Some time after lunch, Sona left.

That's why I'm on my way to the courtyard, as originally planned.

It's time to serve the purpose of moving your body.

"Yeah?"

If that's what I think, I'll find someone in the hallway.

The person, crawling on all fours, was looking at the ground.

"Cretta, what's wrong?

"Huh?... Ah! Mr. Slade!?

That's Cretta, the maid of honor in this house.

When Cretta recognizes my existence, she looks delicate.

"... hey, it's nothing"

"No, is it impossible to be that good and nothing?

Cretta looks like she's obviously looking for something.

"... right"

"Well, I hope it's hard to talk about, otherwise I'll help."

"... well, can you not tell anyone?

Apparently, it's hard to tell people.

Of course I'm not going to tell you that, so let me ask you something.

"Oh, I won't tell anyone"

"Really...... so can you listen to me?

"Oh, oh..."

Cretta, that's what she says, gets up and puts her face closer to my ear. I don't think there's anyone around, even if you don't come that close.

"Actually... I dropped something very important."

"Something important?

"I'm a pendant..."

Pendant. But I don't think Cletta wore accessories or anything.

"Were you wearing a pendant?

"Oh, I'm always trying not to see it"

"Were you... yeah?

That's what Cletta answered, but I got my doubts. Because why should I hide my pendant?

"... how can you be invisible?

"Oh, that's..."

Speaking of which, that was something you didn't want to tell people. But if that's the form of a pendant or something, it's something you have to talk about in the end. Otherwise, I can't look either.

"Someone told me they didn't want people to see much..."

"Hmm?"

After all, it seems to have something to do with the look of the pendant.

"So, what is that pendant?

"... It's a handmade pendant. The... the lady made it..."

"Faraes?

Cletta was looking for a pendant made by Faraes, apparently. Then perhaps it was also Faraes who said he didn't want to show it.

"It was made by the lady when she was a little girl, but she told me not to show people such an outfit..."

"Oh, I see..."

If it was made when I was a little girl, maybe its quality was also low. So I guess Faraes told me not to show it.

Still, it's important to Cretta, that she was desperately looking for it?

I have to look for this, too.

"... then we'll have to look for it."

"Mr. Slade...... thank you"

But that's it, I remember.

Cretta was trying to make it hard to talk, but what was so hard about this story? Well, let's hear it for once.

"By the way, why is this so hard to talk about?

"Ah! That's... I don't want to put it in your daughter's ear that she dropped what she got."

"I see..."

Apparently, Cretta didn't want to talk because she didn't want Faraes to know. If that's the case, we need to find Faraes so he can't find us.

"Okay, that's all you need to know. Quickly, let's find it."

"Yes, thank you"

Well, from what I've learned, we're on a quest.

First, let's find out where Cletta went today.

"Well, remember how long there was a pendant first"

"Yes... there was definitely till lunch..."

"From there... Then you should find where Cletta was"

"I thought so too, so I was looking for this hallway."

"Well, I'll look for you, too."

Thus began my quest for a pendant with Cretta.

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I searched the hallway for a while but couldn't find anything that looked like a pendant.

"You can't find it..."

"Maybe not here... let's find another place"

"Well... if it's where I went today, is it the bathroom stripper?"

"A stripper... then let's head there"

We're headed to the bathroom stripper right away.

In the hallway, we never met with Faraes or Celia, and we arrived safely at the stripper.

"... by the way, what were you doing in the bathroom?

"Ah, yes. After Celia came home, I took a bath, so I thought I'd clean it..."

Speaking of which, Celia's been worried about sweat since she got back. So if you say you took a bath, I can convince you.

"So when I took my clothes off because I thought I'd come in, I knew I didn't have a pendant."

"Oh well..."

Did you want to take a bath?

Well, that would be nice.

"I thought it was gone before here and I hadn't looked for it yet..."

"... Anyway, let's find it"

Me and Cletta started exploring the stripper.

But I can't find anything to do with it.

"Ugh... I can't find it. Again, we should have been more careful…"

"Cretta......"

With no pendant found, Cretta seems pretty depressed.

I guess it was something important the rest of the time.

Does this have to be comforting?

"... it's okay, you'll find it"

"Mr. Slade?

"Until you find me, I'll hang out with you too, cheer me up"

"... hehe, thank you"

To my words, Cretta just laughed a little.

Not really, it may not be comforting, but it's going to cheer me up a little.

"Anyway, if you're not here, let's find the next one. If you look around the house, it's got to be somewhere."

"Yes, then, let's head to the kitchen. I went there, too."

Thus, me and Cletta left the stripper.

So, we notice. To the fact that a face I saw from before me was walking in.

"Ah!"

"That's not good..."

Faraes is walking in the back of the hallway.

It won't be good for her to find me now.

"And let's just keep it inside"

"Right......"

That's why we turned back to the stripper.

If I were here, Faraes wouldn't even come in.

But that's what I thought. Our judgment was completely out of the question.

"Well..."

In front of the bathroom, the footsteps stop.

Apparently, Faraes' destination was the bathroom.

"Not good..."

"Mr. Slade, over here..."

"Huh?"

I'm being pulled by Cretta and taken further back.

That is, they even came to the bathroom washroom. By the way, the washroom and tub in this house are quite large.

"Huh, now you're relieved"

"Relieved...?

I said Cretta is relieved, but isn't this a bad idea?

I can only think of about one reason Faraes came here.

If that was what you expected, it would be very bad.

"Is that it?"

"Ah!"

So I heard the noise in my and Cretta's ears.

That's the sound of the cloth rubbing. In other words, it is the sound of Faraes taking off his clothes.

"... coming this way was a failure"

"... right. Now, we have no choice. Mr. Slade, please meditate a little on your eyes. You said you couldn't open it... you believe me?

With that word, I perceived everything and meditated my eyes.

Then there are signs that the neighboring cletta will rise. A few seconds after that, I heard the door open. Perhaps Cletta opened the door separating the washroom from the stripper.

"Lady!"

"Ah, Cretta. Could it have been cleaning?

"That's not true."

"Yeah? Is that... Slade!?

Looks like you recognized my existence, and Faraes makes a rare, loud noise.

"... let's get dressed for now..."

"Yes, do so. I'll talk about why this happened afterwards..."

After Faraes finished wearing it, me and Cretta explained the situation to Faraes.