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It’s Himawari-chan!

Himawari-chan!

What?

What?

So it was your fault!

Don't you fall asleep again!

For god’s sake, I was forced to have a strange dream because this thing was on me!

But! I saw Himawari-chan in my dreams!

It looks like today will be a good day!

Good things.

Watanuki!

Watanuki!

Breakfast!

Breakfast!

Breakfast! Breakfast! Breakfast!

Breakfast! Breakfast! Breakfast!

Breakfast! Breakfast! Breakfast!

I got it!

This young girl is the spiritual seer who is currently the talk of the town, Kohane-chan.

She really is a beauty.

But you mustn’t be fooled by her exterior.

In a hospital in Kanagawa,

Kohane-chan, all by herself, was able to expel the ghosts that had been plaguing the vicinity.

I can’t believe it.

You shouldn’t watch TV during meals!

And anyway, wasn’t I telling you about something more important than the TV?

What was that?

It’s Himawari-chan! Himawari-chan!

Ah!

Just “Ah?”

It looks like something incredibly unfortunate is going to happen.

What?

B—But I had a dream about Himawari-chan, and she had a broad smile on her face!

I told you before, didn’t I?

I don’t think Himawari-chan is quite your lady luck.

Bu—bu—bu—bu—bu—bu—bu—but…

Bu—bu—bu—bu—bu—bu—bu—but…

Bu—bu—bu—bu—bu—bu—bu—but…

Bu—bu—bu—bu—bu—bu—bu—but…

Bu—bu—bu—bu—bu—bu—bu—but…

Bu—bu—bu—bu—bu—bu—bu—but…

Bu—bu—bu—bu—bu—bu—bu—but…

Bu—bu—bu—bu—bu—bu—bu—but…

Himawari-chan is so cute!

God, what does someone have to do to get food around here?

What does that have to do with it?

Just by looking at her, I can overflow with happiness!

Watanuki said it outright!

I wonder if Himawari-chan feels the same way?

Watanuki got crushed.

That aside, the things Watanuki makes are really delicious!

Even though it’s only breakfast, there’s simply an abundance of food!

Now, if only I had some great sake, there would—

No way!

Oh my! He’s being petulant.

Petulant!

Just because he’s a little unpopular…

…he gets all worked up.

Today’s dinner limit is two cups of sake!

You demon!

I stayed overnight especially to make them breakfast!

And then, because of Mokona, I had that strange dream, and I was teased by Yuuko-san!

Wait, this is Doumeki’s temple, right?

Well, he’s already left for his morning training, so he’s probably not here.

Oi.

He’s here!

Why today, of all days?

How many times do I have to say it? I have a name, so don’t just call me with an “Oi!”

Perfect timing. Help me out.

Listen when someone talks to you!

You would have made it to school in time even if you left later, right?

I came from Yuuko-san’s shop.

It’s closer to her place.

Oh, really?

Huh?

You’ve been there before, back when you were asked by Yuuko-san.

When?

Before, when I collapsed at Yuuko-san’s shop.

Shop?

Huh, what is it?

Nothing.

So, what’s today’s lunch?

It’s a squid dish! You were the one who told me to make it, weren’t you?

A spider web?

Watch where you’re flailing, idiot.

Who’s the idiot?!

Stop squirming, you’ll get entangled in it even more.

You really are an idiot.

You’ve said that twice, now!

Just who’s the idiot?

For goodness sake, meeting Doumeki on the way to school…

It really is just as Yuuko-san said.

What’s wrong, Watanuki-kun?

It’s nothing!

But since I get to eat Himawari-chan’s hand-made bentou today, I guess good things can happen too.

Itadakimasu!

Wow, it’s delicious! That’s Himawari-chan for you!

It’s something I bought at the store.

But you’re the one who warmed it up, right, Himawari-chan?

Nope, mom did!

Why are you getting friendly with the ground?

I’m not!

What is it?

Nothing, probably just a bit of dust or something.

Your eyes aren't that delicate, a bit of dust wouldn't affect them that much.

So, where’s the squid dish?

I told you already! Listen to someone when they’re talking!

Damn, why is it just us again?

Himawari-chan, I wanted to go home together with you!

What’s wrong, is there still a bit of dust or something in your eye?

It seems it wasn’t dust.

Hey! Doumeki!

My eye won’t open.

Why?

Hospital!

I don’t think this is anything a hospital could deal with.

But why?

That’s…

I’ve never heard of an illness

where a web-like thing attaches to you, and you're unable to open your eye.

Why are you speaking so calmly?

I know!

Yuuko-san might know something about this, so let’s go to her shop!

It’s impossible.

Why?

I cannot enter that person’s shop.

Yuuko-san, Doumeki’s eye won’t open!

I tried to bring him to the shop,

but he was spouting some crazy stuff about not being able to enter it.

And even though I tried to stop him, he went back to his house. That idiot!

He has fallen victim to a grudge.

A spider’s.

Grudge?

He did something worthy of having a grudge borne against him, right?

But that was just because I got caught in the spider’s web!

To you, Watanuki, it might be “just because.”

But to the spider,

it might have been a disaster in which its precious house was destroyed.

Watanuki, wouldn’t you feel resentment and think that it was unreasonable if suddenly, one day,

the place you were living in was destroyed without an explanation?

Well…

Even if it does not appear to be a significant matter from one perspective,

from another perspective, it is a huge incident.

And most of the time, it is the recipient who feels the larger shock.

Only the concerned party can say whether it’s no large matter.

Grudges are things that can be borne very easily.

Even so, I was the one who got caught in the spider’s web in the first place.

If there is going to be a grudge, then it should be against me.

The spider was more resentful towards Doumeki, who had destroyed its house,

rather than towards you, who had just gotten caught up in it.

To the spider, Doumeki certainly was the more hated one.

That’s what’s unreasonable!

A grudge is an unreasonable thing.

Then Doumeki’s eye will just stay like that?

Until the spider forgets its grudge.

How will it be able to forget it?

Once it is satisfied.

It will be when the other party has received at least as much damage.

However, there are people who are still not satisfied when equal damage has been inflicted,

who still continue their grudge even after the one they hate is destroyed.

However, since this time it is a spider, an equal amount would be more than enough.

Then…

It really won’t open.

Who is it?

It’s not on me any longer.

Oi.

My name’s not “Oi.”

Oi.

It’s not “Oi!”

My eye is better.

That thing like a spider’s web is gone.

I see.

Hey, wait a second.

Oi.

Like I said, it’s not—