Chapter 12

The lighting system using electric crystal as an energy source has been around for several years, and the price is not expensive, but Mona still uses the cheapest oil lamp.

The light of the oil lamp is limited, and it can't even illuminate the stairs.

Without staying too much on the second floor, Mona pushed and dragged Summer down the stairs.

"Be careful!" Mona reminded.

In an environment that is too dark, you can only see black objects with outlines, and you don't need to think about them to know that they are 'babies' piled up into mountains.

Only a single passageway was left to connect to the door, and the windows on both sides were sealed.

Summer groped forward cautiously, afraid that he would break something and be ordered to leave.

The lights are on, and various instruments and books are stacked. If it wasn't for Mona's emphasis, I would have thought it was a waste recycling station.

With so many 'babies', it is worrying not to lock the door.

"Don't move, wait for me to clean up."

The aisle is very narrow, and the two are very close, so intentional or unintentional physical contact is unavoidable.

I don't know if it's because of her generous personality or her lack of vigilance against unfamiliar men. Mona doesn't seem to care much about such details.

The fragrance on her body was a little stronger than in the daytime. It should have been shortly after taking a bath, and the scattered hair swept across the back of Summer's hand, and the softness carried the moisture that had not left.

The four-pointed star-shaped ornaments were all removed, but the clothes were not changed, and the half-witch costume was even more attractive.

"Do you want me to help..."

Just standing aside, asking about the scent that was floating in, what must be done to prevent the thought that he didn't know where he was drifting.

"Don't move!"

He was stopped just after the shot. He thought he had done something wrong, so he hurriedly put the things back.

Mona immediately hugged the object, her face full of joy.

"It's here! I thought I lost it! That way, I don't have to buy a new one!"

When cleaning the room, I always find something I thought was lost, and I am happy for a long time.

She is like that.

"No wonder you're so poor, you don't even know where you put your things, and expensive astrological props are used as disposable consumables, which is quite luxurious..."

Mona is a bit like someone who saves money to buy a figure but doesn't take good care of it.

Summer's sympathy for her continues to decline.

After the joint efforts of the two, a small area was sorted out in the corner near the door.

He squeezed a little, but he was barely able to lie down.

A blue and purple-edged blanket was laid down, and it had the same scent as the owner.

Clap her hands, Mona was very satisfied with the house she cleaned up.

She drew a straight line on the floor with something like a pointer:

"Your range of activities is only allowed in this area. You are not allowed to touch my things, and you are not allowed to go up to the second floor."

"Is there just such a place? Then what should I do if I have to go to the toilet? Can't I move?"

Summer was joking, but I didn't expect Mona to mean it: "Can't you just hold it? For example, go to the public toilet tomorrow..."

Mondstadt does not have much foreign trade, but usually many hunters bring ingredients into the city, so several public toilets have been set up, but they are not open in the middle of the night.

Summer didn't think he was so great that he can hold it all night.

"It's too embarrassing, isn't it? I can't guarantee this. What if I eat poisonous mushrooms and break my stomach?"

He complained and added money: "How about I add another hundred moras?"

"Are you sending me money on purpose?"

In the face of the generous proposal, Mona suddenly became unhappy: "First of all, I don't like your behavior of using money to please people."

Girls are sometimes sensitive and usually accurate.

Although Summer didn't intend to use the money to please her, he did intend to help her by changing her methods.

It is impossible to admit it, He explained: "I should not be rich enough to use the money to please people..."

No matter how you deny it, he seems to be regarded as a person who spends a lot of money, probably losing a lot of favorability.

Pointing her finger to the tip of his nose, Mona asked very seriously: "I still have a manuscript to write, you are not allowed to snore, grind your teeth, and even sleepwalk!"

"Did your former roommates have so many strange problems?"

The sudden three prohibitions made him feel curious. In the impression, Mona did not have the setting of roommates living together.

"I've only lived with the old woman, she... There are indeed a lot of problems."

"Old woman?" He suddenly realized.

Mona has a teacher who exists like a mother. Although she always dislikes and hates her verbally, they both support each other spiritually.

"Then what is her sleepwalking like? Will she do anything strange to you?"

Probably because she hadn't talked to anyone about this "old woman" for a long time, Mona, who was planning to go upstairs and leave, suddenly became interested:

"Sometimes when I slept well, she suddenly poured a basin of cold water down..."

Mona was lying on the handrail of the stairs, her hands on her cheeks: "She said she was sleepwalking, I think it was intentional."

"As a result, my clothes and quilt got all wet, and I had to squeeze the quilt with her without clothes on. I caught a cold the next day..."

Drenched, without clothes, burrowing into the bed... Summer drew a beautiful picture of the future in his mind.

He promised that Mona would not catch a cold.

"What kind of person is she?" Summer shook his head to put aside his rambunctious thoughts.

"Strict, bad-tempered, stingy, totally unlikable old and wordy guy."

Mona said angrily:

"When I was with her, I was unhappy every day, and it was far from the unrestrained life now..."

"But occasionally, I miss it..."

In the end, there was loneliness and nostalgia in her expression.

Just when Summer couldn't stand it and wanted to hug her for comfort, Mona, who was lying on the armrest, suddenly straightened up and became fierce again:

"Why do you ask so much!"

He opened his mouth and came: "Because I want to know your story and see how a great astrologer was born."

Maybe she didn't know romance and love words, but Mona believed it: "Do you believe I can be a great astrologer?"

"Mona is the greatest astrologer I've ever seen!" Summer nodded affirmatively.

There is absolutely nothing false about this because he has only seen such a person.

Humility makes people progress, compliments make people comfortable, this is the unchanging truth.

Mona, with joy in her eyes, announced generously: "Okay, you are allowed to use the toilet, but you can't take a bath!"

"Thank you very much."

"Goodbye, I still have a manuscript to write!"

She went upstairs on her feet and almost fell.

Her dignity as an astrologer forced her to pretend she was okay.

She also deliberately turned back to take a look at Summer, made sure she was not noticed or laughed at, and then took the next step with confidence.

Packing up and chatting stole the time, and the crescent moon hanging in the middle of the window marked the arrival of the early morning.

There is no nightlife in Mondstadt, and the city is very quiet.

Under the echo of the sound of writing and yawning, the first day after the crossing officially ended.