I excused myself from the royal castle and returned to the secondary residence by using the carriage used to co here.
As I approached the secondary residence, the carriage slowed down. I wondered what was going on. When I peeped at the window that was to communicate with the coachman, it seed that the situation was getting more intense than when I went out.
I took out my pocket watch from the pocket and checked the ti. It was already 12 AM.
‘What’s with these people? Don’t they know what ti it is?’
I could only see thin shadows in the dark, illuminated by the fire of a large lantern that was burned in front of the secondary residence’s gate. The carriage seed to have slowed down for fear of hitting them.
When I secretly observed it from the window while feeling sothing terrible, they were different people from the ti I left, and their clothes were shabby. They looked like the Kilghina refugees who were holess in the slumps. They would probably be free because they were unemployed.
‘Do they feel indebted to for helping Telor? I wish it was that.’
“Yuri-sama!” (??)
“Yuri-sama! Please help us!” (??)
Incomprehensible words that seed to be a mistake were thrown at the carriage.
‘?? Why are they telling that?’
While being trapped by a purely mysterious sensation, the carriage forcibly pushed through the premade passageway and passed through the gate. In the first place, it was unknown whether I was riding the carriage. They didn’t have any particular enthusiasm nor did they cling to the carriage.
‘What? So, are they so kind of beggar? Well, is it fine to leave them alone?’
—
When I passed through the door of the secondary residence, a nostalgic face greeted .
“Yuri-kun!” (Lily)
As I opened the door, it was Lily-senpai who was looking at while sitting on the sofa at the entrance. Lily-senpai saw my face for the first ti in a long ti and had a smile full of joy.
“Lily-san, I’m back now.” (Yuri)
“Hey, welco back.” (Lily)
When I said that, Lily-senpai rushed to in one breath and hugged .
‘When we t for the first ti, Lily-senpai was taller than , but now it’s different.’
She stretched her back, turned her arm around my neck, and hugged tightly.
“Yes, uhm, I’m back.” (Yuri)
Her face was really closed, and her hair hit my right cheek and face. It slled good.
I instinctively wanted to put my face on her neck, but then, I noticed Shamu was looking. She hid her body in the back of the sofa and looked at with only half of her face.
‘Is it about three seconds?’
After hugging for a while, Lily-senpai separated.
“I’m really glad. Are you hurt?” (Lily)
“Well, yes. I had a slight injury to my leg, but it looks like it will heal soon.” (Yuri)
‘That reminds , her boobs are amazing. It gives the feeling of *boin* *boin*.’
“Eh, are you alright? If you can’t walk…” (Lily)
“Don’t worry. It will heal as soon as I rest.” (Yuri)
“Really? That’s good. I was really worried.” (Lily)
Lily-senpai seed to be really relieved to see . It seed that I had caused a lot of worry.
“Co, have a seat.” (Yuri)
At the entrance of the secondary residence, there were six sofas for one person, one sofar for three people and a long desk in between. After all, Shamu was sitting on the sofa before Lily-senpai sat down.
“O-oh. It’s been a long ti. I’ve returned now.” (Yuri)
When I said that…
“…” (Shamu)
She was silent and motionless.
“What’s wrong? Did sothing happen?” (Yuri)
When I asked her…
“It’s dirty.” (Shamu)
I felt those words stabbed my heart.
‘I wonder if she was watching while I was enjoying the softness of the boobs?’
“W-well…” (Yuri)
“W-wait. Since it’s been a long ti since I’ve seen him… Look, it’s like a greeting, you know.” (Lily)
‘Lily-senpai lines sound like an excuse for so reason…’
“Yes, of course. It’s normal since we haven’t seen each other for a long ti.” (Yuri)
‘Let’s stay in tune here.’
“You made a dirty face.” (Shamu)
‘Eh…?’
“Well, why don’t you try Shamu?” (Lily)
“Eh?” (Shamu)
Shamu frowned for a mont. She gave an atmosphere of refusal. To begin with, Shamu wasn’t good at skinship.
“I’ll do it.” (Shamu)
‘Does she want to do it?’
She said it short, but then, she quickly got up from the sofa and stood in front of .
Since she was short, she didn’t look like Lily. She slowly opened her arms, so I knelt on one knee and hugged Shamu.
“Hmm… Yuri, welco back.” (Shamu)
“I’m back.” (Yuri)
After a short exchange, Shamu imdiately separated and returned to the sofa with a slight embarrassnt. Originally, she wasn’t the type that stuck too much, so it was brief.
When I looked at Lily-senpai, she had a subtle face that couldn’t be taken as joy or resentnt. As our eyes t, she smiled as if she regained her mind.
Perhaps, Shamu was concerned as she sat on a sofa that was in front of Lily-senpai, so I sat on the sofa where Shamu was sitting.
“Still, you have returned safely. I was told that you might not be alive at one point.” (Lily)
“There were occasions that made think that I was going to die, but I managed to do sothing. I’m sorry, I caused you to worry.” (Yuri)
“Yeah, yeah. If you co ho safely, then, that’s it.” (Lily)
“I wasn’t worried at all.” (Shamu)
And Shamu said so.
“I thought you were definitely alive.” (Shamu)
She said nonchalantly.
‘Well, she isn’t quite sure of that. Or rather, she may not understand war or sothing like that well. I an, maybe, she was thinking about going on a business trip to a sowhat dangerous disaster area or sothing to that extent. Satsuki was in charge of fields such as history and politics, so I never taught Shamu, and when I think about it, I don’t rember talking about that part to Shamu.’
“She said it well. She was shocked when the news ca that he was missing.” (Lily)
Lily-senpai teased her.
‘Is that so?’
“St-stop that. I wasn’t like that.” (Shamu)
“You didn’t have an appetite to eat. And you would bite any students who made strange rumors.” (Lily)
“I told you, stop it! I wasn’t like that, you know!” (Shamu)
‘Shamu is cute when she flustered. I didn’t expect that. I guess she is also anxious like a normal person.’
“Well, whatever it is, isn’t it great? He seems to be full of vigor, right?” (Lily)
“Still, it was a series of failures. The reality is harsh.” (Yuri)
“Is that so?” (Lily)
Lily-senpai was surprised. Perhaps, it was different from what she thought.
“Yes. If not, I should have been able to return more than a month earlier.” (Yuri)
‘It was really painful. I feel that I’ve had a lot of experience, and I don’t think it’s a traumatic experience that I want to forget, but I don’t want to experience it again.’
When I was rembering the hardship, sothing crossed my mind.
“Lily-san Thank you for the watch. And the lighter too.” (Yuri)
I took out the silver pocket watch made by Lily-senpai, that I had been carrying for a long ti, from my pocket. I took out the lighter and put it on the desk.
“Aah… I see. You’ve used it well.” (Lily)
‘Even so… I’ve used it a lot.’
Lily-senpai took the watch and the lighter. Then, she opened the lid with emotion. It should still click with *tik* *tak* sound. She, then, took out a pocket watch from the pocket of her school uniform and compared the ti.
When she compared the dials, she seed to be entering the ‘work’ mode. Her face beca serious.
“Did you set the clock?” (Lily)
‘Speaking of which, I forgot that. I guess I should have matched the ti with Reform, but when I checked the ti when the bell rang, it didn’t shift for five minutes, so I rembered I left the watch as it was.’
“No, I didn’t.” (Yuri)
“Really? Even if it’s a rough situation, it doesn’t change unexpectedly.” (Lily)
‘A chanical pocket watch is unexpectedly out of sync. So of the cheaper ones that are sold to the general public can be off by more than fifteen minute a day.’
“How much different is it?” (Yuri)
‘Lily-senpai’s one should be accurate even if she doesn’t adjust it for a few days.’
“Yeah, by eight minutes.” (Lily)
‘Eight minutes. Is it eight minutes without adjusting it for three months? As a person who knows quartz watches, there’s no surprise about the accuracy, but compared to ordinary watches, it is at a different level of accuracy.’
“Well, I use the one with the movent especially in tune… I’ve also oiled it, so it’s like this.” (Lily)
‘This movent is ten seconds early in a day, and this movent is twenty seconds late. I wonder if I collected a lot of such things and choose the one with the most error. On the contrary, I was moving all the ti, so it may have been good in terms of posture.’
“No, it’s amazing. I was impressed.” (Yuri)
“It’s not amazing, you know. For the ti being, my goal is within two minutes in a month.” (Lily)
‘As expected, Lily-senpai is particular about watches. When making the chronoter, it should have been difficult and complicated work, but it didn’t seem to be quite painful. However, I feel that the error of two minutes in a month is quite close to the limit if it is a chanical type. I hear if she is using lubricating oil or river fish oil, but I wonder what it would be like if that was the case.’
“If this is the case, it will sell very well, right?” (Yuri)
‘If the accuracy is so good, the demand would be high.’
“No, it’s too little to sell it. That’s because it’s too hard to make a lot of it.” (Lily)
Lily-senpai said with a bitter smile.
“It’s love, love.” (Shamu)
Shamu interjected from the side.
“I can’t make five such annoying watches just for that without love.” (Lily)
Shamu took her pocket watch out of her pocket and put it on desk.
It looked almost the sa as mine except that there was no lid to cover the dial. The lid was intended to prevent the glass from getting hit and breaking, so it wasn’t attached to Shamu.
‘It’s surprisingly troubleso to open the lid every ti though.
Besides, there is a complicated arabesque pattern carved in the tal part of mine, but it has a flat mirror finish that isn’t perfect. However, the shape of the dial and hands is exactly the sa as mine. Judging from Shamu’s remarks, this is probably one of the five siblings of my watch.’
“Shamu, stop it.” (Yuri)
“But…” (Shamu)
“Didn’t I say I made five to let navigators use it?” (Lily)
‘Is that so? Certainly, there seems to be a demand for navigators.’
“Didn’t you just give out the surplus? Besides, it takes 21 tis the average ti on maintenance of it. I was watching that.” (Shamu)
“That is… not that much, right?” (Lily)
“No, I asured it with my watch.” (Shamu)
‘21 tis…’
“I don’t know about that…” (Lily)
“I’m more concerned whether it’s heavy or not. I wouldn’t know if Yuri didn’t say it.” (Shamu)
“Hmm… uhh…” (Lily)
Lily-senpai looked about to run away.
‘This may be the first ti to see such a sloppy appearance.’
“I don’t think it’s heavy for Yuri. Right?” (Lily)
‘From Shamu’s point of view, it is too sad that I don’t know the enormous effort that Lily-senpai was doing behind the scenes, so it seems that she wants to do sothing. However, I wonder how I should respond from my point of view… It probably takes several tis as much ti as knitting a hand muffler.
“…I don’t think so. Because of this, I am still alive now. It was really helpful.” (Yuri)
‘Sohow, it sounded different. I don’t know how to treat won, but…’
“I-is that so? You don’t mind it too much?” (Lily)
‘No, I don’t. If I do, that would be weird. In fact, I’m grateful.’
“I’ll thank you later. Please look forward to it.” (Yuri)
‘Aah, I said sothing strange. I wonder what I should do to thank her. It would be easy if I just give her an expensive accessory with jewels as a gift, but it wouldn’t be like that. If she is a general employee, I would treat her well in the company, but that’s not the case.’
‘No, before that, would she refuse by saying ‘yeah, yeah, please make up for it later’? That was the case until now.’
“Really!?” (Lily)
Lily-senpai looked at with a glittering face of hope.
‘Aah, that feeling…’
“Y-yes. It’s true.” (Yuri)
“Ah… no, no, I wonder if it’s impossible.” (Lily)
“It’s alright. As long as it’s not impossible.” (Yuri)
‘I wonder to what extent that it wouldn’t be impossible. It’s difficult. Should I consult soone? I wonder. Perhaps, Cuffe? I can’t even talk to Carol or Myaro.’
“That’s great, Senpai.” (Lily)
Shamu said with a happy look.
‘I feel like she was looking for a hug with Lily-senpai a while ago, but is it alright for the relationship to develop? I’m not sure. She may be at a complicated age.’
“Yes. Well then, I shall excuse myself soon.” (Lily)
When Lily-senpai said so…
“Eh? Senpai, shouldn’t it be better to stay overnight?” (Shamu)
And Shamu said so.
“No, Yuri-kun is tired, so…” (Lily)
“Where is the proactive attitude of yours that you have at that ti?” (Shamu)
“Shamu, can you shut up? Alright?” (Lily)
“Yes, yes.” (Shamu)
‘Anyhow, it’s true that I want to sleep early. I’m too tired today. After a long flight early in the morning, various reports were made, and my mind and body are exhausted.’
Lily-senpai stood up from the sofa, and Shamu also left the sofa to follow her.
“Is Shamu also going back to the dormitory?” (Yuri)
“Yes. That’s because I have to attend a strategy eting.” (Shamu)
‘Strategy eting?’
Another unfamiliar term ca out again.
“Well then. Yuri, I’ll co to ask you so questions later.” (Shamu)
‘I haven’t used my brain to think about math lately, so I’m not sure if I can keep up with her question… I’m getting anxious.’
“See you later~~ Good night.” (Lily)
“Yes. See you later. Good night.” (Yuri)
When I said that, Lily-senpai and Shamu nodded lightly and went out through the front door. I sat down for a while, and then, I heard the sound of the carriage departing while making a clip-clop sound.
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