Chapter 52

When I opened the door, Tina was together with Rosetta .

「Ah, Rosetta and Tina . Thanks for coming . Please come in . 」

「Thanks!」 Rosetta said .

「Sorry for intruding」

This is the second time Rosetta was visiting my room .

However, this is the first for Tina .

Thus, Tina was acting a little nervous . This was probably the first time she was entering into a friend’s room .

As Rosetta and Tina entered,

「Meeee, Meeeee」

Shiro cried in a protesting way . Then, he started head-butting Rosetta and Tina alternating between the two .

He seemed to have really wanted to eat snacks at the cafeteria .

Even though it was a protest, Shiro was head-butting them gently .

「Are you welcoming us, Shiro-chan? Thank you!」

「Shiro-chan looks as healthy as always」

Rosetta and Tina didn’t seem to realize Shiro was protesting instead .

Shiro has always been head-butting everybody for every little thing .

It can’t be helped that Rosetta and Tina thought it was a welcoming head-butt .

Rosetta and Tina crouched and pet Shiro .

「Shiro-chan is so cute」

「Shiro-chan, I brought some snacks! Do you want it?」 Tina said .

「Meee…ee?」

Shiro, who was protesting with head-butts, stopped in response to Tina’s words, and started fluttering its short tail intensely .

「Will-sama, can we invite Arti too?」

「Of course, but is Arti in her room right now?」

At the same time, Shiro rushed out the opened door .

「Shiro-chan?」

「I wonder what happened?」

Rosetta and Tina were perplexed .

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「Meemeemee」

Shiro was crying out while lightly head-butting the door of the neighbouring room, in other words Arti’s room .

「S-Shiro, you shouldn’t do that . You are troubling Arti」

Arti just finished an intense practice with me a while ago . There is a possibility she was sleeping .

Even if she was awake, she might be tending to her duties from Salvation Organization .

I hurriedly picked up Shiro in an embrace .

But, I was too slow . Arti came out from her room .

「…do you need something?」

「Mee」

Shiro was apparently crying out to Arti, so we can eat snacks together .

Rosetta said towards Arti .

「Arti, I was just about to invite you」

「We were about to have some… snacks, so we were wondering if… you would like to… join us?」

Tina said a little nervously .

She might be worried that Arti would reject her invitation .

「Thank you for inviting me, I would like to join you」

「Mee!」

Shiro, whom I was holding in my arms, cried out delightedly .

After that, all of us returned to my room .

Before brewing the tea, I faced Shiro towards me .

Then, I looked him straight in the eyes .

「Shiro, it’s not good to bang on other people’s door . They might be sleeping, right?」

「…Mee」

「If you want to head-butt, do it quietly」

「Mee」

Shiro seemed to have understood me .

「I’m going to brew the tea now, so Shiro, please wait together with Fluffy」

「Mee」「Pigi」

I lowered Shiro on to the floor, and headed to the kitchen .

「We will prepare the snacks」Tina said .

「Ah, thank you」

Since Tina and the rest were preparing the snacks, I only have to brew the tea .

I’m glad I brought some tea leaves from the cafeteria, for occasions like this .

Although I’m not particularly good at brewing tea, the rest wouldn’t mind it since I’m still an eight-year-old .

In times like these, I’m glad to be an eight-year-old .

I prepare tea for four people, sugared water for Fluffy, and milk for Shiro .

As I brought out the tea, Shiro was being held in Arti’s arms .

And Fluffy was in Tina’s arms .

I began serving tea to everyone

And I placed sugared water and milk in front of Fluffy and Shiro respectively .

Arti and Tina both lowered Fluffy and Shiro to their respective servings .

「Pigi」

「Mee〜!」

Fluffy and Shiro started drinking happily .

I used a plate to serve milk for Shiro, so he wouldn’t be able to plunge his face into it .

「Shiro-chan, here is the candy」

「Meemee!」

Shiro started eating the candy held out by Tina on her palm .

He seemed happy alternating between the milk and the candy .

「Shiro is a little gluttonous」

「Seems so . His appetite might have grown larger during the time he was protecting the sheep」

Rosetta said and kept feeding candy to both Fluffy and Shiro .

Everyone seems to be sweet towards Shiro and Fluffy .

After chatting for a bit, Rosetta and Tina mutually nodded to each other and straightened themselves .

「What is it, you two?」

「Will, and Arti . We have a request」

「What is it? Tell us first」

「Will-sama and Arti are training together, right?」

「Yes, that’s right . We train throughout the morning」

Arti nodded quietly .

「This may be a bother but… could I join the training too?」

「I would like to join too, please」

Rosetta and Tina both had serious expressions .

「In the battle the other day, I realized my own powerlessness」Tina said .

「Yeah, me too… I am ashamed to admit that I was under the assumption that I could fight due to passing the entrance exam」

Then, Tina and Rosetta request again .

「Please, let me join the training」

「Please!」

「Understood」

I replied as such to their earnest request .