Herscherik (Reincarnated Prince Series)

Chapter IX: Old Friends, Flags and Nostalgia Part II

Ryoko, who returned to her home apartment to remove makeup and change into a room outfit, sat on her favorite couch as she arranged dinner on the table.

"Ah, I'm tired..."

Ryoko says so while turning on the TV, he opens the can beer he prepared in front of him and pours it into the cup. A golden ratio of white foam to yellow liquid was made in the glass, and when I drank it all the way through, I exhaled like my father, wiping the foam on my lips.

"Yeah, it's good.

Ryoko groans contentedly as she changes the TV channel, switching to chopsticks when she places the diminished glass of contents up to half, stretching her chopsticks to the dishes of the liquor rather than to the dinner in front of her.

Today's dish was served by warming the cabbage in the range with mayonnaise, soy sauce, and bonito sauce. My parents gave it to me to cut the roasted pork. I stopped by the convenience store on the way home and bought the grilled chicken. It is a table that has no women's power, but unfortunately no one blames it for living alone.

(Cabbage, I don't think I bought it, but it helped.

That's just bad for you at the meat-only table. I was too busy to buy it out, so I thought the vegetable room was empty, but I was fortunate to have only half a ball of cabbage left. Chin is a classic vegetable dish in Ryoko in a range of zaku-cut cabbage.

"Ugh..."

Ryoko, who picked the dish and drank the beer, leaked a sigh.

I am alone in the evening watching TV as usual, but the chopsticks went so dull today. I know what caused it.

Whether you're drinking beer, eating food, or watching TV, the face of a reunited little bird game flickers in your head. The day I bought the new game, the meal was there and I started the game, but today I didn't really feel like it.

Point your gaze right at the business card placed on the table.

(Little birdie, you were looking better than I thought.

A friend who became a man who could do the right job for a suit. A smile that made me feel heterosexual during breakup.

(... No way, do you really care for me?

In the game, he's a hundred wars smelling romantic advanced, but reality is just a dry woman. A handsome high school classmate who hasn't been reunited in over a decade before such a woman. Besides, they're saving lives and the other guy's not even married. Free heterosexuality.

The game is flagged. But Ryoko denies it.

"No, definitely not. Impossible.

The reality is that there are no game-like convenience-like developments. It's not a dream, and it's not the year I believe in such ottomous things.

The music came from the television. When I watch TV, one singer sings a ballad.

"Ah, is this girl finally on TV?

The singer was Ryoko, who was only interested in Anison and game songs, but was rarely interested and even bought a CD. She writes very heartfelt lyrics and is comfortable listening to her singing, that she composes her own lyrics.

If it was true, I met a certain character song who was going to buy online when he snuck up on the shame of buying it because it was an exclusive addition to being in the store, and heard a song that was playing in the store as a push newbie.

(No, you haven't heard this kid's song lately.

Ryoko turns off the TV when she finishes singing and connects the small audio player to the stereo. The walls of this apartment are soundproofed, but sometimes at night, the sound was set to small and played back.

Nostalgic songs begin to play.

(I heard it a long time ago, but it's still a good song.

Heart caged lyrics to loose tunes. It made me feel calm when I heard this song when I was depressed or irritated.

Ryoko mumbles to the music. And when I tried to plug it into my favorite rust, the pain ran on my head. When I accidentally hold my forehead by my hand, one girl comes to mind behind my brain. The girl's red copper colored sara hair swayed.

(Huh?)

She was an unrecognizable girl. But for some reason, I can't breathe like I've been grabbed in the chest.

(What? Who is that girl...?

But the headache sounds before Ryoko tries to solve the question. The pain disappeared from the back of the brain.

(... I think it hit the rain and caught a cold. Go to bed early............)

Ryoko turns off the stereo when she leaks her sigh.

There was a pocket watch rolling over here. Silver Komi's old pocket watch.

"That, did you have one of these?

Ryoko tilts her neck and reaches out to take her pocket watch, but the pain grows as intense as a pulse and groans small.

"……… maybe a real cold. Let's get some sleep.

When Ryoko shrugged so, she turned her back without touching her pocket watch. And I wrap it on the leftover meal that I left on the table and it goes into the fridge, and when I take the headache pain medication, I brush my teeth and snuggle them into bed.

I usually take a shower before going to bed, but when I take my medicine, I get sleepy, so I give up. I have to wake up earlier than usual and take a shower for work tomorrow, but I close my eyes thinking it's still a hundred million robberies. Ryoko quickly let go of consciousness and forgot about the girl and about Silver Komi's pocket watch.

On the weekend, Ryoko went home to her parents. My family is opening my thirty-fifth birthday for me. I walk out of my apartment with a little expensive ice cream in one hand and head for it. The distance between the apartment and my parents is a walkable distance, and since winter is just around the corner, there is no problem with melting if you put in refrigerant. When I arrived at my parents' house without a thing, diving through the gate, our watchdog was waving his tail and sitting down.

"Cro, were you being a good boy?

When Ryoko asked, the large dog Kro, who was about the size of his hips even as he sat down, barked. A young man with dark hair comes to mind in the back of his head.

(That?)

Ryoko tried to remember that she had never seen it before, but she had a headache that prevented her from thinking.

(I wonder if the cold had healed yet...)

Ryoko suppresses the eyebrows. I've had some bad headaches lately.

Are you angry with your boss when you have a bad headache and a strong expression in the workplace? I hear you're asking.

(I don't really want to take my medication.

Too much medicine makes it harder to work. If it doesn't work at times of need, I'm in trouble.

Clo was worried that the pain could not be relieved at all, and he clung to his leg when he had an eyebrow. When Ryoko strokes his head, Kro shakes his tail all the time.

"Let's go for a walk later.

Kro barked happily again at Ryoko's words.

Ryoko walked into her parents' house and talked to my mother and father, while serving ice cream in the fridge, and my mother snuck in from behind.

"You, something happened. Man, you're finally a man.

"Ha!?

Ryoko shudders her shoulders and drops the ice cream at her mother's words. Because I was just about to stay here, I was able to fit in the free space in good shape, but I made a noise.

Looking back at her mother, she laughs a lot. Beyond that, my father, who was sitting on the couch reading the newspaper, turned his gaze to me and to me.

"What suddenly.

"No, you're not what you always are. I don't know if you're softening up.

Ryoko wandered to her mother that she should not look at her mother sweetly. My mother has been sharp for a long time. Especially when it comes to family. Is that Six Senses!? You can't hide it by demonstrating your ability to do so much.

"Since when? When are you getting married?

"Why are you taking such a leap?

"Oh, I knew it was a man.

Ryoko realizes she has been put on board by her laughing mother. He said he was in the second half of the thirties, but I don't feel like he could beat my mother forever.

"... even if you were a man, it wouldn't matter to your mother.

That's what Ryoko says and tries to push him away that he can't stay at his mother's pace like this. The way I put it, I guess it's because I'm like a student in front of my mother.

"'Cause I'm worried about you and your father.

To Ryoko, who missed her gaze, her mother changed her previous face and continued her words in the face of her mother, who cared for her child.

"Because you never get married. Well, I know it's the opposite of purpose to have a man in order to get married. But what do you do when we're gone?

"Nothing. I'm fine with one person.

Ryoko can't be strong enough to tell her mother that she's really worried about me. My mother overlaps words with Ryoko like that.

"Even so, if I had to be alone, I'd miss you, wouldn't I?

"Right, I don't know..."

Ryoko thought of my mother's words.

(Alone, or?

I grow old alone. I don't rely on anyone, just myself.

One person in front of the fireplace in his head, a silver-haired man sitting on the couch, came to mind. But that also makes my headache go away.

"Ah, between now and now. You thought of a man's face!!

Ryoko shook her head at her mother's words. I had a terrible headache and now I didn't want to think about anything.

"……… I'm going for a walk in Cro.

Ryoko sent her mother that she hadn't heard enough yet, and her father, throwing a meaningful gaze, dared to go through and head toward the front door.

When we went outside, Crowe was waiting for us! I was just waiting for you to say. When Ryoko laughs, she takes the lead out of the walking back she had when she left the front door and connects it to the collar.

Crowe is a very smart watchdog on the property, but even if the front door was open, he wouldn't be outside unless he connected the lead.

Go outside with the clo. Crowe walks according to his stride and never takes a walk like pulling a lead. Ryoko talks to her dog who sometimes looks back and confirms herself.

"At all, why does my mother marry so much? It's not like you'll be happy when you get married. Hey, Cro.

Waffle Crowe replied. Cro always listens to me with guts and hammers me. I probably don't understand, but I was also saved by that gavel.

"Thank you for everything, Chr.

Kuro barked and replied in the same way.

The girls have been in elementary school for a long time.

"Cro, sit down. Down."

Kuro instantly followed Ryoko's words. I would never expect my dog to hit a child, but Clo, who is afraid of his face, freaks even middle school students out. I thought it would be dangerous if elementary school girls were surprised and jumped out onto the road.

I felt that the brown curly hair wobbled when I was different from the elementary school girl. When Ryoko looked back, the brunette elementary school girl's gift was just loose.

(Is that a mistake?

Ryoko leaning on her neck sounds like a cloud. Ryoko apologized and resumed the walk.

I walked through the usual determined walking course and reached the park where I would end up passing through. The sky was stained with cedar and stained the landscape in sight.

"It's a beautiful sunset.

The sun set quickly due to the approaching winter, and it was always night when I left the office after work on weekdays. I feel so nostalgic about the sunset.

'I won't let that happen.

My voice sounds. I don't even remember who told me, but I feel like that's very important.

Exploring my memory to remember, I heard that headache again. As if to make you stop thinking.

(What………?

I've had a bad headache trying to remember something here lately. As if to interfere with remembering.

Have you forgotten something important? Yes, Ryoko asks herself while enduring a headache. I felt like I was forgetting something. But I don't know what it is. Isn't that just something we shouldn't forget?

My headache gets worse when I try to remember. Even so, I think Ryoko needs to remember.

Fu Nyan and his voice echoed. When Ryoko turned her gaze, there was an orange-dyed cat on the bench. It is inherently a white cat, a cat that no one misses. It is unusual to raise a cry from yourself.

"Ah, it's Shilo. Hissybu."

Ryoko shook his tail like he was gonna call it. And when I thought my golden eyes stared at Ryoko, I stood up and left the scene.

And how long will you be here? That's the wind I'm talking about.

"I can't get along today.

Ryoko laughs at that attitude.

(When I thought I was deluded, I thought it was a mess. Well, better than Tuntung's.

So it hardened.

(... Who is he?

But I couldn't find the answer.

Ryoko was unable to move off the spot until she snuggled up to her husband's foot, who was immobile.

Upon returning home from her thirty-fifth birthday party, Ryoko was organizing the gifts she received from her sisters. They had many gifts for me, but the best of them was the exclusive animated DVD that my sisters gave me just what I wanted. I wanted it but the production was over and it wasn't auctioned again and I was crying, but by chance my sisters found it and gave it to me. I realize my phone's incoming light is glowing when I'm just about to admire it.

When I opened my phone, I received an email. Then check the source and beat faster. It was an email from Little Bird Play.

(Next Wednesday, I was wondering if you'd like to go to a delicious store...... are you sure you want to invite me on a date?

Ryoko hearts out at the invitation emails from the opposite sex for the first time in her life.

'I'll miss you when I'm alone.

My mother's words echoed in my head. I guess so, Ryoko decided to reply.

On Wednesday, Ryoko was restlessly looking at a clock that gave him thirty minutes to his time. I feel that the time that has passed since it was always there is somewhat longer today.

A junior in the next seat spoke to such restless Ryoko.

"Mr. Hayakawa, that's kind of a different makeup today.

"…… well, is that right?

Ryoko suppresses her cheeks reflexively. Today I tried to change the color of my cheeks, eye colors, and lips. But it's never flashy. It's a change that you won't know until you pay attention.

(That's Leah's junior......)

She is a very cute junior. Young and tasteful today, they are also popular with male employees within the company. Honey, I have a boyfriend. Some of it seemed a little natural, but it was acceptable to Ryoko.

"Yes! Unlike always, I have a cute kanji...... ha! So that's a senior date!

"Hey, you!

Ryoko wanders at the junior who shines his eyes as if it were about him.

(It was that easy to understand......?

She also reacted picklessly to the wolfish Ryoko, but she didn't realize she was full of herself.

"With that said, my personal clothes this morning were different and colorful!

"So no. Because it's so loud..."

It is true that today is not the usual plain clothes, but clothes of colour that I chose over the course of an hour yesterday.

Ryoko told him to keep his voice down, but the junior took away the job that Ryoko had been on his side.

"Mr. Hayakawa, leave this all to me and get ready to go up!

"But that is……."

"It's my usual thanks! I always get help from Mr. Hayakawa! Don't you have another job?

It's my job for tomorrow. and blocked by juniors before continuing. Because she said so much, Ryoko thanked her and took a seat at the same time as the regular time.

When Ryoko was in her room, she said around her junior year, "Ryoko has a boyfriend!?" "Liar, I really have trouble leaving Shou! You won't stop working, will you?!?" "What are you going to do even though there are quite a few people after Ryoko at the branch office!?" Around his junior desk, Ryoko had no reason to know that an emergency meeting had been held even with the general manager.

In the dressing room Ryoko looks at her personal clothes today as she changes. Large floral knee-length skirt in frilled white blouse. I think it's an elegant coordination that's never flashy and that's why it's not even auntie-like.

(I did make it a little bright colored clothes though.

Ryoko reflects that the junior may have found out or was quite standing up.

My first date with the opposite sex in my life. And in the real world. I saw a scale at the end of my sight. It would be someone's personal belongings. The dressing room has women's personal belongings here and there.

(Recently…………)

He also said he didn't want to look directly at the shape he was going to aunt. But if you're going out with someone in the future. I didn't think it was a good idea for women to stay low. Get on the Scary Scale. Something flashed in my head when I saw my weight.

(Yeah, right......)

Ryoko, with an enlightened face, continued to stare at the scales numbers as she posed for a monkey reflection on the wall.