"Chihiro, I have something for you—" Lola turned her back to me as she reached out and pulled out a bag of instant coffee from the cabinet above the couch, took two sticks from it, brewed herself a cup, and handed the rest over.

Then set the bag aside and tear open the package. "What?" I asked curiously as I handed her the mug. Then I tore open the package, poured hot water into the cup in front of me, picked it up and shook it lightly a few times.

At this time, Lola, who looked up at my face again, had a look of desire to speak. "You might think there's something wrong with me or something." Whispered in the eyes that stared at me. "Why?"

I couldn't help but smile wryly and put the cup back on the table. At this time, Lola couldn't help but laugh a little. Then he raised the mug in front of his eyes and took a small sip. At the same time, take this opportunity to calm yourself down. "No, it won't—"

Then, as she looked up again and sighed, I told her. "Tell me about it, shall we? No matter how outrageous it is, I'll listen to it. As soon as the words fell, Lola was stunned for a moment, and then laughed. If that's the case, I'm relieved. ”

"Do you remember that text message we received?"

I nodded. "Of course I do—" and pushed the mug aside with his hand. "At first I thought it was a lie." At this point, Lola interrupted me—"But in fact you've gone to another world, and I'm in that world. ”

"yes."

At this point, my voice was a little confused. "I don't know what the principle is, though." Soon, there was only half of the coffee left in the mug. "Actually—" Lola continued with my voice drowned out. "On my way to the convenience store, I received another call from that woman—"

"Huh?"

As I blinked in surprise several times and stared at her face with an incomprehensible expression, my eyes met. "Really?" Lola hesitated, nodded with an irritated expression, and tossed the shopping bag aside.

"What did she say?"

As soon as I finished speaking, Lola's voice was easily drowned out again. "If that's the case, it's a little strange......" Suddenly, she whispered to herself. When he stared at me, he seemed a little angry.

"Strange?"

Then I was stunned for a moment, and my expression seemed to be delayed, and it took a few seconds before it began to change slowly, but I still didn't understand what she meant by "strange". So I picked up the mug in front of me and poured the little coffee I had left down my throat.

Then pretend to be a stain left on the edge of the observation.

"Chihiro—"

Then, Lola turned her face to me again. I had a few chips mixed with crumbs in my hand, and the opening of the bag was now facing me. "Do you know her?" Lola asked as she chewed on them.

At this time, her expression suddenly became very serious.

"Huh?"

Because I didn't expect her to ask that. I looked into her eyes with an incomprehensible expression and let out a stupid "ah". The sounds are getting weird. "Why do you think that?"

As soon as I finished speaking, I heard footsteps in the hallway. "You're back a little early today, huh?" I paused, turned my face and said hello to Natsume, who appeared in the doorway through the hallway. "It's rare to leave work early today. Brother, are you alright? ”

"What do you mean?"

"Don't pretend to be confused, I heard about it on the way back......" Natsume overshadowed my voice and glared at me as if she was very unhappy. Sister Lola told me all. You've fallen, haven't you? ”

With that, she walked up to me, reached out and pinched my cheek with her fingers, and tugged outward a few times—"Why didn't you call me at the time!" Then, angrily, he asked me. If you call me, I'll be back right away! ”

As she spoke, her voice couldn't help but cry. "If it weren't for Sister Lola's coming back, what are you going to do!"

"But you can't use this excuse to disturb your work, can you?"

Because she pulled my cheek, my voice became strange, and it didn't look like I could make it. "You're so much more important than your work!" After saying that, tears fell to the floor one after another, and he kept sniffing.

"You......"

"No matter what you say, I won't change my mind!" At this time, Natsume said in a voice full of crying while wiping tears with her hands. "Lend me a ...... from the kitchen" Suddenly, Lola's voice suddenly sounded next to me, and I couldn't help but startle me.

Because I was so focused on Natsume's side, I don't know when I completely forgot that Lola was still in this room. By the time I turned her face away, she had reached for the apron that hung from the back of the chair beside the dining table, and she had expertly tied it and walked to the kitchen.

Then from the cabinet above, I took out the dishes and chopsticks and the ingredients I had just bought - shiitake mushrooms, celery and some minced meat...... Then he skillfully handled them. Occasionally, the sound of clattering dishes and chopsticks can be heard coming from the kitchen.

Just as Natsume hesitated to help, Lola was almost finished. "It's ready to eat—" As soon as she finished speaking, she was bringing out the prepared shiitake mushrooms and celery. Natsume immediately took it and put it on the table behind her.

At this point, Lola breathed a sigh of relief and untied her apron and hung it back on the chair next to her. Then he gave his body to gravity and sat down. "Because it's the first time I've done it. So I don't have much confidence in the taste. ”

"Does that mean you can't eat it?!"

Natsume's eyes widened, and she turned her face to Lola in disappointment, her voice very depressed...... I couldn't help but even hang my shoulders. "It's not!" Lola denied it in a hurry, instantly overshadowing her voice. "I mean, maybe not to your liking. That's all! ”

After speaking, Lola picked up the chopsticks next to her very unwillingly...... Then, with some unconvinced looks, he looked at us. Instantly, his gaze immediately turned away as he met me. "If you don't think it's delicious, just say it, you're welcome."

"Oh."

At this time, feeling a little embarrassed, I turned my face to the place where she couldn't see, and pretended to laugh calmly. "After all, you've all let me live here, and it's not good if you don't do anything. So if you don't mind, you can leave things like this to me in the future. ”

With that, Lola pushed the fried noodles in front of me. "Don't worry—"

"Thank you."

I whispered thanks, and my expression slowly softened. "About the topic just now—" Immediately afterward, Lola resumed what she had just said halfway through. "Don't you really know her?" She turned her face to stare into my eyes, as if to see something in them, and I couldn't help but feel a little nervous.

"No, I can swear."

I winced back before speaking. "So far, swear or something, even if you say it with such a serious expression. There's not a lot of credibility......"

She pushed the bowl in front of her to the side with her hand, leaned on the table and turned her gaze to me.

"Then how do you believe it......?"

I couldn't help but sigh and leaned down on the table as she did. At this point, Lowe stretched out a finger and said to me while shaking it slightly. "Because, judging from her tone, the other party definitely knows you."

"He said he did it to fulfill your wishes."

As she spoke, she turned her face to me again. The voice was a little skeptical and confused. "And yet, you told me I didn't know at all?" Moreover, the incomprehensible expression is becoming more and more obvious. The tone is also becoming sharper and sharper.

"To fulfill my wishes?"

Suddenly, I was stunned for a while, and my expression seemed to freeze. "I can't think of any other explanation than that possibility." At this time, Lola's voice was a little depressed, but at the same time she regained her composure.

"Wait, who are you talking about? Can you explain? ”

Natsume asked impatiently.

"I forgot—" Lola said in an apologetic voice to Natsume, who was upset next to her. Then, I told her all the things we had been discussing for a long time but to no avail. Although the speed of speech is a little slow, it is also easy to understand, in another sense.

"So, I'm wondering, could it be the woman your brother dumped a long time ago or something?"

There was a sense of boredom in Lola's voice that was impossible to ignore, and there was also dissatisfaction with me. The two emotions mixed together, making her voice a little listless. "Impossible, okay!"

In an instant, I interrupted her loudly without even thinking about it.

But after a while, she felt shy again, so she slowly looked away from her face and pretended to look at the calendar on the cabinet. "Then you'd give me a reasonable explanation......" Lola sighed as she tapped her fingertips on the corner of the table.

"Brother, do you have any wishes?"

Natsume ignored her and asked me directly. Suddenly, his expression became very serious. "No......" I said, waving my hand, a little nervous. However, due to my weak heart, I didn't dare to look at my sister's face, and my eyes couldn't help but start to wander......

"Then the basis for what the other party said is not valid, right? There are still some, right? Wishes or something? ”

After saying that, Natsume smiled...... The corners of the mouth are slightly raised. "Like, want a healthy body or something?" She asked. I lowered my gaze slightly, silent. "But even so, I still can't figure out why the other party would want to help you—"

At this time, Lola's voice came from the side.

"There must be some marriage between you and her that you don't even know about, or you can't explain it......"

As she spoke, she said as she chased my gaze. "But while we don't know why, we're not being asked to pay anything at the moment......," he said, as if talking to himself.

"Sister Lola, are you worried?"

Natsume asked, somewhat surprised. "yes—" Lola said as she turned to her and nodded with a serious expression. "It's not a good thing to be able to fulfill a wish casually, and also through others, right?"

After saying that, Natsume nodded with an expression of wanting to say something, and nodded as if he didn't understand. "Really?" The voice couldn't help but hesitate a little. "yes...... But if your brother really has any relationship with that woman, it's another matter. ”

After saying that, she couldn't help but sigh again...... At this time, I was inevitably a little depressed when I secretly observed the change in her expression from the side. "Could it be that person really related to me......