Chapter 131 – Gifts
“Fortunately, there doesn’t appear to be any serious injuries.”
After scanning the boy’s body, Netoru’s voice was still calm. However, I could see that the fact that he was at eye level with the boy with his knees bent was his consideration not to intimidate the boy.
Even so, she is Rin, who has had a small physique since childhood.
So it was not difficult for her to understand the meaning behind Netoru’s actions. It was because, as a child, she was sometimes like that with good-natured adults.
That’s why Rin stared blankly at the boy’s face as he brushed off a lump of dust.
What is that look?
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She obviously thought Yellowy was very angry. Who doesn’t get angry when pickpocketed?
In fact, Rin had been stabbed a lot by her hand when she was young. It was not uncommon for her to be kicked or beaten with her fists when caught. However, no matter how much I looked at it, there was no sign of anger on Netoru’s face.
How can that be On the contrary, when he checked the boy’s condition, his smile was a face of relief.
Thanks to that, Rin couldn’t take her eyes off Netoru’s faint smile, which she couldn’t tell unless she looked closely.
All of a sudden, Rin’s limbs, which had been so full of strength, collapsed, and the tension in her whole body was released.
Maybe she was mistaken for herself.
In the midst of such doubts, Rin asked indirectly.
“…This guy, aren’t you scolding me? Did you pickpocket?”
“Why? Shall I scold you now?”
“Ah, no… You don’t have to…”
When Rin hesitated, Netoru laughed. Her expression was somewhat different from the one she used to smash tramps with a dry face.
Then, as she released her arms holding her boy in her arms, Lynn let out a sigh of relief. Because she was like this, she felt like an idiot that she was mistaken for herself.
“Little boy. Would you mind giving me back my wallet?”
“Ah···. Now, hold on!”
At Netoru’s words, the boy immediately escaped from Rin’s arms and ran to the corner of the building. Then she picked up something that had fallen on the floor.
It was Netoru’s wallet.
Fortunately, Netoru’s wallet, which the boy gave to the homeless, fell to the floor. Her man must have been knocked out of her hands when Lynn pushed away to save her boy.
Maybe it was because she rolled on the dirty floor. Netoru’s wallet was also dirty, just like the boy from before.
With the wallet in such a state, the boy trudged along with a darkened face and carefully held it out to Netoru.
“I’m sorry…! Gee, my wallet…”
“…Well, it’s okay. It’s an old wallet anyway.”
Netoru roughly brushed the dust off his wallet and shrugged his shoulders. Fortunately, when I looked inside, the money was still there. That was enough, so Netoru didn’t care.
He put his wallet in his bosom and looked around.
“…The problem now is these people.”
They are vagabonds who attacked with weapons in their hands. Of course, I had no intention of seeing them. Whatever the circumstances, as long as you cross the line, you will have to pay the price. If there are people like this, other citizens are harmed for no reason.
Then it would be better to hand it over to the guards. It was their role to manage the security of the city in the first place. It’s only annoying when Netoru, a Holy Trooper pilot, intervenes.
Netoru, lost in thought for a moment, looked at Rin.
First of all, Netoru must be here so that the tramps who have fallen cannot escape.
Then only one person can call the guards. It is better to send someone with a certain identity than to send a pickpocket boy.
If Rin, who has the status of a sexual cavalry pilot, goes, the guards won’t be able to ignore this incident.
So I’m about to let Rin go, but Netoru tilts her head.
Somehow Rin said she didn’t say anything from a while ago, but she had a blank face. I don’t know what she’s thinking, her brown eyes reminiscent of the autumn sky are staring at her.
Without avoiding that gaze, Netoru called out his name.
“Lynn.”
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“Rin…?”
“Yes? Go, why suddenly?”
Did the voice finally reach my ears? Surprised, Rin blinked at her and blinked her eyes several times.
What the hell is she thinking. Anyway, I don’t know, but Netoru asked Rin for a favor.
“I’d like you to go and call some guards. I guess I’ll have to stay here.”
“Wait, guards? Ah···. That, that’s how it should be… All these people must be arrested… Yes! Okay!”
Rin, who nodded at her stroke, jumped up from her seat and ran to her entrance. She did, but after a few steps she went and she stepped on a stick or something that was broken nearby.
Woodangtang… Rin fell flat on her floor.
“I’m sorry… It hurts···.”
It’s so sad to see her holding my knees in front of the entrance and moaning. There was no need to move so quickly. Netoru approached Rin, wondering if he was okay.
I thought I would go and get myself up.
“Gwa, it’s okay…! Oh, don’t come…”
But as soon as she felt her footsteps, Rin glanced at her with tears in her eyes, and she jumped up again and ran away.
Back and forth…
In an instant, the back view disappears.
But why?
Netoru inadvertently smiled bitterly at the sight of her back.
“…That guy. Are you okay?”
It felt like I was sending an errand to a little kid.
2.
The central square was still crowded with people.
Just as Netoru had said, Rin ran through the crowds to call for the guards. But why? Strangely enough, her heart was beating fast.
Besides, her face was blushing enough that I could feel it myself. It wasn’t because I was out of breath. I am more confident than anyone else when it comes to running. My body wasn’t tired just by running like this.
“Whoa, whoa… Now, hold on… What is this?”
Lynn, feeling her embarrassment at her own condition, sped her up even more. She was afraid that other people around her would see her like this.
Sometimes she heard from Karen. She has a better personality than I thought, so there’s nothing to be too wary of.
She is the one who lost consciousness all day due to magical exhaustion while trying to protect the city by herself.
Since Lindo is in a position to manipulate the genitals, she knows well how unreasonable it was for the four toru at that time.
But the problem with her was that she was in front of her eyes seeing what she had only vaguely thought about, and in many ways she gave Rin a fresh shock.
Although she was blunt, the unconcealable sense of adulthood revealed in her every action confused Rin’s heart and mind. It was the first time I had such an experience.
“Ah. Wait a minute… This shouldn’t be like this…”
Lynn stopped her legs for a second as she continued to run frantically. Her throbbing – her legs hurt. What is she to fall there like an immature child? Even thinking about it, she was too ashamed of it.
It was obvious that Yellowy would think that he was strange too.
Besides, when he fell, he made a strange voice when he told the guy not to come. It was embarrassing that I was in too much of a hurry. Thanks to her, even after she left, all sorts of feelings of shame and shame were tormenting Rin.
In that state, Rin thought to calm down her emotions first, so she took several deep breaths while bending her body. She takes a deep breath in and exhales as if sweeping everything inside her body.
She did so as she repeated her deep breaths several times, which surely helped her as she slowly felt her chest and head settle. Rin finally raised her head, wiping the cold sweat from her forehead with a small exclamation.
“What?”
But after a while, Rin, who looked around her, tilted her head.
Realizing a big fact belatedly, Rin’s autumn eyes began to waver.
Come to think of it, she forgot something huge.
And I saw where the guards were located?
She ran out of there blindly, not thinking that she didn’t know where the guards were.
Lin was dazed by that fact, she froze for a moment, then shook her head and grabbed a nearby citizen and asked.
“Hmm? Little boy, have you ever lost your way?”
“Hey, I’m not lost…”
Where do you look that I’m a kid?
But Rin struggled to suppress her emotions from coming out like a spring. Her priority now is to call the guards. If she is late for no reason, only Netoru will be in trouble.
Lin barely managed to contain her emotions and asked cautiously.
“···Excuse me. Where are the guards?”
As it was, Rin was escorted to the guard by her citizen whose name she did not know. Thanks to her, she didn’t get lost and she was able to get there quickly.
3.
Netoru has gathered her tramps in a corner of the building while Rin calls the guards. At the same time, she also found her mother’s keepsake, which her boy was looking for.
“Is this what you’re looking for?”
“Yes! That’s it!”
Fortunately, the girl’s mother’s keepsake that the boy was looking for was possessed by her man, who was the leader of the group.
Seeing the boy weeping while holding her mother’s keepsake in his hands, Netoru let out a light smile, perhaps because he was so happy to find it. She wasn’t particularly trying to help the boy, but it didn’t make her feel too bad.
The only thing I’m worried about is… I wonder if the boy left alone will be able to live well in the future. Still, she says that the city is supporting orphaned children, so I have no choice but to believe it. Up to that point, it was an area that even Netoru could not do anything about.
How long did you wait for that Fortunately, Rin brought the guards faster than she thought.
Eventually, Netoru turned his back as he watched the vagabonds being taken away one by one by the guards.
Anyway, this is the end. The boy was also lucky enough to get his mother’s belongings back, so Netoru decided to continue with what he was doing.
“You. Are you looking for a gift for Karen?”
But then she saw Lynn follow her and she clung to her side. For a moment she wondered how she knew that, but Netoru nodded her head. She had nothing to hide.
“Well, yes.”
“Then would you like me to help you choose a gift?”
“···You?”
“Okay! I’ve known Karen for a long time, so I’ll let you know if she likes him!”
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I don’t know why I want to help all of a sudden…
After thinking for a while, Toru nodded his head.
He’s a tomboyish guy, but Rin was a girl in his own right, so it would be helpful.
