Chie dipped her head slightly and asked him very politely.
Although what had happened today had indeed shaken her deeply, those people had brought back many unpleasant memories for her, and they had received the punishment they deserved.
She had not even needed to take action herself with a little dagger, so the faint, barely noticeable tension in the girl's voice gradually eased away.
When he sensed that Natsume Chie's mood had calmed considerably, Su Wen's tone could not help but become gentler as well:
"Afterward, I'll take you around Tokyo.
Don't be too nervous. If you encounter any danger, your teacher will handle it.
They are no match for me."
But upon hearing that,
Chie merely bit her lower lip lightly, a trace of worry flashing through her eyes that she might become a burden:
"But I have barely been to Tokyo itself, and I don't know what those bad people might do."
Su Wen merely slowly folded the draft paper he had been using to trace the reversed Abyss Array Text:
"Worried about what they might do?
Perhaps they should be more worried about my arrival."
Hearing the confidence in Su Wen's words,
Chie froze slightly before realizing something. "Teacher, are we going to seek those people out ourselves?"
"Not just that."
Clearly, Natsume Chie's comprehension was not poor, so he did not hold much back.
"If we leave them alone, all of Tokyo may be directly destroyed within the next ten days.
So, I have already planned three different routes."
At that moment,
A gentle breeze drifted past, carrying down several cherry blossom petals that fluttered onto the windowside outside the office, heralding his plans to come:
"Sei Shōnagon once wrote:
At spring daybreak, mountain shadows can be seen, and wisteria blooms.
These three—
Watching daybreak from