Yayoi Autumn handed him a pair of slippers to change into, and he was a little reluctant to dress.

When I walked in, I saw a somewhat crowded LDK space, and the staircase standing between the wardrobe and the washing machine, with an estimated inclination of sixty or seventy degrees.

The washing machine, bathroom and kitchen counter are all in one place, probably the only area of water in the house.

"Sorry, there's no place at home for hospitality." Yayoi pulled the chair from the dining table early in the morning, "Upstairs is the bedroom and study, and I usually write manuscripts on it. ”

It happened that another train passed by the adjacent track bridge, and the noise was transmitted into the house through the non-soundproof wooden planks. It seemed to cause the whole house to shake with it.

"Yayoi-san has lived here since he came to Tokyo to study?"

"It's not...... It's only been a little over a month since I moved here. Yayoi Aki took the kettle to fetch water to boil the water, "The Toyono gumi have already caught me in this residential area several times, and I will probably have to move to another place in a week or two. ”

"It's always been like this, do you have to move every once in a while?"

"Hmmm......"

"I feel so tired just thinking about it." Narumi sat down in a chair and rested, looking at the chandelier with exposed wires in the middle of the ceiling, and was amazed that there was such an old house in Tokyo.

"Actually, it's not as troublesome as Narumi imagined."

The kettle was placed on the base, and when the switch was pressed, the sound of boiling water sounded.

"Most of the stuff is actually in the student council room. The student council room has a separate wardrobe and bookshelves, and my two most important items are probably books and clothes. ”

"Renting is just about finding a place to live in without having to bring your own furniture."

When the girl said this, her voice was calm, as if it had become a habit in her life.

But this kind of thing is obviously not as easy as she described.

I worked hard to support the student union by myself, and I didn't recruit anyone by handling all the paperwork, and I am afraid that I was trying my best to hide what I stored in the student union room.

"Can I go up and have a look?" Narumi looked at the almost upright wooden ladder and asked Yayoi Akihaya.

"It can be yes, but the top ...... Narumi-san probably had to bend over. ”

It would take a while for the water to boil, so Yayoi came to the stairs early in the morning, skillfully lifted his feet to the wooden ladder, and climbed up.

From the outside, it can be seen that this one-story building is not as tall as two floors, and the so-called second floor is actually just a separate attic.

Because of the 30-degree roof inclination, the attic space is often a trapezoidal prism with a cross-section, high and low.

The stairs were on the high side, and Narumi still reached his head easily after going up, and he had to bend up.

At the bottom is a bed directly on the wooden floor, and at the top is an old wooden desk with a laptop and a printer.

A thick stack of printer paper was piled on the floor next to the desk.

It's hard to imagine that "Autumn Rain in the Nai River", which depicts the environment in such a delicate way, was written in such a cramped attic.

"These are the latest volumes on the table that haven't been finished yet, do you want to read them?"

The girl has no shyness, embarrassment or low self-esteem, and is accustomed to the environment in which she lives, without any prejudice, and does not feel the need to hide it.

"No, I'll just go to the bookstore and buy it after it's published."

The first draft needs to be revised many times, and maybe even the plot and characters will be changed in the end, and he wants to read "Nai River" in its entirety.

Retreating from the attic, there was a brief silence between the two.

Only the kettle was still ringing, and the sound gradually became sharper, like the sound of a long-honing car whistle......

……

"Where is Yayoi-san's father now? Do you know? ”

"I don't know." The girl shook her head.

The kettle gradually reached its limit, and after the "click" of the switch rebounded, the long beep gradually stopped, leaving only the lukewarm sound of boiling hot water.

"Can you tell me a story? About your father. After the kettle was quiet, Narumi asked as quietly as possible.

“……”

The girl got up and brought two glasses, and poured hot water on each of them.

"Father went to find Mother."

"That's what he told me more than a year ago."

When it comes to his father, who owes a huge amount of gambling debts, Yayoi Akiza's voice is not much resentment, but very gentle.

"That night, I forgot what it was, and he still had blood on his arm."

"He shoved a stack of bills into my arms, and told me to run as fast as possible and get out of our house, as far away as possible."

"I asked him,"

"'Daddy, where are you going?' Has anyone come to you again to ask for money? ’”

"'Hmm~' He touched my head with his uninjured hand and explained to me in a very soft voice, 'I'm going to find my mother.' ”

"From the time I can remember, until the day he left, his voice has never been so soft."

"It's either yelling or talking to yourself in a delirious state when you're drunk."

"'Autumn morning, you are different from me, you are destined to be an amazing person, a person who can make us proud.' ”

"'Your world should be full of light, full of cherry blossoms and breezes; Instead of living in darkness and mire every day, like me, trying to escape, only to fall deeper and deeper. ’”

"'If you get into a high school in Tokyo, take the money and go to Tokyo.'" ”

"'Early Autumn...... I'm sorry...... Forgive me for my incompetence...... That's all I can give you. ’”

So, I took the stack of 10,000 yen bills and ran away as he said.

"Escaped to Tokyo."