68 – The young lady’s first experience – 2
The back door of the bus opens and goes inside. I took out the card, took a picture, and looked back at Shiraishi. She followed me with a nervous expression, holding a card.
“This…” Like this?”
“Yes.”
When the terminal beeped, Shiraishi looked relieved.
“Okay… That’s Okay!”
“Now you can just sit down and wait.”
“Yes!”
For her, using public transportation was her first experience.
So, it tells you from one to ten. The location of the bus stop, which bus to take, and even how to get on it.
I did some research yesterday. Is there transportation from the Shiraishi family to the school? Her mansion was quite far from here, so it wasn’t a convenient method.
“Wow… ….”
Anyway, I found it. It may take some time, but it is a route that Shiraishi can easily walk to and from school on his own.
“This is what it looks like inside…” .”
Shiraishi, who was looking inside her with curiosity, followed me and sat down next to me.
“Outside the window… “It feels like this.”
This time she sticks her head out and looks outside. The view would be the same whether from a limousine or a bus. She opened her eyes wide and took in the sights passing by.
“Would you like to change seats?”
“Oh, yes…” .”
Is it like having a window seat on an airplane for the first time? I can’t see any clouds or anything.
Shiraishi sat by the window and quietly looked at the scenery outside her.
On the other hand, I was looking at her like that and thinking about her behavior just moments ago.
I hope it’s okay.
I confronted her butler in front of the school gate.
In the end, Shiraishi followed me.
The expression he looked at me at that time was unusual. Is it because of my mood? An old, white-haired butler wearing a tailcoat that did not suit the school was staring at me with a grave expression.
When I was invited to the house, they opened the car door or showed me around the inside of the mansion.
Although he kindly guided us, he was secretly thinking that this lowly commoner was polluting the young lady… I guess that’s not what I thought.
…… No, there is a possibility.
“Hey, Shiraishi.”
“Yes?”
I whispered and spoke.
“That butler earlier….”
“Aiden?”
“…… “It was that kind of name.”
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When I lowered my voice, Shiraishi also covered his mouth with his hand and spoke softly.
“Okay. That Mr. Aiden… “What kind of person are you?”
“He is a very thoughtful and considerate person who has seen me since I was a child.”
“……… Hmm.”
I am gaining her trust a lot.
But that alone didn’t tell me what he thought of me.
“He has been working for the Shiraishi family since before I was born, and he is our family’s exclusive head butler.”
“……… ….”
I’m scared.
In other words, it means that you are not just an employee. Location is high. It’s to the point where he personally follows the family’s daughter and takes care of her personal affairs. Not just her, but her superiors… In other words, there is a high possibility that he has a close relationship with the chairman.
So, I’m talking about Shiraishi’s father.
The branches of imagination spread out.
Why is it that a commoner from a commoner’s school is giving a dirty hand to a young lady? I would be the one who gets a call like that and gets kidnapped without anyone knowing.
Although she is not particularly the daughter of a Yakuza family, she has somewhat unsettling imaginations.
Whether it is the Yakuza or a wealthy noble family, it may not be a task to wipe out a powerless commoner.
Of course, that’s just my delusion, something I’ve only seen in movies and dramas.
“……… Ah.”
While she was worrying about such groundless things, she came to her senses when she heard a guidance sound.
“Shiraishi. “You can get off here.”
“Oh my. “Already?”
“No, you’ve come a long way.”
As we passed through several stops, there was already no one left on the bus except us. Get out of her seat, take her card, and get off with her.
It was a wealthy street where the Shiraishi family’s mansion was located.
“From now on, you can take the bus through this stop.”
“I see! Oh, there’s another one coming!”
“No, that’s…” “It’s a different direction, though.”
The route is different for each bus. She tried to explain it, but it would still be difficult for her as it was her first time riding a bus.
I will explain later. First, I left the stop.
“You’re familiar with this area, right? “Because it’s the neighborhood where your house is located.”
“Yes. “But this is the first time I’ve walked to and from here by car!”
“……… ….”
There is a long way to go. From how to take the bus to the geography of the surrounding neighborhood. It’s my first time around here, so I just did some research while wrapping my head around it.
“Okay. Just take it slow. “Let’s go first.”
“Yes!”
The answer is courageous and good.
Shiraishi is not an idiot either. The more times you go down this road, the more you’ll get used to it. That way, she learns how to use public transportation and how to get to her destination on foot.
She felt like teaching preschoolers, but in her case, there was nothing she could do.
Shiraishi said she was really upset because until she was this age, she had never taken public transportation or walked to her destination on her own feet.
Always ride in a car driven by an employee. They prepared all the meals, clothes, and other items I needed.
To her, that is her normal life.
“hehehe~~♬ hehehehe~~♫”
But now, I have escaped that life and am walking on my own feet.
“Ah! Cat!”
It was truly fortunate that she liked it and enjoyed it.
Usually they would be reluctant and uncomfortable.
Is it all because of his love for Yuuki?
She went through all of these experiences, and at the end of the path she walked to the end, she has the dream she has been waiting for.
She may be able to enjoy it because she believes that.
“…… Shiraishi. From here to this way…….”
With the desire to support her until the end, when she looked back, she was not there.
“…… Uh?”
She was humming her tune just a moment ago and was clearly following me. She looked around and ran back the way she came.
“Poem… Shiraishi!”
Her voice rose. It couldn’t have been this sudden… No, but that can’t be… It never occurred to me that something like that could happen on the main street in broad daylight. The route I was researching was deliberately set out to be only that route.
“Oh, where are you! Shirai… !”
The moment I ran hurriedly and shouted that name….
“…… Oh. Mr. Minsu.”
I found her right away.
In the alley she passed by.
Shiraishi was petting the cat on her wall.
“…… What’s going on? “Have you lost your way?”
“……… ….”
What I lost was you.
I only lost sight of her for a moment, but it’s definitely not my fault that she overreacts like this.
Yeah, no… Because I’m just doing my best.
He approached her, blaming her like that.
“It suddenly disappeared… “I wonder where it went.”
“This cat is so cute… “I lost my focus without realizing it.”
“…… Okay?”
She followed along well, but suddenly fell into an alley.
There is also a variable like this. After coming to another realization, I watched her quietly petting her cat.
“……… Shiraishi. I’m not particularly blaming you….”
“Yes?”
“Please don’t disappear without saying a word… “I was worried about what might happen.”
“I’m sorry… But just in case… “What are you worried about?”
“……… ….”
It’s a future that hasn’t even happened yet. In the case of Haruna and Takase-senpai, the things I was worried about definitely happened.
So, that possibility exists in Shiraishi’s case as well.
Haruna and Takase-senpai somehow managed to do well, but there is no guarantee that Shiraishi will be able to completely solve the problem.
“…… Because I brought you out. “If you can’t take responsibility and take him home, you’ll be shamed.”
“hehehe… Minsu, you seem to be very worried.”
In this case, wouldn’t it be safer to go back in the employee’s car?
I thought about that now, but I shook my head.
Shiraishi’s priority is to get used to this neighborhood and school.
That way, you won’t get lost alone like this.
This was also the reason she was kidnapped.
Guilchi… There is something a little different about saying that.
Well, I don’t know the geography of this town, but it’s more fundamental than that.
“Let’s go. “Shiraishi.”
“Oh… Wait.”
When I turned her body and urged her, she said in confusion.
“Just a little… “Can I stay here?”
“Why?”
“The cat… “I want to see a little more.”
“……… ….”
She is as innocent as her little child.
I wanted to protect Shiraishi and at the same time help him get used to this town.
***
“……… Good.”
He lowered his head and said, as if he had no choice. He slowly comes next to me and sticks his head out.
“Do you like cats?”
The person who so kindly opened his mouth was smiling quietly.
“Yes… I wanted to raise her since I was little… “My mother was allergic to cats, so I couldn’t raise one.”
“That’s a shame.”
Gaughing, we petted the cheese-colored cat. After yawning and stretching out, the cat climbed the wall and slowly moved away.
“Shall we go now?”
He looked at me and said.
“…… Yes.”
However, in a different location than the first time.
He walked so close that his shoulders could almost touch, looking at me from time to time.
Why?
I don’t know why he was so worried about me, but for some reason he didn’t feel unpleasant.
While I was petting the cat, the face of the person who appeared while shouting my name loudly still remained vivid in my mind.
He looks very embarrassed and surprised.
I somehow burst out laughing when I thought of that person looking for me in surprise even after he disappeared for a moment, wondering if he might miss me.
“…… “Why are you smiling?”
And now the figure walking right next to me.
“It’s nothing.”
“…… What the.”
I just petted the cat for a moment.
I would say this is a gross exaggeration.
Or maybe you were that worried about me?
The bus I am riding for the first time and the road I am taking. It was a pleasant experience for me.
But if it wasn’t for this person, he wouldn’t have come this far.
The emotions I felt were similar to those times when I was a child.
Yuki-sama and Haru-san who guided me beyond the wall.
Just like back then, I came out of school… But now it’s someone else.
He occasionally turned his gaze to look at me.
I was also concerned about our shoulders touching sometimes… Nevertheless, I did not fall and walked next to him.