The apartment environment here was quite nice, about on par with the housing conditions of Shiina's family that he had seen in the Precognitive Dream.
The decor was also rather bright and cheerful, making it feel very comfortable.
He had originally thought that, if this was Shizuka Hiratsuka's home, it might be somewhat...
Yet it turned out to be unexpectedly clean.
Unlike the sloppy impression given by someone who liked smoking and drinking, Shizuka Hiratsuka was probably the type who was good at housework. In other words, she really was the kind of woman suited for marriage.
"Would you like some tea?" Shizuka asked.
She had Oreki sit down on the sofa.
"What drinks are in the fridge?" Oreki asked.
"Let me think. There's some alcohol, but you can't drink that. As for other beverages, there's only coconut milk."
"There's quite a lot of tea, though. Oolong tea, rock tea, vine tea, Da Hong Pao, and so on."
"Then coconut milk," Oreki said. "That's simpler."
"Mm."
Shizuka quickly brought him some coconut milk, along with a fruit platter.
Cut fruit could not be kept for long, so she had clearly prepared it quickly just now. Her housework skills were the real deal.
"Um, how should I put this..."
She had clearly just proposed, yet Shizuka still felt that it was unreal.
"You don't seem interested in how luxurious this place is."
Shizuka said.
Because she had noticed that Oreki seemed very calm.
"This..." Oreki said. "I really don't have much interest in mansions and the like."
"Since you proposed to me and I agreed, doesn't that make this my property too?"
"Why would I need to be interested in my own things?" Oreki said.
Uh.
By saying it would become his property, he was basically acknowledging that this was