Coral Was the Key

"Ah-choo!" With no protection at all, the Fire Rat Robe might have been fireproof, but it didn't seem to be waterproof...

So the soaking-wet Little Dog sneezed.

"Inuyasha, you'll catch a cold if you get rained on in weather like this. How about I lend you an umbrella?" For certain reasons, Silly Big Girl had brought an umbrella too. But now, watching Lin Yun stroll through the rain without using one...

And without getting a drop of water on him, either. She wasn't getting wet herself, thanks to the robe someone had given her, so the umbrella she'd brought out of "caution" was completely useless.

Besides... with Cow Girl and the others watching, the two of them sharing an umbrella would seem a little... Well, best not to sweat the details.

That was probably something only the modern-day Silly Big Girl would understand.

There was a "ritual" in Japan: two people wrote their names beneath a simply drawn umbrella. It represented their love and being passionately in love. It was called an "aiaigasa."

Still... it didn't seem like such a bad idea. Well, Kanna was a child, so she didn't count.

In any case, that was how Silly Big Girl ended up with an extra umbrella.

Now, seeing Little Dog looking so pitiful, she couldn't help feeling sorry for him. It was the perfect chance to put the umbrella to good use.

It was like seeing your pet dog looking miserable as it wandered around in the rain. Wouldn't you at least take a look?

"Ah, I don't need it. I don't need some girly thing like that." Umbrellas already existed in this era. They were the kind made of oiled paper, like the one Kagura was holding.

But some women in this era—especially the highborn young ladies, and... well,