From then on, everything returned to its former peace and comfort, as though nothing had ever happened.
Fang Li never mentioned meeting the Main God again. Just as before, he went out and enjoyed himself with the girls.
Yet the girls still noticed from time to time.
Sometimes, Fang Li would sit alone in the courtyard, gazing into the distance, seemingly lost in thought.
Quite a few of the girls were deeply worried about this.
Alice, Youyou, Index, Beatrice, and the other girls who usually clung to Fang Li were especially concerned.
"I wonder what Mr. Fang Li has been thinking about all this time."
"It must be something important that we can't understand, right?"
"Why don't we go ask him?"
"Maybe we shouldn't. Betty is worried too, but..."
The girls often had conversations like this, trying hard to figure out how to improve Fang Li's mood.
These little girls even consulted the others, leaving everyone helpless in the face of such innocent, lovable children.
However, the other girls were equally at a loss over Fang Li's condition.
"We should just ask him directly."
That was Misaka Mikoto's opinion, as straightforward as ever.
"If he could tell us, he would have done so already."
Shokuhou Misaki immediately refuted her.
"If we can't ask him directly, then what are we supposed to do?"
Mumei, who was not much for scheming, seemed completely unable to make sense of it.
"Aren't you three detectives? Can't you think of something?"
Alisa said this to Aria, Shirayuki, and Riko.
"Unfortunately, although my grandfather was the World's Number One Detective, I didn't inherit his talent in that area."
"I-I tried divination as well, but I could never get any results."
"Riko can't do it either. Even though Riko studies in the Detective Department, Riko is only