Silently proceeded down the hallway, and the two came to the front of the dining room they always used.

"" Ah. "

We can both reach for the door knob at the same time and pull in.

We looked at each other, but Barletta looked away awkwardly and immediately.

"Uh, I'll open it"

"Yes, sir"

Into the dining room where no one was present, Ichigo sat in his usual fixed position.

Barletta remains on the spot.

"Aren't you going to sit?

"Uh..."

Barletta glanced at the seat next to the good one where Reese was always sitting, worried a little and then sat in the opposite seat of the good one.

Keep it up, I shrink my shoulders and get depressed.

"Mr. Barletta."

When Ichigo spoke, Barletta made him jump on his shoulder.

I raise my face a little so that I can get a good look.

"Oh, you know, the village's"

"I'm sorry."

Blocking a good word trying to speak out, Barletta glanced again, closing her eyes all the time when she said so.

Ichigo scratches his head and sighs.

"How could you do this in silence?

……

Barletta remained nagging for a while, but eventually opened her mouth.

"Wow... I'm replacing Mr. Kazra... when the war starts, just use what I made, so..."

Baretta desperately tries to speak, but her thoughts get messed up and her words don't come together well.

After declaring it to the Colts in the carriage, Barletta intended to organize in her head what she would talk about in order to uncover everything in one piece.

But the moment I saw his dismayed expression in the office earlier, everything I had been thinking about had disappeared.

My head was filled with the fear that he would reject me, hate me, and I couldn't think of anything else.

"Oh, my God, I did it all! So, but I don't mean to steal technology on my own."

"Mr. Barletta."

"Hiuu."

Barretta shrinks her shoulders.

But the words that went on and were thrown were completely different from what Barletta had imagined.

"... sorry"

Barletta surprises me and raises her face.

Ichiyoshi had his hands on the table and his head was lowered.

"... What, Ka, Mr. Kazra?

"For me, you tried to carry it all in. I'm so sorry I couldn't notice you."

"Huh! Chi, no! I'll go ahead on my own!

Don't raise your head. For one thing, Barletta rushes to take a seat and rushes to the next.

"I should have done it all from the start. I won't do anything, Mr. Barretta."

"No! There's nothing wrong with Mr. Kazra! Please, raise your face!

Barletta takes a good hand and begs.

So finally, Ichiyoshi looked up.

"I shouldn't have been hiding and doing things! You should have told Mr. Kazra everything!

"Mr. Barletta, but I..."

"Don't apologize like that... please, so..."

Barletta weeps with blurring tears.

When Ichigo put his hand on Barletta's shoulder, Barletta jumped into Ichigo's chest.

"I was scared! Mr. Kazura doesn't like it all, and he doesn't want to go back to Japan! I don't want to go back there!

"Mr. Barletta......"

"Don't you dare! Side by side, come on! Yeah, yeah!

I embraced Barletta sobbing all the time.

Barletta also turns her hand on a good back and clings to it thoughtfully.

Baretta kept crying for a while, but eventually calmed down a little and took her face off Kazla's chest.

"Ahhh..."

"Oh, whoa..."

From Barletta's face, which was messed up by tears and runny nose, the thread was stretched out onto Kazura's jacket.

Ichigo took the handkerchief out of his pocket and wiped Barletta's face.

"No, no, no, no..."

"... pup"

Ichiyoshi accidentally blew it out on Baretta, who says with a mess and a wipe on her face.

"Hey, why are you laughing!?

"No, this has happened before."

"Ugh..."

Barletta leaning down with her face bright red.

Ichigo stroked his head, OK, OK.

"Ugh... something, I just cried..."

"That's right."

"... Mr. Kazra, it's terrible"

"What, why!?

"... I don't know"

Barletta has red eyes, swelling her cheeks and distracting her face.

Ichiyana put her hand down from Barletta's head.

"I'll always be by your side."

"... Huh?

Barletta looks up.

Ichiyoshi looked a little lit up, smiling.

"Didn't I tell you before? I won't be gone on my own, and I'll always be beside Mr. Barletta."

"... eh"

"I want you to trust me more. I'm retarded, I don't rely, and I know I don't trust you."

"Oh, that's not true! I believe in you, Mr. Kazra! Plus, there's no such thing as unreliable! I'm not retarded either! Very smart!

When Ichigo said deliberately and sadly, Barletta told him to scream in haste.

Like that said, Ichigo makes it blow out again and laughs.

"Hey, why are you laughing again!? I'm not lying!?

"Yeah, yeah, I know. I believe in Mr. Barretta, too."

"Yes!"

Barletta nodded vigorously, suddenly blushing.

What's the matter, Ichigo tilts his little neck.

"Oh, the... Um..."

Then the door opened and Marie entered the room.

The dish in my hand contains a lot of rice balls wrapped in seaweed.

"I brought you a meal. It's a rice balls made from packed rice...... but......"

Marie stiffened to the two who were half-hugging each other.

"Oh, Marie."

"Also, sorry! Let's get back out there... Aah!

Marie rushed back her heels and tried to get out of the room, but you forgot the door was closed or you hit the door.

The shock causes the two rice balls to fall off the plate.

Shortly before falling to the floor, Marie caught those rice balls with one hand at an unstoppable speed in her eyes as well.

"... Nice catch"

"also, sorry...... ugh"

"And for now, can you bring that over here?... Tell me."

One good thing about Marie, who was half crying, was to make Barletta stand up.