Chapter 16 Being Able to Depend on Someone...... (2/2)

[It’s amazing… How should I say this…… It’s just so overwhelming……]

[Isn’t it beautiful?]

[Yes.]

The light isn’t strong enough to sting my eyes, they’re gentle and faint like the luminescence of a firefly, and combined with the light reflected off the surface of the water, it makes it feel as if we are in a sea of stars.

[If it’s this beautiful, this place must be a very popular place……]

[This place is very popular. However, I’ve reserved the whole place, even the area opposite of the river!]

[Uwaahhh, that sounds bad.]

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[Ahaha.]

Just from what I’m seeing, this place seems to be quite a famous tourist attraction. However, it seems like Kuro had also noticed it, I don’t know what means she used though, but she managed to reserve this place for us.

Well, she seems to have connections with the Chairman of the largest trading company, so it’s possible that she could do these things if she wanted to. Hmmm, how should I say this, I once again realized how amazing Kuro is. Is it better if I use honorifics when talking to her?

[……Mhmm, if you won’t talk with me like you usually do, I won’t like it.]

[……Roger that.]

[Then, it’s good.]

[Hahaha.]

My thoughts, which are too expressive according to her, immediately conveyed what I’m thinking to her, and Kuro turned her eyes to me in protest in response, her cheeks puffing up adorably. That’s too cute, stop that.

However, how should I put it…… I felt like these kinds of conversations are good. It’s a very calming and comforting feeling, as if the strength in my shoulders is released, along with the fatigue that they’re carrying.

[……Thank you, Kuro.]

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[Unn?]

[Well, you’ve been looking out to me about various things……]

[I’m just doing what I want to do, okay?]

[Still, I want to thank you properly.]

[I see…… Then, you’re welcome. I guess?]

Even the silence that came after that brief conversation with her isn’t unpleasant, and it rather feels calm and comfortable for me.

[Ei~!]

[Eh? What the—-!?]

As I let myself bask on the gentle atmosphere around me, Kuro suddenly yanked me down with a force unimaginable from her tiny body, and I became speechless as I felt a soft touch on my head.

A little later, I find myself in a position where I look up at Kuro’s face—- I noticed that I’m in that so-called lap pillow, but aside from that, illuminated by the faint light of the nearby trees, I couldn’t help but gasp, looking at the expression on Kuro’s face as she had a small smile on her face.

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It’s not the innocent, childish smile she usually have, but it’s like the smile of a mother looking at her child—- I guess you could call it a motherly expression? She’s just smiling at me, but I felt like I’m being wrapped in her kindness. And the feel of the soft, warm lap in the back of my head.

[………………]

Without saying anything, Kuro began to gently stroke my hair, keeping the smile on her face.

Even though she’s much older than me, the situation is that Kuro, who’s a flawless beauty, is giving me a lap pillow. I would normally have fidgeting about in embarrassment, but her golden eyes that seem to see everything and the comfort of being held in her embrace keeps my body and head still

[……Do you feel a little less tired now?]

[Eh?]

[I know that Kaito-kun is a kind child. You’re always thinking about the people around you.]

[……………]

[Of all the children summoned this time, Kaito-kun is the oldest. If Kaito-kun looks anxious, even the other children around you will get anxious too. And that’s why you swallowed your anxiety and impatience, and thought that you needed to stay calm.]

[……………]

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Ah, I see—– I don’t know if I should say that it’s as I thought or it should be expected of her but…… Kuro saw through everything.

I’ve had that feeling for some time now. She has been like that from the moment we met, whenever I was about to think too much about something, she’d say something out of the blue and all my unnecessary thoughts would be blown away…… On the other hand, in the times I felt anxious, she listened and affirmed my grumbles…… That’s why I feel comfortable talking with Kuro.

[I think it’s really cool that a child can naturally do that. However, fatigue could be found not only in the body but in the mind as well. You may not notice it, but little by little……]

[That…… might be so.]

[Kaito-kun, did you have fun today?]

[Yeah, I feel like it’s been a long time since I’ve been surprised by so many things and had a carefree conversation without trying to fit in with my surroundings. It’s thanks to Kuro……]

[I see, if that’s the case, I’m glad.]

The wondrous faint lights, the gentle touch of the hand stroking my head, and the affectionate smile that looks straight at me. It could really be as Kuro said, I may have been storing up my fatigue for some time. Ever since I came to the other world, or perhaps, long before that……

[Kaito-kun, just a little bit, even if it’s just for a little bit…… You can depend on me. Why don’t you rest for a bit? Even if it’s just so that we could do our best tomorrow again…… Okay?]

[……Yeah.]

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Her gentle voice lulling me like a lullaby, I felt my eyelids drop with sense of relief that I can’t put into words.

I can feel the warmth touch and the fragrance of her scent, and her voice that seemed to gently permeate around me……

[It’s alright. I would be here with you……]

Hearing such words, I remembered the past as my consciousness sank into slumber.

Dear Mother, Father—– come to think of it, this might be the first time this happened “since both of you disappeared”. That I, from the bottom of my heart—– was able to depend on someone……