Vol 1 Chapter 45 (1/2)

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I spent an hour coaxing her after that, but in the end, Anna-san hardly said anything at all For now, I decided to cut her debt balance to awith joy

Kusaoka-san and I left MOL Burger behind us When I looked up at the sky, there were neon lights: varied and squalid, the ereed

In the city we live in, there is no such thing as darkness Today, the city was sparkling so brilliantly it made my heart ache

“That was an outrageous story, wasn’t it?” As I walked along the white section of the pedestrian crossing, I turnedon the black section It was as if the two of us syel and devil

We had learned only one thing from the meek Anna-san

“Soroom next to the staffroom…”

“…I can’t ih”

“Indeed” I had never realised that a safe zone like that existed It was nothing less than an outrage

Then again, only the teachers could use it freely The idea of the clergy nifies the end of the world They warranted a firm denouncement If she made a mistake, Anna-san deserved a denouncement too

The scene at MOL Burger had taken up quite a lot of ti down froaudy bluster

Prosperity usually has a shadowy side

The giant departs to mind the objet d’art known as the oversized shell When it fell, the crowds beca done on the highhich stretches out across the city like a blanket The Olympics are only just around the corner, but there are rumours that the operations have been stopped because of a peculiar political judgement

If you venture into the back alley, there is a srants who sit and sobr while drinking sos like “Repent” and “The world is ending” under their breath, elderly wo soft toys as they scan the skies for their infant children Their life-changing burdens constantly cooes past when I don’t hear the a

However

I bear no ill feeling towards this town full of open seams I wonder if this would be considered the kind of love people reserve for their hometown The more one lays eyes upon defects, the more one’s love is inflamed

Before I knew it, I was hu

“You seeood mood,” Kusaoka-san teased ood mood too

“Now then, e consider shi+a-san’s whereabouts and the true nature of the other loan shark, there are ate We can also spend ether, Haruma-san!”

“Uo home?”

“Huh?”

“Huh?”

I was astonished at his unexpected response

Take a deep, deep breath In and out That way, I could calm my heartbeat