Bishoujo ni natta kedo netoge haijin. Yattemasu

Chapter 122 - Midsummer's Night and the Silver-haired Girl

I'm home."

After watching the fireworks, I left Miya and the others and went home.

I opened the front door and entered the living room to find my sister sitting on the sofa with the TV on.

'It looks like you've successfully come out to those two,' she said. By the way, Taro, you shouldn't have been running around in such a sexy ...... slutty way, rolling up your yukata.'

'Oh, that ......?　Was my sister at the festival too?

"Of course I did. I saw Taro running. If someone touches Taro or ............ bumps into her, it would be dangerous, wouldn't it?'

'Oh, yeah, I'd be careful. But I told them exactly what my sister said. And they, like my sister, were suspicious of the church and were aware of the changes that were taking place in reality.

"......They're a little bit, no, a lot more than that, but they're there for Taro. ......This is also for Taro's sake. ......And they're also there to help you. ......"

My sister mumbles something in a mumbled voice, as if she is pondering something.

'Hmm, sister?　What are you saying?'

'No, I'm relieved. There are other people like us who know that something strange is going on. And when it's Taro's best friends, it's reassuring.'

'Yeah, that part was really good ...... and that's the difference between us and people who haven't noticed.

'The difference is that if you're someone who hasn't done the real module, you don't recognise the changes in the

that their status in the game might reflect in real life.

I try to tell my sister about these two points.

'Taro, wait. Look at that ...... look at that .......'

My sister breaks off her attempt to explain the conclusion we have reached and suddenly points to the TV screen.

'Real moju ...... hmm?'

At my sister's urging, I looked at the television and saw a news special was on.

It was a typical programme featuring a famous summer festival, probably a festival somewhere. The screen showed a lot of people, and you could tell that it was several times bigger than the festival we had just been at. To convey the excitement of the festival, an elitist reporter with freshly parted fringes began to explain the events of the festival.

''It's that time of year again, ladies and gentlemen. Now it's time to talk about summer festivals in Japan!　This is what we call the fireworks!　It's time for the 'Fireworks!

" What about?"

I can't believe my ears and eyes when I hear what has popped out of the reporter's mouth as she speaks to I move closer to the TV screen to devour it.

'Taro ...... did you hear the announcement that was played at the end of this year's fireworks display on the riverbank?'

I reply to my older sister, concentrating on the screen.

'No, I was a bit far from the venue so I couldn't hear it properly ......'

"That event where they put lights in that hot air balloon-like thing and let it fly ...... is exactly the same as what's on the news now, isn't it?"

As my sister pointed out, the TV showed festival-goers with quiet expressions, flying sky lanterns and the like into the night sky.

'The Japanese will never forget the sins we committed against those fairies a long time ago...'