Chapter 12 – Memories: Part 3
As Kyouya turned his face away pouting, Mao moved a chair in front of him.
“Hey, did you know-”
“I don’t know. I never heard of it before. You’re not tricking me!”
“When did I ever trick you?”
Oh really now. What about just now? If I remember correctly, you tricked me just three minutes earlier.
“While we’re on the subject of our pasts, why don’t we talk about Kirara’s past.”
Mao tried to explain to the unwilling Kyouya.
In the back of the room, Kirara, who had been busily eating her meat, suddenly twitched her ears.
Well, it wasn’t really her ears, but the things that looked like ears in her hair.
In any case, her ears twitched and she stopped eating. She started scanning the room, like she was sniffing something out.
Finally, she turned towards Kyouya’s direction.
She stared questioningly towards his direction, wondering what he wanted.
Whenever she’s brought up in a conversation, sensing it with her instincts and sniffing the air was just like Kirara.
Due to Mao gesturing to her to come over, Kirara stopped eating her meat. She sat neatly in her chair that was often empty.
“Didn’t you ever think that Kirara was weird?”
“I-I’ve never thought of her that way.”
“It’s okay. Kirara doesn’t mind being called weird. Right, Kirara?”
“Yes. I, don’t mind.”
“Uhh, well… I thought that… you’re a pretty unique person. But I only thought that for a moment. I don’t think like that now.” confessed Kyouya.
Kyouya felt a little uncool for sticking up for Kirara. Sometimes, he thought that people like Mao who could easily say what’s on their mind were a bit cool.
“Well, Kirara can’t help but be seen as weird.”
“You really should stop saying that she’s weird.” said Kyouya, feeling a bit concerned for Kirara.
Not everyone is like Mao, who can boldly call someone out for being weird.
However, looking at Kirara…
Kirara seemed happy about being the focus of the conversation. Like she was being praised.
Or maybe…
Maybe she likes being called weird?
Kyouya could feel his common sense warping.
“Do you know the story of the wolf girls? I’m not talking about the one in Aesop’s Fables.” said Shion as she took over the conversation from Mao.
“Hah… was it the girls who were raised by wolves?”
Kyouya glanced to the side. He saw Megumi off to the side using the stove, seemingly not paying attention at all. It seemed like Kyouya was the only one who didn’t know what the story was.
“The story of the wolf girls is no urban myth. As for orphans that were not raised by humans, there are many examples in trustworthy sources.”
“Really?”
Kyouya looked at Kirara.
Kirara was sitting upright with a blank face. Kirara seemed to understand that the topic was shifting towards her.
“Wolves are a social breed like humans. That’s why you often see examples of humans being raised by wolves. However, there are also examples of humans being raised by something other than wolves.”
Just how is Shion’s explanation and Kirara related?
“Kyoro-kun. Do you know what a UMA is? It means an Unidentified Mysterious Animal. Well-known examples of UMA are Bigfoot, Sasquatch, Yeti etc. A Yuki-otoko would be the j.a.panese term for Yeti.”
“Huh? W-what?”
Kyouya thought he misheard Shion. It sounds like she is saying that Kirara wasn’t raised by wolves, but instead by UMAs.
“Kirara was raised by one of them until she was eight years old. We’re not just guessing her age here. She was also taught by them how to say her age, according to Kirara.”
“Whaaaat?!”
It wasn’t him mishearing her! She really did mean it.
Kyouya took a hard look at Kirara.
When their eyes met, Kirara grinned.
“Kyoro, believed?”
Kyoro believed it.
“Pfft… Hahahahaha…”
President started laughing like she couldn’t handle it anymore.
Kyouya’s face turned blue. It happened again… I’ve been tricked again!
Kirara. Had friends.
Mao: Kirara is pretty proud of her english.
Kyouya: Ehh, really?
Kirara: Yes, I can speak English pretty well. I had been in British Columbia long time.