"Ah, this..."

The young man with purple hair and blue eyes followed behind the girl, touching the back of his head and seriously contemplating, although his tone seemed uncertain, "I haven't really kept track of these things. I was born not long ago, as you humans would say, around the Heian Era..."

"...Heian Era?!"

Ichijima Hiyori's mouth twitched!

If she remembered history correctly, the Heian Era was something from over a thousand years ago, right? Even calculating from the end year, it's already been more than eight hundred years to the present twenty-first century... But this guy says it was not long ago?

—"Compared to you humans, we truly live day-to-day..."

—"We will soon vanish..."

The words that Yato had just said ran through her mind, and the girl's expression tightened. She clenched her fists to keep a straight face. What soon vanishes indeed, living to such an age should be satisfying.

Darn it! Such a waste of emotion.... She had felt guilty just now, only to suddenly realize the other's sense of time couldn't even be imagined by ordinary people.

Yato didn't notice the subtle change in the girl, but he seemed to remember something, a hint of nostalgia appearing on his face.

They walked out of the alley in silence, one after the other. Ichijima Hiyori briefly oriented herself to both sides, preparing to head toward the store she knew, when her eyes unexpectedly brightened:

"Eh? Isn't that the God from before..."

She saw a figure not too familiar yet deeply memorable on the other side of the street, precisely the other God from that night.

"Oh, quite a coincidence..." Yato glanced over, nodding indifferently.

Nothing surprising about it; after all, everyone had been active around this area for quite some time, so meeting now was quite normal.

"Well, let's invite him to join us... and ask him what he'd like to do." Ichijima Hiyori pondered and said.

She had heard Yato speak about the horrors of temporal anomalies and knew that there had been such phenomena throughout the city recently, likely related to this God.

Even though they never spread widely, unlike the notorious cases Yato mentioned, some went unchecked and led to disastrous calamities, unsettling the girl.

She had long wanted to ask the other about it but hadn't met since that day, so couldn't do anything. Now that coincidentally running into him was an opportunity, she decisively took action.

"Hey, isn't that offering meant for me?" Yato paused for a moment, watching the girl's hurried back, somewhat slow to respond.

"This... this... Hey, wait a second!"

Quickly catching up, Ichijima Hiyori waved repeatedly, wanting to speak but finding herself momentarily forgetting the other's name, not knowing what to call, thus anxiously shouting so.

"Oh, it's you... Is there something you need?"

The person ahead seemed perceptive, turning back to see Ichijima Hiyori's appearance, seemingly remembering as well, stopping to patiently wait for her, casually commented:

"I don't go by 'hey'; I'm called Chu Yu... Ahem, I should've given you guys my name that day."

"Ah, sorry, Lord Mo... I just momentarily forgot." The girl looked guilty, knowing the name but stuck at the moment, indeed quite embarrassing.

"Is there something?" Gu Mo asked leisurely, glancing at Yato, who had just caught up, pretending to ask knowingly.

They probably thought this was a coincidence, but actually, it wasn't; it was Gu Mo deliberately creating the encounter.

Because he remembered that now approaching exam week, the Celestial God likely needed Yato's help, and if he wanted to connect with the High Celestial Plain, this might be a good opportunity.

He didn't know the exact date, only that it was this period, and in the original script, Ichijima Hiyori was present, indicating it should be a day off, no school...

Based on these clues, he roughly confirmed the timing, making today's encounter intentional... And if it's not this day off, what then? On this question, Gu Mo expressed no problem at all.

—If not this day off, it could continue coincidentally next day off too.

"This... Well, thank you so much for that day, I'd like to invite you to a meal, just a small token of appreciation..." Ichijima Hiyori racked her brains, cautiously organizing her speech.

"That's actually nothing, no need for a meal..." Gu Mo blinked, appreciating the proposal, but he couldn't appear too eager.

"Yeah, yeah, he might have things to do; let's not bother him..." Yato, who had come over, nodded repeatedly, feeling Ichijima Hiyori was insincere, promising offerings meant for him but halfway intending to invite this person.

Offering for two Gods was simply too insincere!

"No, it's not... I, I mainly have a couple of things I'd like to ask, please." Ichijima Hiyori urgently waved her hands, deeply bowing to show she was seriously requesting.

"..."

"..."

"Alright, let's go then; where to?" Gu Mo pondered briefly and nodded anyway.

Ichijima Hiyori let out a sigh of relief, happily asking, "Lord Mo... okay, and Yato too, what do you guys feel like eating? You decide; I'm sure I can manage anything."

After all, she was quite wealthy, her family owning a hospital, so she felt confident speaking this way.

"Hey..." Yato, unhappy as he was beside her, felt the treatment was obviously different, even though Ichijima Hiyori looked at him just in time, including him in her inquiry, he still felt like a tag-along.

Was it an illusion?

Yet looking at the girl's demeanor, without pondering any introspection, Yato could only grumble dissatisfied, "Then I want something good, I want a feast, something substantial..."

"Oh, then I'm the opposite, my stomach isn't great, the doctor said soft foods are best." Gu Mo spoke candidly.

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