TEASER CHAPTER 8 PART 30
Nozomu, who had been
led out of Wandall's workshop, was being dragged by the arm back to the main
street of the craftsmen's district.
With nimble steps,
Lisa pulled Nozomu along with her.
Nozomu somehow managed
to keep up with her, but his hand was in a lot of pain because he was being
pulled so forcefully.
"Lisa, hey, get
your hands off me! O-, ouch!"
"Hmm? Ah,
Sorry!"
As Nozomu yelled out
due to the limit of his patience, Lisa finally slowed down her legs.
Nozomu's shoulders
slumped in relief as the pain in his arm finally subsided.
"Ouch... Gosh,
what the heck is this about all of a sudden?"
"It couldn't be
helped. If I hadn't done what I did, Wandall-san's preaching would have
continued."
"But by the looks
of it, I'm sure the preaching will just start over when you go to pick up your
sword anyway, right?"
"A~ a~ I can't
hear you~~"
Nozomu let out a sigh
as Lisa covered her ears with her hands and looked up to the sky.
Reluctantly, he
decided to leave Lisa, who showed no signs of regret, alone to take care of his
next errand.
The bell was ready,
but it would be too tasteless to hand it over as is.
Since he was going to
give it as a gift, he decided to add some fancy details or accessories to it.
In fact, when he had
sent the bell to Somia before, he had made it so that she could wear it on her
arm as a replacement for the arm ornament she had treasured so much.
"Well then. I've
got other things to do, so let's split up here."
"Wait a minute.
Are you going to leave just like that?"
As Nozomu was about to
walk away, Lisa grabbed his arm again.
The tone of her voice
clearly showed her dissatisfaction.
"Well,
yeah..."
"... Please come
with me for a bit. There's a place I would like to go."
Lisa lifted her
eyebrows for a moment and began to pull Nozomu's arm again.
Compared to before,
Lisa's steps were somewhat slower and her pull on Nozomu's hand was not as
strong.
But her hand was
strangely attached to Nozomu's and it couldn't be shaken off.
"Even if you say
that. I mean, as I said, I have other errands to do..."
"That errand, is
it related to that bell you were making at Wandall-san's smithy earlier?"
"Yes, it
is..."
As Lisa repeatedly
glanced at the wrapped package Nozomu was holding, Nozomu looked uncomfortable
and hid the package behind his body.
"The reason for
giving that bell to Irisdina-san is to thank her for her dance practice before
the opening festival, isn't it? Does that mean that Nozomu's next errand will
be to find a decoration to put on that bell?"
Nozomu's eyes widened
at Lisa's spot-on point.
Nozomu had never told
Lisa why he was sending the bell to Irisdina.
Watching Lisa, who was
puffing out her chest as if to say, "I knew it", he realized once
again how close he was to his childhood friend.
