Next day.
I was loitering around (again) in the surroundings of Roxy who was reading on the first floor of the inn.
I wanted her to ask me if there was anything she didn't know.
Not anyone else, but me.
"Umm, Rudi...”
"Yes, what is it? Sensei!"
"You're distracting me wandering around in front of me."
Roxy said that while smiling bitterly.
"Please excuse me."
I lowered my head and planned to leave that place.
I see.
I'm distracting her.
That's right, isn't it? I'm just a hindrance to her reading, aren't I?
It's no good to be a hindrance.
That's not my real intention.
I just wanted to be of help to sensei.
But, it can't be helped.
If I'm a hindrance, then it can't be helped.
I'll go somewhere.
That's right, I'll go to some kind of unpopular bar.
Occasionally, it might be good to drink alone.
Let's do that.
"Rudi."
However, there I heard a voice call out to me from behind.
"If you have the spare time to keep wandering around, there are various points in this book that I don't get. So, please tell me…"
"Yes!"
I immediately sat down next to Roxy.
I think it was the fastest Mach in the world.
If I had a dog's tail attached, I'm sure it would appear to be floating in the air from how fast it would be wagging around.
"Where is it? Please ask anything."
Ah… at any rate, Roxy is really small.
I'm sure it's in part related to the fact that my body is bigger, though.
If I were to put her on top of my lap, I'm sure I would snugly be able to wrap her up.
I'm sure she would get angry if I were to place her there, though...
"..."
And then I look, Roxy is looking at me with slanted, upturned eyes. [6]
"What's wrong, sensei?"
After asking that, Roxy quickly turned away and faced the book.
"No, it's nothing at all. It's about this part though...”
Before one knows, I've considerably outgrown her after all.
She might be mortified over it.
It seems she's bothered over her short height after all.
While such exchanges continued, I spent almost a full day reading together with Roxy.
I'm satisfied.