Chapter 949: The Absolutes Day ~ ~ Morning ~ ~ (1/2)

By the time about 10 days had passed since Nebula had appeared as the Spirit of the World Tree, she had become fully accustomed to being a member of Kaito's household.

Although she never sleeps, she basically sits on the branch of the World Tree in the middle of the night while Kaito and the others sleep, and starts her activities when the sun starts to rise early in the morning.

First, she checks the landscape of the World Tree, which can be called her main body, and adjusts it if the branches are sticking out too much or the leaves aren't balanced.

After that, she checks the other trees and plants in the garden and adjusts them to fit with the landscape, and then picks up the fallen leaves and cleans up around the fountain.

As she was tending to the garden of Lilia's mansion, which was connected to Kaito's home, as if to say that it's also her territory, she saw some people coming out of Lilia's mansion.

(……Fumu, they wake up early. The people coming out are…… Aoi-san and Hina-san, seemingly getting ready for departure……)

Approaching Aoi and Hina who seemed to be going out early, Nebula greeted them with a bright smile.

[Aoi-san, Hina-san, good morning.]

[Ahh, Nebula-chan! Good morning~~!]

[Good morning, Nebula-chan.]

Hearing Nebula's words, Hina cheerfully greeted her while Aoi greeted Nebula back with a smile. In the past ten days, they have talked to Nebula many times and have already become good friends.

[It's still quite early, are you two going out already?]

[Yes, we're departing for a Quest today. We'll be back in the evening though.]

[I see…… Hmmm.]

When Nebula heard Aoi's explanation, she nodded once before she began thinking of something.

[……Wait a minute, okay?]

[ [ Unnn? ] ]

Leaving Aoi and Hina tilting their heads, Nebula moved to the World Tree and took two leaves before coming back to them.

Each of those leaves having peculiarly different colors on its front and back, she handed them to the two girls.

[Please take this with you. Simple it may be, but I've imbued it with the ”Rain Protection Magic”. If it's just a day or two, it should be able to keep you from getting wet from the rain.]

[……Eh? Nebula-chan…… Is it going to rain today?]

When Hina asked back in surprise, Nebula looked up at the sky once and nodded.

[The air is a bit damp and judging by the size and movements of the clouds…… I think it's going to start raining around noon.]

[I- Is that so…… Thank you, Nebula-chan. That really helps us.]

[No, no, I don't think it's going to be that strong…… but it might get muddy where you're going, so you might want to get back to the city a little early.]