Kotori Itsuka's answer also put Shido Itsuka at ease.
"Oh, is that so..."
Watching the people walking around the amusement park, Shido Itsuka couldn't help asking, "How long has it been since we last came to an amusement park...? With our family, it should have been..."
Before Shido Itsuka finished, Kotori Itsuka picked up where he left off. "Five years ago."
"It's been that long!"
Hearing Kotori Itsuka's answer, Shido Itsuka hadn't expected so much time to have passed and couldn't help remarking on it.
At the same time, Shido Itsuka also recalled what Origami Tobiichi had come to tell him two days earlier.
Meanwhile, Kotori Itsuka continued, "It was also five years ago that I became a Spirit."
Kotori Itsuka suddenly realized that Shido Itsuka seemed to be talking about what had happened five years ago, so she looked at him.
"What's wrong?"
Shido Itsuka stared fixedly at Kotori Itsuka without moving, wondering whether the matter involving Origami Tobiichi really had something to do with his younger sister, Kotori Itsuka.
But when Kotori Itsuka saw Shido Itsuka's unwavering gaze, she misunderstood what he meant, and her face flushed red.
"Kotori!"
Shido Itsuka suddenly called Kotori Itsuka's name.
"Ah! Y-yes!"
Kotori Itsuka lowered her head shyly.
"Shido, um... I do think it's about time too, but, um... at least find somewhere with fewer people!"
But Shido Itsuka wasn't thinking along those lines at all and asked in confusion, "Why?"
"You're really asking why?!"
Her face bright red, Kotori Itsuka looked at Shido Itsuka with a trace of embarrassed indignation, then glanced at the people around them in the amusement park.
At that moment, Shido Itsuka continued, "It doesn't really matter, does it? Right here..."
Shido Itsuka looked at Kotori Itsuka very seriously.
"The thing is, Kotori..."
"What?"
"There's something I