I dropped Yotsuba off at the inn before Nancy-san woke up and returned to the forest.
The next day, I left the forest and came to the inn.
Huh? Is that a soldier with a crush on Mac-kun standing by the inn?
What is he doing here?
Is he going to confront Mac-kun?
“Excuse me—”
“Ah, Innkeeper-san.
Please don’t worry. I’m Nico-sama’s bodyguard.”
“A soldier standing in a place like that will cause customers to flee, so if you’re guarding someone, please come inside?”
“…Sorry for the intrusion.”
The young soldier enters the inn.
Along with him, I also entered.
The soldier stopped in front of Mac-kun’s room and decided to keep an eye on him.
Mac-kun writes a book on a typewriter and sometimes sleeps until noon.
There is no need to rouse him.
When I enter the manager’s office, Yotsuba is asleep.
Nell is poking Yotsuba’s cheek.
“Good morning, Neko-san. Wake up, Yotsuba.”
I write, [Don’t poke her, let her sleep.]
Yotsuba must be sleepy because she went out with me late at night.
What about me? I’m sleepy, but not unbearably so.
“It can’t be helped. Let’s play, Neko-san!”
Nell and I decided to put on a little mock drama.
I’ll play the Wicked Witch, and Nell will play the Princess.
[Hihihi, the Princess ate a poisoned apple.
See, that made you sleepy, didn’t it?
Unless the prince kisses her, she’ll sleep for eternity.]
“Oo—, I’m feeling kind of sleepy.”
Nell snuggles under the futon and shuts her eyes.
…….
…Mac-kun usually takes the prince’s role, but he isn’t here today.
Zzz, zzz.
Nell fell asleep.
Since everyone was sleeping, I decided to do the same.
We slept until lunchtime.