C3 Part128

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“—Touya? What’s wrong? Your face is

totally red, it looks like you have a fever.”

Natsuki

pointed out in the middle of their meal.

“It’s

nothing.”

Touya frantically shook his head. Akio also turned

a worried gaze toward him.

“Your face really is red—are

you all right?”

“Y-Yes.”

When even Kiri

questioned him, Touya answered back in a shrill voice that didn’t

hide his distress at all.

“I see.”

Kiri nodded

after staring at Touya for a moment. He seemed able to guess what

Touya was thinking about, and the reason for his awkward behavior. He

appeared to have a somewhat pensive face, but didn’t speak to him

until they finished their meal.

“—Touya. I’ll be going out

for the day now, so while it may be unreasonable to ask, let’s talk at

length once I come home. About your future here.”

“About

his future……”

Natsuki and Akio muttered as they faced

each other. He wondered what their train of thought was when they

suddenly smiled.

“Kiri-sama, we’ll tell Kudou-san to prepare

a feast for tonight.”

“Yaaay, congratulations!”

Touya

felt more and more cornered by the children’s misguided assumptions,

and their eyes full of expectation. Since Kiri let out a helpless

sigh, he thought he would tell the two of them they were mistaken—.