It was only after the transmitted white light carried the three of them away that Ryota looked away.
The hypnotized driver drives his car from residential areas, hopefully the hypnotic effect will soon disappear.
Ryota walked to the fence, came to the gate of Shirogane's house, reached out and rang the doorbell.
After a while, the door opened, and Kei's head popped out. After looking around, she immediately saw Ryota, with a strange expression on her face, and said:
"Nii-san, why did you ring the doorbell?"
Ryota realizes that he accidentally became a guest.
Why did he have to be so disciplined when he came home?
He hurriedly said: "I'll try to see if our doorbell has been knocked down. If it is damaged, it needs to be replaced."
"Then why didn't you enter after pressing it?" Ask Kei.
"Because I saw the fence again," Ryota pointed at the destroyed wall, "This is very dangerous, I almost hit the house."
Before Kei could continue asking, he quickly changed the subject and said:
"By the way, Kei, how was the compensation discussion going? What did the truck driver say?"
"Fully responsible." Kei replied: "The money for the reconstruction of the house and the fence will be paid for by him. With insurance and a company, there shouldn't be any problems. Father has already negotiated with them."
"Oh? It's like meeting a good speaker and not arguing with us."
"That is his responsibility! Almost hurt you…"
Kei's words suddenly stopped, and she swallowed the second half of the sentence she didn't say.
Then she opened the door fully, and greeted Ryota:
"Come in, dinner is ready, you are the only one left."
"Yes." Ryota walked into the entrance, and whispered instinctively: "I'm back."
Then he took off his shoes, put on his own sandals, and walked slowly into the living room.
Kei followed behind, glaring at him faintly.
Seemingly expressing some kind of dissatisfaction.
"...What's wrong, Kei?" Ryota couldn't ignore it anymore.
"There isn't any." Kei remained expressionless.
"Could it be... you're angry because I didn't pick you up this afternoon?"
Ryota thought of a possibility.
"... How could it be!" Kei's cheeks turned red, "Do you think I'm a child!"
Well, it must be from this reaction.
So is this kid a rebel or a tsundere?
"Sorry, I didn't keep my promise."
Ryota resisted the urge to pinch Kei's cheeks, and explained aloud:
"The main reason is that it's too troublesome to deal with the Grim Reaper matter. The four of us were busy until 7:30 pm. I just wanted to pick you up, but Dad called and said you were home."
"...Hmph, I didn't expect you to come, why are you explaining this?"
Maybe his explanation worked, Kei returned to her usual state, and asked: "Is everything resolved?"
"Um." Ryota smiled and said, "There is no more danger."
"What about the three?"
"They're back, they still have something to do."
After Ryota answered, he went to the bathroom to wash his hands, then came to the dining room connected to the living room.
The Japanese pay great attention to their diet. Chopsticks, teacups, rice bowls, soup bowls, etc., require a lot of cutlery, and basically nothing is left out. In addition, there was very little food on each plate.
For Ryota, who can usually finish a meal with one plate and one bowl, the senses are like eating a feast.
"Hah? Today's meal is a bit extravagant?" Ryota suddenly said. "Are you celebrating something?"
"Of course to celebrate your escape, Nii-san."
Miyuki walked over, pulled up the stool he usually sat on, and said: "My summer work is finally finished today, so this could be considered as a reward for myself, so I went to buy some meat."
"Come on, why don't you respect yourself after working part time before?" Ryota sighed softly, "Don't take care of me like this, don't waste it like this next time."
It can't go on like this.
Being the eldest brother has always been taken care of by the younger brothers and sisters, not only is it embarrassing, but also feels a little pity.
He had to find a way to make a quick buck.
"Ryota, it's a bit disappointing to say the word now. Sit first."
Papa Shirogane had already sat down, and spoke up.
He took a can of beer and shook it, then asked Ryota: "Would you like a drink?"
"Don't incite minors to drink alcohol, bastard!" Kei quickly stopped: "And don't drink while eating."
Ryota originally wanted to drink beer, seeing this, he had no choice but to give up.
In other words, is it necessary to be so particular about it in one's own home?
Or is Kei too stiff?
Holding a bit of hesitation, Ryota began to sit down to eat.
24 hours after transmigrating.
Experiencing ordeal after ordeal.
Finally, he had a proper hot meal.
Transmigrators who messed up as badly as he did were probably rare.
Since he only had something to eat in the morning, Ryota was a little hungry now, so he kept quiet and quickly removed the food from the plate.
However, the Shirogane family's meal times are unpredictable.
"Kei, didn't we agree that we shouldn't drink fruit juice with meals?"
Seeing his little sister pouring the juice into the cup, Miyuki hurriedly said: "It's not good for digestion. You have to drink it before eating. You can't drink it now."
Kei:" 😐"
Maintaining silence, the girl put down the juice and ate silently with her head down.
Not for a while.
"Kei, why did you leave the green peppers?"
Miyuki's educational voice sounded again: "Whether you like it or not, you have to eat green bell peppers, otherwise the nutrition will be imbalanced."
Kei: "😠"
Kei put the chopsticks in the bowl hard, obviously not planning to eat anymore.
"Cough… Miyuki, it doesn't matter if Kei doesn't eat green peppers for one or two meals, please don't say a few words." Ryota quickly tidied things up "Give me a green pepper, I like to eat this."
After speaking, regardless of whether the girl agreed or not, he immediately put all the green peppers into his bowl.
At the same time, he comforted in a low voice: "Hurry and eat, don't be angry, what should you do if you get hungry at night? Snacking will make you fat."
Kei glanced at him quietly.
Then she picked up chopsticks again and sped up her eating.
"Kei, why are you eating in such a hurry? Don't you know that you eat slowly? Eating in a hurry is bad for your stomach."
Miyuki glanced at Kei, and said something again.
Ryouta: "😐"
Kei: "🤬!"
Hold, hold...
Kei's body seemed to tremble, but she held herself back.
"And dad, you too, no matter how hard you eat green peppers, you're not a kid anymore."
Miyuki never seemed to stop nagging.
Immediately, Ryota, Kei, and Papa Shirogane seemed to have a tacit understanding, and at the same time accelerated the speed of eating.
The three of them seemed in a hurry to finish their food first, away from the table.
In the end, Kei won and walked towards the kitchen with a bowl and chopsticks.
"Kei, have you finished eating? If not, you can say full."
Miyuki's voice sounded again like noise: "The rice bowl should be soaked in water, not placed directly on the table."
"So annoying ahhhhh!!"
...
In the end, Kei broke.
The girl shouted a few words, then slammed her bedroom door.
"It's so fierce..." said Papa Shirogane weakly.
"Really Kei, her anger is getting bigger."
Miyuki couldn't help complaining a bit.
"You think that's strange… Cough, eat."
Ryota quickly finished his portion of food.
After dinner, Ryota sat down on the sofa.
The feeling of fullness made him not want to move, so he completely relaxed himself in the most natural state and posture.
He was too tired, mentally and physically exhausted, he couldn't move as soon as he hit the couch.
Not far away, Papa Shirogane was fiddling with some fortune-telling tools.
Miyuki diligently took over the job of washing the dishes.
Kei finally came out of the room and started studying at the dining table that had been prepared.
Only Ryota is lazy.
Even if he is lazy, he will not be complained and accused by those who do more, this is probably family.
For a moment, Ryota relaxed, and felt a sense of peace of mind.
It was clear then a noisy night, but hastened his integration into the family.
"By the way, Nii-san."
At this time, Miyuki who was washing the dishes suddenly said: "Today, dad asked. It will take at least a week to repair your bedroom. Before that, you have to sleep in the room with Kei first."
The relaxed Ryota froze suddenly.
The other side.
Kei who was quietly holding a pen and writing on the table, stopped.