Chapter 56: Bureaucracy

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"Airi sweetheart, I thought you knew," said Kagome as she knelt down to be eye level with the girl.

"Know what?" asked the young girl, without comprehending what Kagome was trying to say.

"I cannot stay here with you no matter how much I would wish too," answered Kagome as she ran her fingers through the six year olds loose bangs.

"Why! Why not?" shouted Airi, seeing that Kagome was not doing as Airi wished.

Kagome wondered if there was a simple version of the complicated life of a time traveler or village politics to tell the six year old.


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