episode_0140

A long hallway opens up around the corner.

If we took just a few steps back, we would see a hallway in disarray, but we ignored that fact and continued walking.

Rain climbed on top of Chuchu and shook his legs excitedly.

“Choochoo. You’ve grown so much!”

bruise.

Chuchu answered as if burning Rain was no problem at all.

The thick hair covered his face, making it impossible to see his expression in detail.

“But where is this place?”

I looked around and asked Lane.

It was a question I asked out of curiosity, since she was more familiar with this place than we were.

When I asked him a question, Rain looked around and answered.

“Maybe.”

“Maybe?”

Rain’s expression began to darken.

She watched me closely and moved her mouth vigorously.

“Don’t you know Rain too?”

“No!”

When Shine asked quietly from the side, Rain answered loudly.

Chuchu’s long tail soared into the sky and shook.

bruise!

Chuchu, carrying Rain, jumped in front of us and shook his body in all directions.

Because of that, Rain also started to shake and sway wildly.

Rain desperately hugged Chuchu’s neck to keep from falling from above him.

“Does Chuchu know by any chance?”

I asked Chuchu just in case.

To be honest, I found Chuchu more trustworthy than Rain.

Judging from the way he reacted to our conversation earlier, it seemed like he understood what I said to some extent.

bruise!

Chuchu answered my question.

“Wow. Really?”

bruise!

“Then, could you please take me to Mr. Amy or Ferman?”

If I pressed the bear paw button in my pocket, I could get Amy to come find us, but after such a huge accident, calling her was basically asking Amy to spank me.

bruise!

Chuchu answered and started to move forward.

The large soles of his feet moved as if stamping.

Softly, flutteringly, Chuchu’s shaggy fur danced.

After walking along Chuchu for a while, we started to climb up the stairs.

The stairs were also incredibly wide.

On the way up, there were large portraits of Uncle Ferman hanging all around.

The thing hanging next to it seemed to be a childhood portrait of Amy.

As I watched the painting with interest, Chuchu sat down next to it with his butt pressed against it.

“Is this Amy?”

I pointed to the picture and asked Chuchu.

bruise!

Chuchu answered.

The picture in the frame depicted a pretty girl with long, pink hair.

The girl was holding a small teddy bear in one hand, and her expression looked full of discontent.

“Amy was young too.”

“At this time, I was bigger than Amy.”

Lane muttered as he looked at Amy’s picture, recalling the events of that time.

I didn’t say anything.

Because there didn’t seem to be much of a difference between Amy’s height in the picture and Lane’s height now.

I looked around for another picture.

If there was a painting of Ferman and Amy hanging there, then there should definitely be a portrait of Amy’s mother hanging there too.

But no matter how hard I searched, I couldn’t find a portrait that looked like her mother.

bruise!

While I was lost in thought for a while, Chuchu, who had been sitting with his butt pressed against me, suddenly got up and barked.

The sound brought me out of my thoughts and I started moving again.

I climb up the stairs and start walking down the hallway again.

“Ah. Okay, I understand.”

After walking for a while, we arrived at a familiar hallway.

This was where Ferman’s office was located.

Woof woof!

Chuchu barked loudly and ran forward.

Rain’s body, which was on top of Chuchu, shook violently from side to side.

“Eww!”

Rain screamed and hugged Chuchu tightly around the neck.

The place Chuchu ran to was in front of the door of Perman’s office.

The employees walking around the area waved at Chuchu as if they knew him.

Chuchu also answered them by wagging his tail.

Shine and I ran to Chuchu’s side.

Chuchu raised his large front paw and scratched at the office door.

Shake, shake, shake – Chuchu’s claws made several small marks on the door.

Chuchu’s appearance asking for the door to be opened.

At that sight, I quickly ran to the door and jumped with all my might.

A body that floats into the air with a pop.

I reached out, placed my hand on the doorknob, and quickly turned it.

A door handle that turns with a click sound.

The door that had been tightly closed began to slowly open.

At the same time, the body begins to fall.

The hem of the one-piece dress she was wearing fluttered as the body descended from the air.

I was startled and pulled down the hem of my clothes.

These are clothes I’m still not used to.

When I get back, I have to change into dinosaur pajamas.

bruise!

Chuchu squeezed his body through the open gap and ran inside.

Rain also climbed on top of it and was sucked inside.

“Chuchu?”

Ferman’s voice came from inside the door.

I walked carefully and entered.

“Rain?”

Chuchu ran around Perman, spinning his tail like a propeller.

Chuchu’s white fur and Rain’s blonde hair fluttered in all directions.

It seemed like Ferman was working.

There was a huge pile of papers on his table.

“Oh. Jeff. Shine. You guys are here too.”

Ferman’s gaze, which had been watching Rain and Chuchu running wildly, turned to us.

His expression, which had seemed slightly troubled, instantly loosens up.

The lips slightly open and the eyes gently curved.

There was a lot of joy in his voice.

“Hello.”

Since this was my first time seeing you, it was right to say hello.

I nodded and greeted him.

Ferman nodded, smiling at my appearance.

“Hello.”

Shine also greeted Ferman.

Instead, she did not bow her head.

Ferman didn’t say anything at that sight and just smiled.

“Yeah. What brings you here?”

It’s hard to believe that he was just working when he changed his stance so quickly.

Ferman put down the pen he was holding and walked towards the sofa in the center of the room.

His gestures made the staff waiting inside move busily.

The table in front of the sofa was polished to a shine, and my favorite sweet snacks and hot tea were quickly prepared on it.

I swallowed as I approached the sofa.

Gulp – The saliva running down my throat seemed to smell like sugar.

But I can’t eat it.

I couldn’t eat now because I had to eat later.

I watched Perman’s expression and picked up the chocolates and put them in my bag.

“I can’t eat now because I have to eat later. Amy told me not to eat this before eating.”

“Now that I think about it, it’s time to eat.”

By the time the dinosaur bag’s belly was full.

I looked at Ferman and asked him.

“Did we interrupt you?”

“No. Not at all. Don’t bother me. There’s nothing like that. Come by anytime.”

Ferman shook his head and answered my question quickly.

I just nodded slightly.

Rain came down from Chuchu and sat down next to me.

She looked a little dizzy.

“Chuchu has grown a lot.”

“It was huge. I didn’t know it would be that big back then.”

Ferman answered Rain’s words and gestured to Chuchu.

Chuchu, who had been circling around us, responded to Perman’s gesture and ran over to sit next to him.

I looked at Chuchu and Ferman and asked cautiously.

“Over there. Mr. Ferman.”

“I wish I could steal your sleep.”

“Huh?”

“I feel distant. I wish you would just call me comfortably.”

Perman’s words to change the title.

I bit my lip, watching his expression.

“What would you like me to call you?”

Then, Shine, who was sitting next to me, asked Ferman a question.

Ferman’s gaze shifts from me to Shine.

Ferman opened his mouth cautiously with trembling eyes.

The words flowing out of the small, moving mouth could not be heard properly.

Shine frowned at Perman’s appearance and said.

“I couldn’t hear you. Speak louder.”

“Grandpa. I wish you would call me Grandpa Perman.”

Ferman managed to force his words out with a small sigh.

There was a small look of anticipation in his gaze.

Shine tilted her head in confusion at Perman’s words and asked back.

“Do you really like that?”

This time Perman’s gaze was turned towards me.

He nodded cautiously.

I had a hard time understanding what Perman was saying.

He didn’t look old enough to be called grandfather.

Her gray hair was neatly slicked back and she had a sharp expression.

Although he seemed to soften and soften when he saw us, it was hard to forget the first impression he gave us.

He looked a little young to be called grandfather.

He didn’t even have a beard.

“That sounds good.”

Ferman nodded and answered.

“Okay, Grandpa Perman.”

Shine nodded easily and accepted the offer.

Perman’s eyes shook greatly at Shine’s answer.

He took a deep breath and gulped down the hot tea placed in front of him.

This time his gaze began to turn towards me.

Eyes filled with anticipation.

I hugged my dinosaur bag tightly and opened my mouth cautiously.

“Grandpa Perman…”

When I think of old people in my memories, the only image that comes to mind is of them lying in an alleyway, breathing heavily.

A slightly unfamiliar feeling.

I rolled the word grandfather carefully in my mouth.

Ferman raised his hand and covered his mouth.

His shoulders shook so much that it was hard to contain his laughter.

I tilt my head at the sight of him looking so happy.

“Can you call me again?”

After a while of being excited, Ferman took a moment to catch his breath and spoke to me.

It wasn’t a particularly difficult request.

I nodded and answered.

“Grandpa Perman.”

Ferman nodded with great satisfaction.

He looks very happy.

I pictured the hallway in disarray at that sight.

Perhaps, if it were Ferman now, he might forgive us for making a mess of the hallway?

After thinking about it for a while, I held Rain’s hand tightly.

Rain flinched, as if startled by the sudden action.

Stay still, Rain.

I nodded to her and took a deep breath.

With his other hand, he held Shine’s hand.

As I held the two people’s hands in my own, I no longer felt any trembling.

Instead, the sound of Rain’s pounding heart could be heard loudly.

“Over there. Grandpa.”

“Yeah. Okay. Jeff. I’m the grandfather.”

“I have a favor to ask.”

“Please? What do you want? Just tell me anything.”

Ferman seemed like he would listen to any request I made, no matter how unreasonable it was.

I opened my mouth, feeling confident at the sight.

“The hallway…”

bang!

It was the moment when I was about to carefully open my mouth.

I was startled by the sudden loud noise and closed my mouth.

When I turned my gaze to where the sound came from, I saw Amy with a very angry expression on her face.

At the sight of her, I began to break out in a cold sweat.

Rain and Shine, sitting next to me, also began to tremble.

“Jeff!”

“Net!”

“Shine!”

“Yeah!”

“Rain!”

“No way!”

Amy called our names loudly.

The moment my name was called, my body trembled and the answer came out automatically.

“Oh. Amy. Come on. Okay, Jeff. What did you want? What about the hallway?”

Ferman waved goodbye to Amy and then turned his gaze back to me.

But I couldn’t answer Perman because of Amy’s appearance.

Amy came towards us, stomping, with an angry expression on her face.

Amy is getting closer and closer.

She came close to the sofa, casting a huge shadow over us.

bean!

The moment Amy’s hand moved, a cheerful sound came from Lane’s head.

Rain falls down with a thud.

“Rain!?”

Rain didn’t even respond to my voice.

And it was right after that.

Amy tried to raise her hand again.

I clutched my head, expecting the hand to move.

Shine also took a similar stance as me.

But no matter how long I waited, Amy’s nuclear bomb never came.

After a moment of confusion, Amy turned to Ferman and spoke loudly.

“Dad!”

“Amy.”

“Dad, stay still.”

“That can’t be true.”

Amy’s forehead became ridged at Ferman’s answer.

It seemed like something had happened between the two of them.

I picked up the fallen Rain and got off the sofa.

Shine also followed me and got down from the sofa.

The place I arrived at with trembling legs was under Perman’s table.

Chuchu had already arrived there and was curled up.