I stepped into the realm dock, and a stunning girl in a grass-green dress stood before me.
Unlike the other women, who wore at least a little makeup, she was bare-faced—and her expression carried a trace of apology.
"Why? Still as rash as ever? Beyond saving?" I stood before her and gently lifted her chin.
Meiyao's face flushed as she muttered, "I... How was I supposed to know you'd suddenly come visiting? No, wait—what do you mean, 'beyond saving'? Why did you stuff my name into another strange phrase?"
"Heh heh, what were you doing just now? You made me wait forever. Don't tell me your makeup didn't turn out well, so you simply wiped it all off?" I held her chin and examined her from every angle.
Her evasive eyes told me loud and clear that I had guessed correctly.
"I really did my best, but nobody told me what kind you liked..." Meiyao looked thoroughly vexed.
I lowered my hand and said, "Just stay like this. You don't need to make yourself look unnatural. Take me around for a casual look. I've been exhausted lately."
"So... I knew you'd say that, so I prepared quite a few medicines. Looks like I prepared them for the right reason." Meiyao's eyes immediately lit up.
"Oh? So thoughtful?" I looked her over curiously.
The girl had clearly put every ounce of effort into dressing up, but she was so accustomed to being careless that the details revealed how hastily everything had been thrown together.
"Of course I'm thoughtful. I figured you'd probably toured many small worlds before coming here, so I prepared everything in advance." Meiyao immediately pulled out jars large and small and stuffed them all into my arms.
"Ordinary medicines aren't much use to me." I smiled wryly.
"Mine