Chapter 636

"Woof! Awoof!"

The sudden skin contact startled Scone.

He looked a little impatient...

After petting Scone all over, Kawasaki said to me,

"That's great. He finally learned."

"Yeah, I was worried about it. Thanks, you two."

I lowered my head in a bow.

Kawasaki had sprinted at full speed several times. I was truly grateful to her.

If it had been Hina, she probably would have passed out.

"It was nothing. It was kind of fun."

Kawasaki gave a bashful smile.

"Now that he's become this well-behaved, you can leave him behind without worrying when you go on a family trip."

"Hm?"

"Well—we'd always suspected Scone was a stupid dog. If he was too dumb, it would be hard to leave him in someone else's care while you traveled."

"Oh, right. I see."

"So, even though this is sudden, when summer break starts next month..."

I raised my eyes and looked at Kawasaki.

That was right. If things went well, this was what I wanted to ask them...

"It really is sudden."

"Could you keep Scone at your house for a few days?"

"I don't mind..."

"Really? I hadn't planned on asking, but you two have gotten along with Scone, so I wanted to ask one of you to take care of him."

Actually, I had planned on it from the beginning.

If someone could look after Scone whenever something came up, it would save me a lot of trouble.

Especially dependable people like Kawasaki and Yumiko. I could leave him with them without worry.

"All right. I can do that."

Kawasaki did not seem particularly opposed to the idea, and she crouched down to pick up Scone as the conversation continued...

"Awoof!"

But Scone dodged her!

"Huh? Scone!"

"Woof! Woof, awoof!"

He was clearly afraid of Kawasaki!

*She's kind