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The underground world, Chireiden...
Inside Satori Komeiji's room, by a small round table in the center, Satori was holding a book and reading it with great interest.
For Satori, who could directly read minds, know what others were thinking, and even understand the darkness in many hearts, reading was an exceptionally meaningful activity.
Because only through reading could Satori understand what a book was actually saying. Unlike when facing people, she could not simply open her third eye and naturally learn the contents of their hearts.
Thus, reading was Satori's favorite activity, without question.
Compared to Satori, who was immersed in the world of her book and utterly unable to pull herself away, Koishi Komeiji was much better at entertaining herself.
While Satori read with relish, Koishi lay sprawled across the floor of Satori's room, completely unconcerned about whether her clothes would get dirty. Her large, beautiful eyes stared expectantly at a cat with flames burning on its tail.
It was a famous flaming cat from the underground world.
The flaming cats in Chireiden were all Satori's pets. One could also say they were Koishi's pets.
At that moment, Koishi was chatting with the flaming cat in front of her to pass the time.
"Say, why is there fire on your tail...?"
"Meow...?" The flaming cat tilted its head, looking utterly confused.
Although this flaming cat had not yet become capable of taking human form like Rin, it already possessed basic intelligence.
It was not just this flaming cat. All of Satori's pets in Chireiden possessed a certain degree of intelligence. Otherwise, why would Koishi leave all of Chireiden's affairs to her pets?...
So, this