"And what about you, Kaito?"
Driven by some inexplicable impulse, Lumine found herself asking Kaito this question again.
The moment the words left her lips, Lumine regretted them.
After all, a question like that carried a certain... implication, more or less.
But there was no helping it now. The words were already out, so she could only pretend she hadn't meant anything by it.
In any case, she certainly couldn't try to explain herself. Doing so would only make it look like she was covering something up—a case of "a guilty conscience needs no accuser."
"Me? I'll take the same room I had before, just like you. It's easier to fall asleep in a familiar place."
Thinking nothing of it, Kaito gave his answer quickly, casually adding an explanation.
Although it wasn't strictly necessary to have a familiar place to fall asleep, if there was a familiar option available, he would naturally choose to sleep there.
If there was a choice, he'd pick the familiar one; if not, anything would do.
"Mm, that makes sense." Breathing another sigh of relief, Lumine nodded repeatedly in agreement.
Sigh...
I really need to be more careful with what I say next time...
But...
Forget it, forget it...
I won't think about it anymore!
Deciding to stop overthinking, Lumine walked over to Kaito, stopping in front of the room she had stayed in previously.
Creak—
As Lumine approached, Kaito opened the door.
It had to be said, the room had been cleaned truly thoroughly; it didn't feel like it had been uninhabited for a long time at all.
"You go on in, Lumine. I'm going to check on my old room," Kaito said, walking toward the other room.
The two rooms weren't connected; in fact, there was some distance between them.
"Okay."
Watching Kaito's figure disappear around the corner, Lumine, who had already sat down on the bed, called out in response.
I wonder if Paimon has woken up yet...
Sitting on the bed, Lumine's thoughts drifted to Paimon.
But just then, she suddenly remembered something and shot up from the bed with a whoosh.
Wait a minute...
Kaito and I are going to be here for a few days...
Paimon doesn't even know about this...
But...
Wendy and the others are there...
So I probably don't need to worry about anything.
Thinking of this, Lumine sat back down on the bed.
And more importantly, she actually didn't want Paimon to come over.
Wendy and the others are there anyway, it'll be fine.
Sitting on the bed, Lumine consoled herself with these thoughts, trying to shake off the guilt of not bringing Paimon along.
Da da da... Dadada...
While Lumine was thinking, a burst of footsteps came from outside.
"Mr. Zhongli really is reliable. I didn't expect every room to be tidied up so neatly. We could sleep anywhere we wanted," Kaito remarked with a sigh of admiration before he even walked in.
After leaving Lumine's room just now, he had checked every room and found them all well-kept.
"Yeah, much more reliable than Paimon."
Perhaps because she had just been thinking about her, Lumine subconsciously blurted this out in response to Kaito.
What am I saying...
As soon as the words left her mouth, Lumine was speechless at herself. She had actually compared Mr. Zhongli to Paimon—there was simply no comparison.
"Paimon?"
Stunned for a moment, Kaito hadn't expected Lumine to compare Paimon with Zhongli. Then he continued, "Paimon certainly can't compete with him. Anyway, are you going to take a bath now? If you want clothes, you can describe them to me."
"Clothes? Let me think."
Seeing Kaito bring up the topic of clothes, Lumine fell into thought again.
Let's do this first...
Suddenly thinking of a solution, Lumine spoke up, "How about this, Kaito? Just make me a bathrobe for now. It doesn't matter if it's a bit loose. You can make the other clothes later, how about that?"
After saying this, Lumine looked at Kaito, waiting to see his reaction.
"A bathrobe? That works. It is indeed easier."
Nodding, Kaito immediately began his operation.
He slowly extended his hand, and a white bathrobe gradually took shape within his grasp.
"Put it on now and let me see if it fits. If it doesn't, I'll remake it," Kaito said as he handed the bathrobe to Lumine.
Uh...
It just slipped out...
Suddenly realizing his words sounded a bit off, Kaito felt slightly awkward.
His words just now sounded a bit like he was asking Lumine to wear only the bathrobe for him to see.
If it were normal clothes, it wouldn't be an issue. But a bathrobe usually implied taking off one's clothes before putting it on, so it seemed a bit strange.
Of course, Lumine could also just put the bathrobe on over her current clothes to let him check the fit.
"Sure."
Just as Kaito was about to say she could just put it on over her clothes, Lumine had already taken the bathrobe and headed for the bathroom.
"You can just..."
Bang—
Kaito swallowed the rest of his sentence. Looking at the now-closed door, he abandoned the thought of continuing.
There was nothing he could do. Lumine had already gone in, and he certainly couldn't go open the door now.
Forget it...
Checking it that way works too, I guess...
Anyway... Lumine doesn't seem to mind...
After thinking it over, Kaito decided to just wait and see. If it didn't fit, he would help make a new one.
But even so, he was still worried that Lumine might have misunderstood his intentions, thinking he was just using this as an excuse to do... something else.
Inside the bathroom.
If this ability could create food...
Then I wouldn't have to worry about running out of money even if I raised several Paimons.
Slowly peeling off her clothes, Lumine let her thoughts wander wildly. Perhaps the cost of Paimon's daily meals had left a very deep impression on her.
Sigh...
There isn't a big mirror...
After completely removing her clothes, Lumine looked around and thought silently to herself.
She really wanted to look in a mirror right now, but unfortunately, there were no full-length mirrors here, so she had to give up on the idea.
Afterward, Lumine turned her gaze to the bathrobe she had just placed on the hook.
It feels like it should fit, right?
With that thought, she put it on.
She didn't know if it was because Kaito had created it, but she felt this bathrobe was very different. It felt exceptionally comfortable to wear.
Is it an illusion?
Why does it feel so different...
Looking down at the bathrobe she was now wearing, Lumine pondered silently.
Aside from that feeling—whether real or imagined—the size was actually quite a perfect fit.
That guy actually figured out my measurements in all the right places so quickly...
He must have looked at me very carefully back when we were in the hot spring, right?
Continuing to look down at the bathrobe, Lumine couldn't help but recall the time they spent in the hot spring earlier.
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