Strange. This was clearly an aboveboard visit to see a friend, so why was she feeling so nervous?
She didn't understand.
And when she entered the room and didn't see Alina at first glance, the doubt in her heart only grew more intense.
A strange fragrance filled the air, resembling lilies, citrus, or perhaps a mixture of the two—it might have been some kind of perfume. She seemed to remember smelling a similar scent somewhere else. Then she shifted her gaze, sweeping over the bed in Alina's room before her eyes landed on a woven sack resting securely in the corner.
"Strange. Where did Alina go?"
She scratched her head in confusion.
She could tell that the bedsheet had been changed recently. There were also plenty of threads and scraps of cloth on the floor, visible only because of her static vision. Clearly, either someone had unleashed destructive Originium Arts on this poor bedsheet, or the unfortunate fabric had suffered excessive tearing and abuse. Whatever the cause and process, one thing was certain: this house had gone through a very intense 'battle' not long ago.
Nice. The two beauties had really stuck together.
Miss Surtr made a rough estimate in her mind. She sighed softly, but had no intention of meddling in someone else's family affairs.
Seriously, she was the dignified Miss Surtr, a professional tool-player whose sole aim was to achieve the good ending. How could she possibly do something as vile as breaking up someone else's couple? Not to mention that, back in the Arknights game of her former world, Talulah and Alina were a perfect match, both talented and beautiful. And in this world made real, she had seen the tenderness between the two of them clearly enough several years ago!
During the time she had stayed