Chapter 4 (2/2)
Moving fortress and RV
Either one would tickle the heart of a ets and mechas
「Isn’t that good, Patricia?」 (Naoto)
Naoto rubbed the dashboard as if he was patting a child head, then he heard Sofia’s voice from behind
「Ah……」 (Sofia)
「What’s happen?」 (Naoto)
「N-no, nothing」 (Sofia)
Sofia ht deny it, but he become more interested in her reply, so Naoto look toward her direction fro
Beside the kotatsu were the armored Sofia and the puppy One woman and one animal, located side by side across the kotatsu, but there was a delicate distance between them It was a distance just barely outside an arm’s reach
Sofia was looking at the puppy that was lying atop the tata the ti, she was conversing with Naoto while always looking at the puppy
It was obvious, even when seeing her froety and her hand was itching to do so
(She wants to pet it, huh?) (Naoto)
So that she moved when the car jolted and close the distance to the puppy, but each time the puppy moved a bit and create a distance to her
She moved and the puppy escaped
The puppy escaped and she chased
At that time, she let out a voice and dropped her shoulders in dejection
Seeing from the rear-view mirror, she had repeated this thrice
If this continue then they would only circle around in the kotatsu, so she was racking her brain about this
Naoto felt a quite a pity for Sofia who keep on refused by the puppy like this, so he thought that he need to do so and stopped the car
「Naoto?」 (Sofia)
Rerees and faced the residential section
He stood out, walked past the Princess Knight who sat beside the Kotatsu and headed towards the storage room
He opened the door to the storage rooht the food from the supermarket
After he took it out, he returned to the room
「What is this?」 (Sofia)
「Cardboard box」 (Naoto)
「Cartboat box?」 (Sofia)
「Wait a minute」 (Naoto)
Naoto opened the folded cardboard box, placed it on the roo it, and placed a towel inside
「Hey, Puppy, it’s cardboard…… Orange box you know」 (Naoto)
「Kuuun?」 (Puppy)
When it was called, Puppy rose up, and looked alternately between Naoto and the cardboard box that have the picture of orange printed on its side
The orange box, Naoto, the orange box, Naoto
It looked back and forth, but perhaps it felt soe box gradually becoer
Before long, with a trot, Puppy began to walk towards the box
「Ah……」 (Sofia)
Sofia made a yelp In front of her, the puppy crept into the box by itself just like when it climb the porch
Then, it peeked out from the box and rested its face on the box’s rim
It ic expression
「Hawaaan」 (Sofia)
Although Sofia had sat with a straightened position until now, she eak against the coe box, and her expression became softened
Naoto thought that the Puppy is cute, but not as much as Sofia
「Sofia」 (Naoto)
「How cute……」 (Sofia)
「……Sofia」 (Naoto)
「Yes!?」 (Sofia)
When he called her louder, she jolted and came to her sense, cleared her throat and mend her position
「W-what is it?」 (Sofia)
「Do you knohat is “work of art” means?」 (Naoto)
「Kugh, don’t look down upon norant of the ways of the world but of course, I knohat the notion of “work of art” is」 (Sofia)
「Well, it the saht, but you can’t touch it It’s a work of art, after all」 (Naoto)
「……Is that so! So that how it is」 (Sofia)
Sofia erated surprise and nodded
(So she really get surprised?) (Naoto)
「I understand, I won’t touch it!」 (Sofia)
「Please do so」 (Naoto)
Just like what she said, the Princess Knight held the strongly clenched fist atop of her lap and not reached it out to the Puppy, but her fist lose its strength and her face became soft
「……You are so easy to influence…」 (Naoto)
Although henuanced impression, it didn’t reach Sofia as in a daze