An Exchange Diary

Vin told me not to worry about her elder brother and his group from coming after me. She explained that the man I killed did not obey the orders, and his fate is result of that.

Vin continued to say, " Elder brother is too injured right now, and will need time to recover. So Kouga and the others taking him back to town to rest." 

I nodded and said, "I won't pursue anything further, I have to move on and continue my journey." 

Vin replied, “I will have to return to him for now. But I wanted to listen to you more. So, I found a solution. It is ~ta da! You can fill it out and leave it on the trail, I will find it without fail, you understand?”

Vin passes me a hard rectangular object. It was like a book, and on the cover, it say.

I said the title out loud, “An Exchange diary?”

Vin blushed., “Exchange diary. Come to think of it, as exchange of messages without magic.”

Something you do with a sweetheart. That is, to exchange diaries. It is so only two people can exchange what they cannot usually say out loud.

To that extent, VIn said her farewells and took her leave. To go back to Candlehearth for her elder brother Ham. 

With a little time to myself, not certain where I was going to head to next. I started to read the book. I was shocked when I turned the diary around. 

There upon, on the first page all of a sudden, words that completely filled the page were written. More precisely it’s an exchange diary, something like a letter, and a written apology. 

Rather, she had a strange personality, tended to be annoying and some odd times, but she’s not a bad fellow. This message conveys her feelings.

But she definitely had a lot of feelings to convey. 

As I read it.

Her words: [I fell in love with you, as I think you already know. To be honest, I want to cross that line right away. If you feel like it, please call me. I’ll come running in two seconds.] 

I gasped, "O, what. Hey” 

Enuma replied, “Well?"

I nervously said, “Ah! It quickly turned to a love letter. How sweet and sour.”

Suddenly a surprise attack love confession. I might be ashamed, glad and embarrassed and I stared to smile, too.

I said, “Geez, that girl. ah~, what now?" 

As I continued to read: [But if you want to get to know each other more, I’ll respect that, and I hope we start by getting to know each other like this.] 

I murmured, "Huh, good grief, she really~ uh huh.”

I felt a bit awkward at her clumsy effort to seriously get closer to me, even though she seemed a little embarrassed as I turned the page. There is long list of questions that was like any of the worst academy quizzes.

What about your family? 
What is your educational background?
What is your favorite subject?
What are your dreams for the future?
What is your hobby?
What food do you like and dislike?
What type of woman do you like?
How old is your first love?
How much experience do you have with women?
Where would you go on a date?
Would there be hand holding on the first date?
What is your favorite underwear color?
Which do you prefer, exposed bra or loincloth undies?
How many dates till the kiss?
Have you ever asked to hold hands or kiss a woman?
We are both virgins, but when do we graduate?
What kind of situation are you looking for in your first experience?
I hate big breasts. They are rather a nuisance, don’t you agree?
Do you like modest breasts?
Not having breasts is better, right?
At what age do you want to get married?
Should the proposal come from a man? Or a woman?
Where would you like to live?
How big is the room? The same bedroom and a double bed, never giving that up.
How many children do you want?
What will be the child’s name?
What would you want the child to learn?

This! There’s still more than half of it left. 

Somehow, there are terrible questions and blank answers. What? What? You want me to answer these?

I was frightened by the effort and said aloud. “S-Scary. I’m scared! What’s this? How many questions are there? I mean, towards the end. Where would you build a grave? What is this!? Scary!”

Suddenly I felt a chill and was horrified. No, no, no, it’s impossible, impossible.

Enuma said, “Awesome boy! As expected, you are good at this!”

I replied, “This is not something to praise! That girl’s a little, I mean, she’s quite weird!” 

For just a moment, she had my heart fluttering with joy, but before long a sense of panic came out. I concluded that I was afraid to read the diary any longer, so I closed it.

The wrecked remains of Aka’s house and fields have been tidied up a little, but they were nowhere to be seen.

For the time being, while I was collapsed, I’m relieved that I was not attacked again or anything like that, but I’m worried about what happened afterwards.

Enuma explained, “They left, went down the mountain. That girl and the others were touched by Terran's brave figure. They said they were foolish.”

I gasped, “Heh”

Enuma said “The girl wanted to make amends for the house, the field, and so on. They did a little bit of cleaning and cooking and bandaged you.”

I begin to notice the dazzling rays of light, and said, “Eh? sunlight? Oh, no, it’s already morning!?”

I felt like I was asleep a while ago. I was just going to close my eyes a little, but it was already morning.

The sun shined brightly, and we could hear the bird’s singing. I said aloud, “Yeah, I fell asleep in an instant. Wow, the sun is already here.”

What’s more, it wasn’t like early morning, it’s like I’ve been oversleeping. 

Enuma said, "Only that much got you exhausted it seems."

When I was fully awake, Enuma sat with an extremely serious expression and was gazing at something.

It’s a pot of soup made by Vin, which was left uneaten yesterday.

However, I was at Aka's house, and he wasn’t no longer there. I was left with a grim feeling again.