Chapter 560: Devotional Lyrics (1/2)

Arriving at the stall area with Illness-san, whom I met by chance, I bought two skewers first, giving one to Illness-san.

[Here, Illness-san.]

[Kuhihi, thank you.]

I was a little hesitant about the idea of bringing a girl to a skewer stall right from the start…… but there was no way around it. After all, with Illness-san’s personality, even if I asked her “What would you like to eat?”, she would only respond with “I will go with whatever you want to eat, Kaito-sama”.

I thought about buying things that weren’t really what I wanted to eat, getting a candy apple or something but…… Illness-san might be able to easily see through that. So, as a result, I decided to buy something called Red Horn Bull Skewers which is something I would normally eat.

Red Horn Bull is the beef of my world, and I’ve had it a few times before, so I’m comfortable with it. No, seriously…… The reassurance that this was made of meat I know of is wonderful.

While I was thinking about this, Illness-san put one hand on her skewer, using her other hand to cover her mouth while taking a bite.

[……It’s reallyyyyy tasty, isn’t iiiiiiit?]

[………………..]

Hmmm, an elegant way of eating without showing the inside of her mouth. For such an Illness-san who can do something like this so naturally, the word “lady” really suits her very well.

If you consciously looked at her, I can see the elegance in her posture and gestures, but it didn’t seem like she was doing it consciously, and was doing it in a very natural way.

If it weren’t for the fact that she was dressed in a maid uniform, she would have looked like a noble lady, and I felt that every movement she made was so refined.

Thereupon, just at that moment, I made eye contact with Illness-san when she looked at me…… Eh? She’s…… looking at me, right? It kind of looks like she’s looking right past me and into the view behind me…… U- Unnn, she’s probably looking at me.

[What’s the matteeeeer?]

[Ah, n- no, the way Illness-san eats is so elegant, so I thought it was amazing……]

[Kuhihi, that’s not the caaaaase. This way of eating is just something I got used toooooo.]

[Is that so?]

[Moreoveeeeer~~ It’s not like eating elegantly is good, you knooooow? The best way to enjoy a meaaaal is to eat well, riiiiiiiiight?]

[I see.]

The words she said must have been a follow-up for me who was about to eat my skewer. I think it’s really amazing that people can say such things so naturally.

Prompted by Illness-san’s words, I too was able to eat the skewers without being particularly conscious of them.

When I finished my skewer, Illness-san smoothly took the skewer out of my hand and threw it into a nearby can, along with her own skewer.

Then, she turned to me and gently spoke.

[……Sooo~~ Kaito-samaaaa, what are you “feeling uneasy about”?]

[……Eh?]

[I think there’s a plaza over theeeeeere~~ How about we talk over thereeee? Even if it’s just listeniiiiiing, I think it’s something I can doooooo.]

[……Ummm, could it be…… You’ve noticed everything from the beginning?]

[I wondeeeeer~~? What do you thiiiiiink? Kuhihihi.]

I really can’t match against her.

Just as Illness-san said, I was indeed feeling uneasy. Rather, there was something that I was feeling a little heavy-hearted about.

I invited Illness-san with the purpose of thanking her…… but perhaps, I might have been trying to distract myself from my emotions.

Illness-san, who easily saw through my emotions, moved to a less popular plaza and urged me to sit on a bench.

Sitting down on the bench, Illness-san also sat on a bench with a little distance between us, and without saying anything, she turned her face to me.

[……Errr, actually, tomorrow, I was supposed to go around the festival with Shiro-sa…… God of Creation-sama.]

[Myyy~~ That would be quite a great honoooor.]

[Yes. It’s not that I don’t like going around with Shiro-san. Rather, I’m having a lot of fun being with Shiro-san…… so I’m rather looking forward to tomorrow.]

[In that caaaase~~ What are you worried abouuuuuuut?]

[No, ummm, I’m sure we’re going to get a lot of attention……]

Yes, I’m looking forward to going around with Shiro-san…… but compared to Kuro and the others, Shiro-san would attract even more attention.

I mean, just her mere appearance at the opening ceremony was enough to make everyone kneel in unison. On top of that, all the Gods were on high alert…… I’m just a small commoner, so such attention is hard for me to take.

[I seeeee~~ I don’t reaaaaally like standing out eitheeeeer~~ so I understand how you feeeeel.]

[Yes, so…… I thought it would be rude to Shiro-san to go around while I’m feeling like that, so I was thinking of having some change of pace.]

[……In that case~~ are you going to stop going around with God of Creation-sama tomorrooooow?]