Night had fallen.
The day's bustle had come to an end, and everyone had returned to their rooms to rest. Eriri sat by the table, staring at the drawing paper before her as she thought.
Although Fang Zheng had given Eriri a rather excellent new weapon, she was not as excited as the others. Instead, she kept thinking about what Fang Zheng had said to her during the day.
What exactly had he meant? Had he been pitying her? Or did he truly like her? But even if he did like her, he did not seem like the sort of person who would be unfaithful...
"Ugh..."
Thinking of that, Eriri could not help but sigh.
This was such a headache...
"What's wrong, Eriri?"
Hearing Eriri's sigh, Black Cat, who was sitting beside the table, looked up at her.
"Are you feeling unwell?"
"No, no, how could I be feeling unwell? I was just..."
At Black Cat's question, Eriri instinctively wanted to brush the matter aside. But then her eyes suddenly lit up as she came up with a good idea.
"Right, I was... thinking about a manga plot, but I don't know how to handle it."
"Oh? That sounds interesting. Tell me about it too?"
Hearing that, the girl sitting opposite Black Cat, with golden curls and pointed ears, curiously turned to ask. She was Fairy, a player from the production team of the Darkmoon Blade guild. Although she did not fight alongside Black Cat and Eriri, the three shared common interests, so they had formed something of an "otaku girls' alliance," gathering for tea and conversation whenever they had time.
And tonight was naturally their "tea party time."
"Hmm... The basic plot is this: the heroine confesses to the hero, and the hero says he is willing to accept