After becoming a chaotic daughter

"...So in the end, Nanako recognizes you as a godmother to Ms. Yosano?"

In the meeting room of the detective agency, Tanizaki Junichiro tremblingly raised his hand to speak, and his younger sister Naomi was leaning on him as if no one else was there, as intimate as a pair of conjoined twins—if one ignores Naomi's restless wandering around The words of the slender hands on Tanizaki's body.

"No, I just said that I have this plan." Yosano looked calmly at the beauty magazine in his hand, "If Nanako wants to, I don't mind having a goddaughter."

Sitting on the chair, Dazai stroked his chin, thoughtful: "So...you Yosano-san and Kunikida-kun, who is more like Nanako's 'mother'? If we say Yosano-san If Nanako's 'mother-in-law' is to be, wouldn't Kunikida-kun be left behind?"

"Mr. Dazai... Please don't make such a bold statement just because Mr. Kunikida is not here..." Atsushi wiped the sweat from his forehead.

"What are you thinking, Atsushi!" Dazai disapproved all over his face, and his tone was very righteous, "What do you mean by 'Kunikida-kun is not here'? Swallow it in your stomach like tea rice?"

—Of course not.

Dun sat on the stool and was speechless for a moment.

Leaning on her brother's body as sticky as maltose, Naomi pursed her lips slightly, and the moles at the corners of her eyes made her pure appearance reveal a mature charm: "But in this case... Mr. Ranpo, Do you still want to continue preparing? Nanako doesn't seem to reject it."

[...Will she really have something to reject? 】

Recalling Nanako's doll-like expressionless face, both Atsushi and Tanizaki couldn't help thinking about it.

carrot?

Momordica charantia?

Or green peppers and sports?

"That lady seems to be very concerned about this matter..." Dun said hesitantly, the banker's daughter, although he said that he only saw her when she followed her father to the detective agency a few days ago Once, but because the "label" on her was so impressive to him, Tun was still very impressed with her, "It seems that she is a follower of Mr. Ranpo, and she is very willing to accept Nanako and Gogol-kun, Even the "Communication Guide for Adolescent Children" has begun to take a fancy to it."

"When she was a girl, she was kidnapped by someone. It was Mr. Ranpo who solved the case at that time, and she was finally rescued safely... From a certain point of view, it can be considered a bit of fate." As a detective agency Veteran members, and Xie Ye still have some impressions of this long-ago commission.

"Eh? That's really a fate!"

"Ah~~ What a romantic past! The hero saves the beauty and promises her body! You really deserve to be Mr. Ranpo! Even if you never take the initiative to attack, there are still beauties in your arms! It's so enviable that I can't sleep!"

"Please don't describe a serious blind date in such a nonsensical way, Mr. Dazai..."

"But speaking of it," Tanizaki interjected with a look of embarrassment in the conversation that was getting more and more eccentric, "...where is Mr. Ranpo?"

Several "adult members" in the club, or in other words, members who can only be regarded as "having reached the legal age of marriage", all gathered together at this time (actually there were only five people, three of whom were underage), You talked about a "serious" topic, but as the subject of the topic, Luanbu didn't even see a shadow, and the chair that belonged to him in the conference room was empty and there was no one.

"I went to a nearby park to find elementary school students to play marbles." Yosano said as usual, with a rather indifferent expression, as if the answer she said was as "normal" as "Kunikida is working overtime". "ordinary".

However, on this delicate occasion, the conference room was eerily silent for a moment because of her answer.

"How old is Mr. Ranpo?"

"...26?"

"That's right, I also remember being 26, the oldest and most senior veteran among the members!"

"After all, he is the founder of the detective agency..."

"Yea, haha……"

With a few awkward laughs, the meeting room fell silent again, and it didn't know how long it took before Tanizaki's weak, bottomless, and very uncertain voice sounded again.

"26 years old... It's normal to go on a blind date, right?"

He said so, but no one agreed, so he could only repeat the last two words dryly: "Right...?"

Accompanied by his last two syllables, it fell lightly, as if it would melt away without a trace in the conference room like the snow in early spring, but Dun suddenly slammed the table, "噗" Suddenly stood up.

"But it's weird, right? No matter how you look at it, it's weird! Mr. Ranpo is going on a blind date... Am I dreaming? I must be dreaming! That Mr. Ranpo? This is Mr. Ranpo. The strongest in the club, the one with a daughter, the one who drinks half a bottle of soda every day, the one who scares all the criminals, the one who gets lost and plays with the kindergarten children in the park—”

"Mr. Ranpo huh???"

He suddenly raised his voice and spoke incoherently, not to mention the listener, even he himself didn't know what he was saying.

"Blind date - shouldn't it happen to Mr. Kunikida first?"

After finishing the series of words very excitedly, when the voice stopped and he took a breath, everyone's eyes were focused on him. Dun stood by the table with his neck bent, and his hands were still clapping on the table, like a bloated man. An inflated balloon will explode with a "pop" immediately.

But in the next second, Dun, who regained his sanity, immediately gave up.

"Sorry, I'm just talking nonsense, please don't pay attention to my words..." He sat back on the chair covering his face, and said cowardly.

"Atsu..." Dazai, who was sitting opposite him, leaned over, and his palms fell heavily on his shoulders. The thick force made Atsushi shrink back in fright, and he replied weakly, "Yes...".

"Please don't make such bold statements just because Kunikida-kun is not around."

Dazai returned the words that Akun felt very familiar to him.

Before Atsushi could react, Dazai withdrew his hand and sat back on the chair.

"Oh, what a hero who sees the same thing! If it was Mr. Ranpo, wouldn't there be countless women who would bow down to his heroic figure? It can be widely publicized and announced to the world, the famous detective is considering looking for an excellent spouse, and then proceed to the selection..."

The topic is getting farther and farther away.

Yosano calmly turned over another page of the magazine in his hand.

*******

Today's last class is physical education.

Physical education is Nanako's least favorite class. This month's class practice schedule is still volleyball. Although she is still not very good at playing volleyball, she is picked up by the physical education teacher in every class and taught by hand. Nanako can barely continue to play volleyball now Twenty or thirty.

"Beep--!"

A sharp whistle sounded, and several students who were practicing in groups stopped on the court. The physical education teacher announced a rest on the spot. Nanako, who was still holding the ball against the wall mat, just paused for a moment. The elastic volleyball Hitting the arm, it turned sideways and rolled to the other side.

Nanako ran to pick up the ball and came back. After the three rounds of team practice, she came to rest on the sidelines. She had just finished playing and was sweating all over, but she was still in good spirits and did not show fatigue.

Sitting side by side on the side of the court, Nanako broke the chocolate she brought into two halves and shared it among the three rounds.

There are still some students on the court who are still practicing, and the physical education teacher is instructing them. Nanako is nibbling on the chocolate and staring at that side for a while. They are all difficult movements. Nanako can't do it at all, but neither can the teacher. They are required to master it, and when the volleyball event is tested later, they only need to know the basics of serving and kicking the ball.

"Miwa." Seeing the people practicing over there, Nanako suddenly called out to Miwa.

"Ok?"

"I'm thinking about something."

Sanlun turned his head, with a questioning look on his face: "What's the matter?"

The chocolate was a bit bitter and hard, so Nanako gnawed slowly, and it took a long time to bite a corner on the half board of chocolate.

"On weekends, sister Akiko took me out to buy things." Nanako gnawed at the chocolate slowly, and said slowly, "After shopping, Akiko talked to me... Sister Akiko asked me if I wanted my mother .”

"……Eh?"

Originally, she just habitually wanted to help Nanako "solve worries and problems", but after hearing Nanako's words, Miwa felt that the problem this time seemed a little bit beyond her ability.

Probably the kind of "exceeding" that asked her to write a college physics problem.

"Then... and then? Did Ms. Akiko say why you asked this?" Miwa asked hesitantly.

"If you have a mother, it will be better than just having a father." Nanako scratched her head, her tone was a little uncertain, "I don't remember clearly, I probably said something like this. And ask me, if I have a mother, would I Hate."

"Uh..." Miwa didn't know, as Nanako's good friend, from which point of view it would be more appropriate for him to discuss this matter.

"Then I thought about it and asked Sister Akiko."

"what?"

"Ask sister Jingzi if she wants to be my godmother."

Miwa: "...Then what did Miss Jingzi say?"

"She said she would think about it." Nanako repeated the answer she had given Xie Ye at the time, with a serious tone, "Then we ate something and went back."

A very delicate conversation, so subtle that it was impossible to comment for three rounds, and she couldn't even judge it. When Nanako said this, what kind of response did she hope to get from her.

Miwa hadn't decided whether to comment on "Is it really better to have a mother" or "It sounds good to have Ms. Akiko as a godmother", when Nanako continued to speak.

"Then, after I got home, last night, I thought about it again."

【Oh, I haven't finished yet. 】

Miwa has become accustomed to Nanako's habit of saying things here and there, resting after a paragraph, and panting all the time. She bites the chocolate patiently and continues to listen to Nanako.

"I was wondering if sister Akiko wanted to say something else to me." Nanako said with an expressionless face.

For example, Dad is 26 years old now, and he should be looking for a girlfriend, but the president is not easy to urge, and Akiko's sister is also inconvenient to urge, so they want her to beat around the bush and ask Dad to find a partner.

In other words, it is "urging marriage".

"Hmm..." Miwa frowned, thinking hard, "Could it be because Uncle Ranbu is dating outside?...Miss Jingzi found out about this, and she was afraid that you would have another mother after you resisted the family, so Come to test your mind?"

[...This seems to be possible. 】

Nanako scratched her head.

But she didn't see any signs that her father was in a relationship with someone before, but it might be because she didn't pay attention to it, so she didn't notice it.

It was just a random guess, and as soon as Sanwa spoke, she saw Nanako sinking into serious thinking, and she suddenly felt that she shouldn't be talking nonsense.

Now she probably knows that Nanako and Ranpo don't seem to be biological father and daughter. Uncle Ranpo doesn't have a date yet, and Nanako doesn't have a mother, so if Uncle Ranpo is really in love, for Nanako, it must be A very important event.

【If that's the case...】

Miwa couldn't help but get tangled up, she was a little worried that Nanako would meet a "mother" who treated her badly - of course, if Uncle Ranpo's girlfriend was nice to Nanako, of course it would be great.

I don’t know if Dad has a girlfriend already, or if he doesn’t have a girlfriend, so I’m urging him to find a girlfriend. After thinking about it, I still can’t come up with a conclusion. Nanako decided to ask after going home. Gogol at home, let Gogol go secretly with his father for a few days to see if his father is still single now.

Although she thinks that her father is mostly a single dog who only knows how to fish, eat, drink and have fun, but if her father really has a partner——

Nanako thought about the virtues of her idiot father.

I thought about my little oil bottle again.

Finally, after thinking about it, I don’t know whether it is Tuyoubo No. [-] or some other Gogol.

【…】

Nanako was silent.

She felt that it was more likely that her idiot father "had no one and was urged to marry".