C2 Part95

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“―Hey, what’s with you shorties,

don’t make such scary faces. Well, eventually Kiri will tell you all

about it. For now you’re just confused. The timing is bad. If

you wait, you’ll be able to go to the human world when Kiri makes you

his, he’ll take care of it.”

“Even if you say

that……

“It’s fine, isn’t it? You don’t hate Kiri, right?

And you’re not afraid of that guy either. Just that makes

you valuable to him.”

There it was again. Why does everyone

treat Kiri as if he’s scary?

“Are you afraid of Kiri,

Mimizuku?”

“Me? Don’t be stupid. I’m really brave, so I

don’t really think much of him. But, well, when I first saw him―I

was shocked because he was so big. I got used to him pretty quickly

though. There are plenty of people scared of mythical beasts even

now. The people around me tell me I’m amazing to be working with

him.”

Mimizuku stuck out his chest proudly.

“Big?

Kiri?”

“He’s a different size, right? But, well, he’s

still the same as a cat.”

He could hear Akio and Natsuki

next to him face each other and start to whisper.

“Mimizuku

really is an idiot……”