Chapter 78: Something That I Haven’t Recieved Yet

“Pfft…yeah, good, I heard you well enough. When I first met you, you were so wary…”

“Ugh…th…I think it’s self-defense…”

“Of course.”

I quickly regain my momentarily blank mind and face the child in front of me.

Certainly, unlike when I first met this child, I’ve softened a lot and now I can get along with her comfortably.

It’s not like I meet this child often or try to do something…but maybe it’s Kazusa’s effort, or maybe it’s her original personality, but seeing a child who has become so bright is quite a pleasant feeling.

“Well then, Yumeka?”

“Ah, yes, sister!”

“What are you doing?”

“I’m helping our youngest, who brought out an amplifier for street busking, clean up.”

“Hehe…thank you…”

Wow, I was wondering where and who managed that amplifier, but now I see that it was the same model as the one in Yumeka’s house.

No, so you brought that all the way here? Just to busk in the park?

I unconsciously started to help Kazusa and Yumeka clean up, thinking that this child is also serious…

The amplifier and speaker were heavy enough that those two would have had a hard time.

“Huh? What, are you going to help too? Thank you.”

“Haha…recommend me a dessert shop later.”

“Hehe…”

It was a help without a particular reason, so Kazusa expressed her doubts for a moment, but what’s so good about friends?

Helping each other among the children of the dessert club must have been done naturally, so she quickly understood and started cleaning up silently.

“What, it’s really over…”

“It’s a shame.”

“Let’s go! Miracle 5000 sales have started!”

“Huh?! Already?! Let’s go quickly!”

As I and Kazusa approached Yumeka and started to help clean up, perhaps with a thought of “maybe?”, the crowd that had remained around gradually began to retreat.

To be able to fix the gaze of the surroundings on yourself to this extent at this age…certainly, there must have been a lot of effort, but as she is young, the realm of talent must have played a huge role.

I look forward to the future.

I want to see this child grow up.

Is this what Sensei feels when he looks at us?

It’s fun…

Anyway, as a result, by the time the cleanup was over, the surrounding crowd had all retreated and it had become a quiet park, probably its original state.

“Kazusa-chan!, Yumeka-chan!…Huh?! Sora-chan too?!”

“Ah, Airi is here?”

“Ah! You’re here? Sister?”

Just as we barely managed to load the car with the equipment and were about to finish cleaning up, Airi appeared with a packaged cake.

Come to think of it, Kazusa and Yumeka are here, but the dessert club is not, so it seems that they asked her to buy dessert separately this time too.

“Hello, Airi.”

“Ugh…something, whenever Sora joins, I always buy to match the number of people…it’ll be short today too…”

“Haha, it’s okay. I’ll buy it separately. What about Natsu and Yoshimi?”

Come to think of it, two of the children of the dessert club are missing.

Both of them are short in stature, but their presence is certain, so their absence is greatly felt, so when I meet the children of the dessert club, even if only one of them is missing, I feel a sense of emptiness.

…Being short…let’s just think about it…if I say it out loud, it’ll be difficult to handle in many ways…

“Ah…those guys…”

“Haha…”

“Those sisters…turned on the air conditioner strongly and slept…”

“Ah, a cold…”

Certainly, Kivotos is now in the middle of summer, so I too have become somebody that cannot live without an air conditioner at home.

They say that even a fool doesn’t catch a summer cold…anyway, well, I understand.

They’re fools, but what can I do?

It’s a situation that makes sense because it’s actually hot.

“Oh right! Yumeka-chan, ta-da! It’s a gift in advance.”

As the story of Natsu and Yoshimi ended, Airi took out a cake box of a suitable size from the bag she was holding as if she remembered something and gave it to Yumeka.

“Huh? Airi?!”

“Miracle 5000?!”

Kazusa and Yumeka seemed to know the identity of that box and were very surprised…but I don’t know what that is.

If it’s to the extent that it’s chosen as a gift…and especially since it’s the children of the dessert club who always eat dessert, it’s probably not an ordinary cake.

“Hehe…we’ve eaten it, right? Kazusa-chan?”

“No…that’s not the problem…how did you get it again?!”

“For some reason, there were few people doing the open run today!”

Ah, come to think of it, I think I heard that name among the retreating crowd.

It’s probably a limited edition or an event where a famous baker comes, so the quantity is limited or a lot of people gather, so it’s hard to even see it.

Then I understand that I don’t know.

I’m not crazy about desserts, and the reason I know a lot of things is because I know a little about the delivery related to the Tea Party, so that kind of product is unsuitable for delivery, so it’s understandable that I don’t know.

More than that…a gift?

If it’s a simple gift, that’s fine, but she went on to say it with the additional modifier that it’s a gift in advance.

“A gift in advance?”

“Ah, you wouldn’t know. Our high-ranking person is busy, so we couldn’t meet often…”

“High-ranking…let’s not talk…”

…As always, Kazusa started to tease me by calling me a high-ranking person, but I tried to refute it…but since I was promoted to the head of the special security department just before the inter-school exchange, it’s hard to deny it anymore…so I just chose silence.

“Ah, that’s…ahem…ahem! My birthday is next week!”

Shocking news, yeah, birthday, a day to celebrate that person’s birth and a day just for that person, the child in front of me was saying that it was coming.

The children of the dessert club have become a kind of deep connection for me.

So if this child has also become a member of the dessert club…even if it’s not the dessert club, the choice of not taking care of this child no longer existed for me.

“Hey…it’s your birthday…then I want to get you something too…hmm…”

All sorts of planning began.

What would be good…something that this child would want to have even normally…and also useful…

I was lost in various thoughts, when I suddenly remembered next week’s schedule.

“Yumeka, do you want to go to Millennium with me from tomorrow to Wednesday?”

“…Yes?”

“Huh?! Suddenly Millennium? For 3 days from tomorrow?! It’s a weekday?!”

Yeah, I wanted to forget, but…I have to be dragged to Millennium once in the near future.

Unfortunately, the person who lost that bet was the faction leader of the Tea Party…and unfortunately…it became legally no problem for me to visit.

…Actually, there was also a task to send someone to Millennium right away, so if I say it’s a combination, there’s actually no problem morally or in terms of school rules.

The problem is with Yumeka…

In fact, no matter how prestigious Trinity is and even middle school strictly enforces attendance, elementary school doesn’t.

And if I say that there’s something to do with the student council on the high school side…maybe they’ll be generous and let her go for a day like a field trip.

Actually, a mere Tea Party attendant can’t do that…but unfortunately, I’ve taken on the position of a team leader in a department, so it’s probably possible…

“Well, this should be fine, right? Yumeka’s grades are good, right?”

“No…that’s not…you perhaps…?”

“Fufufu…”

“Ahaha…I feel like I’ve just seen some kind of…conspiracy…”

Kazusa’s expression was stained with astonishment and Airi started to make a complicated face, but what does it matter.

Thus, the moment when Yumeka and I decided to go to Millennium was.

“…It’s Sunday, so it’s not open…?”

Right after I parted ways with Yumeka, I started calling the few contacts I had in Millennium.

I can see the future where quite a bit of money will be spent…but I praised myself in the past for continuing to save money well, and I was waiting with the smartphone, which only rang the call waiting tone, firmly attached to my ear.

“You found me again, VIP customer? What’s the matter this time?”

“Ah, Utaha-san, you’re doing it today too?”

“I wasn’t originally, but I happened to be doing something. It’s so-called ‘killing two birds with one stone’…and it’s also because it’s a call from our VIP customer.”

Ah, this might be a little sorry and grateful.

I’m sorry for making this kind of call on the weekend, but at the same time, I’m also grateful for the news that she’s working on something like this on the weekend.

“Ahem…perhaps…can you custom-make an amplifier and speaker…by Wednesday?”

“Wow, our VIP customer…you’re making an unreasonable request…do you know that it usually takes about 20 days to custom-make an amplifier? And we don’t have anyone who’s that outstanding in that direction?”

Amplifier, the amplifier and speaker that Yumeka used for busking were low-end models.

I don’t know much about sound equipment, but I remember hearing that I barely managed to get a low-end model with a contract I had with a game company someday.

A low-end model would be sufficient for simple street busking, but it’s inevitable that there will be a sense of regret.

Anyway, I wanted her to use something good, but 20 days would be impossible…absolutely impossible.

“That’s a shame…I can’t help it…”

“But…I think it’ll be possible.”

“Yes?”

Now, what is this?

You can shorten the 20 days it takes to 3 days?

I know that Millennium’s engineering department’s technology is high and amazing, but is it that much?

I don’t know what kind of physics-defying sound that is…if it were another mediocre company that said it was possible, I would have doubted it first, but Millennium’s status and their achievements make me trust them.

“Th…then…I’ll trust you and leave it to you.”

“Good, what are the details of the custom order..?”

“Um…that…I’m going to visit tomorrow…can I tell you then?”

“Ugh…then…um…it’ll be a little tight…but I think it’ll be possible.”

Fortunately…everything I thought was starting to proceed smoothly.

It’s just…that…I’m starting to be afraid of how much technology Millennium has.