99 – Orphanage Picnic
A lazy weekend afternoon.
It was exam week from tomorrow, so it was time to study, but I had to go out for a while because I had a problem to deal with before that.
The destination was an orphanage I sponsored.
A little child encounters as he enters inside in the form of Lupine.
It was Judy, the orange-haired girl whom she met several times and got acquainted with.
“It’s been a while.”
“Why are you coming so late!”
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Judy gets angry as soon as she sees me.
“Hmm. Did I tell you that I would come today?”
“No?”
“Then why do you say you are late?”
“You haven’t come back since that day!”
Ah, did you mean that?
Rather than being particularly cheeky, it sounded like a cute complaint, so I gave him a rough answer by patting his head.
“Yes. I won’t come back often from now on.”
“···Hung. It didn’t really mean that.”
Then what do you mean?
The little guy is already very fussy.
Anyway, I was just about to go inside and talk to the director.
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Just in time, the door to the director’s office, which had been closed, opened, and I met someone’s eyes as they came out.
‘…What?’
Her I looked at her blankly without knowing.
[Hmm. This is another strange thing.]
Unlike the Goddess who casually expresses her feelings, my head is properly confused.
Shoulder-length light blonde hair and bright emerald eyes.
The atmosphere emanating from his pale eyes was very similar to someone I knew.
It was difficult to ascertain the details of the face beyond that, as the lower part of the face was covered with a red muffler.
Nevertheless, not only the body shape and appearance, but also the atmosphere and feel were similar enough to be considered the same person.
But I didn’t feel any emotion in the other person’s eyes looking at me.
She passed me nonchalantly and walked away from her orphanage.
“Miss Sharon?”
I barely came to my senses and carefully called my name.
As a scholarship applicant who has not forgotten the fact that I am now Lupin, I have only learned about it.
But she didn’t even look back, she just left without stopping.
“Ah, Director. Long time no see.”
The director found me standing blankly and greeted me.
I looked blankly at the empty space that had already disappeared and no one was left, and asked the director.
“Who is he just now?”
“Yes? Oh, that kid.”
Her ledger refers to her casually as if they know each other.
“This is a friend who lived in our orphanage. Now that I am grown up, I am independent.”
I even grew up in this orphanage.
But to conclude that it wasn’t Sharon after hearing this, she didn’t know exactly what her past was about her.
I don’t really have anything to say if you say you don’t know that even though you’re friends.
It’s only been about 2 months at most, and I’m not the type to talk about it, so I didn’t tell you about myself.
“What is your name, by any chance?”
“This is Juliet.”
“I see.”
It looked very similar, but it was not Sharon. If she had been right in the first place, she would have reacted the first time her face was met or when her name was called.
Besides, apart from the resemblance of her appearance, I should say that her atmosphere is slightly different somewhere. Everything was the same, but it was close to the feeling that only one puzzle piece had changed.
“Does she have any of her sisters or family?”
“If there was, she wouldn’t even be in an orphanage. Because she was alone all along.”
Did you say Juliet?
It seemed almost certain that she was a different person from Sharon.
The important thing is that one other possibility remains.
The possibility that it could be Sherlock, not Sharon.
“What has she been doing since she became independent?”
“Well, why are you curious about that…?”
“It’s not a special reason, I think I’ve met you somewhere before. She just asks if she knows someone.”
Fortunately, he seemed to understand my natural excuse without much doubt.
Actually, strictly speaking, it’s not exactly wrong, is it? It’s true that I’m asking because I’ve seen it somewhere and I’m curious if anyone knows.
“Okay. In fact, I don’t even know exactly what the child is doing.”
“Didn’t we just talk?”
“Yes. It was a long time since we met again. But she didn’t seem to want to tell me how she was doing.”
“Hmm…”
That makes me even more suspicious.
After she became independent from the orphanage, she lives as a detective hiding her true identity from others.
Rather than being awkward, isn’t it a very natural causal relationship?
I decided to memorize the name Juliet in my head.
If only she were Sherlock instead of Sharon… Even then, I’ll have to decide what to do.
“So what are you visiting today?”
“Oh, I was distracted for a moment and forgot. Would it be all right if I go in and talk for a while?”
“Of course. Please feel free to come in.”
I entered the room while receiving the hospitality of the director. Certainly, as the number of times I met her face increased, I felt that she relaxed her guard against me and treated me in a friendly way.
I went inside and started a conversation over a cup of hot tea.
“Do you remember what I said last time?”
“Yes. You said you would create a systematic system.”
“Exactly. And I want to start the beginning of such a system together here.”
“Yes. I remember hearing that.”
Of course, the scale was too large for me to make in a short period of time by myself, so a connection with the upper class was essential to make the system.
I was able to complete the prerequisites through Gilbert, whom I met at the casino. Of course, as a reward for that, I was asked for consulting to nurture nobles in the direction of the foundation.
It was a very grateful proposal that I had no reason to reject. Anyway, if you have a lot of contact with the upper class, the day will come when you can use it.
“I’m going to start in earnest from today.”
“Ah… Okay.”
“Of course, I won’t be in too much of a hurry, and I will take one step at a time.”
I looked at the director’s expression while drinking Hororok tea.
Looking at the slightly shy but genuinely happy look, I thought it was a good decision to choose this place.
“So which one…?”
“Do you have any special plans today?”
“Are you talking about me?”
“The entire orphanage.”
The director put on a slightly puzzled expression as if it was difficult to understand exactly what I was saying.
“If it’s whole… I don’t have one, but…”
“Good. Then let’s go on a picnic together.”
“Cow, a picnic?”
“Yes. Take all the children on a picnic to the hospital. Get a checkup as well.”
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“A picnic?”
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Judy tilted her head.
Suddenly a picnic. And the whole orphanage at once.
All the children were taken aback by the unusual situation, which was rare and was no different from the first time.
Even the outing place is no different.
“Are you going to the hospital?”
“Why?”
“We are not sick!”
“I hate hospitals! I hate getting injections! Aww…!!”
Hospital. In some ways, it may be the most unsuitable place for children.
I had a hard time accepting the fact that I was going to the hospital when no one was sick.
The director also had a similar idea. Everyone is healthy, so why spend money and time to go to the hospital?
However, at the strong request of the sponsor, the orphanage was forced to go on an unscheduled picnic today.
The place I arrived at was a well-established hospital.
They were welcomed by a brown-haired woman in a doctor’s coat from the entrance of the hospital.
“Hello. My name is Joanne Watson, and I am in charge of your examination today. Please feel free to call me Doctor.”
At least in Judy’s eyes, she was quite a beautiful woman.
To the extent that he thinks he wants to be like that when he grows up someday.
Afterward, she began to talk kindly with the tall leg sponsor.
“You really brought all the kids.”
“You already got permission.”
“Of course it is. Wouldn’t it be better for me to go there myself?”
“Because it would be much more accurate to go to the hospital and get a checkup. Is not it?”
“Yes. I’m just tailoring it to what you want. Because I got paid that much.”
At such an honest answer, Lupine sighed.
“You’re not going to go to the casino again with that money, are you?”
“Yes? You ask something so obvious. Of course, you should go out at night and have fun. Mr. Lupine also comes and plays with us.”
“I’m sorry, but I politely decline. I have work to do in the evening.”
“You seem to be busy these days. I don’t often see my face in the casino. Is it because of the Foundation?”
“That’s how it is.”
I don’t know exactly what you’re talking about, but Judy was in a bad mood for some reason.
Especially if you watch the two of them talking, no matter who sees it, it gives off the feeling that the woman is interested in the man.
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Judy glared at her with her blunt eyes.
“Huh? What’s happen?”
The female doctor looked at me and asked if she felt that gaze.
Thanks to that, Lupine, who was next to her, naturally turned his head.
The startled girl immediately lowered her gaze to the ground and ignored it.
She was a girl who wanted to become an adult quickly.
Cute