Daju, who had been looking at Kinoshita Mai, heard Kinoshita's "meow" half-closed her eyes and twisted her tail while yawning.

Seeing that Okuno seemed to react to his "meow", Kinoshita Mai showed a happy expression.

Mai Kishita:(/≧▽≦)/"Meow Meow Meow Meow Meow Meow Meow Meow Meow Meow Meow Meow Meow~~!"

She shouted "Meow Meow" in a stern tone, as if she wanted to talk to Daju.

Daju's head hangs slightly lowered.

Looking at Kinoshita Mai who seemed to want to talk to it, it let out a low roar.

Then he showed a "Damn, mentally retarded" look to Kinoshima...

Kinoshita not only ignored Okumi's ignorance, but also became even more excited.

Mai Kishita:ヾ(≧▽≦*)o "Meow! Meow Meow Meow~~!"

Daju: "..." (Damn it, mentally retarded.jpg)

Kimura Mai: φ(≧w≦*)? "Kitty cat~Come here, come here~"

Finally, Miya Kishita, who spoke the language that humans should speak, waved to the big orange on the top of the wall.

Daju: "..." (Damn it, mentally retarded.jpg)

...

Looking at the two people, Kinoshita Mai, who looked like two people compared to the day before yesterday, and for a moment, Aoto felt like a thorn in his throat...

——It seems... I saw something I shouldn't see...

Qingdeng silently took back his feet that had been lifted up just now and was about to step towards Mizuki Kishita...

——What should I do...? Should I pretend to see nothing and leave here quickly...?

Aoden instinctively felt that it would be very bad if Kinoshita Mai learned that he had witnessed her performance art-like behavior throughout the whole process.

Qingdeng is now standing just under a branch full of snow.

While Qingdeng was thinking about whether to retreat from here quickly, the branches above his head kept bent because they could not carry the weight of snow.

A small handful of snow slowly slid into Qingdeng's back collar under the pull of gravity.

"Alas……!"

Qing Deng, who had unexpectedly expected the snow that suddenly fell into his collar, couldn't help but scream in a low voice.

Qingdeng's screams were not loud.

But this sound was more than enough to reach Mizuki Kishita's ears...

A strange scream suddenly came from the side, and Kinoshita's body shook hard several times due to the fright.

She was frightened by the sound and turned her head in shock—

Kimura:(?Д?)

Orange Green:(°〼°〃)

The two people who showed a completely different expression looked at each other in a silent atmosphere as if they were dead...

...

...

How long has it been?

Qingdeng, who felt extremely embarrassed, even his sense of time became a little blurred.

Kimura seemed to have lost consciousness, and she opened her red lips slightly and looked at Aoden stupidly.

Looking at Kinoshita Mai, whose soul seemed to have left her body, Aoden understood very well.

Put your heart in mind - if he showed a strange expression on one side and faced the wild cat on the roadside, he would be seen by outsiders...

Well, although the body will not die, the heart will die.

After a long time, I finally saw Mizuki Kishita seemingly resurrected, and his eyes slowly widened.

Immediately afterwards... the bright red as blood, quickly spread to the roots of her ears with the child's cheeks as the center.

It was faintly vaguely, Qingdeng seemed to see the white "steam" that seemed to be cooked, coming out from the child's head...

The girl who turned into a "steam girl" had her lips twitching and her hands and feet twisted uneasy.

She opened her mouth to Qingdeng, as if she wanted to say something to Qingdeng.

But as soon as the red lips opened, a hint of shivering and timidity appeared between her eyebrows, and she was unable to speak to Qing Deng for a long time.

Looking at Kishita Mai's shy look, shivering, and silenced, Aoden raised his hand awkwardly and scratched his hair on his temples, and then slowly walked towards the "steam girl".

"That...sorry. I didn't deliberately hide aside and peek... I just happened to pass by here..."

In order to relieve the nervous and shy mood of Kinoshita Mai, Aoden tried to use a gentle tone.

Kimura Mai raised her gaze and glanced at Qingdeng who was walking to her. She seemed to be afraid to see Qingdeng. She hurriedly buried her head as if she wanted to stuff her head into her chest.

“…I… remember you…”

Hearing that Kinoshita Mai seemed to be talking, Aoden quickly gathered his body and mind.

Kinoshita Wu's voice at this time was as delicate as when she first met her the day before yesterday. Even though she was standing in front of Kinoshita Wu now, if she didn't concentrate, it would still be difficult to hear what she was saying.

"You are the customer who came to our store the day before yesterday...?"

"Yes." Qingdeng nodded quickly, "I just visited your Chits House the day before yesterday and was taken care of by Boss Kiryu."

Mai Kishita's head slightly raised upwards.

Qingdeng felt a nervous and shameful gaze.

"Have you seen the whole process of me playing with that cat just now...?"

——You think you were just playing with a cat? That cat ignored you at all. You were just unilaterally harassing the big orange?

After taking a deep breath, Aoden suppressed the urge to complain, he hesitated while thinking about how to politely answer the question Kinoshima had just asked:

"This... I didn't actually see much. I only saw you wave to the big orange cat and let it come."

If you tell this child: you have completely seen how she "talks" with the big orange... then Qingdeng thinks that this child may be more than just "steam"...

Therefore, Qingdeng decided to tell a lie with kindness.

However—Although Qingdeng has lie to take care of the "steam girl"'s mood, the child still buried his head lower and lowered because he was even more shy...

The richer "steam" also floated out from the top of Kishima's head at this time...

Mai Kinoshita is only 1.5 meters tall.

Qingdeng is 1.75 meters tall.

Due to the height difference between the two, Kishima Mai buried her head so that her chin was almost pressed against her collarbone. Aoden standing in front of her could only see her hair and her face.

However, although he could not see Kinoshita's face, Aoden could see Kinoshita's two small ears.

Just now, Mai Kishita was just red in her earlobe, but now, her entire ear is dyed with a beautiful pink color.

Even his ears were so red... Qingdeng could hardly imagine what color the child's face had turned into now.

Qingdeng felt that if she didn't say something or do something quickly, the temperature of Kishima's cheek might be further increased...

"...Don't worry." Qingdeng breathed a long sigh, "I won't tell anyone what I just saw."

Qingdeng has never been a big mouth person.

To make others' little secrets public - Qingdeng doesn't like to do this kind of thing, nor will he do it.

Moreover, even if he wanted to tell others what Kinoshita had just been foolish, he had no object to tell him. After all, he and Kinoshita had no friends they shared.

After listening to Aoten's words, Kinoshita Mai—no reaction.

He just continued to blush and lower his head.

Aoden thought it was because of what Kinoshita Mai didn't hear what he had just said, and was about to repeat what he had just said—

"……Thanks……"

The soft voice that seemed to disappear at any time floated into Qingdeng's ears quietly.

Since he just got up, he has pressed his chin against his collarbone, and finally slowly raised his head.

Kimiki's cheeks were still red and made people feel that blood might drip out of it at any time.

Her lips were still tightly pursed.

However, the corners of her mouth were slightly curled up.

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The new book sets off!
Chapter completed!