As Sunny bitterly explored the damage done to his entertainment system by the strange… malfunction… Nephis silently watched him from her stool.
"Doesn't make sense… gone, the projector is completely gone... it was so expensive!"
After a while, he turned to Changing Star with a miserable expression and opened his mouth, then frowned in confusion.
"Wait… is that my shirt?"
Neph shifted a little and then said, her voice even:
"I don't have any clothes."
Sunny stared at her for a few moments, then waved a hand and looked away, forgetting what he was going to say.
"Never mind. You can keep it. We can also order a delivery of anything else you need. I am an incredibly rich entrepreneur, you know!"
He paused, then added with a bit of embarrassment:
"Well, I used to be rich, anyway. These days, I pretty much spend everything on… research."
She tilted her head a little, then suddenly said:
"...The girl you're tutoring visited."
'What?!'
Pretending to be nonchalant, Sunny glanced at Nephis and answered in a neutral tone:
"Oh? Strange. We weren't supposed to have any lessons until a few days from now."
Neph remained silent for a few moments, then looked away with a smile:
"She is a bright kid. I'm glad you are teaching her."
her expression with a
with
Finally, Sunny shrugged.
money.
threw the destroyed projector out of his mind, and
skills have improved a
on the Forgotten Shore, Nephis had always been the one in charge of feeding the cohort. Now, their roles seemed to have reversed,
communicator and
could eat. Thank
frowned slightly
time. There is a… a consultation with the government psychiatrist I need to attend shortly. By
for a while, then shook his
'This is so weird…'
to prepare something that did not demand a lot of time to make, he took out a pack of ramen, some vegetables, a piece of natural meat, and a pair
hear something like that from you, of all people. A...
of
really that
sighed and looked down. After a
It wasn't too
distant,
there in the Dream Realm,
then looked at
"...Happy."
cooking pot. Of all the answers out there, he had not expected to hear that one. Looking at Nephis with an incredulous expression,
Did you say
She sighed, and nodded.
think that I would survive. Other times, I wanted to die. There was so much pain,
slowly
was no space for unnecessary thoughts. No burdens I had to carry. No complicated feelings, no responsibility. I did not have to
didn't have to try too hard. Had he not experienced something similar while living alone in the ruined cathedral
for the things he needed to survive. Even if the things he
for several months instead of years, and the
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