I see. This girl was also going to try using the power she had suppressed until now. Her hand was trembling. She was very scared. She feared that her nekomata power might swallow her up—.
“Sure. If you’re fine with me.”
I grasped her hand back with a smiling face.
If Akeno-san and Koneko-chan could obtain the courage to get over their problems by holding someone like me, it was a small price to pay.
“…Ise-senpai, aren’t you afraid of me, as a nekomata?”
Koneko-chan asked me this with an anxious expression.
“No, not at all.”
I answered calmly. Eh? Why would I be afraid of Koneko-chan? Rather, how could I be bothered by her lovely cat-ear form? I knew her circumstances, but I couldn’t see a reason why I should be afraid of Koneko-chan.
Hearing that, Koneko-chan looked completely astonished. But, her face looked down.
“…Before the training began, I said something horrible to Ise-senpai.”
Ah, so it’s about the time I spoke care-freely and Koneko-chan got angry.
“You don’t have to worry about that. I was also at fault then. Although I didn’t know your circumstances, I—was an inconsiderate senpai.”
“That isn’t true.”
Koneko-chan grasped my hand harder.
“…I’ll use my nekomata power.”