A flash of cold light turned into a meteor and fell from the sky.
"Boom!!!"
"What happened? What happened?"
Hearing the impact from the backyard, everyone who had already been sound asleep was startled awake. Lights quickly came on one after another, and the pajama-clad residents hurried outside. Black Rabbit was the fastest; with a single step onto the windowsill, she reached the backyard in just a few leaps.
"Mr. Fang Zheng!"
Seeing Fang Zheng standing in the clearing, Black Rabbit let out a sigh of relief. But she soon noticed a blonde girl lying at his feet. Her clothes were tattered, her eyes tightly shut, and she was unconscious.
"Lady Laeticia!"
At the sight of the girl, Black Rabbit cried out in alarm. Fang Zheng, meanwhile, clapped his hands and looked at her.
"What? You know her?"
"Lady Laeticia is our companion! Why is she like this? What exactly happened?"
"Oh, this woman snuck over in the middle of the night and tried to attack me, so I knocked her out... Little Flame."
"Yes."
At Fang Zheng's command, Akemi Homura immediately appeared at his side.
"Lock her up. Once she wakes up, we'll interrogate her properly."
"Understood."
Akemi Homura nodded, then raised her head and looked at Black Rabbit. Sensing her gaze, Black Rabbit instinctively hugged the unconscious Laeticia and retreated several steps.
"W-What are you trying to do? Lady Laeticia is our..."
Before Black Rabbit could finish, she suddenly felt the weight in her arms disappear. When she looked down again, she was shocked to find that Laeticia, whom she had just been holding, had somehow ended up in Akemi Homura's hands—and she had not sensed a thing.
"What happened?"
Staring dumbfounded at Laeticia, who had somehow ended up in Akemi Homura's arms, Black Rabbit could hardly believe