After everyone had met up, our group was finally dispersed into our
predetermined pairs and started swimming. Meanwhile, I'm free to
move from one pair to another… and I've already decided which pair I
should head to first.
Yes, it was the pair of Shiro-san and Lilia-san. I need to first make sure
that this pair were acquainted enough with each other that they would
at least have some kind of conversation between them before I can go
to another pair.
Well, putting aside if it was the previous Shiro-san, I don't think there's
any need to worry about the Shiro-san now… but I think Lilia-san would
probably be really nervous, so I think I need to support her first and
help her relax.
With this in mind, I headed for Shiro-san and Lilia-san while moving my
gaze around, taking a quick look at the other pairs.
Kuro and Sieg-san had prepared a boat and a beach ball, and they
seemed to be enjoying talking with each other. Both Kuro and Sieg-san
are very sociable, and I really don't see this pair having any problem at
all.
Isis-san and Fate-san were walking along the beach instead of heading
to the ocean. When I looked at their expressions from a distance, I could
see that they were a little tense with each other, but they didn't seem
awkward, so I guess they were okay too.
As for Alice and Anima… I wonder what they're doing? Anima is bowing
her head towards Alice, while Alice has a wry smile on her face. Hmmm,
it's just a guess, but I wonder if Anima is asking Alice to teach her
something? I'm a little curious about them, so after Shiro-san and Liliasan, I think I'll go check out their pair.
…Now then, as for the problematic pair, Shiro-san and Lilia-san… UUnnn. Just as I expected, their pair looked exactly like the phrase "a frog
being stared at by a snake".
As they faced each other, Shiro-san was expressionless while Lilia-san
was sweating like a waterfall.
[…Shiro-san! Lilia-san! I'll be intruding on your pair first, okay?]
[Kaito-san!?]
When I called out to them, trying to make the atmosphere as cheerful as
possible, Lilia-san looked relieved, as if she had just met her savior.
It really is a good decision to come here first. For the time being, I'm
going to start talking to them so that they can have as much
conversation as possible.
[So, have you two decided what you're going to do for fun yet?]
[No, not yet. We have something we need to do first.]
[…Something we need to do first? God of Creation-sama, what could it
possibly…]
Hearing my question, Shiro-san answered in her usual intonationless
voice, but unsure of the meaning of her words, Lilia-san and I tilted our
heads.
Thereupon, Shiro-san turned her gaze from me to Lilia-san before she
calmly spoke.
[The reason why we're paired like this is so that we could deepen our
friendship with each other. If that's the case, then we should close the
distance between our hearts to some extent first. I don't think that
taking action while we're still feeling distant will lead to good results.]
[I- I see…]
O- Ohhh… That was quite the straightforward opinion. Shiro-san really
has mentally grown so much that even Alice assesses as such.
It seems that Shiro-san is also well aware that Lilia-san's heart is
reaching its limits, and is planning to solve that problem first.
Perhaps, I may have been worrying too much about them. If Shiro-san is
willing to step up and solve the situation like this, I feel that they could
have deepened their friendship without me coming…
[And thus, let's start by the way we call each other. Lilia… Cast aside our
statuses today. I allow you to affectionately call me "Shiro".]
[ [...…] ]
At that moment, I felt as if all the sound in the surroundings
disappeared. Errr, this is that, right… Shiro-san is stepping up, trying to
solve the situation. She really is trying to get to know Lilia-san as well
as she could.
But sadly, effort doesn't always yield good results.
It's a really strange story. Shiro-san is definitely trying to step up, but
for some reason, looking at them from the sidelines, it looks like "Lilia-
san is facing her first ordeal"… I mean, Lilia-san's face looked even
worse than before.
[…U- U- U- Ummm… God of Creation-sama, a- as expected, doing such a
thing is…]
[I allow you to affectionately call me Shiro.]
[H- However, t- t- that would be extremely rude of me…]
[I allow you to affectionately call me Shiro.]
[T- That is extremely challenging for me…]
[I allow you to affectionately call me Shiro.]
[…Yes. Shiro-sama.]
Lilia-san's eyes became completely blaaaaaaaaank!? Shiro-san
completely pushed her way through. Well, Lilia-san's reaction isn't any
wonder… I understand her because I've experienced this situation
myself. The infinite loop of Shiro-san's expressionless, inflectionless
voice is just uniquely powerful.
U- Unnn. Let me retract my previous statement. I'm really glad that I
came here first. I feel like it would take me quite a while to finish up
here.