Chapter 30.1 (1/2)

Chapter 30 – Don’t hold it back – Part 1

「Thank you for the delicious meal nanodesu!」

「Thank you for the meal. Thank you, Kamijou-kun. It was really delicious」

「You are welcome」

After they give their thanks, Nanase-san stands up.

「I will do the dishes」

「Eh, you don’t have to do that, you know?」

「It’s alright. Since you are letting me stay, I have to do at least this much」

Nanase-san quickly gathers the tableware and vanishes into the kitchen.

Then, Tina inquiries in a low voice.

「Why does Iori Oneechan look that sad nodesu?

I think a little and say.

「…… She was probably reminded of her hometown」

「Hometown, is it……」

「Un. Nanase-san has a lot of important people back in her hometown……」

Ah, I cut my words without thinking.

Tina has an absentminded look that looks somewhere far in the distance.

I regret stepping on a land mind.

「Tina, are you alright?」

「Eh, ah…… yes. I’m alright nodesu yo!」

A smile returns to Tina’s face.

I slightly bit my lip and mutter “Then that’s good.”

「Nevertheless…… this country does some terrible things」

Tina who knows my and Nanase-san’s circ.u.mstances says.

She tightly closes her fists and looks sorrowfully.

「Yes, that’s right」

I deeply agree.

「Now then, about today’s biggest problem」