The rain that had been gathering for two days finally fell to the ground.

On Friday morning, Tetsufumi Hirakawa, who was on his way to campus, felt the rain fluttering and falling.

First a little, floating to the cheeks, then a drop, falling on the forehead, and finally countless raindrops, "popping" on the umbrella surface.

The morning fog and the continuous rain curtain, the world in front of you seemed to be shrouded in mist-stained glasses, with a hazy white. The floor was also wet in an instant, causing a splash and turning gray.

There were pedestrians who forgot to bring umbrellas and hurried to the shops on the street to take shelter from the rain in the rain.

Tetsufumi Hirakawa held an umbrella and looked at the people trotting in the rain.

After two consecutive days of cloudy days after a sunny day, even if you don't look at the weather forecast, you should know to bring an umbrella, and now being caught in the rain is your own problem.

silently withdrew his gaze and walked his own way.

But after only two steps, he suddenly stopped with a "snap".

In front of a storefront down the street, a familiar girl was looking at him.

“……”

“……”

"Hirakawa-sensei."

Amamiya bowed dignifiedly.

“……”

——

Tetsufumi Hirakawa has one more person under his umbrella.

"Why didn't you bring an umbrella?"

"Brought it."

The girl who grabbed the corner of his uniform said as she wiped the moisture on her face with her hand.

"And what about the umbrella?"

Tetsufumi Hirakawa silently lowered the umbrella until the umbrella cloth blocked the view, and the umbrella surface was almost touching his head, and the sound of crackling rain almost sounded in his ears.

Amamiya looked up at the umbrella that came down.

"It's the Schwarz Sechs Prototype Mark I." (Note)

“？”

Tetsufumi Hirakawa was stunned for a moment and didn't hear clearly.

"Pitch black...... What? ”

"Jet Black Zex Original One."

"What's that?"

"The men of the world call it an umbrella."

“……”

Understood, what is talking to him now is the "middle two personality", the secret body.

"So, where is this umbrella, called the Pitch Black Zex Original One, now?"

It's a shame that I can tell the whole name.

"In the hallway." The girl lowered her head and looked ahead.

"Isn't that just not brought?"

"I brought it with me." Amamiya said.

“……”

Originally, I brought it, and this "original" is really full of stories.

"Did you forget to change your shoes in the hallway?"

Tetsufumi Hirakawa immediately made up this story in his head.

"Hmm."

Amamiya nodded.

“……”

Tetsufumi Hirakawa didn't know what to say.

After all, he had done the same thing before......

"That'...... Don't forget next time. ”

"Hmm."

——

In order to take care of the girl next to him, who may only be one and a half meters tall, Tetsufumi Hirakawa had to put the umbrella very low, otherwise the raindrops that blew obliquely under the umbrella were enough to wet the whole body of the young girl.

However, the consequence of this is that the view in front of you is almost completely obscured.

All you can see is a few meters below your feet, the wet ground, the splashing water, and the small puddles that have gathered in a short time.

Fortunately, it is a sidewalk, and the road under my feet has been walked for a year, so I have long been familiar with it and have not affected it much.

As he walked, Amamiya Ye beside him suddenly spoke.

"Mr. Hirakawa, to the left."

"What's wrong?"

Tetsufumi Hirakawa, who was concentrating on the road, said he didn't hear clearly.

"To the left."

Now I hear it clearly.

He took a step to the left, ready to ask something, and when he peeked out from under the umbrella, he saw half a person walking by.

——

The next journey became Amamiya Night commanding him.

Well...... To use a perhaps inappropriate analogy, the girl is now a bit like his guide dog......

In short, in the guide of the night of the rain palace, or the command, I came to the school all the way safely.

"Stop."

Approaching the school gate, Amamiya gave another order.

"Smack."

Tetsufumi Hirakawa's voice-controlled robot stopped.

He didn't ask, because along the way, he had already fully trusted Amamiya Night's command.

He just quietly looked at the space under the umbrella, waiting for the girl next to him to continue to give instructions.

A few seconds later, in his ears, in the sound of continuous raindrops lapping on the umbrella and the ground, there was a low hum of a car engine from far and near, and finally, half a black car appeared in his lower half of his vision, and stopped in front of him.

Subsequently, the rear seat door opens.

A pair of legs belonging to a young girl poked out of the carriage, and her white shoes stepped on the gray-black ground wet by the rain.

I couldn't help but look up, along the white stockings and straight calves, and swept a few centimeters over the area called "Absolute Field", and saw the standard checkered skirt of the private Mori Valley, the hem of which was still swaying gently due to the movement of its owner.

This is a student of Moriya.

made a judgment, and finally stopped at the waist of the checkered skirt and the girl's slender waist.

Further up it is obscured by umbrellas.

Tetsufumi Hirakawa withdrew his subconscious gaze.

"Amamiya-san?"

Turning to the girl next to him, he asked.

They've been standing there for too long, right?

But then he was not answered by Amamiya Night, but by a very familiar voice from the other side.

"Hirakawa-sensei."

The voice is clear, like a lark that makes a sound, and the tone is extremely flat, without any ups and downs.

“……”

Tetsufumi Hirakawa was stunned for a moment.

He lifted the umbrella, his gaze followed the rising black umbrella surface, and roughly swept over the uniform of the private Moriya, and finally, what appeared in front of him was the delicate face of a certain eldest lady, who could not see any expression.

"Shinohara-san?"

Shiori Shinohara in front of her, holding an umbrella in one hand, the umbrella pole is straight, and the other hand gently flicks her long hair, her eyes sweep over, and then ......

Stopped under the umbrella, clutched the corner of his clothes, and tried to shrink behind him.

“……”

In the rain that kept falling around him, Tetsufumi Hirakawa always felt that the atmosphere at the scene was a little strange.

Delusion?

——

Note: Schwarz Sechs Prototype Mark I, named after the anime "Middle Two Diseases Have to Fall in Love".