CH 61

Kashiwagi-san’s bear— stop thinking about that, she asked me to be friends with Lilia.

“I would like you to be good friends with Lilia in the next room,” she said.

I thought about it as I tended to the garden plants in the hospital courtyard.

Since the inspection time has been cut short, I was helping the old gardener with that.

Worlat-san, the gardener, smiled as he spoke.

“Yamamoto, thank you for helping me today! I guess it’s true what they say about Japanese people being kind.”

“No, no, I enjoy doing this. The beauty of this courtyard always soothes my soul, so it’s like I’m returning the favor.”

In fact, I’ve been helping him out frequently since the first day I came to this hospital.

At first I just saw Worlat-san carrying a heavy-looking lawn mower and helped him.

However, I, being a farmer by blood, asked him to let me work with them.

“When you say it like that, it makes my job worthwhile! By the way, there are a lot of people here today.”

Worlat-san looked around as he said this.

Women all over the hospital were looking at me with interest as I worked with dirt all over my clothes.

“Haha, you must have been surprised, Worlat-san. Because my appearance has changed completely ever since I was cured of my illness. Apparently it’s a rarity and people are curious about it.”

“No, you’re that handsome, everyone’s eyes are glued to you.”

“Haha! I guess you’re right! Thank you!”

Laughing at Worlat-san’s joke, I thought about Lilia while tending to my flower beds.

(Lilia basically stays in her room, which makes me think if she has enough hobbies to stay in her room all the time… If we talk about it and become friends somehow…)

I recalled my sister Saika’s hobby.

Saika’s hobby is… volunteering.

Since elementary school, she has been helping people and picking up trash in the neighborhood and on the beach since elementary school, and even founded her own volunteer club in junior high school.

… But, it’s too outdoorsy to be helpful.

(Now, how to get along with Lilia…)

Thinking this, I looked in the direction of Lilia’s hospital room and saw that she was also looking at me from just in front of the room.

Maybe she’s wary of me because we ran into each other last night.

(Idea! If I manage to show that I’m harmless…!)

I wiped the dirt from my cheek with my hand and waved to Lilia with a smile.

“…!?”

However, panicked, she turned red and ran away inside her room.

There is a lot to do…

[Postscript]

Please wait just a little longer for him to get back to Japan…!