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Mion: "Kei-chan, are you sure you aren't rich?"
Kei: "What the heck are you talking about all of a sudden. Since when did I come to school in a limo?"
Mion: "What's your monthly allowance then?"
Kei: "A thousand yen"
Satoko: "Oh. That's pretty middle-class"
Rika: "...His lunch box isn't that grand either. It's normal too."

What is with these questions all of a sudden?
I've just been asked how much my monthly allowance was, and they began discussing about my normality and whether I was rich or not!

Rena: "Ahahahaha. We're sorry. We're sorry!"

Rena seems to have caught my expression and began to laugh to lighten things up.

Mion: "Your house is pretty big ain't it, Kei-chan? That's why rumors were going around the village since groundbreaking. It was called 'The Maebara Mansion.'"
Kei: "The Maebara Mansion~?!"
Rena: "Since the house was big, we were all talking about what rich person is going to move in."

Oh, I see.
...yeah well I guess I can say that the house is pretty big. I'm sure that's where they got the idea from.

Satoko: "I do believe that my theory is that they've spent so much money in building the house itself, they ran out of money and became poor"
Rika: "...you're in poverty, pity pity."

...Rika-chan rubs my head in pity. First I'm treated like I'm rich, now I'm in poverty...

Kei: "Sorry to disappoint you guys, but my family isn't rich nor poor. We're just middle class"
Mion: "Sure whatever! Your front porch is very big and the gate is big enough for a luxury car!! That's not what I call normal!"

So bigger the house, the wealthier the resident?

The only reason my house is big is because of dad's art studio. Most of it is his workarea, and his past works are all over taking up most of the space.

In fact, our living space only makes up less than one-third of that house.

My dad's dream is to showcase his works to people so that's why he built the house with large doors and gates for cars.

...and the grand front porch that Mion just said is the one that leads to my dad's studio so that one is usually closed off.

The front porch that the Maebara family uses is plain and normal.

I guess this is a good example of "what it looks on the outside ain't what it looks inside."

Mion: "I really want to go treasure hunting in Kei-chan's house one of these days. What treasures lie within a household that proclaims itself not to be rich, despite the size of that mansion!"
Rena: "I wish there are something cute hidden in there! Hau~!"
Satoko: "I do believe that they can't afford any furniture so the rooms are all empty!"
Rika: "...I want to roll on the carpet floor."
Rena: "Waaa~! That's a nice idea. A nice idea! Rena wants to roll too~!"

...Looks like their imagination is turning into something fun.

Hmm...well I guess there's going to be a time where I will invite them over to my house.

My dad's kind especially towards young girls, so he may even let them see his studio.

The cicadas are now at full orchestra and the sky is at it's highest. It feels very hot, but I can smell the start of summer.