n doing?” (Torimoto)
“Yes, allow me to lead the way.
Please come in.” (Kindergarten Principal)
I was led to the kids’ room where the children always gathered and played.
I was aware that Jouichirou was leveling a watchful gaze at me.

“Ryosuke-kun! Torimoto-san is here!” (Kindergarten Principal)
Ryosuke-kun suddenly looked over, and seeing that it was me, he ran over happily.
Ryosuke-kun’s mother and father, whom I had met yesterday, were also there and followed after him.

“Onii-chan! You came again!” (Ryosuke)
Ryosuke approached me with an innocent smile on his face, and I reached out to pat him on the head.

“Hey, how have you been since then? Feeling better?” (Torimoto)
“Yeah! Today too! Guess what? This morning, I ate a tooooon!” (Ryosuke)
“That’s awesome! Way to go, Ryosuke-kun!” (Torimoto)
“Eheheh~!” (Ryosuke)

“Torimoto-san, thank you so much for yesterday,” Ryosuke’s parents said as they bowed to me.
“It was nothing.
As long as he’s feeling better, I’m glad.” (Torimoto)

“Hey, hey, let’s play! Let’s play hide-and-seek together!” (Ryosuke)
“Ah, sorry Ryosuke-kun.
I have something I need to do…” (Torimoto)
I glanced at Jouichirou and saw that he was looking at me with serious eyes.

“Come on Ryosuke, don’t be too selfish!” (Ryosuke’s Mom)
“She’s right.
If you’re too pushy, they won’t like it.” (Ryosuke’s Dad)
Ryosuke was a bit crestfallen after being advised by his parents.

I turned my gaze back to Ryosuke and said, “I’ll come again, so we can play next time, okay?”
“Awwww….” (Ryosuke)
“In return, I’ll give you this.” (Torimoto)
I opened my backpack and took out some sweets, which would surely please the kids.

“Here, go ahead and kindly share them with everyone, okay?” (Torimoto)
“Are you sure? Thanks, Onii-chan!” (Ryosuke)
I handed the bag of sweets to Ryosuke, and he happily went back to play with the other kids.

“Are you sure about this? Sweets are rather precious food items nowadays.” (Kindergarten Principal)

“It’s no problem, Principal.
This is just thanking you for being willing to share some water with this suspicious man yesterday.” (Torimoto)
“Suspicious, you say…? But you already helped us cure Ryosuke-kun.” (Kindergarten Principal)
After speaking with the principal, I once again brushed off Ryosuke’s parents’ expressions of gratitude, saying that it was all good as long as Ryosuke was happy and feeling better.

“Ah, by the way, Principal.
Do you happen to have a room available for a quiet discussion?” (Torimoto)
“Eh?” (Kindergarten Principal)
“Well… there seems to be a person who wants to speak to me.” (Torimoto)
I turned my gaze to Jouichirou again, and he also turned to the Principal and said, ‘if you please.’ The principal saw to it, and Jouichirou and I ended up borrowing the principal’s office.
Jouichirou had said that he wanted to talk alone with me, so everyone left until it was just us two in the room.

When I entered the principal’s office, I stood by the window and gazed outside.

“It’s a great day outside today.
On a day like this, it might be nice to go hiking in the mountains.” (Torimoto)
“…The mountains, huh?” (Jouichirou)
Huh? For some reason, the atmosphere seemed to take a dark turn.
Perhaps he had some bad memories of the mountains or something.

“The kids here are so nice, and everyone has a smile on their face.
It’s a great place, don’t you think so?” (Torimoto)
“…I suppose so.” (Jouichirou)
It seemed that he wanted to get to the point as soon as possible.
That was the intention that he was giving off.

Then in that case, let’s get on with it quickly.

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