Early the next morning, Ruri got up, greeted Mei Ling Hyuga, and left the house.
"Aunt Meiling, I'm heading out! I'll skip breakfast!" Ruri said to Mei Ling Hyuga as he put on his shoes.
"You can't skip breakfast! Come here. I've got a seaweed rice roll for you to eat on the way!" As she spoke, Mei Ling Hyuga took a palm-sized seaweed rice roll from the kitchen and handed it to Ruri.
Ruri looked at the seaweed rice roll in Mei Ling Hyuga's hand, then accepted it with a smile. "Okay, thank you, Aunt Meiling. I'll head out now. Bye!"
With that, Ruri left the house with the seaweed rice roll in hand.
"That little fellow never seems to run out of energy, day after day... We really can't compare with children like him anymore!" Mei Ling Hyuga said with a smile as she watched him leave.
Ruri walked along Main Street, eating the seaweed rice roll in his hand while looking at the shops around him.
"Aunt Meiling's seaweed rice rolls really are delicious! I've had them so many times, but I never feel like I've had enough!" Ruri said with a smile as he looked at the rice roll in his hand.
"Where should I go next? I'm leaving for the battlefield tomorrow, so I'd better get some proper rest today!" Ruri said after swallowing the last bite of his seaweed rice roll.
"Ruri!"
Just then, a very gentle voice came from behind Ruri.
Hearing the call, Ruri turned around and saw a very pretty girl. "Harukawa, what brings you here?"
The very pretty girl was none other than Momokusa Harukawa, a girl who liked Ruri. He had already begun to like her some time ago, too, but neither of them had said it aloud. Perhaps