The reason I asked Joy for help was a kind of competitive pride.

I just didn’t want to apologize to Grandpa, so I moved my feet without thinking.

Among the people around me, Joy was someone I felt wouldn’t be too burdensome to ask for help.

Faivi would probably try to help me so much that it would feel like too much, and Arthur would help, but he’d definitely grumble and make me feel like I owed him something for everything I had done.

What’s worse, Arthur would probably be shocked to find out that I didn’t know the basics …