"...... Ain't it seems like a week has passed since then in the end."
I vacantly muttered in my room.
Wondering what kind of na would be good for Kuro Chiso, and it has already been a week since I have been thinking about that.
"To think it was this hard to co up with and to na soone......not that I hadn't thought about it, but it's quite a challenge."
It's not the sa as giving a na to a character that you have created in your mind or that appears in a novel you write as a hobby.
Kuro Chiso certainly exists there, and even if her origin is different from that of normal humans, she is still a precious sister and family mber to ......a half-baked na or rather, if it's not a na that she's happy to receive then it can't go.
"......U~n"
This is bad, I am so distressed about it that I feel like I'm getting an intellectual fever. [Tl note: fever that brings with it an intellectual or psycho-developntal growth spurt.]
Sotis on impulse, I worry about it at school, and even sotis Misora calls out to about it; it's the sa with Shinji and Kouki anyway.
Because this is how it's like at school, naturally Chiso and Kuro Chiso asked about it at ho as well.
"At a ti like this, if I told them it was nothing, they would get more concerned, and yet, I guess the reason they dont dare to ask is because they believe in ."
Well, in the first place, sayings like "(I) believe in you" or "(I) don't believe in you" are not exaggerations, but...... when I was thinking like that, the door of the room *ton*ton* was tapped.
"Nii-san can I co in?"
"That's fine~"
The one who entered the room was only Chiso.
Apparently, it seems that Kuro Chiso fell asleep while watching TV in the living room, and she is sleeping looking so comfortably that she is leaving her that way as is.
"You don't have a smartphone at hand, and you're not spreading your study tools either, after all, Nii-san, you have been worrying lately, haven't you."
"That is......"
"I know from Nii-san's appearance and the way you talk that it's not a serious worry, but as Nii-san's younger sister and lover, I'll be worried~?"
"......my bad"
She snuggled up next to sitting on the bed, put her finger on her mouth, looked at and said,
"I love you and have been watching you for a long ti, that's why the all-understanding will be making a guess!"
"guess?"
"Un. Judging from the way Nii-san has been acting lately, you've been looking at that girl on impulse, haven't you. That's why perhaps it was sothing about her?"
"................."
"Silent is affirmation She's sleeping now so it's okay, and yet you can't tell anything?
"No......"
Even though I thought that would be fine, after all, I probably still had the feeling that I wanted to make it like a surprise......however, when I think about it now, setting the topic of a present (gift) aside, it might have been a mistake in the first place to think about the na for her alone.
"Would you mind giving a little advice? No, in the first place, Chiso should also have been involved sohow riight......we are lovers and family after all."
"Right Right I'll bestow upon you a consultation!"
While giving a wry smile to her who honoured well, I imdiately moved on to the main topic. [Tl note no 1]
"I was thinking of a na for her."
"A na?"
"Though that girl is also Chiso, but......after all, I do think that while she's the sa, she's also a separate existence. That's why I was thinking that I wanted to give a na that represents that girl."
"......a"
"Chiso?"
I thought if I told her that I wanted to give that girl a na, Chiso would be amazed or sothing, but instead her eyes gradually started to get wet, and even though they weren't that big of drops, tears were dripping down.
I was flustered by the suddenness, but Chiso said don't worry about it and continued.
"Sorry. I was very much moved......umm, that child is a different existence to , but it's also the sa existence. That's why I was so happy with your words of how you thought so much about that girl, and even though I 'm not that girl, I was completely moved see."
"......I see."
I'm glad that it wasn't that her body was hurting anywhere.
I put my hand on Chiso's shoulder and held her close to , and we stayed silent that way for so ti until Chiso cald down.
When the tears finally stopped, Chiso was back to normal.
"Even so, a na huh... I didn't give any attention to that kind of thing for a long ti anyway, and that's why I always called her that girl (child) or you." [Tl note: you, as in Japanese, anata.]
"Riight"
"Un. But...... if I hadn't t Nii-san, and my heart had beco hopeless; if so, I'd be afraid that I would have co to surely thought of her like a tool."
"It's okay. Chiso is a kind child, after allI'll always be by your side. That's why don't think of yourself any differently from who you are now."
"Nii-san......."
I don't have special powers like Chiso, but even so I can assure you that my feelings to protect her is genuine and cannot be denied by anyone.
"If I had to put it in an extre way, if even supposing that, that world were to bare its fangs and try to turn Chiso back into the original Chiso, your heart I will protect it. Even if the current you were to be stolen from , I'll definitely get you back without failthat's why don't worry about anything alright."
"......Nii-san, you're too cool."
"Yeah of course. I'm a cool Onii-chan right?"
"Ehehe, un"
I'm not the only one you know, Chiso.
Older brother in the world is about one that can do anything for his cute little sister... even if he can't do it, he wants to do sothing is all about being an older brother.
"......Sohow see, I feel like I excessively want to kiss Nii-san. And then, we imnsely make out and go to sleep in a good mood as it is, kind of feeling."
"I'm happy for that, but let's leave kissing and flirting for later."
"That's right isn't it. Even so, a na huh......"
Then we sat quietly and started thinking about Kuro Chiso.
We spent quite a long ti exchanging opinions with each other, but Kuro Chiso seed to be asleep the whole ti, so it seems it'll be okay even if we stay like this for a while longer.
"...... It's different from naming a dog or cat isn't it."
"Yeah I think so. It's hard to na person alright, like seriously."
"Person...... Fufuu"
At this rate, it would be quicker for Kuro Chiso to wake up huh, or if she stays asleep, it wouldn't be particularly strange if the dawn cos......Mumumuu, this one's a hard problem, man.
Incidentally, what did Nii-san call her until now?
"...... Kuro Chiso"
"Wooh. But that was kind of cool or sothing I think, maybe." (Chiso)
Co to think of it, was it the first ti I told her how I call that girl Kuro Chiso.
Well now, after that, while Chiso and I are thinking long and hard with few words, sotis Chiso lets out of her mouth the candidate for the na and shakes her head.
"......Chiso......Kuro Chiso......From there black......U~n" (Taiga)
Although Kuro Chiso is a living being within Chiso, she remains independent from Chiso.
Moreover, recently she has been doing her best to generate words, and it feels like a chick trying to fly away.
(That girl certainly has a terrifying power hidden in her, which can easily kill people and is the origin of Chiso's power......But, from my point of view, that child has the impression of being pure ain't it.)
Pure......white kimono? I'm sure that not only Chiso, but that girl would look unbelievably suitable in such clothes I think riight. [Tl note no 2: white kimono.]
That girl lived along with Chiso's pain and despair, but that most likely must have been a pitch-dark world, however, now it's obvious that she's also living in the present, happily, just like Chiso, and she's doing her best to say the words in her lovely voice.
"Though she is an existence that ca out of a dark world, but in reality she has the image of a pure child who has not been dyed with any color isn't it."
"Isn't it. The sa goes for that child anyway; she's a child who might have been dyed with just my will one way or the other you know." (Chiso)
"Aah......that girl is in a clean state right now. A beautiful clean color that has not been dyed by any color... I did say stained with black blood, but it gives off that pure white feeling isn't it." [Tl note no 3]
"Pure white huh~. Certainly, if you put it that way, it might feel like that."
Not black, but white...... that's also the one with a pure white heart Kuro Chiso...... huhh.
"......Mashiro" (Pure White)
"e?"
"How about Mashiro?"
"Mashiro......Mashiro......Un......Un! I think it's cute! Mashiro......that girl's na is Mashiro huh"
Ummm.......it took a while as it is to think about it, but it ca out surprisingly quickly.
Looking at Chiso's reaction, she seems to totally like it anyway, and although it's not finalized yet, the na Mashiro will be what you call a form of "temporary candidate," I think.
She is by no ans a black and scary existence, but with the aning of expressing a white, pure and innocent existence I gave her the na Mashiro but......Un, I'm feeling good about it too.
"......a"
"What's wrong?"
"Um... sorry Nii-san. I was so absorbed in my thoughts that I didn't even notice."
"e?"
Then, Kuro Chiso slimily crawled out from Chiso's shadow.
She wondered why she was left out of the group, and although I could feel that kind of tinged with reproach like will, her miffed expression was very cute, and I said "impression of being pure," but that's without doubt exactly right.
I smile wryly at her figure and beckon her over.
"Co" (Taiga)
"? Un......" (Kuro Chiso)
As she slowly cos closer, I match her eyes.
"Actually... I have been thinking about your na."
"Na......?"
"That's right. After all, I do think it's really important whether you have a na or not you know. Because a na has a big aning, and that alone is proof that you exist in that place see."
".......?"
I guess it is a little difficult?
Well, even so, she was reacting to the word "na," anyway, and I do think surely that deep down in her heart, she understood it.
"Nam.....e......scary"
"Scary?"
I and Chiso took a look at each other's faces.
"Na......get......that is a wonderful thing......but will disappear......scary."
"......Aah, so that's what it is"
This girl too, is afraid to lose her loved ones.
That is, in other words, she thinks that the daily life she spends with us now is especially precious and nothing else......I embraced such her as if to reassure her.
"Like as if there is anything to be afraid of. As I told Chiso earlier, as an older brother, and as a family mber I will always be by your side. I won't leave you alone, you.......don't need to be alone in the dark world anymore."
".........Together forever?"
"Aa. That's why, will you accept it, a na?"
As she nodded, I told her her na.
We thought of a na that we thought would suit her......to engrave proof of her as one existence living in this world.
"Mashiro......that's the na we ca up with."
"Mashi......ro"
"Aa. The aning varies, but that's-"
"Onii......samaa!"
"Uoo!?"
In this way, in the truest sense of the word, she was born into this world.
However, about the saying "to give a na," what kind of aning does it have, that I still don't know.
[Author's Afterword]
It's hard to na.
[Tl note no 1: Honoured well, in Japanese, the kanji for honoured ans "bow" or "salute" but that didn't make sense especially for the latter one, but I rember in one of the WN I read (maybe, I'm kind of forgetful about it too) how does japanese people bestowing upon soone honour but I don't rember well what the gesture is called so I guess it was sowhat by bowing, maybe.]
[Tl note no 2: ", muku" ans pure or innocent, ", shiromuku" ans white kimono]
[Tl note no 3: stained with black blood is the literal aning of Kuro Chiso's na and Pure white is the aning of Mashiro.]
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