When I was confused by the unexpected emotions that Zwei-san conveyed to me, he lightly shook his face as if to regain his composure and walked up to me.
　I wondered if he had already suppressed his magic power, but I couldn't read Zwei-san's emotions as he stood in front of me.

''I'm sorry, Miyama-sama. I have shown you an unseemly place.''
'Oh, no, that's all right, but...'

　Hmmm, when I see it like this in front of me, I can't help but think that the emotions that were conveyed to me earlier were even my imagination. Zwei-san, with his sharp, incisive eyes, is still glaring at me as usual.
　His cool and polite way of speaking also adds to the sharpness of the atmosphere, but I didn't feel the same fearfulness as I did earlier.

''........Um, Zwei-san. I know this is sudden, but I have a favor to ask.
Yes?　What is it?
''.........I know it's abrupt, but can I ask you to stop suppressing your magical power for a moment?''
Okay.

　In spite of my sudden request, Zwei-san immediately complied and released the magic power I had been suppressing. And the emotions I read through my sensory magic........were so great that I thought they would be crushed.
　Yah, after all, I can only convey favorable emotions..............Instead of being disliked, it feels like I'm surprisingly liked.
　........The eyes are still glaring at me, but.......what?

　What is it?　I'm really starting to get confused. When I realize that Zwei-san has feelings for me, it contradicts the way I've been thinking.
　I've always thought that Zwei-san was following me to keep an eye on me to make sure I didn't mess with my family, who may be a horse's bone, but that hypothesis fell apart when I learned of Zwei-san's current feelings.

''........well, um, Zwei-san.
Yes?
Why would you, um... why would you want to follow us?

　When I boldly ask, Zwei-san moves her gaze a little to the left and right, making sure Raz-san and the others are away from her before she tells me in a whisper.

''........I know it's impertinent to ask you to do this, but since Miyama-sama seemed to be pale......I thought that if you were by my side when I needed you, I could support you, so I accompanied you.
....

　Um, you mean like this?　I was so scared of Zwei-san that I was in a cold sweat, but when he saw that, he assumed that I wasn't feeling well.
　And then he went on to tell me that he accompanied Raz and the others around the festival, and he didn't want his health to get worse on the way, so he went out of his way to help me right away... Well, in other words, the 'thing' that Zwei-san was talking about that he was worried about was my physical condition. So..........

　

'....Miyama-sama?　Are you okay?　You still don't seem to be looking excellent. Why don't you take the rest of the day off so I can talk to Rasulia and the others through?
....

　Her eyes are still staring at me. But the words that come out of my mouth and the emotions that come through are genuinely concerned about me.

''Well ... well ... um ... Zwei-san.
Yes?
I'm sorry!
...What?

　I was almost crushed by guilt, so I apologized loudly and lowered my head. However, in the eyes of Zwei-san, my actions were completely unexpected and he was tilting his head in a stunned manner.
　And then I confessed everything to Zwei-san. I had misunderstood Zwei as a scary person, thought he was hated, and assumed that he was following me to get rid of me... I decided to tell him all of this without hiding it.







　After taking a reasonable amount of time to finish telling everything, I look at Zwei-san's face in fear. I didn't blame her for being angry, but Zwei-san's expression hasn't changed.
　What about this?　Does that mean you don't care much about it?　If that's the case....

I see.....

　I thought, 'I fell off my knees'!　

Mr. Zwei!　Is everything okay?
Zwei!　Keep your spirits up!

　At the same time as I called out to Zwei, who had collapsed, Ein-san, who sensed the abnormality, held Zwei-san's shoulders to support her.
　Although Zwei-san's expression has barely changed, her complexion has become what you could say is completely pale, and she looks at Ayn-san with her voice trembling.

''........Ah, Ein. Wow, I might not be able to........and even though I didn't know it, or maybe I scared Kaito-sama......or maybe Kaito-sama hates me.... ...
'I don't hate you!　I don't hate you!
I'm sorry, Kaito-sama, I'm sorry too. It's not that I was trying to frighten her, it was more that I wanted to get along with her, I thought I was being friendly, but I didn't pay enough attention to her, and in my defense, I wasn't staring at her, I was trying to prevent her from getting nervous and losing her expression. My expression froze as I tried to do so, which I understand is an excuse, but I never intended to do so either.
Wait, wait!　I can't hear you!　I mean, how can you talk now...
"Calm down, Zwei. You're a magic doll and can talk like that, but Master Kite can't hear you.

　I couldn't make out more than half of what Zwei was saying as he spoke at high speed, as if he were speaking in a mechanical voice, with no breath-taking, but I could make out that he was apologizing and explaining himself.
　Apparently, Zwei-san is quite shocked that I was afraid of her. I have to do something to cheer him up.....

I'm going to have to do something to cheer him up...." "Tu, Mr. Zwei. It's my fault for misunderstanding you, Mr. Zwei.　I would never hate Mr. Zwei!　I'd rather get to know you better.
「は？　え？」
「お互いすれ違いはありましたけど、それはいま解消されました。これからいくらでも親睦を深めて行けると思います。なので、ツヴァイさん」
「は、はい！」
「俺にもう一度、貴女のことを深く知るチャンスを下さい。もっと貴女のことが知りたいし、貴方の心に近付きたいんです。だから、ね？　これからも仲良くしてくれませんか？」
「は、はぃ……カイト様が、お望みなら……」

　よ、よしなんとか軌道修正……あれ？　まて……落ち着け？　いま俺、なにを言った？　待って！　ちょっと待って！？　なんか口説いたような感じになってない？
　あと俺、いつの間に『ツヴァイさんの手を両手で包み込むように握った』？　……あれ？

　拝啓、母さん、父さん――どうも俺はテンパるととんでもなく恥ずかしい台詞を口走ってしまうらしい。冷静になって考えると、顔から火が出そうなんだけど……あの、これ――やり直しとか駄目かな？