True Love, Sweet Lies

Chapter 1 part 4

Naomasa: "What...?"

Nozomu: "y/n's proposal is an attractive one. It's not like it'll be hard for you to protect her while you investigate, right?"

Naomasa: "..."

Nozomu: "I'm sure she can help. So, bring her along."

Naomasa: "..."

Mr. Sakura hesitates, and I tell him...

Y/N: "I can't just sit here and wait for other people to solve my problems. There's a lot I can do to help you solve this case."

I make an enthusiastic bow, and hear a small sigh.

Naomasa: "...If those are the boss's orders."

Y/N: "! Thank you!"

Naomasa: "Come on. We're leaving."

Y/N: "Oh...Right!"

Just then...

???: "Meh-eh-eh!"

Y/N: "Huh?"

I turn around and...there's a goat in the doorway.

Y/N: "..."

Goat: "Meh-eh-eh."

Y/N: "..."

(A goat... There's a goat in the richest neighbourhood in all of Ginza...?)

Goat: "Meh-eh-eh"

(...O-Okay, right, goat...why do they have s goat?)

Nozomu: "Oh yeah, you two haven't met yet, have you y/n? The idol of our little detective agency, Miss Yuriko the goat."

Y/N: "Miss Yuriko...?"

Nozomu: "Make sure you always say 'Miss'."

Sakuya: "Or the goat will get angry."

Y/N: "Right...Uhh, nice to meet you, Miss Yuriko?"

The goat, Yuriko, looks me over from top to bottom...

Yuriko: "Meh!"

(Did... Did that goat just judge me?)

Y/N: "Wait...Miss? But the goat had horns and...you know..."

Kiyoharu: "Biologically she was born male, but she is a girl."

Y/N: "What!?"

(A billy goat named Miss Yuriko...No, I'm thinking about this too hard. Why shouldn't she be called 'Miss Yuriko'?)

Naomasa: "..."

When I look back at Mr. Sakura, he's standing there looking stiff.

Y/N: "?"

(What's wrong? Weren't we going to investigate...?)

Yuriko: "Mm...Meh. Meh..."

Naomasa: "!!?"

Miss Yuriko rubs her nose against Mr. Sakura's legs, captivated.

Naomasa: "...L-Let's go."

Y/N: "Hey...Wait up!"

I rush after Mr. Sakura, who violently reopens and walks out the door that had been about to close.