Adachi and Shimamura Vol. 11 by Hitoma Iruma

Author:Hitoma Iruma [Iruma, Hitoma]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: light novel
Publisher: Seven Seas Entertainment

Chapter 5:

Edge of Infinity Loop

“THE HECK is that?”

“It’s a canteen, thank you.” The cross-body strap seemed to give her a childlike flair.

Just outside the front gates of my house, I discovered a fellow eighteen-year-old geared up like a hiker. When I tried to leave, she tackled me hard—and the pairing of her size advantage plus the element of surprise resulted in both of us smashing into a pillar.

“Dude!”

“My name is Nagafuji, thank you.”

I didn’t ask, thank you! Also, it was the same canteen she’d used for elementary school field trips, so it was a real throwback. But never mind that. “Are you here to hang out, or are you going on a hike?”

“A hike, thank you.”

“Then keep walking!”

All I wanted was to go for a stroll, and now look where that got me. I encountered her at the front gate so often, I was starting to think she camped out there. Perhaps it was her presence that drew me to go outside in the first place.

“Ugh, whatever. Fine, let’s go! Get off me!” I pressed a hand to her forehead and peeled her off of my waist. With a companion now in tow, I doubled back to the front door.

Only then did she suddenly take her glasses off, as if only just remembering—and the sharpened angle of my neck as I looked up at her informed me that she had gotten taller once again. As I debated whether I could have possibly shrank instead, we entered the house, and I took off the shoes I had literally just put on. After I set them back on the rack, Nagafuji followed suit with her own pair.

“I found the canteen hidden at the back of the kitchen cupboard and it put me in the mood to hike,” she explained concisely. The heck was she doing, digging around in the kitchen? “But I could die of dehydration if I went too far, so I decided my destination would be your house, Hino.”

“You just wanted an excuse to come over, didn’t you?”

“I did, thank you.”

“…Hm.” Even my best tackles weren’t enough to make her budge.

“Well now, that was quick!” Enome-san turned to look at me as she was dusting a shelf halfway down the needlessly long hallway. Then she saw Nagafuji and smiled slightly. “Welcome.”

“I’m here!”

“She said she wants to have lunch in the yard.”

“I see,” Enome-san replied, straightening up without batting a lash. Evidently, she was familiar with Nagafuji’s quirks by now. “In that case, I shall fetch a picnic blanket.”

“Sorry for the trouble.”

“I’m used to it,” she replied offhandedly as she started to walk off. Then she thought of a question and turned back to ask. “Will you be sleeping over tonight?”

“Hmmm… If I do, this’ll turn into more of an overnight trip than a hike,” Nagafuji mused.

“Then don’t,” I replied.

“But I like overnight trips just as much, so I think I will.”

You were planning to from the start and you know it, I thought as I glanced at her giant hiker’s backpack.

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