Mikana and the others had naturally never met Ling and Tio, but they were very familiar with their names—exaggerating a little, they had practically grown up listening to stories about them.
It was like telling the story of Peter Pan. Everyone had heard of him, but who had actually met Peter Pan?
Naturally, no one had. But everyone knew Peter Pan's name.
To Mikana, Ling and Tio standing before her were like Peter Pan stepping out of his story, or Alice stepping out of Alice in Wonderland... She felt somewhat at a loss, unsure how to face them. After all, she had always listened to the things Fang Zheng told her as stories. She had never imagined that people from those stories would appear right in front of her.
"Um... please have some tea..."
Carefully setting the tea before them, Mikana lowered her head in greeting, then turned and left uneasily. Only after watching Mikana leave did Ling turn to Fang Zheng.
"Big Brother, when can you go back? Everyone is waiting for you."
"..."
Listening through the crack in the door, Mikana's heart trembled. Yet soon afterward, she heard Fang Zheng's calm, steady reply.
"It doesn't matter whether I'm at the academy right now, does it? Ouroboros hasn't come out to cause trouble."
"That may be true, but Big Brother, are you really going to get married?"
"I haven't decided yet. Anyway, it depends on the situation. Besides, I didn't come here just to have fun. You should understand that."
"I know, but..."
Mikana stopped listening. She quietly turned and returned to the living room.
"What is it, Mikana?"
Seeing Mikana's somewhat dejected expression, Eve could not help asking. Mikana sighed.
"They seem to want to take Brother away..."
"Huh? Is Brother leaving here?"
Eve was also startled by