Chapter 167

I turned to Maya, wondering what was going on.

At that moment, a gentle wind blew over me.

“……!”

At the same time, small water droplets began to spring up, like a brook suddenly bouncing.

Even the water droplets were shining with a soft blue light. It was an unbelievably beautiful sight.

Maya didn’t do anything, he just stood still, holding the net.

“What is this…….”

Maya did not even think of catching a fish and looked blankly at the stream.

I was also perplexed, but I thought that the cause of this strange phenomenon was somehow in the music box.

Since the music was playing from the music box, the wind suddenly blew and water droplets came out.

‘Haa, I guess you can’t use things made by fairies outside without care.’

I quickly closed the lid of the music box to prevent the stream from churning.

Then, the beautifully resounding song stopped, and at the same time, the stream became quiet again.

“…… what just happened? I must not have dreamed of it.”

Maya came to me, trudging with the empty net.

I replied with an awkward smile.

“Um, haha. Perhaps it was because of this music box.”

“Music box? This is the item Alice brought from kindergarten earlier.”

Maya tilted his head at my words, and then opened his mouth slightly as if thinking of something.

“Oh, I see. It was as if I had just heard soft music mixed with the wind.”

“Yes, that is correct. I opened it out of curiosity, and the brook just got weird.”

Having said that, I opened the lid slightly again to test whether it was really because of the music box.

It was as expected. The brook moved when the sound of music was heard.

“That’s interesting. Was it really because of the music box? What is this music box?”

“…… !”

Maya, who does not yet know that Alice is a fairy wizard, put on a puzzled expression.

Worried that Maya might suspect Alice’s identity(?), I wondered what to say, but luckily, I was worried for nothing.

“Haha, it’s probably an enchanted music box.”

Even if I didn’t have to say anything, Maya didn’t take it too seriously and just laughed it off.

But soon Maya wiped the smile from his face and looked bitterly at the empty net in his hand.

“…… What a shame, I almost caught them all.”

It must have been a small mumble to himself, but coincidentally, it came into my ears.

I only realized later.

‘Come to think of it, Maya was really busy catching fish. Did he miss it?’

If that’s true, I’m a little sorry.

I wondered if there was any way I could help Maya, and then I got up from my seat.

“Hey, I’ll help you catch the fish too.”

“What?”

Maya looked at me in a panic at my sudden suggestion.

But maya smiled brightly again soon.

“I would be grateful if you could help. But then your clothes will all get wet…….”

Oh, right.

I sighed as I looked down at the hem of the dress I was wearing.

‘If I had known this would be the case, I would have carried extra clothes!’

I was left with little regrets

Then, as if Maya was pondering, he came up to me as if he had remembered something.

“Ah! I had a good idea.”

“A good idea?”

“Can’t you just borrow my clothes and wear them? How is it? Not bad right?”

“…… !”

It was a way I had never really thought of, so I paused for a moment.

Maya continued his words with noisiness as if somehow he was more excited.

“Like, I have a little bit smaller clothes I wore last year. It might be a little big for you though, but with suspenders you’ll be fine.”

It was definitely a good idea. Before I could answer, Maya shouted, ‘Then I’ll bring it!’ and hurriedly ran into the villa.

* * *

After a while, Maya took the neatly folded shirt and a pair of trousers and handed it to me.

“Well, here. I looked it up, but this one was the smallest.”

“Wow. Thank you!”

It smelled warm, as if it had been freshly washed.

After a while, I borrowed Maya’s dressing room and changed my clothes and went out.

‘I think the clothes are a little big, but I got some help from the maid here.’

It’s been rolled up three or four times, but both the pants and the shirt are definitely a little too big for me.

Maybe it’s because Maya is two years older than me, and he has a particularly good physique.

“Um, isn’t it a bit strange?”

I went out again and stood a little sullen and asked a question.

But even after hearing my question, Maya shook his head in an instant.

“No, not at all. It suits you well.”

“Haha. If so, I’m glad…….”

I smiled awkwardly. Then Maya also smiled.

“Really. Because I’m not lying.”

“Yes, I believe you.”

After a while we ran side by side and headed back to the brook.

‘Aww, that’s cold!’

As soon as I carefully stepped into the water that reached my ankles, I frowned at the tingling sensation of the instantaneous temperature.

But surprisingly, I quickly got used to the cold.