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sixteen.

"Oh! Sorry about the story of Luna. I said it by mistake."

Then I was embarrassed and tried to cover myself up with laughter.

Oh, I almost got hated by the male lead despite taking care of the female lead.

I gulped down my saliva, saying I shouldn't have brought up Luna's story in front of him.

Cassis had a blank look on his face, as he thought for a moment.

Then suddenly.

"How about you?"

"Huh? What?"

"How do you see the Allen guy? Do I look just as handsome?"

Huh? What kind of question is this?

I pondered over the question that Cassis threw out of the blue.

Certainly, Elisha and Allen had striking looks despite being in this rural area.

I muttered without thinking.

"Allen is handsome."

And with the answer, I hesitated as I looked in the face of Cassis.

Oh, that's right. The handsome one was here.

"But you're more..."

"When is he coming?"

Cassis cut me off and asked. I answered, blinking my eyes.

"Oh? Maybe next week. Why? Would Cassis also like to go?"

I glanced at Cassis just in case.

Well, either way, he might be blunt about why I asked, but there's a chance.

And that chance really came true.

"I'll go, why not."

Cassis readily agreed with a gentle voice.

***

It was the day Allen was supposed to come.

Cassis really came to meet Allen with me.

I thought you were just saying it, but how I felt when I saw him getting ready.

It was a mysterious emotion that cannot be explained in words.

Why is he so gentle all of a sudden?

I stared at Cassis, who was doing things that he hadn't done before.

It was all the more so because he always gave his consent once or twice.

It was me, Cassis, and Elisha's family who came to meet Allen on the train platform.

Our group was on standby in time for Allen's arrival.

"Why did you bring him?"

Then Elisha whispered to me so that only I could hear her.

Somehow the eyes looking at Cassis seemed strangely wary. She looked as if she were staring at an uninvited guest.

"I wanted to introduce him to Allen. Why?"

I tilted my head and asked back.

"Hmm. It's nothing."

Elisha replied with a slight dithering voice and a sullen look. What I was looking at was like a broken man.

Why is she making that face?

I was baffled by Elisha, whose face suddenly faded from life.

So I asked her what was going on.