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Chapter 238 - This One's Pretty Unique, Too

I brought Nanapon back to the living room.

"Ah, Nanaka-chan. Welcome."

Kaede-chan greeted Nanapon.

"Hello, Asakura-san. Excuse the intrusion."

She really is an intrusion.

"Nanaka-san, please don't call me Asakura-san. I'm Okita-san now."

"So annoying... That's right. But now you're both Okita-san."

A hint of Black Nanapon was showing.

"Either is fine with me."

"Hmm, well, I guess Okita-san is fine. As long as I don't have to call him Okita-san anymore."

Why not?

"There's tea in the fridge, so help yourself."

I said as I sat down.

"He gets angry so easily... It's just that I won't be going on adventures with Okita-san anymore."

Nanapon grumbled as she headed to the kitchen. She returned with a glass of tea.

"How is being an adventurer?"

Nanapon had wanted to quit being an adventurer, but she was, of course, caught by Satsuki-san and is now in a party with Yoshino-san.

"I miss adventuring with Eleanor-san. All Yoshino-san ever talks about is money, money, money."

Just as expected of Miss Unique. Does she still want more...

"She's no good, is she."

"She really isn't. I wonder what kind of life she's lived to turn out like that."

I know, I know.

"Unique skill holders are so stubborn about ignoring their own faults..." Kaede-chan muttered under her breath.

"Okita-san, that's mean..."

"Why am I the mean one?"

It was Kaede-chan.

"This guy really is a birdbrain... What a pain... It was Asakura-san."

Oh, right.

"You could just call me Hajime, you know?"

"Hajime?"

Oh, she doesn't remember my name...

"Never mind. The bag in the fridge is your souvenir, so take it and go home."

"A souvenir? Not the one on the table, but in the fridge?"

"It's special. A token of my trust."

"Oh..."

Nanapon stared at the fridge. She was probably using her Clairvoyance.

"It's not that creepy pig's face, is it?"

"It's called Chiraga. Haven't you heard of it?"

For the record, we didn't eat it when we went to Okinawa. I'll never forget the look on Kaede-chan's face when I tried to order it at an izakaya.

"No, thank you. Please give it to Guild Master-san. I'm sure she'd eat it without a problem."

She probably would...

"It's sad that I can't surprise someone with Clairvoyance. Well then, take something from the table and go home."

"Okay."

Nanapon started to sort through the snacks on the table.

"You can take whatever you like."

"Um, isn't this a bit one-sided? Almost everything is from West Japan... I thought you went on a trip around Japan?"

"Hint, expiration date."

"Ah, I see..."

We ate the Hokkaido souvenirs we bought at the beginning of the trip around the time we reached the Hokuriku region.

"We have money and an item bag, so it wasn't a burden to carry, so we bought a ton of stuff."

"I see... Oh, I'll take this one."

Nanapon seemed to have decided on a snack, opened the package right there, and started eating.

"Don't people usually take it home?"

"It's just me. I can't eat it all. If there's any left over, please give it to Arc-chan or Lydia-chan."

"I'll do that."

Those two will eat anything as long as it's sweet.

"Eleanor-san, how is newlywed life?"

"Ask Okita-kun."

"Then Okita-san is fine."

"It's fun. Isn't it?"

I tossed the question to Kaede-chan.

"It is. It's an eat-and-sleep life."

That's pretty much all we do.

"You're more lazy than me, and I'm a university student. Aren't you bored?"

"If you ask me if I'm bored, then yes, I'm bored."

"It is boring. Well, I'll be back at the guild soon, though."

Kaede-chan is on a long break. Well, even when she goes back, she'll mostly be part-time.

"Life is long, you know. Are you sure you'll be okay?"

I received the same concerned question from my Father-in-law. But why am I having my life choices questioned by a student?

"But I don't want to work either. I'm thinking of going to the Frontier for fun sometime soon."

"Are you sure that's okay? Arc-chan was adamantly against it."

"That kid is an idiot, I can handle her. Lydia-chan is completely on my side."

She's so cute, always calling me 'master, master'. A real girl is much cuter than a gender-unknown provoker. Though it is scary how the light disappears from her eyes when she loses a game.

"I want to go too."

"Well, I could ask Lydia-chan, but what about someone with Clairvoyance?"

I don't think so...

"My all-too-capable ability is holding me back..."

Still saying that, you peeping tom.

"I'll ask, just in case, but don't get your hopes up. How are things at university?"

"No problems, and I'm attending regularly. I'm a second-year student now, too."

She doesn't look it.

"You haven't grown at all, have you."

"That's sexual harassment!"

No, I meant her height...

"I'm truly sorry. I have absolutely no interest in that part of you."

"Okita-san, you're the worst! That's harassment! Get a divorce!"

"Huh? You want me to break your arm?"

"So scary! Asakura-san!"

Nanapon pleaded for help from Kaede-chan.

"I'm at a good part right now, so later, okay."

Kaede-chan is watching the drama she missed last night.

"I have no allies..."

Did you think you would in someone else's house?

"Just go home already."

"Oh, right. Let's have a takoyaki party. A 'Takopa', for short."

That's sudden.

"Takoyaki? Do you have a machine?"

"Yes. I went home during spring break, and I found the one I had only used once."

Huh... Well, you don't use those things that often. And Nanapon is an only child from a single mother household.

"Kaede-chan, what do you think?"

"It sounds fun, so why not?"

If Kaede-chan is okay with it, then I guess it's fine.

"Alright, let's do it. Nanaka-san, what about the ingredients?"

"I haven't bought any. I was about to."

"Then Kaede-chan is... watching her drama."

She's been watching it this whole time.

"I'm at a good part right now."

I guess Nanapon and I will go.

"Shall we go?"

"Yes. Wait a minute. I'll change back to Okita-kun."

"Aww... you can just go as you are."

If the missing Golden Witch were to appear in the middle of town, it would cause a huge uproar!