"Ah..."
Just as Fang Li stood there in a daze, Jeanne seemed to realize what she had done and hurriedly let go, retreating several steps.
"N-No... it wasn't like that...!" Jeanne flusteredly waved her hands and said at a loss, "Th-That was just an instinctive reaction! My body moved on its own!"
"Your body moved on its own?" Fang Li said in realization. "So that was Sylvie's...?"
"Y-Yes...!" Jeanne stammered. "M-Maybe the owner of this body was already used to doing that?"
The owner of this body was used to doing that...
Indeed, whenever Sylvie went out with Fang Li, she had grown accustomed to such intimate gestures.
Perhaps Jeanne had acted that way because she had been influenced by Sylvie's subconscious?
After all, as mentioned before, Jeanne and Sylvie were not strictly speaking separate personalities, but something closer to a fusion of the two.
In that case, it was hardly strange for her to make such a gesture toward Fang Li, who was Sylvie's lover.
"Ahem..."
As if trying to change the subject, Jeanne coughed and pointed to one side again.
"What I meant to say was, how about we sit over there first?"
The place Jeanne pointed to was a shop converted from an old building made of stone bricks. Its large glass windows looked as though they had been forcibly installed after smashing through the stone walls.
Judging from its exterior, it was more suited to being called a tavern than a restaurant.
However, the sign clearly identified it as a restaurant. There were outdoor seats arranged outside as well, and it seemed to have quite a few customers.
"We haven't eaten breakfast yet." Jeanne spoke rather seriously. "That won't do. We need to properly replenish our bodies' nutrients."
Her overly serious attitude made Fang Li want