"I'm back. Are you here, Hazuki?"
Minami immediately called into the house once she opened the door to the corridor.
"Waa, onee-chan? You, you're back?"
A little profile dashed out from the other side of the corridor.
The girl with the almond-shaped eyes that were twitching upwards and two ponytails tied in butterfly knots is Minami's little sister-Shimada Hazuki.
"? Hazuki? Did you come out from onee-chan's room?"
Looks like Hazuki-chan just came running out from Minami's room.
"Ah, auu...actually it's because...it feels lonely being alone, so Hazuki went over to onee-chan's room..."
Hazuki-chan sounded like she really had something she didn't want to say, and there seemed to be something hidden in the pocket of her parka.
"Did you go to my room to get the doll? Onee-chan won't get angry over that."
"Re, really? Thank you, onee-chan!"
Good good. Minami patted Hazuki-chan gently on the head. I saw that their conversation has ended, and took a step forward from behind Minami and said hello to Hazuki-chan.
"Hello there, Hazuki-chan."
"Ah! Baka onii-chan!"
On seeing that I came over, Hazuki-chan leaped into me with her arms wide open without a second word. After hugging my waist, Hazuki-chan rubbed her forehead at my waist a few times. Un un, as expected of Minami's little sister...her forehead precisely fits my solar plexus.
"Hello there, Hazuki-chan. We came along."
"Waah. Even pretty onee-chan is here. There're a lot of guests here today!"
It's really lonely for a primary school kid to be alone at home, as Hazuki-chan immediately showed a smile the moment she saw that we came here and looked extremely delighted. Such an honest kid is really suited for the term 'innocent'.
"Okay, Hazuki, let go of Aki, or else everyone else can't enter the house."
"Okay, I got it. Baka onii-chan, everyone, please follow me."
"Okay okay, Hazuki-chan, you don't have to pull me. I'll follow-nn?"
As I was pulled over down the corridor by Hazuki-chan, I accidentally glimpsed the inside of a room whose door wasn't locked. There are a few dolls inside, and at the middle is a familiar large doll. The doll looks like it's holding onto something.
What's in the grasp of that fox doll? It looks like...a photo frame...?
"Wa, wait a second, Aki!?"
"Houe?"
On hearing Minami call me, I consciously turned around. At that moment, my forehead, nose and chin were struck with a strong force. Just when I lost my balance, the joints on my wrists were twisted with such violent force that they were dislocated.
"What are you looking at?"
I suppose right now I'm looking into the pit of hell.
"Listen! This is the room that you're not allowed to enter!"
Minami hurriedly closed the door, and at this moment, Muttsurini too joined me with dislocated wrists. Minami then turned around and furiously pointed at me. Un, relax, I definitely won't open this door. I know clearly that this door leads straight to hell.
"Really, what in the world are you guys doing...how have you been doing, pipsqueak?"
"Hazuki's doing well, muscular onii-chan."
