Editing Mushi Uta:Volume 3rd Episode 10 (section)

===Part 5===

Standing in front of the Higano City station, Kusakabe Rinka was unable to calm down.

All of the passersby overflowing through the rotary seemed to her like they were the SEPB monitors sent to capture her.

She walked back and forth from where she could see the ticket gates.

"Au, uu…"

Becoming afraid, she hid behind a vending machine. Yet, when threatened by its previous inhabitant, a stray cat, she was chased back to the street.

"What am I going to do if the SEPB finds me… They'll be really angry at me, right? Never mind being angry, will they turn me into a Fallen? What am I going to do…"

Muttering while walking around, Rinka's feet stopped in place.

''—It's fine, leave it to us.''

Although Rinka was scared, Arisu smiled at her and said this.

Arisu's eyes were powerful, and they lacked any hesitation.

"…"

Rinka raised her face.

Deciding to believe in the girl called Arisu, her fear mysteriously vanished.

What pushed it aside instead was anxiousness.

Does her childhood friend even remember her?

Even if he did, did he not thought of her as a bother?

When she come to greet him, will she end up speaking all flustered like she always did?

''—Just say what you want to tell him.''

His chilly attitude towards her hasn't changed, but Kakkou told her this.

Kakkou. When she had been pursued by a Mushitsuki capturing team and driven all the way to Ouka City, he had offered her to join the SEPB. For him it was probably a mere whim, but thanks to that she was here now.

She was able to wait for her childhood friend.

Tomorrow she would have probably already been captured and restrained in the Central Headquarters.

But she was not scared anymore.

"…It's fine, I'm not scared anymore."

She spoke towards Arisu and Kakkou who weren't there.

The train coming from Akamaki City arrived at the platform.

After waiting for a while, she could see the figure of a boy come out of the ticket gates.

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He held large luggage in both arms, looking over the townscape of Higano City.

"Let me carry one."

Rinka approached the boy, calling to him.

As he turned around in surprise, Rinka gave him the widest smile she could muster.

"Welcome back."

The boy stood in place, eyes still opened wide.

However, he soon smiled back to her.

"I'm back."

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