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   "Onii-chan." While I was in a daze, a girl tugged at the hem of my apron. I resolved myself and crouched down, making eye contact with the girl. "What's wrong?" "Umm, you see… high, high!" "Err… so you want to go really high?" "Yeah! Because Onii-chan is big!" Just like what the girl wanted, I gave her a ride on my shoulders and stood up. "Waa, so high!" The girl clinging to my back was squealing and giggling. Her innocence was so charming, it made me smile, and I spun around. "Waa! Spinning!!!" "Hey! You look like you're having fun! Onii-chan is really big, isn't he?" Watching us smiling and laughing, Nihara-san approached us. "Come on, everybody. You can play a lot with this Onii-chan here!" "Really?!" "Yay!!!" Taking Nihara-san's words as their command, lots of children started swarming me. Some were clinging onto my legs, and some others were leaping onto...

   "Okay, Yuu-kun. I'll see you soon." "Yeah. Good luck on the event!" As she slipped on her heels and grabbed her hand luggage, Yuuka bowed her head to me. "I'm really sorry… Yuu-kun." "I told you it's fine. I'm surprisingly pretty good at playing with children, even though I may look like this." "I wonder~. I feel like the children are just going to tease you." "Well, I'll cross that bridge when I get there." Even though she nodded her head, she still has a grim expression on her face. How are you going to get through the event if you're so depressed here? Geez. I took out my phone out and pressed the send button on Line. *bzzzt* *bzzzt* "Yuuka, take a look at your phone." "Eh?" ■ From the pen-name: 『The Grim Reaper in Love』 ■ Yuuna-chan, good morning! Today is the long-awaited day of the Alice Stage event! I didn't expect Yuuna-chan to be able to perform at an event so soon. T...

   "Sensei!" "Hmm? Oh, Sakata? What's wrong?" 　 It's recess time. I made sure there wasn't anyone else around. Then, I called out to Gousaki-sensei. Gousaki-sensei had a puzzled look on his face. I'm not really good at talking to teachers like him. I can't mess around here. "Why did you decide on Watanae-san?" "Ahh... You mean the volunteering work…" Gousaki-sensei smiled broadly and walked over to me. Then, he grabbed me by my shoulders. "I was a bit confused on whether I should've sent Sakata or Watanae back there." I was a little confused because I didn't expect my name to come up. "...Why me and Watanae-san?" "Because you two are similar." Sensei suddenly said something like that. I felt even more shaken now. "H-how are we even similar? I've barely ever spoken to Watanae-san… and I think we're very different types of people." "It's true that both of you are d...