CH 321

“Lars, lunch is around the corner. Do you still want to sleep?”

“Oh …… Brother …… Thanks, I’ll get up.”

My brother called me and I woke up. As I try to raise my upper body, I noticed it is very heavy and checked both sides. 

“Mnya …… Lars …… Ehehe……”

“Lars-niichan ……”

“Kuon …… Zzz ……”

“Nyun ……”

“……!”

Makina was on my right arm, Aina and Ash were entwined on my left arm, and the little snow tiger and Sephiro were on my stomach. When I turned to look, Sephiro raised a branch to greet me, so I knew he was awake. Or rather.

At any rate, I slowly removed Makina’s hand, replaced the little snow tiger with my arm that Aina is holding, and get out of bed. I got off the bed with Sephiro on my head, took a breath, and stretched.

“Yotto ….. I’ll let them get some more sleep.”

“What time did you get home last night?”

“A little after three, I think …… It was around four when I went to bed ……”

My brother smiled and told me to go wash my face and I went to the sink.

I heard lively voices coming from the living room and noticed that there were voices other than Nora’s, Fath-san’s, and Basleigh-sensei’s. I washed my face and went to the living room to find out what the voices were.

“Ohhh, it was Helena and Milfy, after all.”

“Hello♪ I’m sorry to disturb you.”

“I-I’m sorry to bother you! Um …… where are the little kitty and the little bear?”

“Sorry to wake you up. Oh, and Ash and the little snow tiger are still sleeping, so if you could forgive me with this one, that would be great.”

“!”

“Oh, Sephiro-chan. It’s plenty enough!”

“Lars-kun, would you like some juice?”

“Thank you, Basleigh-sensei. You’re up early.”

Well, if these two came yesterday, they must have wanted to know the result. As soon as I drank the juice Basleigh-sensei gave me, Helena came up to me.

“So, you explored yesterday, right? How did it go?”

“Fuh …… We had a good harvest. I brought Urka with me and we saw the ghost of a girl in the main hall upstairs.”

“What? Urka is here too?　…… Hmm, so what everyone was saying was true, huh ……”

Helena puts her finger to her mouth, hides her brow, and mutters to no one in particular. Helena had doubts about the existence of ghosts, as she had since she had arrived here.

She knew that ghosts existed, including through Urka’s abilities, but it was probably because she had never seen one with her own eyes in the theater. What she had been skeptical about became certain, and Helena called out to Milfy.

“Milfy, are you sure it was a girl you saw?”

“Hmmmm …… I can’t tell for sure that it was a girl, because I can only see vaguely. But the other kids saw a small fat man, a skinny man, and many other things.”

“Is that true!?”

“Hya!?”

So there are other ghost sightings …… I didn’t ask Urka what kind of ghost it was because I would have known if it was there. Just as I was thinking this, Urka appeared, put his hand on Milfy’s shoulder, and she screamed 

“Oh, It’s been a while since I’ve seen you, Urka♪.”

“Oh, it’s Helena. It’s been a long time! Rather than that, Is it true that you have had multiple ghost sightings?”

“Oh, yes! There are a number of people who have seen the ghosts, including some of the idol girls and some of the apprentice girls like me.”

“Hmm ……”

“U-Um …….”

When Milfy said that, Urka’s hand stayed on Milfy’s shoulder and started to think about it. Then Fath-san, who was sitting on the sofa drinking tea, opened her mouth.

“Urka, Milfy is troubled, you know. Lars too, don’t just keep on standing and eat your lunch.”

“That’s right, I made it myself today.”

“Oh, I’m sorry. I’m Urka, as Helena might have told you. Nice to meet you, er, can I call you Milfy-chan?”

“Oh, yes ……. Whew ……”

“Whoa!? What’s wrong!?”

“She doesn’t seem to have much experience with boys.”

When Milfy’s face turns red and she collapses, Urka rushes to help her up, and Helena, who was watching, giggles. 

“It’s been a long time since I’ve had someone else’s food. It’s been a while since I’ve cooked for anyone.”

“Really? What about Makina-chan?”

“Makina cooks some too, but the people there is, you know ……”

“Isn’t it okay, it’s not like it’s going away.”

When I look at Basleigh-sensei as I sip my corn soup, which I’ve backed up properly, she doesn’t seem to take it personally, and said that. 

“Seriously ……. Well, that’s okay. Oh, right, I’ll have to treat brother and the others to hamburger and fried chicken.”

“Heh, I’ve never heard of this dish, did Lars come up with it?”

“Yes, yes. Well, you can look forward to it tonight. So, about the theater–“

The mood was so relaxed that we couldn’t talk forever, so I forced it back to the rail. We’ve talked a little bit about the girl’s ghost, and I summarized the details of the ghost that Milfy and the others saw.

The ghosts appear in the corridors leading to the dressing rooms and costume rooms, in the main hall and the middle hall. It also seems to be near the entrance. They’ve never seen the ghost of a girl before, but I heard that it appears as a vague image of a small fat man, a skinny skeleton-like man, and a gloomy man.

“Do they ever talk to you?”

“No, not really. That kind of thing never happened. When we raise our voices, they disappear ……”

Everyone fell silent as Milfy looked down anxiously. 

“Fumu …… It’s a good thing that no real harm was done, but …… Milfy. Have you ever lost some stuff or something? Helena too.”

“What? Hmmm, not really …… Oh, but some of the girls might have lost one of their lips or a ribbon?

“I lost my bracelet somewhere. I looked for it in the hallway, but I couldn’t find it.

“I see.”

“Fath-san?”

Urka called out to Fath-san, who was thinking with her hand on her chin, but before she could answer, I caught on to her idea and said while biting into a piece of bread.

“…… All right, tonight we’ll listen to what Kleinert-san had to say, which we missed yesterday, and then we’ll split up into two groups. I’ll go with Makina, and Urka, can you go with Fath-san?”

“Hoho, of course.”

“Yes. Okay.”

I nodded, and was about to tell Makina when she woke up, when Aina came running from my room, carrying both of them.

“Aina wants to be with Lars-niichan too!”

“Kuoon!”

“Nyaan!”

“No, you’re staying home? I’ll take Ash and the others if the training goes well.”

“Ehhhh, I want to go, too, because I want to talk to the ghost of the girl from yesterday.”

“I told you it’s not safe at night, right? I don’t want to hit you again.”

” “What!?” “

When I said that, my brother and Nora eyes enlarged and looked at me. I’ve been spoiling her at home for some reason, so she seems surprised. However, the voice came from an unexpected place.

“No, they were about the same age, and Aina might be able to get something out of her. If Lars is okay with it, I’d like to bring her along ……”

“But isn’t it like the girl showed herself to Urka? I’m sure it’ll be fine with Urka.”

“Mu. I-I’m going to be off today and tomorrow, s-so can I come with you tonight! I don’t just want to just request about it, I-I want to help you, Urka-san!”

“What?”

The one who suddenly stood up and announced it was Milfy! No, she doesn’t come out when there are too many people…

Now then, the number of people is increasing ……

Thank you for reading!

[Afterword Theater]

“Fuh …… He’s a good guy, isn’t he ……”

That’s what happens when you’re pushed a little too hard.

“What did you say!?”