Chapter 76
As he read the simulated text, feeling the joy evoked by the memories, Minami Yuuki couldn’t help but smile.
Outside on the balcony, the shadows of the railing were growing longer, and the sun was nearly touching the horizon.
The sunlight, now angled steeply, streamed through the window, casting a single beam of light on the wall near the desk.
Gazing at the gentle, calm sunlight that had lost its noontime intensity, Minami Yuuki thought of Ibuki Yuko.
What could the girl be doing upstairs? Was she reading a book borrowed from the library, or preparing dinner for Ibuki Honoka?
He continued looking at the simulation interface.
[That night, Ibuki Yuko caught a cold.]
[The girl’s emotions were hard to discern, as was her illness. It wasn’t until after breakfast, when you noticed her movements slowing as she washed the dishes, that you realized something was wrong.]
[You let her sleep in your bed, put a fever patch on her, and made her some medicine.]