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When Noah's gaze met the owner of that intense stare directed at him, the sight of the delicate, beautiful girl made him pause slightly.
Because that exquisitely beautiful girl's eyes were filled with all sorts of complicated emotions.
Noah could clearly distinguish the nature of those emotions.
There was nostalgia, excitement, resentment, gratitude—everything imaginable. They were complex to the extreme.
Feeling that exceedingly complicated gaze, Noah frowned slightly.
Why was she looking at him like that?
Just as Noah was utterly baffled, the people from Saber Tooth seemed to notice the girl's unusual behavior as well.
"Yukino?" Sting called out in confusion.
"What's wrong?"
Rogue, Rufus, Orga, and the others immediately turned their eyes toward the girl named Yukino. She closed her eyes, and her exquisite face tightened into a completely expressionless mask.
"No, it's nothing."
Though Sting, Rogue, Rufus, Orga, and the rest were still somewhat puzzled, they did not pay Yukino any further attention.
Noah, however, froze once again and fell into thought.
"Yukino?"
He seemed to have heard that name somewhere before.
Could that girl named Yukino be someone he knew?
With that thought, Noah began searching through his memories.
Unfortunately, before Noah could dig anything out of his memories, the magic array in the center of the clearing lit up again. Another door appeared, drawing everyone's attention.
The next moment, the door opened, and a team emerged from within.
Seeing that team, Noah could no longer spare any thought for searching his memories. A trace of coldness surfaced