Chapter 8 (2/2)

We played in the house after that

It see from my ribs

She hangs fro

But, before long, ot scared and stopped

A short time later, Misery dozed off so I carried her to the bed

The afternoon quickly passed

Sunlight of setting sun cah the small

「You are late」

E late, but I don’t retort

I have coe as promised

「Where did you go?」

Because the tone she said that in fully gentle, I obediently talked about today

「You have looked after that child, huh? Thank you」

「Wrong, wrong We just played together」

Ehs

「I orried so I occasionally passed by you」

「Eh, I didn’t notice at all」

「Because I didn’t want you to notice」

A slightly downside eyes face slightly covered by freckles, her red hair seeht

「Just how irL?」

She didn’t look at ht reflected in the stream

「I don’t know much By the state of her house, she probably doesn’t have a family?」

「What else?」

「Also, the bandage on her head, that, that’s not a fashi+on, right?」

「Did you ask someone?」

「Ah well, today, I was able to talk only with you Because it seeirl can’t talk」

Is that so? Emily said

「That girl, she has lost both her parents when she was three Because she doesn’t have any other relatives, she’s being looked after by the villagers」

「Hou hou」

「Maa, you may think it’s just a coo? That girl, she almost died」

「The injury on her head?」

「Un She fell down on her head froh cliff It was a severe injury with lots of blood I was the first one who saw her falling」

「The fact she’s still wearing the bandages, does it mean she’s not recovered yet?」

「No, the wound is closed But, the scar is still standing out」

「I see~」

I turn my eyes (at least I think I do) towards Emily

「So, what do you want me to do?」

Right to the business, huh Ehs

「I thought if you wouldn’t take care of that child」

「Alright~」

「It’s a child, you know? Do you understand how hard it will be?」

She looks at me with a surprised expression

「I have nothing else to do anyway」

Ely

「I see But, as expected you won’t do it for free, right?」

「Umm, in that case……」

When I tell her I would like to sohed out in amazement

「You have no greed, huh」

「We are of equal status in this regard But, why do you treat Misery so kindly?」

She said that Misery doesn’t have any relatives

Eer

Emily looks at me in wonder and says

「Do you need a reason to treat other people kindly?」

She says so and laughs