On the way home from buying rice.
Engaging in skinship, Lapis walked while holding Lily"s hand. Of course, their fingers were interlocked.
To Lily, who suddenly had her had taken, she was surprised, but soon accepted and showed a smile on her face.
But, even now, her face was red— Lapis"s face was.
「Why are you being all shy now?」
「B-because, Lily-san"s hand, is so smooth and pretty」
「Thank you for the praise, but as expected, it"s embarra.s.sing, huh. Speaking of which, earlier, you said that on the carpet, you"d cling to me right?」
「That"s for high pla—…」
Lapis"s movements completely stopped.
People pa.s.sing by gave her a puzzled look.
「…you forget?」
「…I forgot.」
「Um, how about you close your eyes before we fly back? You can keep clinging to me.」
「…okay, I"ll do that.」
Lily walked while almost pulling Lapis, whose walking speed had definitely decreased.
They finally reached the gate where Rozzo was guarding. Also around that time, she had become unsatisfied with only holding hands, thus they walked while linking arms. If Lily was the other gender, anyone would"ve thought of them as a couple.
「Ya, Rozzo-kun, good work.」
「…Your companion girl doesn"t look so good, she ok?」
「Yeah, she"ll be good in 2 hours. Then, see you.」
「Oh, take care.」
Saying a parting to Rozzo, they walked for about 5 minutes.
When they couldn"t see any people, Lily brought out the flying carpet from her pocket.
「Ok, Lapis-chan, come.」
「…okay. …I"ll be clinging with all my strength.」
「I-I understand.」
Seeing Lapis act all cutely and dizzily, Lily accepted her request.
Climbing onto the carpet, Lapis closed her eyes and clung to Lily with both arms and legs.
Everything was ready. Then, the carpet took off into the sky.
「Only 2 hours, so hang in there. If you need to, you can also go to sleep.」
「…I want you to tell a story.」
「Really? Then, do you have any requests you"d like to hear? Like magic, or the secret to long life and youth?」
「…Lily-san, do you have a person you like?」
「Woah, an unexpected question」
Lily gave a lonely laugh in a surprised manner. Fortunately, since they were hugging, her face couldn"t be seen.
「…right now, there isn"t anybody. A long time ago there was, but we aged…」
「…Lily-san doesn"t look like she has aged.」
「Fufu, thank you. But it couldn"t be helped. My appearance doesn"t change, but she steadily grew older. By the end, she said that she didn"t want to see my face.」
「…"she"?」
「Ah, yeah. Yeah, it"s weird, isn"t it? But don"t get me wrong, it"s because I like girls.」
「…Really?」
「Yeah, I don"t hide secrets from Lapis-chan. Ah, but, I won"t do anything without my partner"s consent, so it"d make me happy if you don"t worry.」
「I, I like Lily-san」
「Fufu, thank you. I also like Lapis-chan.」
「…Nn… I like you」
After that, they continued in silence for the next 2 hours, until the two of them returned to the hut.
「Haaa…aaa」
「What"s up with that weird sigh?」
「Don"t know. I feel like I suddenly want to do it.」
「! Maybe that, that is one of Lapis-chan"s tendencies, from your lost memories? Let"s test out some things and your memories might—」
「Nono, I don"t want that method. It"s not cool」
As though pouting, Lapis said 「I"m going to change.」 and entered the hut.
Lily put away the carpet and then followed behind.
While Lapis changed, Lily decided to do what she could and took out the tableware from the magic bag and arranged it on the shelf.
Then Lapis came back, wearing her maid uniform.
「Wa! Lily-san is organizing the tableware! Are you okay? Should I help?」
「…You know, Lapis-chan. Even I can do this much.」
「Ahaha, sorry, sorry. By the way, how do you use that?」
「Hm?」
Lapis pointed at the magic bag.
「I was wondering, how do you take out an object inside it?」
「Ah, that. You think of the item you want and then put your hand inside and pull it out. Do you want to try?」
「Sure!」
Lapis accepted the magic bag from Lily and while murmuring "…eggs, eggs", she put her hand into the bag and pulled out the eggs.
「Ooh!」
「Fufu, each of your reactions is so honest, it"s cute.」
「Ehehe. Ah, but, Lily-san. What would you do if you forgot what is inside the magic bag? If you flip it upside down, will it come out?」
「No, it won"t come out with something like that. At those time, if you recite 『Release』—」
The bag reacted to Lily"s words, releasing a bright light, and spilled meat, vegetables, and other ingredients all over the vicinity.
Fortunately, there weren"t any crushed ingredients. It could be called a "fine play" that Lapis took out the eggs earlier.
「…」
「…」
「…..」
「…..」
「…..ha」
Lapis took in a deep breath.
「—LILY-SAN!」
「So- I"m very sorry!」
The girls" lunch was still a bit in the future.