Book restoration is also an incidental service when Morimi Komoto's main business is the collection and sale of second-hand books. With the gradual shift of business focus in recent years, this service has also quietly declined, until it is completely canceled.

And Morimi Kazuha has been exposed to it since he was a child, and he has helped repair it a few times by himself, and the technique is not proficient, but it is not far off;

After all, most of the books only need to be restored to the extent that they can be read normally, and the really valuable ancient books will not be sent to her store.

"Is it in this room?"

Turning on the light and walking into a room on the first floor where the clutter was placed, Morimi rummaged through the clutter pile for a while, opened a few more cabinets, and found nothing.

"Not really."

The tools for repairing books were probably brought to her two years ago during the store tidying up, but she really didn't have the slightest impression of where they were placed.

Smack.

Turning off the lights and sliding the door, she returned to the hallway and looked for the next room.

The houses inherited from her ancestors were so big that she didn't know what things were in which room, so she could only find them one by one.

“……”

Before he could open the door to the second room, Morimi's eyes suddenly went dark, and his body shook a little.

She stood against the wall for a moment.

Her steps were floating, her head was hot and dizzy, and the consequences of lack of rest and a sleepless night finally appeared, and she had just squatted down and rummaged for a long time.

"Spring Sea ......"

She suddenly panicked and shouted in a low voice. However, the sound was so small that it couldn't even be heard out of the hallway, and Naruse couldn't hear it from far away in the living room.

She didn't shout a second time.

After a moment's pause, Morimi opened the door and walked into the nearest room and sat down.

“…… I thought I was going to die. ”

If he really dies suddenly, he will probably be scared half to death.

She couldn't help but chuckle, leaned back, lay down on the tatami mat, and looked up again.

This was her previous room, and she moved up because she preferred to stay upstairs, but there were still a lot of her old things here.

"The tools for tinkering shouldn't be here either......"

Closing his eyes, Morimi relaxes and lets his body lie completely on the tatami mat.

"Is it in Mom and Dad's room, or did I go to the storeroom......

No impression, completely unexpected.

When she lay down, tiredness came flooding in, and she simply stopped thinking about it.

"It's a little cold......"

I didn't sleep all night, Naruse suddenly came to the door, she didn't have the energy or strength to change clothes, she came down in her pajamas, and at this time she lay still and quickly felt the cold.

"It's cold."

The more she lay down, the more she didn't want to move, so she could only keep curling up, trying her best to retain the remaining warmth.

"It's cold...... It's so cold......"

Gradually, the whispers between the lips lost the guidance of consciousness and became even breathing.

Holding herself, the girl curled up in a ball.

Putting down the half-read book, Naruse stretched and looked at the entrance to the living room again.

"Haven't you found it yet...... It seems like a long time has passed. ”

Reading all the time, he only has a vague sense of the passage of time.

"It's cold."

The living room of Morimi's house was so empty that it made people feel cold when they looked at it, not to mention that he was still sitting for a long time without moving.

The sun shone on the closed lattice door, and Naruse got up and went over, opened the door, and the light hit his body, and he immediately felt warm.

There was no wind outside, so he thought about it and simply sat on the edge with the book.

And in the depths of the Japanese house behind Naruse, in a certain room, Morimi, who was curled up in a ball, suddenly moved and woke up from his sleep.

"It's so cold......"

She hugged herself tightly and opened her eyes, only to find herself lying on the ground.

Struggling to sit up, Morimi looked left and right, a little dazed.

How could she sleep here?

She hadn't slept all night, and the huge inertia of sleep was still pulling her, and at this time she just wanted to turn her head and continue to sleep.

However, the cold is also constantly stimulating, and it is impossible to ignore.

"Quilt ......"

Morimi crawled to the nearest closet, took out the futon and spread it on the floor, and hugged the bed cover.

Got into the quilt, and after a short period of cold, the thick warmth hugged her tightly, and the drowsiness that had subsided a little bit swept in again.

It's so warm...... I seem to have forgotten something......

No matter.

She closed her eyes and quickly stopped thinking.

“……”

More than ten minutes later, standing at the door of the open room, Naruse was silent for a long time.

I haven't seen anyone for a long time, who would have thought that she was sleeping here?

"This seems to be Morimi's old room."

At the door, he looked at Morimi who was huddled in the quilt, and then looked at the inside of the room casually, and Naruse didn't go in, so he closed the door.

It seems that she hasn't found the tools yet, and he doesn't plan to rummage around other people's houses, so he can only come back later.

Leaving the torn book to be repaired here, Naruse left a message on his phone and went home first.

In the room, Morimi, who had been seriously lacking rest for days, slept deeply and did not wake up until dusk.

“……”

Looking at the dim ceiling, she was stunned for a long time before she gradually understood where she was.

Some things are as vague as dreams.

"Has Naruse ever been here...... Hmm, have I been, or am I dreaming...... What time is it? ”

She turned over in the bed, looked down and sniffed again, and there was a faint musty smell coming from the bedding, the result of not being in the sun for a long time.

After all, she doesn't live in this room either.

After a while, Morimi sat up and felt his glasses to put them on.

Through the clock hanging on the wall, she knew the time.

"Five o'clock...... Five o'clock in the afternoon? Did I sleep all day. ”

Realizing what it means to sleep all day, the irritability in my heart also follows.

She closed her eyes and took a deep breath.

"I wanted to correct the mistakes of those papers today......"

And by the time of last night's complete insomnia, that plan was out of place.

- Studying for the exam, she failed the exam again.

The pressure was overwhelming, and she couldn't remember how she got home from the school yesterday.

She kept telling her that failure at this time was not a bad thing, and that it was even beneficial to her, but she couldn't help but care.

She cared all night.

Once she remembered this, those dark and depressed emotions that made her chest feel stuffy also resurfaced.

She fell backwards and closed her eyes again, but after lying all day she could no longer sleep.

"I'm annoyed ......"

As soon as she spoke, she couldn't help but whimper, burying her face deep in the pillow.

After sleeping all day, I must not be able to sleep again tonight, do I have to make up for sleep tomorrow during the day?

But what should I do when I go to school the day after tomorrow?

In the dimly lit room, negative emotions kept pouring in like a tidal wave, but they wouldn't go away, piling up in her chest, getting heavier and heavier, and overwhelming her.

“……”

No way.

At one point, she suddenly woke up.

You have to do something to distract yourself.

She can't sink deeper and deeper into this emotion, she'll break down.

Do something......

She couldn't help but reach into the bed.

She closed her eyes and sighed to melt away the stress.

"Hmmm......"

The breath grew heavier, accompanied by an unconscious murmur.

"-Morimi, are you awake?"

The sudden sound in the hallway made her tremble.

Naruse?

It's been a day, and he's still staying at her house, hasn't he gone back?!

Morimi's consciousness instantly cleared up seven or eight minutes, but his body was out of control.

"Wait...... Not! ”

Hearing her "response", Naruse opened the door he had closed before leaving.

The eyes are facing each other.

She bit her lip and faced him in an unreserved manner.

Naruse was stunned.

The impact caused him to lose his ability to speak for a while, and he opened and closed his mouth several times.

Maybe it was only a few seconds, or maybe half a century later, he finally came to his senses.

“…… Sorry to interrupt ......"

"Wait a minute......"

He immediately closed the door.

Whew,,

In the panicked footsteps rolling and crawling inside the door, there was a scream with a crying voice.

"Wait a minute, ahhhh

(End of chapter)