Cradle of Stars by Reki Kawahara

Author:Reki Kawahara [Kawahara, Reki]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Science Fiction, Light Novel
Publisher: Yen On
Published: 2019-03-19T00:00:00+00:00

6

The sky stayed fixed in the same slightly overcast pattern until after lunch, but by sixth period, the clouds had gradually woken up, and by the time homeroom was over, those clouds were shedding tiny water droplets.

The hourly weather report said it would continue to rain until evening, but for Chiyuri’s sake, Haruyuki prayed it would keep drizzling like this for the time being as he headed for work behind the old school building, given that she was likely on the track prepping for her meet. And naturally, rain or shine, he didn’t get a day off from his Animal Care Club duties.

When he arrived in front of the animal hutch, he said hello to his small coworker on the other side of the chicken wire. “’Sup, Hoo?”

The northern white-faced owl had recently, and finally, started to acknowledge Haruyuki as his caretaker, and he flapped his wings a couple times to return the greeting.

Haruyuki figured he’d better take care of Hoo’s health check while he was sitting on his usual perch, so he tapped on the Animal Care Club icon on his virtual desktop. When he pushed the weight measurement button in the management app, the weight sensors built into the perch connected wirelessly so he could record Hoo’s weight. Compared with when he’d first moved here, he’d come pretty close to his ideal weight.

“Yup, looking good,” Haruyuki commented. “But it’s gonna get hotter out. Make sure you don’t get heatstroke.”

Hoo whirled his head around and complained about his empty stomach. But no one except the “super president,” aka Utai Shinomiya, could feed him.

“Shinomiya will be here soon. Just hang on a bit longer.”

It wasn’t as if the owl could understand Haruyuki, but still, hopes dashed, Hoo lowered his ear feathers and turned away.

What would Metatron say if she saw this guy? His thoughts roaming, Haruyuki opened the door to the hutch and stepped inside, picked up the bathtub and waterproof paper on the ground, and stepped back out. He blasted the dirty paper clean with water and filled the tub—which was properly called a birdbath—with fresh water before returning to the hutch.

He stepped outside once more, and as he brought out a bamboo broom and dustpan with the deck brush of the toolshed in the courtyard, he heard footsteps coming from the direction of the front gate.

“Prez, ’ssssup!” Animal Care Club member Reina Izeki walked toward him, her wavy long hair billowing behind her. She was in her gym clothes that day. Plus, she had a colorful sports towel around her neck.

“’S-sup. You’re all fired up, huh?” Haruyuki remarked.

“I had gym sixth period, so I came from there.” Reina pursed her lips slightly, as if embarrassed. “I don’t care about getting these dirty, so I can clean, no probs. So like, I’ll do the sweeping up.”

“Th-thanks.”

Is this the same Izeki who was all “Seriously?!” and “I don’t even get this!” from the first day in the Animal Care Club?! Inwardly impressed, Haruyuki handed over the broom and dustpan. He

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