"You're a girl, aren't you? I've never had a boyfriend before at my age."

"No matter how old you are, no matter how attractive a person is, if you don't meet the person you want to be with, you won't have that experience."

"Is that so, hey?"

"Yes. Even if you haven't had such an experience before, now you've met Miss Sirona's best mate, haven't you? It doesn't matter how many boyfriends you've had in this world, it doesn't matter. "Past."

"That's right."

No one is better suited to Sirona than Kaim, who is now by her side. At least that's what Sirona herself thinks. Then, as Suzuna said, there is no need to be bound by past experiences.

"Anyway! Miss Sirona is only thinking about Kem! "

"Oh, I understand!"

Even without being told, Hakuna only thought about Pokémon and Kaim, but I didn't say that.

"Then let's decide when to practice making desserts!"

"Thank you, Suna-chan."

After that, the women's conversation was so wonderful that the scheduled time passed. As a result, both of them were scolded by Kem, and rightfully so.

*

"I'm home~"

Open the door of your hotel.

Outside of the Japanese-style entrance, light leaks in through the sliding doors. I took off my shoes and opened the door, to find Cam sitting in a legless chair, staring blankly at the TV.

"Oh, you're back?"

"It was cold.

Suzuna is sent home, Kem goes back to the hotel first, and Hakuna buys drinks and some sweets at the convenience store and comes back with Grecia. Gracia seemed to be in a good mood, perhaps because she was ice-based, so the cold outside was comfortable.

"Yes, ginger ale"

"Domo"

"This is what I am"

Sirona took out the milk tea from the plastic bag.

"Isn't caffeine good at such a late hour?"

"yes, it won't be that early tomorrow, but the quality of sleep will be reduced."

Kem said as he stroked Blackie, curled up on his knees. Next to him was Bashamo, lying on Cam's lap as a pillow.

"Whew. It doesn't look good. ”

"Today I don't care because I'm just investigating. Especially since Bashamo was bored and almost died. ”

"I'm hoping to fight Suzuna-chan, but I'm busy today."

Although she is a student, Suzuna, who is also a training school instructor and a gym director, is quite busy. Kem himself spent most of his time investigating, so he didn't have time to fight, but even if he did, he couldn't do anything about it.

Sensing that Sirona was back, Blackie moved his ears, stood up, slid off Kem's knees, walked over to Sirona, and rubbed his head against Sirona's legs.

"Oh dear"

Together with Grecia, Shirona picked up Blake and sat between Kem's laps, then entrusted her to Kem.

"Hey"

"Oh, such a nice place to have an affordable legless chair."

"Do you call people legless chairs?"

"Angry?"

"Separately"

Feeling the weight of the Shirona entrusted to me, I stroked Basha Mo's head, which used my knees as pillows. The caressed Bashamo's body seemed to be tickled.

Shirona smiled when she saw Bashamo, Heiki, and Grecia curled up in Shirona's lap. Open the plastic bottle of milk tea and drink. The warmth spreads from the inside of the body, warming the cold body outside. Kem also drinks ginger ale.

"Where's your paper?"

"Even the materials we have now can be molded temporarily.

"Yes, in that case, you can only dig it, but it's not something that can be found by digging blindly."

Shirona takes the pudding out of the plastic bag, scoops it up with a plastic spoon and puts it in her mouth.

"I hope to find a plate engraved with mythology, but if it's easy to find, it's not a problem."

"yes, there's no point in begging for something you don't want."

"Yes. With what we have now, let's make it stronger than we are now. ”

"It's that spirit."

Sirona scooped up the pudding with a spoon and shoved it into Kem's mouth. Kaim was surprised by the suddenness, but swallowed the pudding anyway.

"Copper?"

“… Okay"

"Okay"

When she's in a good mood, Sirona values Kem more. I didn't say anything in particular about this, just kept silent and let it be.

Time passed silently, only the sound of the TV echoed. After scooping the last sip left in the cup, Sirona brought it to Kem's mouth again.

"Yes.

Kem silently put the provided spoon into his mouth. The smooth texture spreads in the mouth and chews carefully.

"It's delicious."

"Oh, but it's not ice cream."

Shirona is an ice cream lover like no other. So, Keim wanted to buy ice cream, but it was actually the pudding. This was a bit of a surprise for Kem.

"Suzuna-chan, let's talk about pudding in the bathroom. I want to eat. "

"I knew that the women's bath was very long, so I expected it to take a long time, but it turned out to be more than that. How excited are you? "

"All sorts of things. I also talked about you. ”

Keim reacted mildly to the remark.

"What are you talking about?"

"Suzuna-chan's impression of you. In Suzuna-chan's opinion, you are like a loving brother. "

Hearing this, Kem's expression distorted slightly.

"I have the same impression everywhere."

"Isn't it? You take care of everyone. ”

"I'm sorry. Everyone is normal, you misunderstand that 'safety' is normal. That's unnatural. It only becomes a habit when you train, replenish, manage your daily routine. "Safe and sound. ' It was never damaged, it was just a matter of luck. ”

Shirona knew what she was talking about. Once, when he was collecting badges, he used too much force and ended up injuring a Pokémon. That's probably what it says.

Kem leaned back and took Sirona's hand from behind. I laughed at myself as I fiddled with Sirona's hand as I remembered the scene.

Probably seeing through Kem's heart, Sirona continued.

"Your perseverance comes from your own mistakes and experiences. It's a good thing that you can reflect on your mistakes and learn from them. ”

"Thank you"

Hold Sirona's hand. Kem's hands were cold and big. Shirona is about the same height as Kem, but Kem's hands are larger and more skinny.

"Kaimu's hands are big."

"Wellly"

"It's completely different from when I was a kid."

“？ How did you know when I was a kid? ”

"The last time I went to Nancheng, Taki and Isana showed me an album from when they were young."

Hearing this, Kem's face distorted. My mind came to the image of the two happily showing the photo, and I hugged my head.

"Cut, you showed me something unnecessary"

"Hehe, you've gotten a lot stronger. In many ways. ”

"Maybe"

"He's everyone's brother now."

Keim responded to the remark. Because what he said sounded like it had to mean something.

"What do you want to say?"

"No big deal. It's just that. ”