It was one day that I made the new semester the current one.

After completing the housework, I said that I was studying in the Japanese-style room on the first floor of my home.

Oh, who is it?

The bell rang.

With Miyu, everyone would take the initiative to deal with it, but unfortunately, she was not there.

In the first place, he's with us, but he's not my child.

"Rissei..."

“Who is it? Who interrupts our time?”

Rise is on my lap.

Without getting bored for a while, I stayed in this position for a long time.

From time to time, the technique of rubbing my cheeks is like a cat.

However, it seems that Rishi is unwilling to accept visitors or get down from his lap.

Okey-dokey

Ahhh!

Due to its compactness and light weight, it is easy to move around Rise.

That said, there is also the reason why the customer changed her posture to a position where it is okay for her to do so.

I don't mean to intrude, I just want to take the skinship.

It's a shame to leave the kotatsu, but we can't keep our customers waiting.

"Yes, who--"

At the same time, it is no longer a tangible culture to ask, "Who is it?"

I can see the monitor in front of the entrance, so I don't need anybody's voice if there are any acquaintances or friends.

If the person is a vendor, sales, or stranger, it's still a word to use, but at least if you see someone you know, it's okay to skip it.

This is close to the answer to the phone, so what do you want to say, uh...

Philia-chan?

Huh?

The words were interrupted because the figure on the monitor was an unexpected and strange person.

Hearing my dumb murmur, Rishi peeks into the monitor.

"You really are Filia-san..."

I can barely see the bottom of the monitor and the top of my head.

The hair color, eye color and hairstyle are different, but I can intuitively see that it is so with this dull eye.

The hallucination shown by the Winter Fairy... looks like it won't.

Rather, she looks like a fairy herself... just leave it alone.

In spite of this confusion, Philia and the thoughtful girl let out a small white breath.

"Ah, well, first of all, let's introduce ourselves...?"

Because it is cold, it is raised to the house, passed to the Japanese-style room, and it takes about five minutes to make tea and sit down.

The room was heated and warm, and I couldn't stand the silence. I cut myself out.

For some reason, I'm not going to tell you the purpose of my visit... I don't know.

Rishi, in my turn, I'll name my name in reality and let you hear it.

"Liz, Risse."

Yes.

"...... Hind is blowing......"

"Yes, yes."

"I got it."

I don't like it, but I love it.

The expression didn't move much, but the workmanship was eloquent.

The number of mouths itself is small, but it is by no means silent.

Hmm, it's the same impression as in the game. It's Philia.

However, it is not convenient to call Filia properly forever.

It's about time...

"My name is Chrysanthemum. Honjo Hilly

"Hiri-chan, is it Hiragana?"

Hiragana

"Great. Easy to read and adorable."

"... big brother?"

Finally nodding to the revealed name, a cold gaze flies.

Could it be that what you just said was disgusting?

"No, no, no!" I just remembered my classmate's obfuscated name! ”

"Ahh... that sounds awful, huh?" I'm also called "Rilo-chan" or something like that. "

……

Ah, Hilari-chan made me look strange.

I see, it's increasing every year... even in our class, as a ratio... don't you want to talk about that side of things?

Speaking with half-knowledge and insight, I feel like I have a burn.

"Ah, there it is again." So far, I haven't seen a child with a different image in the game and reality. "

"It will be natural to reflect the biological data." Was it the old Avatar Editor? Isn't there a gap in the era when we were able to create what we wanted? "

As expected of Rishi.

I study not only academically, but also in terms of games.

“You're right, the Internet games of those days would have made it easier for me to fake my gender.”

"...... Did you want to make a fool of yourself?"

"Why!? You didn't say that!?"

Unexpectedly, Hikari-chan keeps up with the talk of old online games.

Even if it was a long time ago, it wasn't that long ago.

"Oniisan... if you're interested in women's clothes, just tell me..."

"Hey! Don't open the conversation!"

"I accept any brother."

"Don't show the magnitude of the measure in a strange place!" That's enough! "

I was digging deeper and deeper in directions that I wasn't happy at all.

I coughed lightly and turned to Hikari-chan.

"By the way, Hilly-chan." Why did you come to me today? The address... I think we taught each other a lot. You've been able to get to the house by yourself, haven't you? "

"? I told you before I was going to play...?"

Huh?

I promised you, didn't I? And, Hikari-chan stares at you.

I don't know, if I say "I can't remember" here, it's going to make me feel silent and sad.

Desperately searching for memories............ something caught in my head for a moment.

"Ahh, is that it!?" Is that what you're talking about!? "

"Maybe that's it."

Or so!

"Oniisan? It's been a long, sloppy conversation, right?"

I was told that by Rishi, but that's not the point.

Before the feel disappears, I hurriedly grabbed the thread of memory I had grabbed.

It was a wild party, and I broke up when I stumbled across it.

Sure enough, Philia seemed strangely altered and asked me this question.

- Can I go play next time?

"I thought you were talking in-game!" Reality! "

Yeah.

It's not a guild home, it's a real home!

"Yeah... um"

I'm sorry I don't have enough words.

I can't say anything more than that to Hikari-chan, who becomes smaller.

"... hey, Rishi"

What is it?

"Hilari-chan apologized to me." Isn't this a strange situation in the first place? "

That's why Rise and I changed the tip of the spear.

In the first place, I thought it was strange.

"Fili... Hilari-chan's father is a common sense man except for his muscle mass"

“That's right, I've cleared the naming check.”

The first impression was of a “different person”.

It suddenly revealed my real identity, and it was a tremendous momentum in the first place.

That's because Serene-san's sword was amazing.

I'm sure you wanted it.

In my subsequent relationship, he treated me with an adult-like calm, and the impact on Hidehei was greater than anything else.

It is thanks to Hideyoshi that he began to study properly.

”I'm a common sense person... and I'm drowning in my daughter”

“Yes, you can't send a doting daughter to someone else's house without contacting them.”

Suppose this is a house with young men.

If the girl's house is where she's going, I still know.

If you think about it in an orderly manner, there is another strange thing that is close to us.

That's...

And without telling the reason, uncommonly returned home Yu

"... it was certainly the junior high school kids who had real-life interactions with Hikari-san." And the person with whom they most easily communicate with among us is Mizuyu. ”

--That's the absence of Yu.

It's almost noon and I'm not coming for lunch.

At this point, to be clear, it's an anomaly.

……

……

Rishi and I, who exchanged gazes, stood up at the same time.

Then, as I headed towards the window, I opened the sliding door that was closed at the same time.

Ahh!?

With the thirsty sound and vibration of a tree called Pahn!, I was outside the window... and Koharu jumped up in surprise.

What are you doing in the garden of a man's house in this cold weather?

I can't hear you, so I open the window about halfway.

"Oh, I found out... sorry, sorry!"

"It's roughly enough." Well, if this sibling (today) is the opponent, it's better to have it, right? "

I'm sorry, Tsubaki-chan, but Ai-chan, who was heavier than the others, also stood behind them.

With the windows open, cold outside air flows into the room.

When I looked up at the dark sky, I saw something white in my sight... It wasn't really down yet, but the snow was flickering.

Hmm, it should be cold.

"... I have a lot to say." For the time being, all of you, come up to me. "