"…Mm? Eek!? W-who are you!? Why are you hugging me!? I don't
swing that way!?"
"Well, me neither!? What nonsense are you spouting about!?"
"..." I weakly lifted my gaze to look at the pig and Exa causing a
ruckus.
Speaking of which, Exa was back…
Good work…
And when did you wake up, pig…
Haah… even as I sighed, the scene that was burned into my brain
earlier still continued to play in my mind.
I mean, what was up with that goddess…
She'd appeared out of nowhere, had an eerie look on her face, and
not to mention she wasn't blinking even once the whole time—she
was just like a ghost…
But to be honest, she'd scared the hell out of me…
I'd literally almost peed myself…
I'd managed to hold it in by squeezing the last drops of my willpower,
but if I hadn't… just imagining the consequence sent shivers down
my spine…
Well, the pig was a pervert, so I supposed he'd be exhilarated by it…
"...Haah."
Setting that aside, Exa and the others were fighting against that
goddess…?
I must say, weren't they too gutsy…?
Geez, just how much you'd grown, Exa…
I didn't want to meet that goddess again, though…
But I'd told them they could rely on me, so I'd definitely end up
meeting her again…
Haah… as I was gloomily sighing for the umpteenth time, I suddenly
met eyes with Tirna, who'd been by my side since a while ago.
"There, there." She'd been gently patting my head like a mother
would.
Honestly, I'd felt like I was about to have a breakdown because of all
that had happened, so I was really grateful to her.
Speaking of which, there was that term used when referring to
someone like her, right?
For a younger girl with mothering tendencies, I meant.
It was babumi[1], wasn't it…?
I wasn't sure, but right now, I was feeling a certain desire from the
bottom of my heart…
The desire to have her to be my mom.
"…You're so kind."
Hence, I told her my honest feelings.
Then, Tirna nodded, "Of course," and said, "because I'm everyone's
big sister."
"Yeah… you're everyone's kind big sister… wait, big sister!?"
Gasp, I did a double take, looking at Tirna.
Oh, right!?
She was half-mermaid, and she was older than me!?
Meaning, she couldn't be babumi, right!?
No, but she was totally young appearance-wise, so she'd gotta
be babumi, right!?
No, to begin with, what the heck was babumi!?
Or more like, what the heck was I thinking!?
Why did I have such feelings!?
Nooo~!? I held my head in my hands.