The long fireworks display is over, and the silence that follows the fireworks comes to an end. It felt as if the surroundings had become dark all at once, partly due to the effect of the brightly glowing fireworks earlier.
Normally, I would just get up and go home since the fireworks were overā¦ā¦ but Illness-sanās hand was still caressing my head and Iām kinda unable to find the right time to get upā¦ā¦
[The fireworks were beautiful, werenāt they?]
[Yeeeees. Seeing it eeeennnd feels kind of lonely thouuuuugh.]
[Ahh, thatās true. It does feel strangely lonely after the fireworks end.]
Lightly exchanging words with her, I thought this would be a good time to get upā¦ā¦ but Illness-san was looking at me very kindly, and I couldnāt get up carelessly because she was directly looking at me.
If I get up here, my face would end up being suddenly brought near hers, so what should I doā¦ā¦ We arenāt really in a bright street, but on the roof of the clock tower, so itās dim and I couldnāt tell what kind of expression Illness-san is making.
[Errrā¦ā¦ Illness-san?]
[Kaito-samaaaaa, may I ask you some questioooooons?]
[Eh? Questions? Yes, if itās something I can answerā¦ā¦]
Do I have to answer while Iām lying on her lap though? H- Hmmm, she sounded kind of serious, so I probably shouldnāt strangely interject here.
As I was thinking about that, Illness-san suddenly lightly held out her hand and closed my eyes with it. Eh? Whatās going on? Donāt tell me, she wants to play some sort of guessing game? Well, thereās no way thatās the caseā¦ā¦
[What kind of person am I to you, Kaito-samaaaaa?]
[Illness-san? H- Hmmm. Thatās a rather embarrassing questionā¦ā¦ but Illness-san is very helpful and reliableā¦ā¦ H- How should I say thisā¦ā¦ I think youāre like a gentle older lady?]
[I seeeeeee.]
The only thing that echoes gently behind my closed vision is Illness-sanās voice. I donāt know the intent of that question butā¦ā¦ Unnn. If Iām to be asked what kind of person I think Illness-san is, I would say she would be an older woman I can rely on.
As expected, even though I am too embarrassed to say it, I think of her as an adult lady whom I admire. Sheās brimming with motherliness, a great amount of receptiveness, just like an adult woman.
[Iām asking juuuuuuust for reference, but would Kaito-sama consider someone like meeeeee an object of romantic intereeeeeest?]
[Eh? Of course.]
[Even with a body as petite as miiiiiiine?]
[If youāre talking about height, my lovers Kuro and Alice are also small-builtā¦ā¦ so Iāve never really paid much attention to height.]
[Come to think of iiiiiiit, that was indeed the caaaaaase.]
[I donāt know what Illness-san wants to ask, but at least for me, Illness-san is a very attractive and wonderful woman.]
[Kuhihi, is that soooooo. Those words make me happyyyyy.]
For a moment, from the content of her questionā¦ā¦ but perhaps, does Illness-san see me as someone of the opposite gender? Well, I asked that questionā¦ā¦ but it didnāt really feel like that, as she responded as calmly as usual.
Just like that, with her hand over my eyes, she asked me a few more questions, but her next questions doesnāt seem to have anything to do with love. Just her first questions were about that.
My heart kinda skipped a beat when she asked that, but well, I guess thatās just the way of the worldā¦ā¦ Just asking though, but how long is she gonna close my eyes?
[Thank you very muuuuuuch. That was very usefuuuuuuul.]
[No, no, Iām glad I could be of help.]
The content of the questions was varied and not very regular, but at any rate, Iām glad that Illness-san seemed to be satisfied.
As I had such thoughts in mind, I suddenly felt something soft on my foreheadā¦ā¦ something that felt like lips. And right after that, the hand that was covering my eyes was removed.
[Well theeeeeeen, shall we head baaaaaack?]
[Eh? Ah, yesā¦ā¦ Errr, Illness-san. Just nowā¦ā¦]
[Is something the matteeeeeer?]
[No, itās nothing.]
At my words, Illness-san tilted her head curiouslyā¦ā¦ Arehh? Have I just been imagining it, and it was something else that I felt on my forehead earlierā¦ā¦ I thought for a moment that she kissed me on the forehead, but based on Illness-sanās reaction, it seems like I was mistaken.
Feeling a little embarrassed at what a strange misunderstanding I had made, we returned to the location of our stall with Illness-san using my Teleportation Magic Tool.
[ā¦ā¦Thank goodness Iām not wearing lipstiiiiiickā¦ā¦]
Just as we were about to teleport though, I felt like I heard such a small murmur.