The girl looked at me with a surprised expression on her face.
“Huh? Did I tell you my name? Huh?”
“You didn’t tell me your name.”
“Right? Then, how?”
Triela looked very confused and flustered. Just like back then at the orphanage. She was always worrying and taking on the burden by herself. It feels nostalgic… I gingerly lowered my hood and the girl stared at my face.
Does she understand now? She understands, right?
“Um, what? …huh? Eh? But huh?… No way…?”
One more push, then? I took off my glasses and called out to her.
“It’s been a while, Triela.”
“…Ren?”
“Yes.”
“…Lies, Ren is… Ren is supposed to…”
“I’m right here.”
“Lies…”
“It’s not a lie.”
“Uaaaaaa!”
Triela hugged me. She was hugging me really tightly. To be honest, it was painful.
“You were supposed to have fallen off of a cliff and died, you were supposed to be dead.”
“I’m not dead.”
“But, because, so… I…”
“It’s alright. I’m here now.”
“Uaaaaaaaaa!”
She was crying. The girl who was always resolute in front of everyone was now clinging to me.
“I heard that you died, so, so-!”
“Yes, I’m alive. I’m not dead. So it’s alright.”
She continued on incoherently, and I continued on reassuring her that I was alright as I stroked the back of her tearful, clinging body.
“Ren, Ren, Rennn…”
“Yes.”
“Uuuuu…”
I kept stroking her back until she stopped crying and calmed down.
“Uu-…”
Triela looked embarrassed and had her hands on both cheeks. Cute. To be frank, I want to hug her. But wait? Was Triela always the cute character type? Huh~?
“Did you calm down?”
“Yes, I’m alright. I’ve calmed down…”
She seems to have finally regained her composure and was now staring at my face as if she were inspecting me. Uh, I’m the real deal, okay?
“…You’re really Ren? It’s not a lie?”
“It’s not a lie. I really am Ren.”
She continued on checking by poking and pulling my cheeks.
“I-It-huurtss.”
“Ah, sorry.”
It felt a bit painful. But this kind of exchange felt nostalgic.
“That unnecessarily formal speech and the similar face, it is you, Ren! And the plumpness of your cheeks are also the same!”
Eh, what is with that confirmation method.
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It Looks Like I Got Reincarnated in Another World
AdventureRen, a ten year old orphan girl, was en route to being delivered to a corrupt merchant. However, bandits attacked the carriage she was on and caused it to plummet down the sides of a cliff. But the impact from the accident awoken her memories from a...
