Lorraine touched her stomach and decided to go to the toilet first.

Ken Nishikawa immediately pointed him in the right direction.

"I need to go to the restroom first."

Lorraine gave a few words of advice to Amakawa Kaoru beside her, and then left temporarily under the latter's watchful gaze.

——

Suddenly, only Ken Nishikawa and Kaoru Amakawa remained at the cashier.

While checking out the goods, Ken Nishikawa asked somewhat cautiously.

"Excuse me, miss, are you Brother Lorraine's lover?"

"I'm not!"

Kaoru Amakawa was fed up with this issue that required repeated clarification.

After hearing her deny it herself.

Ken Nishikawa's mood inexplicably improved.

"Haha, so you're not lovers after all. Please forgive my rudeness."

Are you Lorraine's friend?

"I hope we can be friends."

"What did you just say about a thank-you gift...? Did something happen between you two?"

“Brother Lorraine helped me… or rather, he helped my sister, so I’m very grateful to him. If it weren’t for Brother Lorraine’s help, I don’t know what would have become of my sister.”

"Huh? Could it be that we've encountered some kind of danger?"

"It could be considered dangerous. My sister has been unable to speak since she was a child, so she is particularly socially anxious and introverted. She finally managed to go out, but her phone was stolen by bad guys. She was probably terrified and sat on the roadside crying. Many people wanted to help, but she could only use sign language, which no one could understand. It wasn't until Brother Lorraine happened to pass by that he started communicating with her using sign language."

"And then what happened?"

"After learning the whole story, Brother Lorraine only used sign language to tell my sister one sentence: he would help her find her phone within three hours."

"My phone was stolen, where can I get it back?"

"I don't know about that, but Brother Lorraine did manage to do it. To be precise, it only took him two hours."

At this point...

Ken Nishikawa was clearly filled with pride and admiration, as if the person who was so amazing was not Lorraine, but himself.