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Nanana’s Buried Treasure Volume 10 Chapter 5.4

「…..」

The girl remained silent, simply letting me stroke her head without a word.

Then, she quietly asked me, 「Juugo, how can people become a family. Become a father and daughter?」

「…..」

「My sister, who is always kind and teaches me everything, didn’t teach me that one thing. She said, ‘That’s not something you can learn from someone else’.」

When asked that question, I pondered for a moment. My answer, after taking my hand off her head, was…

「…I’m sorry. I just don’t know.」

「I see. I asked a strange questions, didn’t I? I’m sorry.」

「There’s no need to apologize.」

As I said this, a feeling of unease welled up from deep within me. My own inadequacy at being asked for an answer by the great detective, and being unable to provide it. And then, a different kind of suffocating feeling, a tightness in my chest. A smoldering, tingling sensation, something akin to regret. It wasn’t an emotion