For a while, I just rode the horse absentmindedly.
It was already past noon.
…I can’t help but feel a little guilty.
It’s probably because I saw that sad face earlier.
I was thinking about such things on my ride home.
I swore to myself in my heart to fix that failure of mine.
This really is a lot of work though. Perhaps it’d be better to play around a little more in this world. instead.
The horse turned its head towards me, giving me a thoughtful look.
“Sorry, were you worried?”
Nevertheless it continued to stare.
“Hmm?”
There was a girl walking on the left side of the path.
“Iris!!”
From the silhouette, I could definitely tell who it was, and I urged the horse towards her.
“Kururi?! What are you doing here?”
Iris who was carrying something in hand was similarly surprised.
“That’s what I was going to say.”
“Oh, well I was feeling a little homesick, but because I couldn’t eat rice like back home, I was hoping to collect some wild plants to cook in the cafeteria.”
“So that’s why, I can’t say i’m surprised, I feel a little homesick too sometimes.”
“Yeah, by the way, why is Kururi out here on a horse?”
“Its because I smelted a new sword last night and I wanted to test it out.”
“Oh, are you going back already? Can you give me a ride back? My trip would sure be faster with a horse.”
School is only a couple kilometers away, but I’d feel uneasy if I left her here alone.
“Sure I can, best regards.”
“U~i!”
“U~i?”
“Oh, it’s nothing, don’t worry about it. Anyways let’s ride!”
It was the first time I’ve ever ridden two-seater, but the only reason why I was able to ride so smoothly was because the horse is amazing.
As I thought, an honest horse is a good horse.
Even among the other horses, this guy’s pretty straightforward.
Looking at the sky, it was already sunset. Thinking about how this day was coming to an end, I couldn’t help but feel a little sad.
“Today I had a great meeting.”
Iris started saying something while looking down.
“Really? Who’d you meet?”
“Who? Well, it’s a good person, but I don’t really know them that well yet.”
“Funny, you don’t know them very well but you still think they’re a good person?”
“Yeah, if they really are the gentle person I think they are, it might be nice to settle down together one day. ”
I wonder who it is? I can only guess for now.
“If it’s somebody that you judged to be a good person, they probably are, but it’d still be better to take care, just in case.”
“Don’t wor