It's starting to rain, man.
　After school, I was sitting in the empty waiting room, looking out and swearing.

　I hate the rain.
　Your favorite shoes will get dirty and your hair will fall asleep on the floor.

''Tch, it's too late for that... the carriage is coming too late to pick me up...!

　Normally they wait for an hour in advance.....
　It's rare for that Irene, who can do everything perfectly, to make such a mundane mistake.


　I squinted my eyes sadly at the rising lechery.

"But you won't have time to wait for the carriage to arrive...
　Any ideas on how to pass the time?

　Suddenly, I saw a wooden box at the base of a large tree that I could see from the window, and I saw something moving in it.

　I walked out of the waiting room and went to take a look and there it was.

Meow, meow.
　A tortoiseshell kitten had been abandoned in a crate.

　The kitten, perhaps hungry, was mewing frantically.

　When I came close to it, the kitten was mewing.

Mya, mya, mya, mya!
　Nora Kitten looked up at me and started purring harder, as if she thought she could be picked up.

You're one of them, aren't you?
Mya....

　I crouched down and gently tucked the kitten under the umbrella.
　One by one, we looked at each other and fought off the rain under the umbrella.

　After a while, I heard the sound of a carriage coming, and I stood up quietly.
　As I tried to move away, I heard

Mya, mya!
　It mewed especially hard, so I turned around.
　Nora Kitten looked a little happy when our eyes met.

　But - I walked away.

Mya.....
　--When I turned around to look back at him, his face went from being doleful to happy again.

Meow, meow, meow!
　I began to squeal frantically.

　After repeating this over and over again, I eventually left the place.

　What in the world was I doing?
'Huh, how many times do you have to play the game of pretending to save an abandoned kitten and then abandoning it, it's always special, isn't it?

　When I look back, it squeals like an idiot in anticipation.
　I guess I'm a bit of a d*mned animal, after all (laughs).

　Besides, who would have such a dirty little Nora cat if it was pedigreed? (Laughs)
　I'm so sorry!
　If you're going to hate me, hate yourself for being born a Nora cat!

Well, if you're lucky, you'll be able to pick up the stuff, right?
　Do you want to be a part of this? And that's what it seems to be these days?

　Or something like that.

Maria?
Bikhs?

　Suddenly, I was having a taste for noble fun and it was my classmate Minato who approached me.

　It's a good thing I'm not the only one who's noticed, because I don't know if they've seen a lot of things.
　I was in a panic inside.

　It's a good thing that you're a good friend of your father's, because Minato is the daughter of your father's best friend, and the family has known each other since before I was born, so she was one of the few friends I could trust with my heart.
　I guess you could call her my best friend.

I saw you outside in the rain and wondered what happened to you.

　Oh, thank God.
　He doesn't see me.

'Oh....'
　Minato noticed the kitten in the crate.

''No, you see, we can't keep it even if we wanted to... because our father is allergic to cats...''

　I said this with an auspicious look on my face.
　Of course, it came out of thin air, and your father wasn't allergic to cats or anything.

Oh!　So many times you stopped and looked back... how sweet you are!　Okay, I'll take care of her, don't worry, I'll take care of her!

'Oh, um ... thank you ...'
　Huh, I managed to fool you...


　~~ Later.


"Speaking of which, Minato-san, I heard that you're on good terms with a handsome knight. I heard that you're on good terms with the handsome knight Kamito?
He said he met a cat he found at school the other day through a foster home.
'Kamito is famous for his love of cats!
Yeeeeeeeee!

　In the classroom before the first day of school, my classmates were having such a conversation.

　The topic of conversation was about Kamito, my favorite super handsome knight.

An abandoned cat that you picked up at school?
　You don't think that's--!

Hey, wait, Minato!　That could be that tortoiseshell cat!
'Yes, yes Maria. That kitten at the time, what did you do in such a hurry?

　Which means.

"Oh shit, if I pick it up and take it to a party or something like that, it means I got to go out with Kamito!

　What's that, huh?
　Seriously!

　You're going to have to tell me that stuff!