Walk down a path that I've come to feel terribly nostalgic these days, feeling the dry air of winter.

It's been a long time since Japan...... I felt like it would feel like a kind of homecoming, or a little snuggly coming up.

"Dear Kate, today - please listen to my Wagamama. No, thank you very much."

"No, it's cheap."

Moving her gaze at the voice she heard, Mr. Ilnes, who held hands with me, looked up at me and smiled.

Mr. Illness today has a long black skirt on the inside of a white turtleknit and a short boot of tea on his shoes. The outerwear has a light hue... but wears a coat of the type Duffle Coat, which is tailored to suit this world.

Mr. Ilnes is about 120 cm tall and quite small, but I think it's amazing how he feels like an adult, with a cord that doesn't feel too heavy while shades of darkness go with the winter, and some fine tricks to a calm atmosphere.

To say why you are coming to Japan with Mr. Ilnes in the first place... if I put it in short, it was because Mr. Ilnes wanted to.

When I was discussing the destination of several dates since I became a lover with Mr. Ilnes, I asked him for hope... and he wanted to go to the world I used to live in if it was going to come true...

There is no option that cannot be fulfilled with the wishes of Mr. Irnes, who is arguably rare, and this is how he came to Japan with his firm permission from Mr. Eden, the god of this world.

"Mr. Illness, you don't know about this facility or anything when you say you want to go somewhere... Uh, do you want to go somewhere like this? If not, I'll generally show you to a classic place or something."

"That's right, this view is - everything's fresh - and I'll look away, but if - I can choose, there's a place you'd like to take me."

"Of course I'll take you anywhere. Don't hesitate to say it"

"Thank you very much."

I have enough money, and I have time. It's just hard on me personally when all of a sudden people say it's Hokkaido or a foreign country... but I'm going to let them do something about it.

But contrary to my intentions, the hope Mr. Ilnes had spoken of was… a little unexpected.

Walking hand in hand with Mr. Illness is a residential neighborhood without any weird philosophy. It's not a shopping district, it's not like there's another rare building or a hole famous store.

There's a pretty big street if you walk a little, and if you go there, there's karaoke, game centers, etc., but you're not going for those places either.

For me, the path I could walk...... "The path I used to go from home to college" I take it easy with Mr. Ilnes.

Why are you walking in such a place, because Mr Ilnes hoped, 'When I lived in this world, I wanted you to take me to a well-traveled path or a well-traveled place'.

So together, we're walking down the road from the house we lived in to college... and I'm worried that Mr. Illness might be bored because there's nothing really unusual about it.

But Mr. Illness's emotions transmitted by sensory magic seem to be a lot of fun.

"Oh, you're just around here. I was summoned by Trinia."

"That's right... here it is ~"

Mr. Ilnes, who stopped to respond to my words, keeps looking down the path of nothingness in a way that makes him feel happy somewhere.

Uh-huh. I don't know, but I don't think he's enjoying it.

"... uh, Mr. Illness?

"Yes or no?

"Mr. Illness... Oh, no, I'm sorry. Nothing, sir."

Mr. Ilnes doesn't like noisy places, so he was going to pick a quiet place as possible, but are you sure this is a good place to be? I was curious and tried to ask, but I can't think of a better way to ask. Though it's a sight I'm tired of seeing, it should be rare for Mr. Irnes, a resident of another world, when it comes to ordinary residential neighborhoods.

If you want to know the living landscape of the people in this world, I'm also convinced why Mr. Ilnes seems to enjoy it. However, when it comes to talking about where to take me after this... it bothers my head.

Where I used to go when I lived in this world...... the most I went was definitely Wind Hacienda when there was my mother and father's grave, but I can't even take them to a hacienda away from the city centre on a date.

Neither can the university go inside with a body that has already left voluntarily, and when it comes to a place I often say otherwise... I can only think of a convenience store or something like a food and beverage chain store.

Thinking that way, Mr. Ilnes turned to me and told me with a slight bitter smile.

"Do you care why?

"Huh? Oh, uh... yes"

Mr. Ilnes' query was why he wondered why he had offered such hope… I nodded, not knowing my intentions.

"Very - Wagamama, is that a selfish reason... I wanted to see it."

"Yeah?"

"You were before I met you, you were before I found out. I want to see the landscape I've been seeing."

……

"Dear Kate, oh, so much for regretting the past I hadn't met ~ I don't, ha. Master Kate and I are happy now that we are together. Is that why? I wanted to see the landscape you were looking at when you were in this world, so I stuck with you, and I said Wagamama."

That said, Mr. Illness gives me a look of sorrow somewhere... but I don't think that would go into Wagamama's at all.

If I may say so, this is Mr. Illness's slightly far-fetched message "I want to know more about you" and somehow I was just glad.

"I'm not a wagamama at all, and I'd rather be glad to hear you say that... by the way, uh, the most legged thing I had when I was in this world was the hacienda where my parents' graves were... Next, do you want to go there?

"Yes, no, even Master Kite - if you don't mind, definitely not"

Wind Hacienda was a little far from the city centre in the same province as the mother and father's grave, if you say so in position. Rather than in the countryside, it is a place where the expression Bedtown becomes firmer, and when you visit it at noon, the neighborhood of the nearest station is also a little idle.

There is a little distance from the station to the hacienda, so I have a hand in using buses and taxis, but I always walked from the station when I came to visit my parents' grave, so this time I walk the same way with Mr. Irnes.

There was a slightly larger supermarket along the way, and I always bought flowers for you at the florist in it. The supermarket and florist were also open the same as before, and because of this, we decided to take a little peek.

I'm not visiting the grave this time...... or my mother and father are alive and well in Trinia. So when I looked at the various flowers, not the flowers for the offering, I could see Mr. Illness moving into the flowers with his gaze.

"... Speaking of which, Mr. Illness, do you like rose flowers?

That's what I'm asking. I'm wrapped around my neck right now, Muffler... lightly touching the muffler Mr. Illness gave me on Valentine's Day before.

There are three red rose embroideries on the lining of this muffler. No, it's not just this muffler, it's also got three red roses embroidered in the lining on the cape that Mr. Ilnes hand-knitted and gave me, kneeling, etc., and I was going to ask him sometime.

Having heard my words, Mr. Ilnes tells him calmly, staring at the rose flower.

"That's right, now - say it's my favorite flower, I'm sure of it"

"I see...... because of it, do you want to buy it?

"No - I'll stop. It's going to be packed, and no, it's not enough."

After saying so and smiling, Mr. Ilnes moves his gaze to another flower. Somehow, I also feel like it was a little weird rhetoric, but I didn't feel like going in and asking any more when I saw Mr. Ilnes, who seemed to have fun.

After watching the flowers for a little while, me and Mr. Ilnes move to the supermarket.

"Mr. Illness, I don't really have a restaurant or anything around here, do you want to buy lunch or something?

"I've prepared lunch for you once, how about that?

"Huh? Did you make it for me?

"Yes, no."

Oh, my God. It looks like Mr. Ilnes has been making me lunch. I'm quite happy with this, to be honest. As a matter of fact, Mr. Illness's hand cooking can be just a little precious.

Because Mr. Irnes is a versatile housekeeper and a professional cook, but he basically leaves it to the chef when it comes to the dishes he serves at the mansion, and apart from cookies, cakes and other confectioneries, he unexpectedly has little chance of mouthing Mr. Irnes's handicrafts.

And more importantly, it's a pleasure that my lover has been making handmade lunches for herself.

"Thank you. I'm so happy. Well, just buy a drink... there's a big park a little walk away, so let's eat there"

"Yes, no."

After purchasing a pet bottle of tea at the supermarket, I move to the park with Mr. Illness to sit on the bench side by side. This park feels like a natural park, with little play gear, etc. Instead, it has lots of greenery and a good view.

"I hope it suits your mouth."

That being said, the lunch that Mr. Irnes took out for me was not a so-called picnic lunch box with rice balls or sandwiches...... I packed it in small, double-stacked lunchboxes separated from each other. Somehow, this was something like a handmade lunch box.

I'm talking about Mr. Irnes, who's ready, so maybe he asked around Aoi and Yanaka beforehand and prepared this world-style lunch box for me.

"Thank you! It's delicious."

"If you were happy, I'd be happy, too."

Actually, I didn't have anything to say so far because it's not even something I dare say, but as for me, who lost my parents early and was home in middle school and high school, there can be something like a little admiration for this kind of family lunch.

Besides, even if that's handcrafted by my adorable lover, I can't help but get nervous.

Meatballs on egg rolls, potato salad… Ah, some wieners cut into octopus shapes. This looks delicious enough to waste my time eating it.

Turning to Mr. Ilnes with that in mind, Mr. Ilnes had laid a handkerchief over his own leg in a move that he felt elegant before taking out a lunchbox a little smaller than mine.

Uh-huh, I think it's really amazing how these fine tricks also make you look like an adult.

"Well, I'll have it"

"Yes, no. Here you go - enjoy it."

Lightly hand in hand and use the prepared chopsticks to eat lunch...... yeah, it's tear-free and delicious. Of course Mr. Illness has a good cooking skill, but somehow he suits my tastes perfectly.

Sweet egg rolls are braised slightly, meatballs flavor slightly darker eyes and, conversely, potato salad flavors slightly thinner eyes...... great.

It's even more handmade by my adorable lover and lunch in line in a scenic place like this...... so great that they can't help but tell me to explode. You can say it was exactly what you admired, a situation...... happy.

Now it would be even better if you could do "ahhh" or something, but that would be too greedy. No, I'd say maybe, or definitely ask for it... but it's more embarrassing to ask for it just like that.

and thinking that way, Mr. Ilnes smiled and opened his mouth after he saw Chilali and me.

"Dear Kite."

"Yes?"

"Huh, looks like there was too much for me - if you don't mind, could you eat a little?

"Huh? Ah, yes"

Unexpectedly I nodded, Mr. Ilnes cleverly used chopsticks to slice the egg roll out of his lunchbox, pinching it and offering it to me with one hand to keep it from falling.

"Ahhh."

and with such a word...... what is it, the Virgin Mary?

Thank you. What I was thinking earlier seemed like a prospect to Mr. Ilnes. I also feel embarrassed, but happier than that.

The egg roll that Mr. Ilnes fed me felt much sweeter than what I had been eating until just now, wondering.

After you finish your lunch, take a little rest while you stretch your tea. The season is winter, but today the weather is nice and there is little wind, so it is warm and easy to spend.

I still have plenty of time to relax here for a while, as my plans after this are just going to Time Wind Cemetery.

"Phew, excuse me"

"Kuhihi, it's a beautiful day, and hey, you can't help but get sleepy."

Her tummy also made her a little drowsy and lackluster, but Mr. Irnes seems rather entertained without looking concerned.

After a characteristic grin that he now finds adorable, Mr. Ilnes gently told him to wear his skirt with his hands.

"If you don't mind, can I rest a little? I don't know if I feel comfortable sleeping, but a simple pillow would do."

"That means..."

"Yes, no. Even Master Kite - if you don't mind."

Apparently, if I wanted to, Mr. Illness would give me a knee pillow. What an attractive suggestion...... hard to resist. Or I don't even feel the need to fight it.

There are no shadows in the park as far as I can see. We can both go, and the bench can lie down pretty big enough. And the weather is nice and maternal next door...... you can say the situation is perfect.

"Uh... so can I sweeten you to your words?

"Yes, no, go ahead."

In the end I decided to sweeten Mr. Ilnes' generosity and put my head on Mr. Ilnes' leg even though I was a little nervous. Comfortable fragrance that comes fluffy and happy softness.

Superb comfortable knee pillow that seems to let go of consciousness in an instant when you get alarmed...... what a luxurious moment.

As I fell asleep, Mr. Ilnes gently reached out and gently stroked my head. No, I've really been thinking about it for a long time, but Mr. Ilnes is awesome to say inclusiveness or like motherhood...... is it the Virgin Mary after all?

While I was thinking about that, feeling comfortable and mellow... I could hear Mr. Ilnes on the pretend.

"Dear Kate, remember the song I sang before - at the Six Kings Festival?

"... it's a small story, isn't it?

Mr. Ilnes' voice is such a sweet thing that he will always want to hear, which accelerates his drowsiness, but he manages to listen back.

Mr. Ilnes will continue his words without stopping his hand stroking my head.

"I don't know, it's not like a song - it's something that doesn't work"

"Yeah? What the hell..."

"Me too - a lot, I think I've gotten greedy. of your story, I wish I could be a reader ~ I thought that would be fine...... no. Right now, I don't want to be portrayed with you in a story that makes you smile."

……

Somewhere slightly self-derisive, but not as if he regrets it...... in a voice as if he enjoys the change while confused, Mr. Irnes spins his words as if he were singing.

"I'm more of a wagamama than I used to be - greedy - but... you know, tell me that's okay?

"... isn't that obvious? I mean, I'll tell you what, Mr. Illness is not a waggy mom or greedy at all. Instead, as far as I'm concerned, Mr. Ilnes would like to demand more."

"Kuhihi, is that more... That's troublesome. I'm ~ with Master Kate. Oh, soon I'll be happy and full of breasts, but I can't think of any more ~ hey"

"Haha, I'm glad you said that too. But can you really do me a lot more favors or something?

"Yes, no. Well, thank you when I think of something."

"Yes."

"Kuhihi"

After I said that and laughed happily, Mr. Ilnes continued to stroke my head gently without further words. And I, too, was surrounded by that comfortable and happy warmth, sinking my consciousness into the mellow.

After taking a short nap, I headed with Mr. Irnes to Time Wind Cemetery again. Go up the stairs and enter the desired hacienda, aiming for a hacienda on a small high hill.

After all, there was no one at all because it was a weekday, and as soon as I walked a little, I reached my destination.

"... here was the tomb of my mother and father"

"That's right"

"Well, not right now... this is where I took the most legs before I went to Trinia, the view I saw the most..."

Actually, there are no more moms and dads graves here right now. I hated them in person...... or I said I was sorry to have my uncle and aunt take care of the grave even though they were already alive, so after I asked Mr. Eden to explain the situation to my uncle and aunt, I did something about it.

I'm not sure of the fine way, but Mr. Eden is an Almighty God, so move as soon as that degree of adjustment is easy, and where there was once a mother and father grave, the place is now empty. Someday someone's grave will be built in this place as well.

That's never a bad thing. My mother and father live with me in another world, and I don't have any good memories of this place.

"... pitiful story, but I've been here enough to really shudder. If you think back now, you'll know that I couldn't accept the death of my parents after all, and I was just looking for a shadow for both of them. I haven't noticed that in a long time."

……

"Well, thanks to that now, it's important… I realized the kindness of the loved ones who were there for me around me, so I'm glad I went far"

Kneel in the empty space of nothing, hands together as lightly as you once did. What is this feeling? It's not like loneliness, it's not like sadness, it's not like I don't like the fact that the grave is gone.

However, I may still be a little saddened by the fact that the scenery I've seen so many times has changed.

The shadow inadvertently shadows me as I stare into an empty space with such difficult emotions. When I looked up, Mr. Illness, who had moved at some point, stood before me.

And Mr. Ilnes, bowing down a little and holding my head as I was crouching...... he hugged me gently.

"Mr. Illness?

"I'm not sympathetic. Not to mention - I'm not even comforting you."

The feeling so soft and comfortable, the gentle scent that tickles the nasal cavity, the warmth that envelops me… I felt like it would give me so much relief that I couldn't help it.

"I just wanted to hug you. It's my ~ wagamama."

"... I see"

"Earlier - I got your permission to demand more, so, uh - can I stay like this for a while?

"... Yes"

What a cheating wagamama this is. I couldn't explain the emotions in me myself. I'm not lonely, I'm not sad... just a little, just a little bit hungry for people's warmth.

I guess Mr. Ilnes guessed that for me. So I told him it was neither sympathy nor comfort. He tells me to hang out with my own wagamama, and this is how he gives me warmth.

This sweet wagamama is really cheating...... this is decided to make me want to be sweet.

How long has it been? When Mr. Ilnes gently took his hand off my head, the chest sprouts earlier had disappeared beautifully and thoroughly.

Or when you think about it after you've calmed down, that feeling of security is quite dangerous. Since Mr. Illness is not halfway through her motherhood, I feel that being alert is going to come with a sweet habit.

Feeling a little embarrassed, I join hands with Mr. Irnes again to leave the hacienda behind. Sometimes it was winter now, and the sky seemed slightly reddish, though not so much dusk.

The hacienda is sometimes on high ground, with a good view of the city just before it switches from noon to evening. I accidentally stopped in the middle of a staircase from the hacienda and saw it in the view.

I took to this hacienda more than I could really count... but I didn't think the view was so beautiful. No, I wasn't aware.

It's just different to have a mind, and the view you should have been used to looks different. And I thought it would be a very happy thing to notice that... it felt that way.

Then, inadvertently, at that time, he let go of the hand to which Mr. Ilnes was connected, and went up the stairs that had just come down in front of me, turning around, just one step.

"Mr. Illness?

"Speaking of which, I forgot to tell Kite that no, it's important."

"Important, is it?

Mr. Ilnes smiles as he moves to the front of me with his neck hanging. The height difference between Mr. Irnes and me is nearly 50 cm, and even if Mr. Irnes takes a step up the stairs, he will look up at me.

"Dear Kate, uh, you asked me earlier - no, do you like rose flowers?

"Huh? Oh, yes. You heard me."

"I like rose flowers. Especially ~ I like red roses sooo... did you know? Rose flowers. Ha, flower words vary by color - but red roses. Ha, when you give them to someone. Ha, depending on the number of copies - flower words change."

"That's right. I didn't know."

That should also be a continuation of the words he exchanged at the florist before coming here, and Mr. Ilnes reached out to me softly as he spoke...... "Excuse me" and then untie the muffler I had wrapped around my neck.

And he slowly pointed to the three red roses embroidered in their lining, explaining them in a serene voice.

"A bottle would. Ah, 'Love at first sight'. Two bottles, then." There's only two of us in this world ". When you give it to someone, you change its meaning."

"I see...... uh, so, what if three?

The first thing that came to mind when I heard Mr. Ilnes explain was the flower words when giving away the three roses. Because many of the things I have received so far from Mr. Irnes were embroidered with three roses...

When I visit, Mr. Ilnes smiles tenderly and opens his mouth with a clear eye focus on me.

"When I give the red rose - three bottles, the flower words haha..."

"Huh? Ah..."

"...... eh"

So Mr. Irnes gently pulled the muffler he had in his hand. That's never too strong a force, the gentler pull you can be if you want to resist......

Guided by the feeling of being pulled downwards, it was almost at the same time that Mr. Ilnes stretched his back as I gave in slightly.

And as if I could be drawn, my lips overlapped with those of Mr. Ilnes.

The first thing I felt was amazingly soft and slightly warm, the next thing I felt was a strange, sweet feeling and... huge affection.

In a flash of paralysis and the feeling of not being able to think about anything else, the gentle and then profound kiss continued.

I don't know how long we were kissing each other, but when Mr. Ilnes slowly let go of his face, I felt like we could see a silver thread connecting each other's lips to be lit by the sunset and remnants.

Ms. Ilnes tells her with a dazzling smile as her head regains some calm with such slight loneliness that she wanted to have a more happy feeling.

"... 'I Love You'"

It is a flower word caged in three red roses, and at the same time a caged word of thoughts that a modest girlfriend has so far conveyed to me in a far-fetched way.

Miss Ilnes' face, laughing as she lit up in the sunset, was among the many expressions she had seen so far...... I thought it was extraordinarily beautiful.

"... Mr. Illness, may I ask you one thing?

"Yes or no?

"Why did you just say it wasn't enough at the florist? Three would have been red roses, I think..."

Hearing my words like that, Mr. Ilnes answered me with a happy smile from the bottom of his heart.

"Dear Kate, oh, until I became a lover, I had enough for three... now that I'm willing to give you 'one hundred', yeah, it wasn't enough."

"... a hundred and a half... what kind of flower words would that be?

"... 'I love you so much I don't have any more'"

"I see... then I would also like to give Mr. Illness a hundred red roses"

"Kuhihi, if that's the case, one day - no to each other, shall we give it to each other?

"Nice, definitely"

I saw Mr. Irnes laughing adorably as he stared straight at this one, somewhat like he shared happiness with each other... I felt like I could understand the feeling of 'wanting to see the same view' that she wanted to come here.

So I'm sure it was inevitable.

After laughing at each other...... I gave in again and Mr. Ilnes stretched back again......