his tone was very serious, and he completely believed in the existence of Suiyoshi Zaemon - nonsense, Suiyoshi's dead pigeon is his number one horse boy. Iori Miko was a little disappointed that she couldn't find Kichizaemon Sui, but she was very pleased with Higashino Yu's performance. The two of them turned around and walked out the door, heading towards the Inari Shrine in Ayasezaka - the Inari Shrine is not far from the apartment, less than a kilometer in a straight line. The short shrine can be seen from a distance. There are electric lights in the stone lanterns on the shrine, allowing people to take advantage of the red-lit torii and the pavilion and shrine hidden in the shadow of the hill. The stone fox statues squatting on both sides of the approach looked at the two people approaching indifferently. Under the dim street lights, a tall and strong young man was carrying a little girl in a white dress on his back. The girl lying on the young man's back swayed her calves slightly, and her soft voice was occasionally heard in the night wind. "Just call me Miko from now on, Higashino Nissan. Grandpa said Higashino Nissan is a very good person." "Okay, Miko." "Nissan Higashino, in fact, not only is it Kichizaemon, I also talked to Haruhara." "Chunyuan?" "Yeah, it's a big talking fox. It's very big. It's inside the shrine. But except for my grandparents, no one else believes me." "." "Nissan Tono, why are your legs shaking?" "It's blown by the night wind." After chatting with Iori Miko for a while on the way, Higashino Yu guessed that she must have some talent, not only able to see monsters, but also to talk to gods. But the talent may not be outstanding, after all, I didn't feel any spiritual power in her body. Considering the fox named Haruhara that Iori Miko mentioned, Higashino Yu only sent her to the torii gate standing at the entrance of the shrine approach. Outside the torii gate is the human world, and inside the torii gate is the kingdom of God. Dongye Yu didn't want to provoke the power of God, especially when he knew that there was really a messenger of God in this shrine. After watching Iori Miko slowly climb up the shrine, Dongye Yu quickly returned home, took off his coat and left only a pair of boxer shorts - you have to be free and easy to be comfortable at home. Just about to sit down and finish the meal. Ding ding ding! "My lord! The chamberlain Xiu Jizaemon comes to see you!" A big pigeon flew in from the window. Seeing that Dongye Yu didn't notice it, it quickly pecked the glass window with its beak and opened its mouth to shout a few times. What was strange was that the bird actually spoke human language, with a slightly rough voice, like an old man with a strange tone, and the words used were quite ancient.
Dongye Yu walked over and pushed open the window casually, and the pigeon fluttered into the house and stood on the small wooden table where he was doing his homework. The person who came was Xiuji, an old male pigeon who claimed to be almost 40 years old - the lifespan of an average pigeon is only about 20 years at most. Perhaps because he became a spirit, Xiuji not only lived longer than ordinary pigeons, but also was much larger, about the same size as a raven. His gray feathers were combed neatly and shiny, his beak and claws were quite sharp, and his equipment caught up with that of a small bird of prey - Dongye Yu still didn't understand why he was attacked by a cat. No one came, only Iluwei Otter's mumbling.