Volume 1 Chapter 2 (1/2)
”Haaa~~h”
”Color me surprised, Kou For you to wake up on your own”
”I went to bed early, after all”
Koutarou and Kenji, ere dressed for work, walked side by side
Since it was a Saturday , only the two of them could be seen on the sidewalk
”Like I said before, I' on my own, Mackenzie-kun”
”And I hope it stays that way”
”Of course it will!”
”We'll see about that By the hat about that thing?”
”What thing?”
Kenji put on a serious face and lowered his voice
”You know, about the in that room”
”Appearing? Oh yeah You're talking about the ghost!”
Understanding the reason for Kenji's worries, Koutarou clapped his hands and smiled
”The ghost didn't appear at all!”
”It didn't?”
”Yeah, nothing happened up until I fell asleep and it was quiet all throughout the night Besides, thinking about it, if a ghost had appeared do you think I would have been able to wake up on my own?”
”You have a point there If you hadn't slept properly there's no way you'd wake up on your own”
Feeling relieved, Kenji loosened up
”Fuhahaha, Mackenzie; I didn't think you'd be one to believe in ghosts”
”What?”
”For you to worry about ghosts when you're always talking about science”
Koutarou was poking fun at Kenji
Kenji puffed up his cheeks and said
”So what? Can't a citizen of the science world hate ghosts?”
”If you're scared, just say so!”
”Yes, scary, so scary Whether ghosts exist or not, freaky things happen every day”
”You're taking all this too seriously”
As Koutarou shrugged, they approached the gates of a school
Kitsushouharukaze: that was the na from the next day on
Kitsushouharukaze was about a 20 minute walk from the closest station as well a 20 minute walk from Corona House
Corona House, Kitsushou High School and the station forathered within it
Kitsushouharukaze had been established a few years ago after themunicipalities, Kitsushou and Harukaze
After the h school would be needed for children of both municipalities to attend
Plans to construct a school had already been in place before the e scale high school
It was not as big as a school in the city, but for a suburban school it was as large as could be
”Fight, fight, fight! Harukaze Fight!”
Due to this fact, there werespring break
”The baseball club The spring tournaraduated by now”
”They seeine”
Looking at the uniforate Their work site was slightly further ahead
Passing by the front gate, Koutarou kept his eyes fixed on the schoolyard
Pitching, batting, running and catching Koutarou had been doing the same a while back
”Hey, Kou Are you sure you don't want to join the baseball club?” Kenji asked Koutarou in a serious tone
”It's alright Living onbaseball at the same time is just not possible”
Koutarou took his eyes off the schoolyard, looked at Kenji and gave him a smile
”Kou”
Koutarou put on a lonely smile
”Besides, there's the Knitting Society, so there's no reason to be so pessimistic”
”What's with that? The Knitting Society?”
”Hmm?”
”Are you serious about joining that club?”
”Of course I'm serious!”
Koutarou had decided to join the Knitting Society when he had been recruited during the announcement of the entrance exam results
”You're kidding, right? It just doesn't fit you”
Kenji stared at Koutarou's body as he said that
Big body, sturdy physique, and large hands
Kenji did not think that knitting and handicrafts were in any way suitable for Koutarou
If anything he would be better at tearing it up
”Just you wait and see I'll be sure to knit a muffler for you sooner or later”
”Please stop, you'reit”
”You're right, I feel the same way I'll just knit one for myself”
The two smiled wryly and looked at each other
”Adoal is the beautiful club president who recruited you”
”It has nothing to do with that”
Oh? I didn't expect that response I was certain you were after the club president Was I wrong?
Being a childhood friend, Kenji saw through Koutarou's reaction
”Either way, I'll be spendingSociety”
”Hmm, that does sound fun Maybe I should join too”
”Leave it be If a lady-killer like you gets close to Sakuraba-senpai she'll be tainted”
”What's that supposed to mean? Don't treat me like I'm some sort of bacteria!”
”Just think about back during Valentine's when you monopolized all of the class' chocolate[1] The other boys cried tears of blood”
”That wasn't my fault!”
Kenji sighed as he heard the saain
”Not at all; it was entirely your fault Don't think a grudge over food will be forgiven easily!”
”But in the end you ate most of it anyway! Besides, that really wasn't ive chocolate to iven to y-”
Kenji stopped mid-sentence
”H?”
”No, it's nothing In fact, I won't tell you”
”What's that supposed to mean?”
”We'll be late if we don't hurry”
”Wait up, what's with the sudden rush!+?”
The two arrived at the work site shortly after
”HAAA!”
In ti
”Koutarou-chan sure is strong”
The elderly woman struck up a conversation with Koutarou
The wo far a metal trowel
”I'ood at careful work, like you
”Hohoho, that ht be true Thanks for the help, Koutarou-chan”
”You're always giving me sweets, so consider it even”
”What'd you call it again? Give and take?
”Haha, that's right Anyways, I' to my post I'll see you later Obaa-chan”
”Thanks again!”
Koutarou parted ith the elderly lady and headed over to his assigned land division a few dozen meters away
”Now then”
As Koutarou looked back at the elderly lady, he saw her squatting down and shaving off soil by her feet with her trowel
”Fufufu I guess I'll start up with ain, then I can't afford to lose to Obaa-chan!”
Koutarou rolled up the sleeves of his work clothes, picked up a trowel and started shaving off soil by his feet
Koutarou worked on excavating ruins; the elderly lady from before was a co-worker
She had helped Koutarou out a lot back when he first started