Vol 11 Chapter 42 (2/2)
Nodding, I bent down At thatshy
She earing a yukata with thin fabric The size was just right and the weather was relatively hot, so the yukata was clinging tightly to her body If I had to pin the brooch on to the chest of the yukata for her, ertips would unavoidably touch her
”Umm Where do you want to wear it?”
”How about here?”
Just in case, I confirht chest
Frozen inin front of Tia, I noticed the surrounding gazes all gathering upon me
Fro out for Tia's chest uy, I was already very conspicuous and this s
”L-Let's do this somewhere else”
I stood up and holding Tia's hand, I started to look for a place less conspicuous
”Yuu is holding tia's hand Yuu so aggressive today, Tia so happy!”
Holding my hand, Tia smiled and spoke in a bouncy voice
There were fe the coastal road, so I took Tia through the stalls to enter the dense jungle
With leaves blocking the sun, it was relatively dim and quiet No one would discover us if it was here
”Okay, I' to put it on”
I let go of Tia's hand and stooped down in front of her
”Y-Yes Please go ahead”
Blushi+ng, Tia nodded, staring intently atthe brooch
I nervously reached for the right of Tia's chest, feeling like I was co a crime
Hesitation was not going to change this weird atmosphere, so I mustered my determination and touched Tia's yukata
”Mm—”
While the soft sensation of the h the thin fabric—Tia htly
In order to secure the brooch's pin, it was necessary to lift the yukata's fabric, but I had trouble pinching the thin fabric up
”Y-Yuu It tickles”
When ainst her chest, Tia tre my heart beat faster and faster
At this rate, it was al whether to usethis drag on would be a bad idea
”Sorry, I'll get it done straight away”
Ignoring the fact that I was touching her chest, I pinched the fabric hard with ertips and lifted the yukata forcefully
”Ah—Hyah!”
Tia cried out sharply and her delicate body jumped
It looked like I had touched her soed to pinch the fabric so I immediately secured the brooch
”D-Done”
Having finished Tia's request, I wiped sweat from my brow
”Yuu Thank you”
Blushi+ng, Tia touched the brooch and thanked me
”You're welcome”
”Yuu's present Tia will treasure it Tia has been treasuring the flower brooch from last time too”
While she was holding the htly, Tia's eyes turned watery
”Really? I'm happy to hear that”
I felt happy but also a little embarrassed
”Uood on Tia?”
Tia let go of the brooch and asked for my opinion
”Yes, very good”
Just as I had expected, the red ood match for Tia's hair and the floral patterns on her yukata
”Really? Coht?”
”I really think it's fine—”
Tia gestured for me to come closer so I bent down to inspect the brooch on her chest
But in that instant, Tia took a step forward and leaned against my face
While the soft and slightly htly and smiled shyly
”Unless Tia did this Tia could not express thanks completely”
Saying that, Tia hugged htly
”But Tia is not done expressing, so this will continue! Let's go, Yuu!”
Pulling me by the arm in this manner, Tia walked towards the road packed with stalls
”It's hard to walk if you cling so tightly”
”Don't worry If it's hard to walk, we can walk slowly”
Flustered, I pointed out it was hard to walk like this, but Tia had no intention of changing posture
”—Got it I'll go along with this”
Since it was Tia's wish I nodded with a wry smile
Back to the festival, walking together this intiathered stares However, it was pointless to be bothered by theether like this
It looked like Tia had cole fish She was very excited right now
”Yuu, are you happy?”
Holding a water balloon from a vendor, Tia asked
”Yeah, I'm happy”
After I replied instantly, Tia looked at the sky where the sun was sinking gradually
”Tia is happy too, but—Tia worries whether being this happy is allowed”
”Why?”
Tia mumbled when I asked
Seeing the slight anxiety on her face, I instantly knehat she was thinking about
”Don't tell me you're worried about the ninth calaency yet, you know?”
”Yes—She said the same to Tia, so Tia did not think about scary possibilities at all But is that really okay?”
Seeing the unease surface in Tia's eyes, I nodded firmly
”Yes, at least for today, you won't need to be punished for enjoying yourself”
I asserted strongly and reached out to pat Tia's head
Naively pushi+ng things on the back burner would definitely be bad, but there should not be any proble until the festival ended
”Thank goodness Tia thinks so too”
Tia smiled with relief
It was probably due to her extreme joy at thethe seeds of calamity
Even if told there was no urgency, it was true that a crisis was approaching Perhaps there would be no choice but to confront it soon
At Vritra's request, I had not spoken to the others about this However, I decided that the minimum necessary information should be shared with them, after all
While deciding in ood discussion with Vritra about this after the festival, I continued to visit the stalls along the road with Tia