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Hayato and Grandma Nanaki walked out of the living room together.
Nanao Akane was already standing in the hallway.
But she wasn't too close to the living room's sliding door, merely looking from afar.
Nanao Akane was restless. After tidying up her room for a while, she came downstairs.
But she was still worried about Kobayashi-chan, and also worried about causing trouble for both of them if she overheard anything.
"Grandma Nanaki!"
Seeing them both come out, Nanao Akane quickly called out, then anxiously looked at Hayato, who was walking behind Grandma Nanaki: "Kobayashi-chan, are you okay?"
Hayato shook his head.
Grandma Nanaki raised her hand and vigorously rubbed Nanao Akane's head: "Truly, a granddaughter married off is like spilled water. Do you suspect Grandma Nanaki would harm him?"
"No way~~~" Nanao Akane sweetly snuggled against Grandma Nanaki's chest, her peripheral vision still scanning Hayato.
Seeing that he had his usual Sima face, she felt relieved.
She had been afraid that Grandma Nanaki would argue with Kobayashi-chan… In that regard, she wasn't worried that Kobayashi-chan would suffer, but she still didn't want to see her two closest people at odds.
"Is your room tidied up?" Grandma Nanaki asked.
"Yes." Nanao Akane nodded. There wasn't much to tidy up anyway; she could put her clothes away later.
"Then you can stay in the guest room." Grandma Nanaki glanced at Hayato behind her. "I originally thought of having you stay in the storeroom, but I figured Akane wouldn't be willing…"
"Grandma!" Nanao Akane exclaimed, flustered.
"Alright, alright, just kidding. It's true that once you have a man, you forget about your grandma…"
"Grandma~~" Nanao Akane blushed.
"The guest room has already been tidied up for you… You just need to put your luggage in there later." Grandma Nanaki said to Hayato, "Don't worry, the house is quite big, it won't be too hard on you. After dinner, you can take a bath and go straight to sleep."
"Okay." Hayato said.
At the same time, he breathed a sigh of relief.
He rarely felt nervous, but confronting Grandma Nanaki just now truly gave him a sense of being suppressed… But thankfully, this grandma seemed ruthless and rigid on the surface, but she was quite lively on the inside.
Of course, the most likely reason she chose to let him go was out of consideration for her granddaughter.
But a Miko…
Hayato looked at Grandma Nanaki's thin back. He really hadn't expected her to possess such incredible abilities.
"Oh, right,"
Grandma Nanaki said, "I opened your package and put it in the garage… I really don't know why you'd send a bicycle here. Although our place is backward, it's not so much that a household wouldn't even have a bicycle."
Hayato smiled.
Nanao Akane, however, knew the bicycle's special nature and said, "Kobayashi-chan's bicycle isn't ordinary."
"I don't understand you young people. What's so special about this bike?" Grandma Nanaki said as she led the two young people toward the guest room.
As she said, the house was quite large. Although not as grand as the Miyajima dojo, it still had three rooms on the left and three on the right once you went upstairs.
However, compared to the archaic decor of the Miyajima dojo, the Miyajima house could only be considered truly ancient.
The floor was made of wood. Although it was cleaned very well, many places had cracks, and stepping on it produced a "creak, creak" sound.
The wallpaper in the hallway also looked quite old. At a glance, it was somewhat mottled, as if one could see childhood memories.
Perhaps because Grandma Nanaki usually lived alone, she didn't pay much attention to the upkeep of the second floor.
She opened the door to a room.
Then she walked in, and the light wasn't turned on using a switch on the wall.
Instead, it was a pull cord extending from the light bulb.
Grandma Nanaki's slightly shriveled hand pulled the thin cord, and the light came on, emitting a yellowish glow.
It wasn't an incandescent light; the warm yellow light cast deep shadows.
There was almost no other furniture in this room; one could only sleep on the tatami mat.
Bedding and other items were already prepared and placed nearby.
"That's how it is. Our small town's guest rooms can only be this standard." Grandma Nanaki asked Hayato, "Do you have any complaints?"
"No." Hayato wanted to say that his home in Tokyo was pretty much the same standard…
Seeing Hayato accept it so easily, Grandma Nanaki pondered for a moment, seemingly feeling that being too harsh on this boy from the big city wasn't good, so she said, "If you want to watch TV, there's one downstairs. If you're really bored, go to the bookstore and buy some books to read. Although it's a small place, the variety of books is quite complete… Oh, I forgot to mention, the house has internet and Wi-Fi. Later, Akane can give you the account and password."
Hayato was surprised.
Grandma Nanaki probably got the internet so her granddaughter wouldn't be too bored during her vacation… Truly, the heart of a grandma is pitiful…
As he was sighing with emotion, Grandma Nanaki's eyes flashed, and she said, "Don't misunderstand, this old woman also uses the internet."
Hayato: …You really keep up with the times.
He suggested that Miyajima Kiichiro should come and learn some advanced postures.
Grandma Nanaki pushed up her glasses.
"That's it, let's go down for dinner first."
To welcome her granddaughter, Grandma Nanaki prepared a rich array of dishes, mostly green vegetables.
Nanao Akane's cooking skills were probably inherited from Grandma Nanaki. Just looking at the dishes made one hungry, and eating them revealed they were excellent in color, aroma, and taste.
"Because I had to go exorcise this afternoon, these dishes were made in the morning." Grandma Nanaki said, "I heated them up. Akane, just make do with these for now. I'll make you a big meal tomorrow."
"No, no, these are already delicious. Grandma's cooking is as good as ever." Nanao Akane said.
Grandma Nanaki pursed her lips, smiled faintly, then asked the other person with dissatisfaction, "What do you think?"
"…Hmm, it's…." Hayato was about to utter the classic phrase "it's alright," but then he remembered that this was Grandma Nanaki's cooking, not Akane's… Perhaps their cooking styles were too similar, both accurately hitting Hayato's taste buds, which caused the momentary illusion of not knowing who made the dish. "Excellent, bravo."
Hayato, refreshed after realizing, suddenly went overboard, chewing vigorously as he spoke.
"Wah-woo," he let out a small cry of pain.
"Wh-what's wrong?" Nanao Akane quickly asked.
"Bit… Tsk." Hayato pressed his tongue against the roof of his mouth, trying to alleviate the pain.
"Are you okay? Do you want me to blow on it for you?" Nanao Akane quickly put down her chopsticks.
"No one's fighting you for it." Grandma Nanaki said. Inadvertently, the corners of her mouth seemed to curve into a relieved smile, but she quickly reined it in.
"…No need." Hayato bared his teeth and licked his lips again.
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