"Transfer student?"
Airi looked curiously at the black-haired girl before her. The latter was clearly a little nervous.
A transfer student, and she lived next door to her, too...
"Yes, and this letter... please accept it."
As she spoke, the girl named Kishō Yukina respectfully held out both hands and presented a letter. Well, if the envelope had not looked so formal, one might have mistaken it for a love letter.
"What? A love letter? Yukina, did you bring your big sister a love letter?"
See? There was someone here who had gotten the wrong idea.
"You can tell at a glance that it isn't... Hmm, let me see what it says."
As she spoke, Airi took the envelope, opened it, and pulled out the letter inside. It was written in brush calligraphy, in an old-fashioned vertical format. The contents, however, were quite simple and straightforward, and Airi quickly finished reading it.
I see. A newcomer sent by the Lion King Agency for training?
According to the letter, the girl before her, Kishō Yukina, was a Sword Shaman who had only recently taken up her post at the Lion King Agency. She was unfamiliar with the work of a Demon Hunter and had long admired the name of the Silver Witch, so they had sent her here in hopes that Airi could guide her along the path of a Demon Hunter...
Of course, that was just the official nonsense written on the page.
As for the rest...
I see. They finally made their move.
Putting away the letter, Airi smiled at Kishō Yukina. Yukina watched her with slight unease, saying nothing.
In truth, Airi had long been prepared for what was happening before her. Ever since she had awakened the power of the Fourth True Ancestor, Natsuki had mentioned it