"I..."
The short-haired girl looked crestfallen. "I can't remember what I was just thinking..."
"What?"
The girl with the ponytail was confused.
"You mentioned the big sister..."
"Who?"
"The big sister who came to see Yaya?"
"What about her?"
The short-haired girl reached up and pressed a hand to her forehead.
She rubbed it hard.
If she could remember, her head wouldn't hurt so much.
"If you can't remember, just forget it."
The girl with the ponytail told the short-haired girl to give up.
"If you can forget it that easily..."
"Then it probably wasn't important."
The short-haired girl: ...
She thought it was pretty important.
She seemed to have made a new discovery.
A new discovery that could explain a lot...
The boy smiled.
"What a clever child."
Huh?
The children all froze.
Who?
Who was Eldest Brother talking about?
The short-haired girl realized Eldest Brother seemed to be looking at her.
Was he praising...
her?
But she was clearly racking her brain and clutching her head because she couldn't remember what she wanted to say.
She didn't think she'd acted very clever...
Rather, she was already happy that Eldest Brother hadn't thought she was stupid for forgetting what she'd been about to say so easily.
"Who?"
The girl with the ponytail asked outright.
"Who did Eldest Brother say was clever?"
Was it her?
The girl with the ponytail thought back over how she'd acted.
Had her behavior just now actually been...
clever?
The child didn't think Eldest Brother was praising her.
Compared to the short-haired girl and the girl with the ponytail, she'd been silent for a long time.
Since she hadn't said anything...
There was no way to call her clever or stupid.
"I think I know