Sakina and Sona looked like they needed a thorough recovery. They should find a soft, comfortable bed and sleep for a full day and night, eat something good, then undergo the psychological counseling treatment enthusiastically recommended by Lilina to forget the several crises they had encountered in Sky Tower—at least, Lilina considered all of the above measures quite necessary. ()
The two Half-Dragon girls had suffered quite a shock this time, mainly mentally. They had always called themselves explorers, and they really were quite brave. They had visited all kinds of Ancient Relics with traps and guards. I couldn't say they were inexperienced or had never seen combat, but compared with what they had encountered in Sky Tower, those experiences simply weren't worth mentioning. Just think about it: the colossus soldiers in the rear plaza were already enemies ordinary people in this world wouldn't even dare imagine, let alone fighting a group of angels in Phantom Tower, getting tossed into all sorts of Different Dimensions, and nearly becoming black and white—please distinguish this from a certain black-and-white Marisa—turning into black-and-white images. That whole series of experiences had rather tested Sakina and Sona's nerves. The moment they returned, the two Half-Dragon girls listlessly sprawled on the carpet in the Crow God Temple's main hall and refused to move. Their behavior was still shaped by the "crude" habits they had developed in the slums, making the old man responsible for watching over the temple sigh endlessly.
"You looked pretty calm in Sky Tower. Why did you wilt the moment you came back?"
Watching the two Half-Dragon girls roll around so carelessly on the temple carpet, I casually asked the question while tugging on a rope and trying to settle Angel A, who had followed me all the way back, onto a nearby