"Tomoya? What did you want to see me about?"
Sitting in the café, Eriri leisurely sipped her drink while curiously looking at the childhood sweetheart seated across from her.
Under Eriri's gaze, Aki Tomoya seemed somewhat uneasy. He looked around, then down at the coffee before him. After a moment, he finally lowered his voice and asked.
"Um... Eriri, how have you been lately?"
"Hm? Pretty good. I've decided to repeat a year at school. Oh, you know the school I mean, right? The one exclusively for Game World survivors... I convinced my mother to let me start over from my second year of high school. The paperwork's already been sorted out. Once next spring comes, I'll be able to attend school together with everyone else. Of course, before that, I still need to think about my winter COMIC book... After all, during the two years I was gone, lots of people have been trying to take my place..."
As she said that, Eriri bared her little canine teeth.
"It's time to show them what I'm made of!"
"Um... Eriri..."
Watching the high-spirited Eriri, Aki Tomoya had no idea how to begin.
"Actually... there's something I wanted to tell you. Um..."
"Hm? What is it?"
"This... well, I saw your boyfriend before..."
"Mr. Fang Zheng? What about him?"
Hearing Aki Tomoya's words, Eriri blinked and looked at him curiously. At that moment, Aki Tomoya gritted his teeth and continued.
"I saw it that day! Before you arrived, that man was being very intimate with two girls. They even... even... kissed!"
"Which day?"
Eriri froze briefly at Aki Tomoya's words, and since he had already started talking, Aki Tomoya naturally no longer held back.
"Last Saturday..."
"Ah, the day we all went to the amusement park together. Come to think of