"Well, then, we just need to stop by."

On the way back to school after closing the bar, Christina turned a surprise to us when she said so and tried to go another way.

After midnight, two men and women of their age disappear into the city at night.

Regardless of the way you put it, it would be better not to wonder if the situation is that there will normally be classes tomorrow.

"I was gambling in the school, and I'm telling you..."

Yes, I sighed with a bewildered look from Christina who prefaced me.

"The more."

"Of course."

Cristina waved to get rid of us as she responded with her shoulders clasped.

Say goodbye at the crossroads and start walking towards your destination.

"... Um"

It was only a few minutes after that that that Risha opened her mouth modestly.

"Yeah?"

"Are you glad? Make Chris look like an exceptor."

……

Well, exhale white breath and look up at the cold, clear starry sky.

"... bad for Christina, but I'm not gonna get her involved in this one"

"May I ask why?

"Christina's dream is to be a knight, right? Because if a royal family is involved in a problem that will serve the future and is named as a traitor, it won't be a joke."

"Ah..."

Right? And leaning her neck, Riesha snorted.

"I don't even rely on Leonard for the same reason. Whatever the circumstances, what we're trying to do is bow down to the country."

"I'm trying to do the right thing... I'm supposed to"

"That's the hard part of the world."

The right thing to do doesn't always work for the world.

Hilarious efforts do not always yield good results.

That is why the words “irrational” and “irrational” exist in this world.

"Amazing, Rosie is"

"Hmm, why?

"I don't know what to say,“ adult! "I feel. You're supposed to be about my age, but you know all sorts of things, you're thinking all sorts of things."

My expression unwittingly loosens to Reesha, whose nose looks up roughly.

"Even Risha is smart. Five more years... No, you'll be a good adult in three years."

"I can't do it at all. You can't do anything, that's what I want to do. This is just what I want to do. You're really a kid, aren't you?"

"But if Reesha was an adult like me, I'm sure she'd be back at school with Christina by now."

"Huh?"

"That's how the world keeps turning around with nothing. The silver-haired elves that are consumed somewhere are intact, and the stiers that rely on us are erased unknowingly, and we live unchanged days."

"Ah..."

I stroke Reesha's head from the top of her hat with a tickle of laughter.

"A child's heart is something that you lose before you realize it yourself. Soon you'll disappear from within and decide what you want to do, not what you want to do, but what you give up."

……

"I'm not going to call that evil, but I also don't want Risha to be that way, if possible"

"... why?

"Remember I asked you“ what you don't want to do, "not“ what you want to do ”at school today?

"Huh? Yes. After all, I didn't know why it was something I didn't want to do.

Sarah, the teacher, and I said the same thing to Risha.

There's a good reason for this.

"Compromise is easy to mix with what you want to do. If this is what you were asking, I'm sure Risha would have answered:" If Rosie decides to think about everyone, she wants to respect that choice. "

Reesha nodded hesitantly as she strayed from her gaze after a few seconds of thought.

"There's nothing I can do about it."

"... compromise, right"

"Against.“ What you don't want to do ”is easy to get out of your heart. Negative emotions like anger and disgust are more primitive reactions, so it's hard to get extra noise in."

If the phrase 'I don't want to bother you' had appeared there, I would have been given up because I decided it was really important to Risha.

"So what was what Rosie“ didn't want to do "then?

"What?"

It solidifies for a moment into words like unintentional hitting.

"It's when you asked me that question. And Rosie was so up in the sky because she didn't like something then, either, right?

It leans down with a mouth cage.

You don't have to think about anything extra.

As I said myself, all you have to do is say “what you don't want to do”.

"... I don't know what to say, you know, trying to compromise on me. I didn't want to see you."

"In other words?"

Reesha was there with a slightly pranky grin.

"I wanted you to be Reesha Mystiglia, who takes everything seriously. Is this it?

"Yes!"

When she gave up everything and answered the question, Riesha hugged her arm in a good mood.

It won't be because of the temperature that my face is getting hot.

Such excuses did not work in this season when the exhaling breath stained white.