Shoppin’

“Fuh…… is that all you got?”

“Yes!”

“Yes, yes!”

“…… I think it’s okay.”

Somehow, everyone finished picking out their respective ingredients without incident.

When I found the three of them entangled, I wondered what happened, but I was glad I could choose without any problems.

Then there was Rin, who cheerfully responded to my question, and Rina, who replied despite being jammed. And a little later, Anju also responded.

This time, based on my advice to stock up on groceries so as not to leave the house for a few days, we stopped by the supermarket.

“I was putting a lot of stuff in the basket, but is it that necessary?”

Rin and the others were pushing their carts around the store, one at a time as if they were used to padding around, but they were putting in a lot of different things along the way.

Starting with vegetables, then fish and meat, and so on.

I didn’t buy that much fish or meat in particular, but I did buy a lot of vegetables.

Then there is the kind of sweets.

Incidentally, Anju buys a lot of sweets, while Rin and Rina buy only one or two that seem normal.

“No, no, no, Anju. I don’t mean to say this to a girl, but if you’re eating so many sweets, aren’t you going to get fat?”

“I’m fine with it. I’d rather eat more if I had the money.”

“Anju has a constitution that makes it hard to gain weight. I’m jealous of her.”

“Really?”

When I said that to Anju, she said proudly with her chest puffed out.

Rin and Rina stared at Anju’s body shape and muttered to themselves.

Well, I admit that she has a good shape.

“That said, I don’t think you two need to be that concerned about it~.”

As I say this, I look at their stomach area.

Noticing my gaze, the two of them let out an “Ugh……” and touched their bellies, blushing.

“Well, don’t go on too much of a diet or anything.”

“Yes, sir.”

“Okay.”

“Okay. Okay, I’m going to pay the bill now.”

I said that and walked toward the cash register.

The three of them followed me.

And when we got in line to pay, the clerk looked surprised to see us.

Well, look at this.

Each of us is bringing a shopping cart, two shopping carts, one at the top and one at the bottom.

Plenty of each of those, too.

Well, anyway, I want to say something to the cashier.

I’m seriously sorry.

“You bought a lot~.”

“Yes, I did.”

And on the way home.

I put the things I bought in large quantities into the [Item Box] and walked around.

And by the way, with the three too.

That is to prevent the three of them from getting tangled up with strange people on the way home like they did before the shopping.

Well, you know.

“But I didn’t expect to buy so much at first.”

“Wow, me neither. Did I buy a little too much?”

“Nah, I think I’ll be fine.”

The three of them were happily conversing.

As I watched them, I suddenly wondered about something.

Why did the three of them get tangled up with the followers of the lost religion? In my experience, I would never get involved in such a situation.

In my experience, I’m pretty sure there’s something else going on with these things, but.

“I guess nothing happened. ……”

My muttering is lost in the wind, unheard by anyone.

I’d be fine if that’s the case, but I have a bad feeling about this.

“What’s wrong?”

“No, it’s nothing.”

“Really? Ah, yes! Kaede-san, would you like to have dinner with us today?”

“Oh, is that okay?”

“Yes! Rina and Anju are good, right?”

“Yes, of course!”

“O, of course!”

“I see. Then, I’ll ask them.

Well, if there’s nothing else, that’s fine.

Since they invited me, I have no reason to refuse. But it’s been a while since I’ve eaten with someone like this.

I’ll be grateful for it.