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"One after another... all you do is cause trouble..."
Walking alone through the wide, dim corridor, Kotori muttered angrily under her breath while wearing a faintly bitter smile...
By now, Kotori had changed out of her school uniform and into the dark crimson military uniform she only wore while at Ratatoskr!
A closer look would reveal that although Kotori wore the dark crimson uniform, she had not casually draped her coat over her shoulders as usual. Instead, she wore it properly, so formally that it could even be called full dress.
Moreover, the Chupa Chups she always had in her mouth was gone.
Compared to her usual frivolous appearance, she looked far more proper!
This appearance inevitably brought to mind a spoiled little Princess with an unpredictable temperament forcing herself to observe etiquette for an important banquet. Kotori now gave off exactly that sort of atmosphere.
Of course, that was if one ignored the impatience and helplessness that occasionally surfaced on Kotori's face...
In the utterly silent corridor, Kotori's footsteps and muttering echoed clearly around her. Faintly, she could even hear her own heartbeat. The three sounds intertwined, making Kotori feel slightly nervous.
This unprecedented nervousness was naturally not caused by the sounds, but by where Kotori was now.
Ratatoskr's headquarters!
The place where Kotori's superior worked!
Right now, Kotori was going to meet her direct superior. For two matters...
The application for Manifestation Devices, and a report regarding Kurumi!
Those were also the reasons why Kotori had immediately taken leave from school the moment she went out and rushed here by the fastest possible means, intending to settle those troublesome matters once and for all.
And this "troublesome" was not