Makoto: Long Time No See, Morax. Barbatos: Hm? You Want to Borrow Some Mora?

"..."

"Ei, hurry up. It's time to go~"

"This is the first time in so long that you're accompanying me to a festival. No excuses for stalling."

At the very top of Inazuma City, within Tenshukaku.

A gentle yet lively voice drifted over. The candle stands lit up, illuminating the training ground that had been shrouded in darkness.

After nightfall, Makoto had deliberately changed into a yukata and come here, determined to drag her homebody of a younger sister out no matter what.

"..."

"I promised you, Makoto, but this is the most important time of the festival. If I appear in public, I'll inevitably affect the people's mood for celebrating."

Her meditation had been interrupted. Looking at Makoto, who had clearly dressed up with great care, Ei had no idea why her sister could always maintain such unprompted enthusiasm.

It had been like this a long, long time ago. Back then, the Electro Archon had never been synonymous with the majesty and dignity Ei possessed today. She had been far more approachable.

Her sister clearly lacked sufficient strength, yet when it came to having fun, she was nothing like a god. Instead, she resembled those fleeting mortals, and precisely because of that, there had been many dangerous situations where Ei had needed to rush over and save her.

"..."

"Thinking about it now, Makoto, were all those dangers you encountered in the past deliberately arranged to call me over and make me play with you?"

"Even if you weren't skilled in combat, troubles on the level of 'being surrounded by tanuki,' 'running into bandits under another Adeptus on the road,' or 'wild beasts charging out of the mountains' never required my help at all."

"Only the me from back then would have believed you, then let you drag me