Lanchi's New Final-Battle Big Brother

The living room basked in the gentle golden-orange afternoon sunlight, which streamed through the windows and cast a deep hue over the entire wooden house.

A light breeze stirred the curtains, bringing in the fresh air and faint floral fragrance of summer from outside while constantly turning the pages of the book.

The subtle rustling of paper became especially clear at that moment.

Only after quite some time had passed did—

"Was what your professor said true?"

Talia stared at Lanchi and spoke in a toneless voice.

She had never heard of such a theory back in the Demon Realm.

Of course, the demons' approach to making cards was fundamentally worlds apart from modern human card-making technology.

"I don't know either."

Lanchi shook his head.

Although Professor Bora Ao sometimes liked to play pranks, he was one of the rare exceptionally reliable old seniors at Iketerite Academy. The school was basically being held up by Professor Bora Ao, and he had never once set Lanchi up.

Talia seemed to fall into thought after hearing that and did not reply.

"..."

The two of them seemed to become particularly awkward, neither knowing what to say.

"You two should go to the Bosen Kingdom and go on a few more dates while you're at it. Treat it as an indispensable part of making cards, training to improve your rapport. It'll definitely be more fun than staying cooped up in this room and arguing all the time."

Cat Boss cut in from the side.

The room fell even quieter.

"I don't mind."

Lanchi glanced at Talia and muttered to himself.

"Then I don't mind either."

Talia said it too.

Neither of them looked particularly willing.

"Meow..."

Cat Boss shook his head and sighed.

The two of them had clearly had a great time