Chapter 168 – 1930 Interval Summer (5)

“Reiko, is it always like that for you?”

After the dinner meeting with Kaneko-san, for some reason the three boys had come to the room I was sharing with Yōko-chan.

Because the room was small, Shizu and Liz, who were supposed to stay until we went to sleep, had stepped out.
Wan-san and the other guard were patrolling inside and outside the hotel just in case.

So the only ones in the room were the Ootori children.

I was lying on my back on the bed, staring blankly at the ceiling. On the bed beside mine, Yōko-chan was getting things ready for me to sleep. And in the little living-room-like space with a table and chairs, the three boys were just standing there.

The cast was a little different, but it was the kind of scene I often