I silently raised my head and gazed forlornly at Little Griseo beside me.
With pleading eyes.
"..." Little Griseo froze for a moment.
"?" Slowly, she typed out a question mark.
Although she vaguely sensed what was coming, she still hesitated as if uneasy, then cautiously asked,
"You... why are you looking at me like that...?"
"..." Miss Ark still said nothing.
Her eyes simply grew brighter.
There was no emptiness in them, only anticipation.
What was she anticipating?
Little Griseo's ominous premonition grew even stronger.
She had just wanted to put a stop to something.
However.
When she saw the sparkling look in Miss Ark's eyes,
in the end... she still couldn't say it.
"Fine, but just this once, okay!"
Did she not understand?
No. Of course not!
Little Griseo and Miss Ark were beings sharing one mind and body.
If she truly wanted to know what Miss Ark was thinking, how could she possibly fail to find out?
She sensed it, understood it... then became bewildered, wanting to speak but stopping herself.
That was probably how Little Griseo felt right now.
"Mhm, mhm!" Miss Ark nodded vigorously.
Her spirits visibly rose quite a bit.
It wasn't that Miss Ark was deliberately acting cute, or that she had intentionally waited here for Little Griseo.
She had no intention of scheming against Little Griseo.
It was just that...
Since Little Griseo had said she could be a little more uninhibited, a little bolder,
she really did have something she wanted to do now.
That was fine too, right?!
Then, all of a sudden!
Miss Ark pattered over to the seaside and washed her hands.
Immediately afterward, she stepped across the soft gravel and pattered back to Little Griseo's side.
Suddenly, she fixed her gaze on Little Griseo's small hands, which