Chapter 9– CUTE CREATURE (2/2)
“Ah.”
“Oh no&h.e.l.lip;you’re drenched,” Mother and I cried out.
“No choice. Sierra, let’s go change.”
“No, it’s okay. I can dry it now.”
I said and pointed my palm towards Sierra’s wet clothes. Mother looked at me concerned.
“Gerald-chan&h.e.l.lip;”
“Yes?”
“Sierra isn’t like soup; we can’t lose her. If by any chance you&h.e.l.lip;you understand right?”
“It’s alright, I won’t. I guarantee it’s safe this time!”
“Really?”
“Really!”
“I’m trusting you, okay?”
“It’ll definitely be alright!”
“Nothing will go wrong?”
“There won’t be any problems!”
“&h.e.l.lip;really?”
“Like I said, it’ll be alright!”
“I’m trusting you, okay?”
“I’m 100% sure about this!”
“&h.e.l.lip;nothing will go wrong?”
“Nothing will go wrong! How long are you planning to do this?! Didn’t we just repeat ourselves?! Scary!”
For a moment, I saw a future where we continued to the end of time. I cleared my throat, breaking the infinite loop.
“It’ll be fine, look. Drive away the dampness, the abominable clamminess!”
A warm breeze was released from my palm, instantly drying Sierra’s damp clothes. The effect of this ridiculous incantation was to dry things. It had the power to dry wet things.
With this, it was possible to quickly dry clothes even if it’s raining. If the was.h.i.+ng line was inside, it won’t become humid and would prevent the clothes from smelling.
“Amazing, Gerald-chan! I believed you could do it!” Mother exclaimed overjoyed.
She was excited like a child. I didn’t know whether to feel proud or insulted by her reaction, due to her lack of confidence not so long ago.
“Niitan is amazing!”
Yep, Sierra was still innocent and cute. So adorable. What a wonderful creature.
“That’s weird, I was sure Mother was extremely skeptical before.”
“That was your imagination.”
“My imagination, huh?”
“Of course. There’s no way I wouldn’t believe in Gerald-chan. You’re my child!”
I couldn’t help but smile wryly.
It was very much like something Mother would say. So much so, that I was almost fooled by it. Maybe it’s inevitable that I’ll always fall for her tricks.
“Come on you two, let’s have dinner. I’m starving!”
“Me too.”
“Sierra too! Sierra’s hungry too!”
Holding hands, Sierra and I followed Mother inside.
1 Oniisan -> Niichan -> Niitan, for those of you who haven’t seen this before.
2 No, it’s not. In fact, you should be worried she’s developing so slowly.
3 *sigh*
4 In j.a.pan, it’s common to find children referring to themselves by name (instead of using a p.r.o.noun).
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