Vol 6 Chapter 9 (1/2)

Chapter 9: Receiving Guests with Girls at an Old Hotel is still Mayhem

Saturday

The weather was sunny and cloudless; although, it was a little chilly since it was only ten o'clock in the

I left hoave me

Originally, Mana repeatedly insisted that she wanted to coo talk first Besides, if Mana had co that I wanted to talk about would become complicated

I got on a bus towards the foot of Hanenoyah it was noon on a Saturday, the bus was full Apart fro abackpack or a canteen They were dressed as a group of people ere going out hiking When I was in ele, but I had no idea this was such a popular place of interest

As I got off at the bus stop, I saw a sign with ｢Akishi+no Hotel Ahead｣, which had Hie walls that surrounded a , I had no idea where the gate was It was just like the proverb: ｢Even if you knohere the house is, you may not knohere the door is｣

I had no choice I could only follow the faot off at the sa that was clearly used as a hotel, so I figured I'd ask the reception desk as Hime's address

When I entered the entrance hall that seemed just like a samurai's residence taken out of a history book, an elderly lady cauests and led theirl ca the job? Based on her gaze and footsteps, she looked extremely nervous However, she was really cute, and she was probably the same year as me Her skin was fair, and the luster of the black hair that hung behind her was

”Wait a minute, you're Hime!”

I didn't recognize her right away, since she earing a kimono

Hime also seemed to realize it was id within a flash I was the same I had no idea I would run into her in this kind of place On the bus, I had even thoroughly thought about how to ｢start the conversation｣, but now my mouth was completely frozen

Hime was the first to recover

”Eita, why are you here?”

”A-aah I heard about your situation from Mana, so I wanted to talk to you”

This direct statement was the truth

Hime lowered her head to think for a little bit, and then spoke

”It'll be lunch break soon, so can you wait a bit for me in my room?”

”May I?”

Hihtly, and then explained this to the elderly lady who had been staring at me with this inconceivable expression from behind us this entire time

”Oh my, it's Miss's friend? How impressive”

The receptionist exaave a pretty satisfied srossed in how Hi called ｢Miss｣ in front of everyone

I elcomed into the hotel by the receptionist, and we used the worker's entrance to go outside We passed through the flower garden, surrounded by the back of the wall that I saw earlier fronificent home that didn't lose to the hotel at all

”Please wait here I think it will probably be around 15 minutes before Miss will come”

”Thank you”

After the receptionist left s suddenly resurged

This was the first tiirl's room, apart from Chiwa's

Also, I was the only one as going in

It al some unspeakable moral standard

”That”

What kind of room was Hime's like?

Option A: It could be decorated full of aniures; the archetypical otaku's rooirl's room be similar to a male otaku's?

Option B: There'd be cloth decorated with ic spells or tarot cards, and there'd be decorations like crosses and so forth ｢Black Magic Chuunibyou｣-type room In this kind of situation, the curtains would definitely be black, and the roory about it

Option C: Everything is pink, and it'd be a rooh this didn't match with Hime's personality, we couldn't eliminate the possibility that her room could be decorated with different hobbies

I held my breath as I touched the ice-cold doorknob Then, I said, ｢Excuse h I didn't knoho I was talking to

As soon asI took in was shelves packed tightly with ht novels Because it was so neatly and finely arranged by publisher or category which made it look so natural, it really made one wonder if it really was an indoor decoration

Towards the right was book shelves Towards the left was book shelves The 15 square meter room was crammed full with books There was simply no decorations, so it looked like Hime only hoarded written works (CONTENTS)

”It feels… awfully nostalgic”

There was the scent of paper, along with azines that were never throay and saved Even new issues that didn't even have the plastic wrap opened were piled together

It was exactly the same as my room in middle school

In co collection of books, the sle picture fra camp That was a picture when the five of us froether

I reether with Hime and me only, but she hadn't put that one on display

The picture of the southern sea that Hime liked was placed as a decoration on the side—

”Eita, are you there?”

Along with a light knocking on the door, Hime entered while dressed as a female receptionist On a tray, there was a teapot and tea cups, along with japanese-style steamed buns

”Was this the way of a female hotel receptionist that your older sister mentioned earlier?”

”No, this is justout That's all”

Hime looked very shy as she lowered her eyes and helped me pour tea

As we ate the home-made hotel steamed buns as refreshments, we silently drank tea

I was the one who came to talk, so it was definitely up toon like this wasn't bad at all

Together with Hime, we slowly and peacefully drank tea

This kind of situation was rare, since ere always surrounded by some sort of commotion

The person who broke the silence was Hime

”Hey, Eita, what's the difference between real and fake merchandise?”

”Huh?”

Hiht them to her chest over her kimono

Despite being forced to do such a shocking thing, I so this, Hily earnest

”Whenever I'ether with Eita, my heart keeps pounds like this”

Hiainst her chest with force, as if to say her heartbeats could soh