"After finally returning to St. Freya Academy, Sirin had excitedly dragged Bella out shopping." Cecilia linked her arm with Siegfried's.
"Why don't we go inside and talk?" Siegfried knocked on Theresa's office door.
"Eh! W-Wait a second!"
Hearing the urgency in Theresa's voice, Siegfried's hand froze before he could push open the door. Yaqing stopped him and made a shushing gesture, preventing either of them from making a sound.
Yaqing knew exactly what Theresa was doing: eliminating the evidence of her "crime." If she found out it was them, those Houm comic books would probably survive. Theresa was not short on money; buying them herself was just a hassle.
"We're coming in, Theresa."
Yaqing pushed the door open.
The instant Theresa saw Yaqing, regret surged through her. Gritting her teeth in fury, she leaped into his arms and tore at his hair with her little hands.
"Give me back my comics! Give me back my Houm comics!"
"You tore them up yourself! What does that have to do with me?!" Yaqing cried anxiously, his vision blocked.
"Ahem." Siegfried coughed a few times, reminding her that other people were present.
Theresa's body instantly stiffened. She jumped down from Yaqing, smoothed out her clothes, and was just about to speak with feigned elegance and authority when she realized the visitor was Cecilia.
"Cecilia!"
"...That's what happened." Yaqing explained to Theresa why Cecilia had suddenly returned to the Far East.
"I get it. You're planning to surprise Kiana!" Theresa patted her already-small chest. "Then how could something like this possibly leave out her Aunt?"
That night, St. Freya Academy's spring festival was even more fun than it had been during the day. The female students no longer had to stay behind at the shop stalls and could come out into the streets to