"Ow!"
At the same time as the cry of pain rang out, Nagisa, who had been walking backward in front of Wu Yan, let out a startled cry and toppled over.
That was because someone had collided with Nagisa as she walked backward.
"Ah..." Nagisa's startled cry and the newcomer's pained cry rang out almost simultaneously.
Then, propelled by the force of the collision, the two of them fell in opposite directions.
"Nagisa!" Seeing Nagisa fall toward him, Wu Yan hurriedly stepped forward and caught her in his arms.
"Thud..."
The other person, however, was not so fortunate. She landed squarely on her backside, making a loud impact against the ground.
"Ow..." A pained groan immediately rose from the ground, drawing everyone's attention.
They saw a girl sitting on the ground, her slightly muted yet exceptionally beautiful waist-length golden hair fluttering in the wind.
She looked to be around sixteen or seventeen. Her figure was neither petite nor particularly voluptuous, but very well-proportioned. She wore the Walpurgis Royal Academy of Machinart girls' uniform: a white shirt beneath a fitted, low-cut black camisole, a gray short skirt, and knee-high boots. On her head sat a blue beret adorned with a red ribbon, while a scarf-like blue necktie hung around her neck. She seemed to be an upperclassman at Walpurgis Royal Academy of Machinart.
Her refined features, combined with her golden hair drifting in the wind, made her seem like a fairy, as though her entire body radiated a dazzling, alluring glow. There was no doubt about it. She was a beautiful girl.
However, that lovely girl currently wore an expression of pain as one hand rubbed her sore backside, lending her fairy-like beauty a hint of vulnerability.
Obviously, she was the one who had collided with Nagisa and cried out in