“…… Please look after me in the future. ”

Imadegawa Chisaka was surprised by Yayoi Aki's unfazed reaction in the morning. But she had no way to ask the other party directly, so she could only frown and look at Narumi You,

"That's how she believes in you?"

"Yayoi-san believes in me like that? What if I'm lying to you? Narumi asked Yayoi Akihaya and nodded secretly.

Imadegawa Chisaka's question was also what he wanted to ask.

Maybe it's a heart.

"......" sat on the sofa with his eldest lady, and turned a page at random with "Sparrow" that Narumi Yu hadn't had time to return after reading it. Not reading a book, but completely disagreeing with his fantasies.

"The Narumi I've always seen wouldn't suddenly make such an inexplicable joke." Yayoi Aki shook her head and replied in a calm tone, "Even if you're lying to me, there must be Narumi San's own considerations." ”

"In the past few days, Narumi Sang said that he was going to work part-time, but he actually went to Bird Village, but he didn't want me to know, so he made an excuse casually."

"It's the same when we first live together, because we want to help pay part of the money, but we don't want to make what we do become so-called 'kindness' and 'sympathy'. Therefore, the rules for cohabitation are set in advance. ”

Girls are innocent, and simplicity does not mean that they are easily deceived.

Before living together, I was able to rent a house and go to school at the same time and rank second in my grade, become a best-selling light novel author with just one book, and handle all the work of the Mikagehama Student Council by myself.

From the perspective of talent, if you can do any one of the three things, you can be called a "genius"; Yayoi Akiza, who does three things at the same time, is not an exaggeration to call it a "monster".

"There is also 'TV from a newspaper editor' and 'Dream of becoming Tokyo's No. 1 chef......"

Yayoi Aki flipped the newspaper in his hand to the second page, and did not see the new interview, so he folded the newspaper and put it on the table.

"Narumi-san is not a person who can't lie, but he doesn't do meaningless things."

“……”

Almost all the purpose of the action is seen through by the girl, and Narumi Yu looks at Imadegawa Chisaka in an attempt to seek comfort.

At this time, the eldest lady seemed to be reading the book seriously, as if she had not heard their conversation at all.

Narumi watched her turn to the next page, and then said to herself in a soft but just enough voice for him to hear, "It's really no suspense......"

But as long as he reads all the books carefully, he can remember where all the contents are.

The page that Imadegawa Chisaka turned is pages 231~232, and the front is the blank space of the last page of the defense chapter, and the whole paper has only one parenthetical [to be continued] except for two lines of the author's afterword; This is followed by a pre-chapter introduction to Chapter 8 on Judgment of Status.

It's two pages that have nothing to do with each other.

You don't have to think about it to know that she's talking about herself.

“…… It's not early, so I go buy the ingredients I need to cook at noon and I'll be back in twenty minutes. ”

It seems that he can only deceive Shiina Weiyang.

"What do you all want to eat?"

"Whatever you want." Imadegawa Chisaka is not interested in what to eat.

"There's nothing I particularly want to eat, but under Narumi-san's hands, even mushrooms that I don't like to eat can be made into a pretty good dish......"

Yayoi Autumn looked at the sofa with Narumi Yu's gaze, and faintly noticed that the empty sofa seemed to be a little different from when she first came out of the bedroom a few minutes ago,

"On the sofa...... Is there something missing? ”

""Sparrow Basic Theory Teaching"" Narumi Sang nodded, concentrating slightly, and his heartbeat unconsciously accelerated a little, "Imadegawa Sang is there, and he is flipping through that book. ”

"The Teaching of the Basic Theory of Sparrows" ......?"

Yayoi Aki frowned and thought about it, and asked in a hesitant tone,

"That book...... Hasn't Narumi-san returned to the library? ”

Narumi Yu stepped forward, and Imadegawa Chisaka knew what he was thinking, closed the book in his hand, and handed it to him.

"No, it's still at home." He raised the book in his hand towards Yayoi Aki.

Whoever you are, you should be aware that something is wrong by now.

But Yayoi Akihaya just looked at him strangely, "Isn't this book always at home?" ”

"Wait, wait, in Yayoi-san's eyes, where did I get the book from?"

"Sofa ......," the girl replied as a matter of course, and then gradually fell silent.

The living room fell silent.

This year, it is not yet the rainy season in Tokyo, and the only thing outside the window is the sultry heat brought by the approaching summer, and there is no cicada chirping or flickering rain.

With the silence, the stuffiness outside the window spread to the room, to the bottom of Narumi Yu's heart, and his emotions gradually became irritable along with the accelerated heartbeat.

Yayoi Aki breathed a sigh of relief when she made up her mind, and slowly closed her eyes.

The figure flickered and disappeared from its original position.

Instead, there is a black cat yawning lazily.

"Meow~"

"Neko?"

"Meow ......" is estimated to be the beam formed when they met for the first time, and the black cat responded to him quite perfunctorily.

Then, under his gaze, he raised his paws, approached the sofa gracefully, and raised his head.

"Meow—"

The black cat and the girl stared at each other silently.

Narumi Yu's eyes widened slightly, staring at the seemingly ordinary picture in front of him, but it seemed quite incredible to him.

“…… Well? Imadegawa Chisaka looked stunned and removed the hand on his thigh.

With a deft leap, the black cat landed precisely in the girl's arms.

"This is Neko, the cat in 'The Autumn Rain of Naigawa'." All this was seen by the male high school students who were in the way, and a trace of jealousy rose in their hearts for the black cat.

"Meow meow~?"

"Are you, asking me?"

Neither the man nor the cat paid any attention to him.

Neko rubbed her head against the palm of Imadegawa Chisaka's hand and motioned for the girl to touch its body.

"Meow~~"

“…… I'm going to buy groceries," Narumi Yu on the side was heartbroken and wanted to turn around and leave.

"Meow!" The black cat that occupied the girl's arms had a commanding tone.

"It says to ask you to buy a few fish to cook."

“…… Got it! ”

With a bang, the obstructive high school boy left the rental house.

Leave the girl and the cat behind.

"Meow?"

"Why should I disappear?" Imadegawa Chisaka slowly stroked the black cat's supple fur and shook his head, "I don't know either." ”

"Meow meow?"

"Isn't anyone waiting for me to come back......?" The girl's hand stroking the black cat paused slightly.

"Meow!"

“……”

As the minutes passed, the girl gently rubbed the black cat's head, raised her head, and looked at the TV that Narumi Yu had just bought and placed in front of the sofa.

The light outside the window shone on the pitch-black screen, reflecting the empty sofa.

"There is no such person......

"Meow?"

"Narumi Yu......? He's not waiting for me to come back, he's just doing what he wants. ”

"Meow ......"

"Rest assured, when I disappear, the whole world will not remember me, and no one will be sad because of it."

"It's like,"

"I've never been like this in this world."

……