Isekai Sagishi no Consulting

"Mr. Molly. Your room is ready. I'm sorry to be in a room with nothing, but please think of it as your own."

Ginette snuck back into the kitchen as the opening hours of the Yangdu Pavilion came to an end and the cleanup was nearing completion.

I walked around here and there during the day and wasn't ready for the room.

... He weighed quite a bit. I wouldn't forget a regular Ginette like this.

"Excuse me, Mr. Store Manager. It's sudden, but I can't take care of anything."

"No, because you helped Molly with the closing, and this one helped"

Molly followed these instructions and did a really tight closing job.

I haven't had enough work to hire a book since tomorrow.

Before I get used to it, I guess I have a good way of working with the procedures. It's fun to teach these types of people to work. I'm the type of person who wants to try to grow it.

"Uh-huh..."

Loretta is tilting her neck as she wraps her arms around her, staring at the pan boiling water for her bath.

"What's bothering you? Loretta."

"No, I think Molly needs the nickname she deserves more than staying with me, but I can't think of a good one..."

"Morilli, aren't you?

Wouldn't Loretta's taste do that? Magda, you're a little bit of a millimeter, aren't you?

"That's why I'm wearing the Mirilli, so here's one, the nickname I deserve for a new idea... and I'm twisting my head..."

"Um, you don't have to put it on, do you?

"Why not!? What! I don't want to get along with me!? Annoying!?

"No, um... definitely, please"

Looks like Molly gave me a concession to the extreme by reading the air to the fullest.

You may not have thought about it until just now, but you just thought it might be "a little annoying," the way it is now.

"Ha!? It flashed!

"Well, let's consider another candidate."

"Why not!? Just listen to me! I came up with a guy that looked a little good!?

Because there's nothing I can't do more than flash Loretta...

"Just say it"

"It's a pacifier!

"Um, Mr. Loretta... my nickname involves my brother... and I'd like you to stop doing everything you can."

"What, no!?

"Hey, Hammoru (sister)"

"Mm-hmm! I see, does that feel yummy! Your brother pointed it out so painfully that I knew!

"I'm relieved you understand. Mr. Yashiro, it's amazing how you came up with the idea of poking the steeple precisely."

I was impressed with it in a weird place.

Because it's as easy to imagine what Loretta might think, I think anyone can do this much.

"Uh-huh... Momo Momo"

"Please don't"

Loretta, look next door. They're looking at you right in the face.

Molly, it's a total rejection. Look, I can't even look away anymore. I'm gonna keep an eye on you for weird nicknames, that's it.

"... morillin, no, morillin!

"I'm a little unsure why Morillin was rejected."

"I didn't think Molly's cuteness could be expressed!

"I think it's probably my fault, and I'm not that cute"

"That's not true! Molly has the cuteness that goes through Milli!

"Then Morilli is fine. I'm glad you're here, and I like Mr. Milly."

Loretta, when you interpret Molly's words right now, you're like, "That's enough, don't even think about it."

Sounds like you hit your hand where you could compromise before you were given a strange nickname, that one.

"Look, Mr. Loretta. The water has boiled, please carry it with Mr. Molly."

"I'll take care of it, Mr. Store Manager! Morilli, take the hot water and it looks like it's back-streaming!

"Well, I can take a bath alone..."

"Don't hesitate! Because we're the waitresses we worked with!

Loretta pushes Molly's back and exits into the courtyard in a whimsical manner.

The hallway was smudged and the door closed, and Molly glanced at me and here until the end.

... and hot water, take it.

"Ugh. You look happy, Mr. Loretta"

"Magda is already asleep. I don't know what else to do."

By the time I heard Molly was staying, she had decided to stay, as a matter of course, too, Loretta.

"I forgot the hot water!

Loretta, running back with a bulb, draws hot water full of buckets from a large pan and leaves again.

Transfer that hot water to a tray, and then dilute it with water.

"What will Mr. Yashiro do, hot water?

"Because Molly's here, I'll be up there in a little while."

"Well, I'll be ready to take a bath here."

"Don't worry about me, you can take a bath. You sweated today, didn't you?

"Right. Okay, I'll have it first.... Yashiro, can you do it yourself?

"Don't worry...... will I be worried because I'm always getting Magda to do it? I'll be fine."

"Be careful, it's hot."

"Kid, I am."

"Ugh."

Ginette goes out to the courtyard, pumping hot water into a bucket.

Mimi, Mimi, no... BUTAN.

Yeah. Let's just get Oomaro fixed. Floors and doors. And a roof in the courtyard. Finally, on that steep staircase, my room. And then... Oh, is it still before the negotiations after the stairs? Well, what am I going to feed on...... for now, I want an environment that makes bathing in the water easier. I don't even have to go with the bath, I don't know about the environment where you can get enough hot water if you twist the faucet...... Oomaro, I wonder if you have any ideas. If you make it with Magda Nice Cousin, you can't invent as much water heater as he can? Can't we? Can't we? Ka, I can't use it.

With that in mind, close the key to the door to the courtyard that seldom closes.

Look, if someone comes in my hot tub because of some mistake, it's bad. I could be the bad guy if they saw me. All the time, the perpetrators of erotic happenings are rubbed by men without question. Self-defense, self-defense.

Move the table on the floor slightly to create a space and place the sagging on the floor.

Pour in hot water full of buckets there and dilute with the water brought from the water bottle.... It's a subtle distance to the well. Outside.

"Well, let's get this over with"

When you take off the boots that have been compressing your feet all day and strip off your elastic scarce socks, your bare feet are wrapped in a sense of liberation.

and, at that time, the door of the hall, the entrance to the Yangdu pavilion, which forgot to lock, was opened.

Oh, yabe. I forgot over there.

"Yikes!?

And it was... Hammoru who screamed.

"What's a 'yah'?"

"I felt like I had to tell you!

Where do you remember that, you know? Oh, well. Pharmacist's Church? That walking harmful library.

"Oi's sleeping roll, delivery -!

"Did you come alone? Night lanes are dangerous."

Sister and brother here, you're dealing with a pretty little kid, aren't you?

They'll take you away.

Especially today, even though Lucia is in Imelda's house.

"Hammoru. Don't go any further than the church. Because you won't be able to come home."

"Sooo Pong Ojisan?

"There is no such thing as an odyssand"

"... Huh?

This is Ham Moru.

Don't stare at me.

Don't lump your eyes with both hands.

So, don't stare at me again.

Because I'm not a sole.

"Well, I'm sleeping with you today -!

"Oh, wait. Because Molly's here today."

"Then I'll sleep with the manager -!

"Well, wait, Hammorrow. Shall we sleep in my room, huh?

"Yeah! Occupy your brother's bed!

It's not an occupation. Or so I was surprised that at some point I was eagling Hammorrow's little head.

Oh, when?

Oh, well.

Ham, if Moru occupies my bed, there's no place for me to sleep, so I'm the one sleeping with Ginette and everything will fit round, yeah, yeah.

"Bed, you can occupy it."

"Wow! I'm sleepy! Half asleep!

Hammoru rushes into the kitchen with his hands up.

After I let him smear the hallway, he's making me say it by knocking on the door.

"Close the future, rookie curse no!

"... there's no curse."

Because of the keys that are rarely closed, Ham Moru can't recognize their existence.

Oh, boy.

Walk the hallway barefoot and on the top, unlock and drop off Hammoru.

Looking up from the courtyard, the upstairs was already quiet.

You probably don't mean you slept anymore, so now you're in the middle of a hot tub?

He won't come down again after the bath. For wet hair, this outside air is too cold.

I don't know what action Ham Moru is going to take, and the bathroom is on the floor...

Stop locking and go back to the floor.

The cornered water was kind of already warm.

I don't have a key, I'm tired of something...

"Foot water, I guess, no more"

The soles of my feet are black because I walked barefoot.

Let's just get rid of this dirt and let it go away today. You don't have to take a bath a day or two to die.

I can do enough to wipe my body during the day if I really can't stand it.

I thought about it and it bothered me all at once.

Grab a nearby chair and lower your hips by your side.

When you put your foot on hot water, the stiffness and warmth are transmitted all over your body.

Oh...... it feels good.

I still want a tub...... I have one at Estella's house. I can't help it.

Well, it's a great hassle to boil...

My consciousness gradually faded as I thought about the lack of a recap.

"Mr. Yashiro...... Mr. Yashiro."

Shaking my body, I open my heavy eyelids.

"Hmm............ Molly?

"If you sleep here, you'll catch a cold."

When I opened my eyes, Molly was peeking into me with a troubled face.

The cold ran up my spine as soon as I could.... Whoa whoa!? Cold!

The water in my leg was soaking was completely cold off.

He fell asleep for quite a while.

"Oh, bad. Thanks."

I immediately got my legs out of the water and realized I didn't have a towel ready.

Ah...

No, because Ginette or Magda usually prepares it, accidentally.

"Oh, that's a towel. I'll get it."

"I'm sorry. From what to what"

"No."

Molly rushes to the kitchen on a small run.

He'll be right back, and he'll give me the towel.

He stares at me wiping his legs, hands behind his back, and leans down with Molly's sorry face.

"Um... maybe because I was up there, Mr. Yashiro had to take a bath in the water here, right?

"Hmm?"

"Excuse me. Mr. Yashiro, you're tired but because of me... you can't even bathe in the water on the floor, can you? So..."

All you could do was foot water, right? and silence containing such words.

Overturned Molly had her lips drawn and tied.

It's not Molly's fault.

Skip the socks and put on the shoes, stroking Molly's head as she leans down.

Don't think of anything worse. Don't carry anything because of yourself.

There's no need for reflection by not being bad, and there's no point in losing your energy.

"It was troublesome, so I just finished it with foot water."

"Foot water...... is that what you're saying?

"Ah. You've never done this before?

"Uh... the water I wiped my body is dirty, and putting a clean foot in dirty water is... oh, you dip your foot first? But then the water that wipes my body is going to get dirty..."

Oh, I see.

For humans who don't have the idea of soaking in a tub, is the only way to keep clean hot water in the hot tub?

"You just need to get your feet dirty first and then dip them in hot water. If you want to wipe your body, you'll need to get another hot water."

It's a little cold to wipe your body with cool water after relaxing in foot water.

"Does warming your feet mean anything to you?

"I simply feel good. Especially after a long walk or after a day of standing work. When there's foot water in a destination inn, fatigue blows up."

"Journey, is it... I'm not sure because I've never"

Since Molly was only a little girl, the sugar factory lived hard with two bitter brothers and sisters running it. There wouldn't have been a hippo traveling or anything.

Conversely, there may not have been any guests to visit these guys' houses. About a merchant in a merchant's guild?

Lucia knows, so it's not supposed to be generally unknown knowledge. Molly just didn't happen to know.

Well, there's a lot of knowledge you wouldn't know if you didn't have to.

"Try it again. It feels so good. I can't wait to fall asleep."

With that said, Molly leaked a "cuckoo" laugh.

Have you finally laughed?

"Then you can't do it with us. I must have fallen asleep and caught a cold."

"Let Percy wake you up."

"Brother, because you are forbidden to enter the Yukan during my bath. I'm telling you the violation is an immediate runaway."

Wow... that's the kind of home environment I have to make arrangements for.

Well, he might want to take a bath with me in my sister's cuteness. Like a father who drowns his daughter.

"The foot bath is only on his feet, so someone should do it with the others. I did it with Ginette and Lucia, too."

"Men and women, is it?... the... special... no, it's nothing"

"Molly, why are you doing everything you can to get out of your face? Turn around. Because it doesn't contain such obscene implications. Magda, Loretta, Hammoru, and Gilberta."

Molly gives me a little peek at her troubled puberty face.

If foot water with Ginette was such a special case, I wouldn't let underage Molly talk to you about it.

"When you go to the Hot Springs Inn, you put hot water in a bucket at the same time as you arrive. 'You must be tired far away'. I feel good again."

"Oh-san Rikan, is it?

"Ah. It's a place where natural hot water warmed by volcanoes boils, like making a big bath and having accommodation there, isn't there one in this city?

"Uh, I've heard of it. I've never been there. Oh, but it looks like it's outside the city."

I don't know where I know the details, but they've been on trips before their parents got married.

I do, hot springs.

Then you want to go sometime.... Outside the city, there's a good chance the word won't make sense.

If it's on the outside wall side, it's still within 'forced translation magic'.

"Has Mr. Yashiro been there? O-San Rikan."

"Oh, before I came to this city, in my hometown."

"Heh. Nice"

"My hometown was a country where I loved baths and delicious meals."

"Mr. Yashiro is from outside, isn't he?"

"Oops. Didn't I say that?

"Yeah, well. But I hear stories. Because you can hear Mr. Yashiro's story, leaks from various places."

Yep...

I hope you don't make too many rumors or anything.

"Do you have about 80% of it in there? My rumors are wearing them. The way they look at them, the way they're wearing them, the way they're wearing them, the way they're wearing their tails."

"No, it's pretty much true."

There are a lot of times when that 'truth' diverges dramatically from the truth I think it is.

"Oh, speaking of which. How did Molly get on the floor? What can I do for you?

"No, um... to wash your hands"

"Right. I'm sorry, stop. Go on."

"No............... already done"

Ho ho. Does that mean you finished the bathroom first, thinking, "Oh, I'm asleep, I think I'm going to catch a cold"?

You're pretty solid, too, Molly.

Well, being dropped off to go to the bathroom is also unsettling in a situation where someone else is outside the bathroom on such a quiet floor at night. It's a wise decision, yeah.

"Tomorrow is early, so you should go back to bed."

"Yes.... Eh"

I snorted, but I can't move, Molly.

It is slightly bent over and twisted.

"If you're drowsy, do you want some warm milk or a little chat?

"Yes, definitely."

It's a little rough going back to bed even though you can't sleep.

... Maybe there's Loretta in Molly's bed.

"Loretta, which way did you sleep?

"Uh... in the guest room."

"You can throw it in Magda's bed."

"No, that's just..."

"You don't sleep well, do you, that guy?

"No, that's not true. Um... although they hug me."

You're not sleeping well.

"I hear Magda's gonna stick around, too. Ginette said."

"Mr. Loretta said it, too. You guys are close, aren't you?"

"They are."

They sleep together all the time.

... Wouldn't it be nice for me once in a while!?

Sleep tight!

So-yu's!

"By the way, do you have any information about Ginette's sleeping minister?

"Nothing in particular... Ah, but Loretta says the manager smells good"

"Smells good again!? Damn, what the hell is that smell!

I'm sure it smells girly sweet!

Maybe it smells more like vanilla than flowers because it's about Ginette.

"When Mr. Loretta slept with him, he said it smelled like curry."

"It was a little different than I thought!?

No, it does smell good, but curry!

That smells stained in the kitchen!

Couldn't you take it after the bath...

Quite a shame, Ginette's guy.

"Then throw away the water and then warm the milk"

"Oh, that's me"

When I tried to lift the tatter, Molly came in slightly sideways.

"No, it's just bad enough to let Molly do it"

'Cause I'm more powerful than Mr. Yashiro.'

Yes, I was.

Molly was an animal tribe, too.

Unlike Percy, it's Tanu Ear.

Then I guess I'll leave it to you to decide to make some hot milk for me.

"Hot milk has sugar or honey, which is better?

"Ugh... I just want to say business pattern, sugar... I've never done honey, so I'm interested"

Molly would definitely be sugar for the hot milk she drinks at home. There's a lot of them.

So, do you want to keep it honey today?

"Don't keep it a little sweet. You'll sleep better."

"... don't you get fat?

"That's all right."

"I see! That's about all right!

"... because you have calories?

I'm afraid you're going to run out of things to say, "This much is fine!" I think I'll have many drinks in the middle of the night.

Pour the milk into a small pan and add the fire to the cauldron.

I'm used to all this. Fire is a good thing too.

Still, every time I remember the convenience of the stove, I sigh.

I hear the door open giggly.

Looks like Molly took the liberty and went out of her way to dump the water in the courtyard.

I can throw it in the flush, but I'm in the mood not to throw away dirty water if I can because it's in the kitchen. He must have drawn me around there.

Finally, he washed the sagging lightly and stood outside.

What a well done sister. I'm going to be a good wife.... if my brother-in-law doesn't even have shackles.

"Ha... it's delicious"

"I'm glad it fits your mouth."

"Mr. Yashiro is a good cook, isn't he?"

"Parental influence, I guess."

I enjoyed watching the lady general's cooking like magic and tricks.

If loaded, what is likely to be called "raw garbage" turns into a "treat" in the meantime.

That was a kind of entertainment, and I still think so.

"The manager's food tastes really good and professional, but I don't know... Yashiro's food tastes sweet... I don't really remember, but it feels like your mother's food"

"Me, did you ever make anything for Molly?

"This, or something."

That said, gently lift the cup you have to wrap it around with both hands.

"Hot milk wouldn't be a dish"

"No. This is a fine dish. Because... I took a sip of this and was so relieved..."

Molly's eyes peeking into the cup looked a little lonely.

It seems very rare that Percy doesn't come back from work, and he says he's used to it for one person, but I guess he still misses him.

Especially when it comes to staying in someone else's house, anxiety also increases.

It's not weird to be homesick if you're about Molly's age.

"Looks like you've been working properly."

"... to?

"I asked Natalia to look at Estella and this supply, the sugar factory."

"On purpose......?

"You were worried, weren't you?

I kept the information to let you know if Molly seemed anxious.

I've been lying low until now saying that if I'm stunned by my brother, I shouldn't speak poorly.

"Really... I'm relieved. You're working properly."

"Apparently while my aunt at the factory slapped me in the butt,"

"Oh, you're probably Aunt Zesica. He's an old stock guy who's been working for me since my father's day, and he's like an employee leader."

The sight in the factory must have come to mind, Molly's expression softened fluttering.

Maybe I even started at work in the factory in my head. Your mouth angle lifts and your body shakes.

This guy is also a race who doesn't want to work.

"Was it tomorrow afternoon, the deal?

"Yes."

"Then don't pick me up in the evening."

"Yes. I'm sure you'll be running"

Molly shakes her shoulders when she dulls.

Homesick's anxiety had completely disappeared from its face.

"Thank you, Mr. Yashiro"

With his mouth on the cup, he leans down a bit to hide his face, and Molly squeaks.

"I know how your brother is, I got hot milk like your mother's cooking, and I, I'm fine"

"Good for you"

He glances right at me and laughs shamefully at me when I see him. "Eh heh" Molly.

A sweet, lousy smile was there.

My sister can't do everything she can to sweeten you if you're not strong enough. Maybe she's telling herself she shouldn't be sweet without her parents.

You should get some more sweet technique like the hamsters.

Molly can be sweeter.

"You should eat Ginette's food."

When Molly made that suggestion so that she could be more honest and sweet, she said, "Mimi..." Sounds like a tree.

... Is that a home beep?

Turn your gaze toward the hallway where the noise came from.

Behind the kitchen there is a hallway, beyond which there is a door leading to the courtyard. It's a door that gets poorly set up and sounds giddy.

I don't think that means someone came in because I didn't make that noise...

"What's wrong?

"Hmm? No. Nothing."

The floor and kitchen have been remodeled, but the hallways and upstairs behind them remain untouched.

I knew I'd ask Womalo to fix it. Ageing is serious.

Let's make it as user-friendly as possible, leaving the old shadow behind. For free!

"Ginette's food is delicious. The refurbishment here was also in exchange for Ginette's cooking."

"What!? Really?!?

Well, it was cooking plus alpha.

"Besides, I'm probably here because of Ginette's cooking."

Is it because Molly was remembering her family?

And was it because he had a very happy grin?

I was just remembering a little bit about my parents and my wife, too. The landscape of that house we lived in together, the cooking of the general, the smell of oil from the parent factory...

So maybe he wanted to tell Gala something about the old days.

Is it also because they are Molly?

Being Molly, who is not a resident of the 42nd arrondissement, I felt like we could talk about it separately.

"The first time I ate it was a stir-fry of scum vegetables. It's a cheap dish, flavored with crusty vegetables and seasonings... but it's delicious."

I took a bite and remembered the general.

From the second bite, I thought you were obsessed with eating.

I had no idea what it tasted like to put something in my mouth since my parents disappeared until I came to this city.

That stir-fried scum vegetables was hearty delicious.

"If you try Ginette's dish, not the dish I brought in, you'll feel what Molly was saying earlier about the sweet dish. Not only is his dish delicious, but it tastes warm and twitchy around his chest."

I miss eating for the first time.

I think it's a treat even though it's not a big dish.

That's what Ginette cooks for.

"Hey, I thought you brought too much... Honestly."

That's what I've been thinking.

Every dish I bring in is well profitable. Ginette also enjoys making it.

But it's been shredding more and more of 'Yangdu Pavilion'. And I don't feel that way.

"Especially Amen donuts and curry donuts were bad"

"Bad hands... they were selling today, weren't they?

"No matter how sold, it wasn't made by Ginette, was it?

Everyone can make donuts.

It sold today because Magda and Loretta made it.

Those two are also Yangdu Pavilion clerks, so it's good that the dishes they're good at line up on the menu.

But that's not the main thing.

"The Yang Mai Pavilion has to be Ginette's main dish after all."

"... Um, Mr. Yashiro. Could it be..."

Molly looks at this one so hard to say.

We've talked this far. You can answer that question honestly.

Anyway, there's nobody else.

"Publishing a recipe for Amen Donuts..."

"It's for the benefit. That's what you're telling me.

"But profits... go down, right?

"It's sales that go down. It's not like profit."

Profit isn't just about money.

"Ginette smiles joyfully and cooks, and even though he likes to cook like that, he gathers here for a delightful meal. It's in the best interest of the Yangdu Pavilion."

Money can make as much money as you want in any other way.

But that atmosphere at the Yangdu Pavilion, the air, can't be obtained in any other way.

Ginette's laughing happily, and it's a precious thing we can't get without eating Ginette's food together.

"Rare things have value. If it's something special to someone, it's more than that."

The Yang Deception Pavilion for Ginette is a place of memories with her grandfather and now an irresistible place to gather minded friends.

It's not something you can get for gold, or let go of it for gold.

"If I can get that back, I don't care about the meagre sales I get from the donut monopoly. If you want to make money, you just have to work out your next strategy."

Like today, Ginette can't cook and she's a little dull.

I'm sorry I didn't realize I was there until this happened.

"Ginette is just enough to be a little too busy. If the other guy sees it, he cooks so much that even one of his guests tells him it's delicious. I'm sure Ginette would love that."

And if Ginette's happy...

"That would be in the best interest of the Yang Deception Pavilion. Right?"

So you can publish about a donut recipe.

Publish it so you can eat at any time. I'm not sealing it. That would be nice.

Amen donuts and curry donuts are enough to make as many as Ginette needs when she wants to make them.

"... I guess it's the honey. My mouth slipped a little too much."

Put the empty cup in the flush and smile at Molly.

A little awesome and an irreversible curse.

"So don't Molly tell anyone what she just heard? Huh?"

If you say so with this smile, most humans will snort.

With a slightly distracted face.

But Molly smiled softly.

"I, too, have a slippery mouth because of my honey......, Mr. Yashiro, resembles someone I like"

Hmm?

Molly's favorite?

... you mean it's not me, right?

............... who? I'm worried about you.

I don't know, I can't believe I have a guy like Molly who likes a big, solid daughter...... hey, shock. Oh, it's not too soon? Are you okay? Are you not fooled by a bad man?

"Molly, tell us more about the man."

"Huh!? Mm, I can't, no!

Dye your face bright red and Molly shakes both hands.

Oh... this is a serious guy.

Wow... I'm shocked.

"But... Mr. Yashiro also told me a secret... if you mean a secret from each other... just a hint, then..."

That said, I'm gonna put the empty cup next to my cup, and Molly's gonna sneak up on me.

"The tip is… sugar radish,"

So you reached your limit, Molly ran out of dah and called the hallway "Mimi Mimi!" He rang and jumped out.

Yeah... is it one of those guys...?

Wow, surprise.

And, Molly.

He said he looked like them, and that's a bad word.

I get a glare at the exact person.

In a tone like a textbook in middle school English: "HAHAHAHAHA!" The face of the laughing Aliqui brothers floats in the back of his brain and his heart snarls.

... where does it resemble? I want you to tell me. Because I'll do everything I can to fix it.

"... I'm going to bed too"

Wash up tomorrow and head out into the hallway.

The door Molly popped out of was open.

... Is that it?

Speaking of which, did you make the sound of opening the door when Molly popped out?

Could it have been open ever since you went to dump some water?

..................... So what was that home chirping earlier...?

".................. no way,"

I desperately shook off the nasty hunch that floated in my brain for a moment, rubbing my cramped cheeks around, and I went out to the courtyard.

Looking up upstairs, every room has closed windows and no lights leaking. Within a quiet upstairs, look from the courtyard and look to the widest room on the right.

Ginette, I'm already asleep... right?

"........................... Let's go to sleep"

Yeah, well, bad things don't happen.

Such coincidences never overlap.

I told myself that, and I slowly went up the stairs.