And he really did lie down.
On his side.
Exposing his belly.
Her little sister looked utterly speechless, then sighed.
Petting him.
The more she petted him, the more addictive it became.
As Little Griseo observed,
it wasn't just this pair of siblings who had been caught off guard by such a rapid change in their relationship.
There were older sisters and younger brothers, for example.
And the close girlfriends and close buddies mentioned earlier.
Even parents and children...
Everyone had moments when they acted on a whim!
"Do you think they've finally started letting their true selves out a little?" Little Griseo smacked her lips twice and couldn't help laughing.
"After all, in daily life, everyone always puts on a mask without realizing it. Even when life on the Ark is warm and comfortable, people still do that, right..."
Furina smiled. "That's only human nature."
"Humans are always like that..."
she said.
"True!" Little Griseo nodded, neither agreeing nor disagreeing.
Even she would run wild like a silly deer when no one was around.
Something like this really wasn't a big deal, was it?
Not knowing what she had thought of...
she herself smiled with pursed lips.
Lighthearted and adorable.
Afterward,
they wandered around the city a little longer, then found a restaurant and enjoyed a meal.
Little Griseo and Furina began considering how to get down to business.
Since the two of them had decided to run a little shop,
finding a decent storefront was essential.
After all!
Alchemists were just like practitioners of other livelihood professions.
They made products and took them out to sell.
The money they earned was then used to sustain their research.
Compared with other professions, alchemy might seem even less scientific, but in reality, it was already quite scientific.
The fields it