Hey, hey, it's not that bad.
You're not busy, are you? Come with me.
No, no...

　On the way home. As I was walking home through the downtown area for a change of pace, I spotted a girl in glasses being tangled up with a charlatan. The girl being entangled is a student at our school, uniform-wise.
　One of the charlatans is a moderately gangly guy. Maybe that's why all the passersby walked by without looking at him.

Please speak up...
What? I can't hear you because you're too quiet?
You're coming with me? Yay, you're on board.

　He's grabbing the glasses girl's arm and trying to force her to go somewhere.
　Huh, there's no way I'm going to leave her alone.

"Hey. Let her go, she doesn't want to.

　Surrounding passers-by looked at him as if to say, 'Seriously? It's a big deal these days. Sure, maybe it's normal to pretend not to see them, but it's like when you save a god, your body moves.
　I think I have a difficult nature, too. Yup.

'Oh, come on, you think you're a hero? d*mn kids.
"If you don't want to hurt yourself, just back off.
No, no, no, no, you're the one who's not getting out of the way.

　As he said this, he decided to tackle the gangly charlatan with all his might.
　The charlatan hits cleanly and blows away with great force, disappearing into a garbage dumpster in a back alley. Success!

Come on!
Oh, yes!

　As it is, I grab the spectacled girl's hand and run.
　I can hear the shouts of the remaining slender charlatan from behind me, but I ignore him.


　After running for a while, I arrived at a park a little further away.

'Are you okay?'
Yes, yes I'm fine, yes I'm fine.

　I'm out of breath. I let him run too much, even if it was to get away.

I'm sorry, are you okay?
No, I'm fine thank you for your help.
No, no, no. I'm glad you're okay.
'Oh, but thank you so, so much...'
'No, no...'

　 She doesn't seem to be good at talking, and I'm not used to talking to girls either. It would be safer to dismiss her.

I think it's safe to dismiss it. That slime keychain is the one from that popular novel, isn't it!
'Oh, yes. Do you know?
'Of course! I missed out on buying the comic book version and didn't get it.
Oh, I have another one with a different pattern that I bought two copies of.
Oh, great!

　Afterwards, the conversation got surprisingly lively. We talked about everything from popular light novels to minor comics, and it turns out that we had a lot of the same taste. As I thought, the otaku culture is great.

Oh, it's getting pretty late.
Yeah, right.

　I looked at the clock in the park and saw that it was already past five o'clock. It was only April and the sun was already starting to set.
　I'd like to talk some more, but it's no use. I guess it's time to call it a night.

Shall I walk you home?
I'll be fine. I think I have a sister and a friend who are here.

　Megane muttered as she checked the screen of her phone. He was worried that he would get tangled up again, but if he had someone to go home with, he'd be fine.

'Um ... today was really, really fun. I want to talk to you again.
'Yeah, I had fun too. We'll talk again.
'Yes! I'll see you then.

　With that said, he ran in the opposite direction of my way home.
　That was a good encounter. Thank you, God, for bringing me back to life!

Oh, I forgot to ask your name.

　I forgot to tell you my name.
　Oh, well, that's okay. I'm sure we'll meet up at the same school.

　Listening to the sound of the ambulance heading downtown, I headed home.