Overall, Shido Hikari and the others' first encounter with Kuriyama Mirai had been quite pleasant. For Shido Hikari, Ryuzaki Kai, and Hoshiji Kaze, meeting someone from their own world during this long journey naturally made them very happy.
What was more, Kuriyama Mirai had told them some mysterious rumors from their own world. They had originally thought that things like magic existed only in other worlds, but after hearing Kuriyama Mirai's account, they learned that similar beings existed right beside them as well. They simply had never known, since those people deliberately kept their distance from ordinary humans.
Naturally, the girls were quite excited. They kept pestering Kuriyama Mirai to tell them more about Otherworlders and Phantom Beasts. After all, another world was too distant for them, but things happening right beside them were an entirely different matter.
Other than that, the girls had one more impression of Kuriyama Mirai...
She could really eat...
"P-please, one more serving!"
After wolfing down everything in front of her, Kuriyama Mirai sheepishly picked up her plate. The stunned girls looked at one another for a moment before Hoshiji Kaze stood up again, fetched another dinner, and handed it to her.
"Um... Kuriyama-senpai, are you really okay eating that much?"
Looking at Kuriyama Mirai's completely flat stomach, Ryuzaki Kai and Hoshiji Kaze simply could not understand it. Shido Hikari ate quite a lot too, but Kuriyama Mirai's appetite was no less impressive. What was even harder to understand was that she had eaten so much without showing the slightest change. It really made them wonder whether her stomach was bottomless.
"Ah, I'm so sorry!"
Upon hearing Ryuzaki Kai's question, Kuriyama Mirai shuddered like an easily startled hamster and hurriedly dropped to her knees beside them, lowering her head.
"I'm sorry, I got carried away.