CH 50

“Are you alright, Rin-kun? Did I do something wrong?”

“Eh……!?”

Before I knew it, tears were overflowing from my eyes.

Wiping my tears in a fluster, I turned my face away. But, Aoi already saw everything.

“This, this isn’t…like that. It isn’t because of Aoi. It-it is sweat…… No, the truth is I was so moved by Aoi’s present.”

How extremely embarrassing! I can understand a girl being moved to tears like this. However, let alone being moved to tears, I even let my tears spill out. Won’t she think I am a strange guy?

Human beings—are creatures whose bodies may react inconceivably when unexpected things suddenly happen to them.

I wonder when the last time I shed tears was?

Furthermore, I don’t have a single memory of me shedding tears like this. (T/N: Chapter 37. It seems MC has birdbrain.)

When I timidly turned to face Aoi, Aoi was also tearing up for some reason.

“I wasn’t confident because it was my first time knitting it. So, I didn’t think Rin-kun would be this happy. I am glad……”

Ahh, how can this girl be so……?

Not good. My tears overflowed again.

The school was closed the next day. So, I went around the town with Aoi on our bicycles starting in the morning. However, since December 25th was Christmas, the town was overflowing with couples.

Every year, I usually stayed at home on December 25th, so I never noticed it before. But, looking at the people on the streets, I was surprised that this thought appeared in my mind—I didn’t know there were this many couples in the world.

“Rin-kun, that’s, thank you for wearing it.”

“Ahh, it’s really warm. You too, Aoi. Thank you for wearing it.”

“Yes, it’s very cute.”

It might be a strange thing to say, but the muffler knitted by Aoi seemed to contain her gentleness, and it was extremely warm.

“Die! Die! You pig head! [Fireball]”

“I’ll defeat it in an instant! [Ice Bullet]”

“This is the end. [Stone Blitz]”

They all seemed to be attack types as they exterminated the orc by launching attacks in unison.

“What a small fry!”

“Fuu…… It’s no match for us.”

“Did it return to the soil?”

The trio seemed pleased with defeating the orc. However, as far as I can see from their fighting methods, I don’t think they are a high-ranking party.

This low rank trio party is also the same as Atashiro. Perhaps, it seems the number of survivors, who try to look cool by acting strangely, is not small.

Although [Ice Bullet] and [Stone Blitz] were skills I’d never imitated before, it felt like they weren’t much different from [Fireball] as far as I can see from the previous battle. So, I decided not to imitate any this time.

We were about to leave that place since the battle was over. It was then that the trio noticed us and called out to us.