Reborn In Tokyo After Picking Up Sayu Who Ran Away From Home

   Chapter 262 Old House

  Kamisato Town in Saitama Prefecture.

   Although this is still Saitama Prefecture, it is located on the most extreme frontier. After a short walk, you can reach the neighboring Gunma prefecture. Even if it's not super rural in Saitama Prefecture, it's surrounded by farmland.

   Few decent entertainment.

   But even this backcountry has its beauty.

   For example, the green paddy fields covered by water, such as the rolling peaks surrounding the fields.

  Under the boundless blue sky, the electric wires extending from the small iron tower are connected straight into the distance, as if to inform that this is the end of the town.

   Stepping off the bus with almost no other passengers, the first thing I feel is the fresh air that is different from Tokyo.

   Although this statement is very old-fashioned, Sayu couldn’t think of a more appropriate adjective for a while, because the air here is really fresh and refreshing, and it also has a scent of grass and trees.

  Let everyone who comes here from the city will subconsciously feel refreshed and open-minded.

   "Wow~~!"

   The sky I looked up at inadvertently is very broad, so blue that it makes people feel like it is about to fall down, the tulle-like clouds float freely, and the golden sun shows its face behind the clouds.

  Every time a breeze blows, the emerald green rice sea will sway with the wind, and you can see water striders swimming leisurely in the fields, as if they are dancing with the cicadas.

   "Well... so pretty!"

   couldn't help but exclaimed in surprise, the girl turned around suddenly, "Is this where Yusuke grew up?"

   "Well, it's a place with nothing but rice fields, but I hope you'll like it." Kato Yusuke, who got off the bus slowly, responded with his luggage on his back.

   "Ah, sorry, it's heavy, right? I'll help too."

  Seeing this scene, Sayu hurried forward and wanted to share some beautifully packaged paper bags from him, but was stopped by him who shook his head.

   "This weight is nothing."

   Kato Yusuke, who identified the direction, said: "And there is still a long way to go, so I will take it."

   Om rumbling.

  The bus that had completed its mission turned back along the way it came, and the sudden muffled sound made a few crows parked on the wires screeched in alarm and flew towards the distant mountain.

   Stepping on the ground under his feet, he waved and fanned the pungent exhaust fumes from the bus.

   Kato Yusuke stared at the familiar and unfamiliar scenery in front of him, his eyes slightly dazed.

   Then he slowly shook his head again, preparing to lift his feet and move forward.

   It's just that the beautiful figure always stopped in front of him, with a tangled expression on his face.

   "What's the matter?" Confused, he cast a questioning look.

   Hearing the girl muttered "Hmm...", she smiled bitterly, "That, Yusuke. You said that an elder would pick you up at the old mansion later?"

   "Well, yes. Is there a problem?"

   "Well~ here's the problem. Although I appreciate you taking care of me so much, if the other party sees you taking so many things and I'm empty-handed..."

   Kato Yusuke, who heard this, immediately understood the problem, and smiled knowingly: "Then I'll give you a part of it when we're almost there, so that's all right?"

   "Eh~~~? Wouldn't that be the same as a lie? It feels so annoying." Sayu said glumly, obviously unacceptable to this kind of plan.

   Then he muttered: "It's fine as long as you give me some now, Yusuke's desire to protect is too strong."

   Looking at the pair of eyes that didn't forget to secretly look at him when he spoke, Kato Yusuke couldn't help but slightly raised the corner of his mouth, his expression softened.

"Okay, if you want it so much, take some, although I don't think that person should care about such trivial matters." After saying this, he picked out two of the paper bags containing wagashi. One was handed over.

   "Then I will give you these two gifts, and you will give them to each other when we meet. Are you satisfied?"

   "Oh~~~!"

  Sayou, who smiled sweetly, nodded vigorously, and said confidently: "Please leave it to me~!"

  The two then stepped forward and walked towards the front of the road.

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   After walking for about fifteen minutes, an old mansion with a tiled roof, presumably built in the late Showa era, came into view.

   It looks like a wooden house number from some years has the word Kato vaguely printed on it.

   And a middle-aged woman wearing home-style bright short sleeves and white cropped trousers, folded her hands in front of her lower abdomen, and looked at this gently.

   She is not tall and looks about forty years old. The long hair that is casually pulled back at the back of her head looks a little frizzy, with a little silver hair mixed in it, giving a simple yet neat feeling.

   "Xiaoyou—"

   The other party waved his hand, and the mature voice spoke very softly.

   "Ah, yes! You... hello!"

   Sayu who heard the call of the other party immediately trotted forward, then bowed and said, "First time meeting, I'm Sayu Ogihara, please accept this if you don't mind!"

  “…?”

   The woman who saw this scene was puzzled at first, and then seemed to remember something, her slightly thin face burst into a thick surprise, and then took two steps forward and grabbed Sayu's hand, saying:

   "That's right! So you are Xiaoyou's girlfriend, is that Xiao Sayu? I'm sorry I didn't recognize you just now, and you are welcome."

From this, Shayou realized that the other party was not actually calling him, and then hurriedly put on a smile to respond: "Ah, no, it's completely fine, please don't apologize, it was me who misunderstood... I'm sorry for suddenly arriving at the house. I'm harassing you, did it bother you?"

   "? Huh? It didn't bother me at all."

  The woman smiled kindly: "Because this is Xiaoyou's home, I just helped to clean the house a little."

   While the two were talking, Yusuke Kato, who was behind, also came up and joined the conversation.

   "You're doing this kind of thing again, Auntie Mui Ne. We can just leave this kind of cleaning to us, we shouldn't bother you."

   "It doesn't matter, anyway, I usually only come to clean when I'm not busy, so it's not troublesome at all. It's rare for you to come back once, and it's too hard to clean once you come back."

   "Have you always been doing this kind of thing??"

   Kato Yusuke couldn't help but said in a little astonishment: "There's no one living here, why not just leave it there?"

   "Really, what nonsense are you talking about, kid?"

  The middle-aged woman known as Mui Ne patted him on the head reproachfully, "Let's not talk about the hygiene situation like that, if the house is left vacant for too long, even the good luck of the family will slip away."

   "...Even so, you can actually consider renting it out to subsidize your family." Kato Yusuke said with a wry smile.

   The other party continued to respond in an unchanging and gentle tone: "After all, this is where Xiaoyou grew up, how can I do such a thing. Besides, how can anyone come to us to rent a house on purpose?"

   seemed to be amused, and after saying that, she burst out laughing. Kato Yusuke, who made unrealistic remarks because of his quick mouth, couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed.

   At the same time, Sayu, who took all this in his eyes, had a thought in his heart, "It turns out that Yusuke will have such a time, too", and he couldn't help but raise the corner of his mouth and laughed.

   In order to let this embarrassing scene pass as soon as possible.

   Kato Yusuke, who cleared his throat, decisively changed the subject and said very bluntly.

"Sayu, let me introduce, this is Auntie Motoyama Mina who has always taken care of me and is my current guardian. Auntie Mina, she is the Ogihara Sayu I mentioned to you before, and she is also my daughter. friend."

   Motoyama Mina nodded with a smile, and turned her eyes to the girl in front of her, "Well... Since you're Xiaoyou's girlfriend, I'll call you Sayu, okay?"

   "Ah, okay! That's good!"

   Maybe because he felt the intimacy of the other party, Sayu, who was still a little nervous, relaxed at this time, and a sincere soft smile appeared on his face, and said, "Thank you~ Auntie Mina."

   "You're welcome, there's Xiaoyou...here."

   Motoyama Mina called Kato Yusuke to his side, then took out a silver key from his pants pocket and put it in his hand.

   "This is the key that you put with me before you left. Come in with Xiao Sayu. I'm about to go back. Come to my place to eat at night."

   After saying that, he turned and left, leaving space for the two of them.

  Insert the key into the lock hole and turn it slightly.

   As the door "clicks" open.

  The scene inside the house slowly appeared in front of them.

  …

   (end of this chapter)