The Kubikiri Cycle by NisiOisiN

Author:NisiOisiN [NisiOisiN]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: Comedy, Drama, Harem, Mystery, Romance, Licensed, Light Novel
ISBN: 9780345504272
Publisher: Del Rey
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

4

“Ii-chan, you’re back.” Kunagisa sat on her bed, her body wrapped in a pure white bathrobe. Hikari-san was on the sofa. Seeing that I had returned, she breathed a sigh of relief. Trying to handle a conversation with a bath-fresh, spunky Kunagisa was no task for an amateur, so I knew how Hikari-san felt.

“Ii-chan, look, I washed my hair. Compliment me, compliment me.”

“It’s cute.”

Her hair had turned a pretty, cobalt blue. “It’s not easy bearing recessive genes,” she herself would often say.

“Are you gonna take a bath, too, Ii-chan? You might come up with a good idea in there, y’know, like Archimedes. And then run around the mansion naked, also like him.”

“That would be… a problem,” Hikari-san said in all seriousness. It was like she thought I would really do it. I had no intention of making myself the mansion weirdo. “But Archimedes really was a strange guy, wasn’t he? All geniuses are, huh?” Hikari-san said thoughtfully. I wondered which person in the mansion she was imagining. It looked as if it could have been anyone or no one.

“Nudity wasn’t so uncommon in those days, Hikari-san. I don’t think he was being particularly strange.”

“You’re so wise, Ii-chan.”

“Yes, I am. So Hikari-san, what was it you needed?”

“Oh, right. My mistress sent me to come investigate what’s going on with Kunagisa-san.”

She was sure an honest girl. I told her there was no point if she went and told us that’s what she was doing. She laughed embarrassedly.

“I know. Akari’s really better at this kind of thing, but she’ll be staying on the mainland tonight. She won’t be back until tomorrow morning.”

“She went to call on that detective, right?” I was a little bit interested, so I went ahead and asked. “So, what’s this person like, anyway? Judging from the way you talk, it sounds like you’ve met before. Are you well acquainted?”

“Yes, I suppose so. Aikawa-san came to our rescue once before. There was an incident, and, well…” she vaguely trailed off. It didn’t seem like it was supposed to be a secret, but maybe just an unpleasant conversation.

“Hmm, an incident, huh? On this island?”

“Yes. This was right after my mistress had been sent here, and before it had become this sort of ‘salon.’ So we called Aikawa-san here, and, well, the case was solved almost immediately,” Hikari-san said with great emotion. “Aikawa-san has kind of a violent temper, you see. Cynical and emotional, like the entire world is an enemy. I think Aikawa-san’s success in solving cases is fueled by rage alone.”

“Huh…”

She seemed to be carefully choosing her words as she spoke, but not very effectively. I couldn’t put together a concrete picture of this guy at all.

“So, pretty short-tempered?”

“Well, it’s more like Aikawa-san is in a perpetual state of rage. Even if you catch a glimpse of a smile, there’s always this sort of hostility hanging in the air, and… I’m sorry, it’s kind of hard to describe. Anyway, it’s like Aikawa-san has a grudge against the whole world.”

“I see,” I said, even though I didn’t.

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