Looking at the news in the newspaper before her, Muse swallowed and glanced at the Earth Spirit girl beside her, Kobori. As it happened, Kobori seemed to have thought of the same thing and looked visibly uneasy.
Still...
It was just a game...
As the two reassured themselves, they raised their heads, and then...
"Where's Sylphi?"
Looking around, Muse and Kobori were shocked. Their positions had been arranged so that Muse and Kobori stood in front of the food truck like customers planning to buy something, while Fire Sprite Salamander stood nearby scrolling through her phone. Wind Sprite Sylph had climbed into the food truck, pulled out this newspaper, and handed it to them.
But in the blink of an eye, Sylphi, who should have been right in front of them, had vanished!
"Sylphi?"
Muse immediately called out. At first, she thought Sylphi might be hiding somewhere to scare them, but...
"Salamander, did you see Sylphi?"
"I didn't..."
"Me neither..."
The other two also realized that their companion was gone and immediately began searching around anxiously.
"Hey, Sylphi, where are you?"
"Stop playing around and come out. This isn't funny..."
Since Sylphi always acted crazily and mysteriously, the three of them initially thought she was hiding somewhere and playing a prank on them. But to their surprise, they searched the entire food truck and its surroundings without finding even a trace of Sylphi!
"Wh-what do we do now?"
"Call her! Right, call her!!"
Salamander hurriedly picked up her phone and dialed Sylphi's number. After a moment, the call connected.
Then...
"Ring-ring..."
The sudden ringtone startled the three girls, but they quickly pulled themselves together.
"That's Sylphi's ringtone!"
With that thought, they hurriedly followed the sound. They assumed that if they found the phone, they would more or less find Sylphi.