Chapter 825: The Two who Returned ① (2/2)

[Heehhh…… So you both made it to the nationals huh. That's amazing.]

[Ahaha, I didn't do so well in the nationals though. However, Aoi-senpai came in fifth! ……Well, she doesn't seem to be too happy about it though.]

[Eh? Really ? If you ranked fifth in the nationals, I think that's a pretty impressive achievement though……]

[Ahh~~ No, it's just that if I could have set a record close to my personal best, I could have made it to the top 4, so I was a little frustrated……]

How should I say this…… That sounds like something Aoi-chan would say. She kinda had this cool persona around her, but she's someone competitive and hates to lose……

Even so, I think it's pretty amazing that they both made it to the nationals without using any magic at all.

[Speaking of which, Kaito-senpai. Can I ask you a question?]

[Eh? Unnn, what is it?]

[……Did the fact that there's a new mansion next to Lilia-san's house, or rather, that Lilia-san's mansion doubled in size, have anything to do with Kaito-senpai?]

[Eh, ahh, errr, I guess that mansion that grew out of Lilia-san's mansion is my house.]

After Hina-chan asked about it, I started to explain the situation to her. I explained to them that when I came back to this world, my parents had come back to life, that I had built a house and that I was receiving this strange special treatment from the country.

Thereupon, with somewhat dumbfounded expressions on their faces, they spoke.

[…….How should I say this…… It feels like I don't even know what stability means anymore.]

[……Well, it's Kaito-san after all.]

[Right, that's just like Kaito-senpai.]

Well, leaving such lines, the two kouhai looked as if they had given up on many things. Unnn, well, even though I was the one who explained it myself, I also feel like too much had happened in such a short period of time……

<Afterword>

Serious-senpai : [……Incomprehensible. In the end, Lilia didn't faint…… Was this novel ever gentle on stomachache?]

? ? ? : [Well, I have lots of things that I'd like to throw a tsukkomi at, but let's stop calling stomachache Lilia-san.]

Serious-senpai : [No, no, you got it in reverse!]

? ? ? : [……As for the rest, it would be that. It's just that thing before the storm.]

Serious-senpai : [……Eh? There should also be a process of explaining how the kouhais become adventurers, so is there still some space in Kaito's schedule that he'd go meeting someone again?]

? ? ? : [I wonder about that? Let's just look forward to the next chapters! The ”Transcendentally Beautiful Phantom Thief” might make her entrance after all!!!]

Serious-senpai : [Isn't that just you!?]