Acceptance

"—I won't reject you, I will not deny your existence."

He took a heavy step forward, and as if clearly pronouncing each word, said.

"…"

The girl raised her eyebrows, take back a few steps, and averted her eyes from Shidou.

And then, after a short silence, she opened her mouth with a crack.

"…Shidou. You said you were Shidou?"

"—Yeah."

"You really won't deny my existence?"

"Yeah."

"Really really?"

"Really really."

"Really really really?"

"Really really really."

He answered without pausing, and the girl stroked her hair, and stood up while letting out what seemed to be a sniffle, turning her face back.

"—Hmpf."

Raising her brows and forming a sneer, she crossed her arms.

"Who are you trying to fool with those words, iiiidiot iiiidiot (baaaka baaka)"

He sighs and shrugged helplessly, but didn't retort to her.

"… But you know that."

While making a complicated expression, the girl continued.

"I don't know what kind of insides you have, but you're the first human that I could have a proper conversation with. … To get more information about this world, you might be of some use."

Saying this, she snorted once again.

"So, what you mean is…"

"I'm saying that I wouldn't mind if it's just talking with you. But it's just for gaining information. Mm, that's very important. Information is super important."

While speaking—it was just a bit, but the girl's expression seemed slightly softer.

"Then it's good…"

He felt a bit perplexed but decided not to mind it and think about the bright side.

"But, just try taking a suspicious action. I'll open an air tunnel in your body."

"… Okay, I understand."

After their conversation, the girl observes her surroundings again with a curious look.

Her mouth makes an O-shape as she enters one of the classrooms.

Shidou tails her.

The girl started to circle the classroom slowly in large strides and slowly let her footsteps sound in the classroom.

"Shidou."

"What?"

"—Then I'll ask. What exactly is this place? It's the first time I've seen somewhere like this."

Saying this, she walked around while poking the toppled desks.

"Aside from we're in my personal space, we are in a school—a classroom to be exact, well, a place where students the same age as me go to study and learn. We sit in those desks, like this."

"What?!"

The girl's eyes balled up in surprise.

"Do all of these get filled with humans? Don't joke with me. There are no humans here."

"No, it's the truth. It's just, this is not the earth, so there's no really, even a single people here apart from us…"

Then he explained that his personal space is not somewhere on the earth and other things to make her not confused about it.

"I see, I understand."

However, her face tells the opposite.

"Hey—."

He wanted to call her by her name, but he remembered that he still not give it to her, so he immediately took the initiative.

"Say, what should I call you?"