Summer afternoon.
"Finally, we're done for the day."
"Let's go find something to eat, meow."
Lanchi and Talia finished a day's work and walked out of the Magic Engineering Institute Old Liberal Arts Building into the garden at the institute's entrance. Cat Boss emerged from the shadows again and sprawled across Lanchi's shoulder.
After saying goodbye to Professor Bora Ao, they still had to buy a few things along the way before heading home.
Although summer days were long, the sun's golden light had unknowingly begun to take on a hint of orange-red. Perhaps in another hour or two, it would start sinking westward, and even the shadows had been stretched long by the summer afternoon.
Of course, no matter how long the setting sun stretched the shadows, Talia's silhouette still only reached his shoulder.
She raised her head absentmindedly and looked at the face above her.
Just look at that cunning, arrogant, and annoying face.
Compared to when she had first met him more than a year ago, she now clearly found him even more annoying. Who would have thought she would still have to stay by his side day after day?
Suddenly, as if she had sensed something, a purple Magic Card appeared in her hand.
Her stopping also made Lanchi and Cat Boss stop.
"Wait a moment. It's a call from my friend."
After saying that, Talia ran off and sat down on a bench in the distance.
"Miss Zhu Zhu? No, no, you didn't disturb me."
"..."
In the distance.
Lanchi looked at Talia, who was leaning against the bench.
Although he could not hear what was being said on the other end of the call, he could intermittently hear Talia's voice.
It was rare to see her chatting so happily with a friend.
He leisurely