"Yuno!" The voice that reached Satou Yunona's ears was familiar. Before she could react, the newcomer threw her arms around her and hugged her tightly.
The tip of her nose buried in the white hair tickled, while the girl's natural scent and shampoo were clearly caught by her sense of smell.
It was a fresh fragrance like lemon blossom tea.
It was such a nostalgic scent.
"Kiana, long time no see." Satou Yunona stroked the girl's head and said with a smile, "I'm sorry for making you worry so much."
"Thank goodness, you're still alive. Back then, I thought you and Su Qing'an had both died." Kiana hugged the girl, who had nearly lost everything in the disaster, even tighter. Guilt filled her voice as she said:
"Mei and I searched Senba Academy for so long, but we couldn't find you. You seemed to have vanished into thin air. In the end, our ammunition was almost gone, so we could only keep running and running. Eventually, we made it to St. Freya Academy."
"And then, neither of you died."
"Thank you for staying alive."
In a world like this, being reunited with someone important after losing them was already an indescribable kindness.
Kiana felt the silent girl in her arms.
She understood that Satou Yunona had changed. Compared to before, her smile had become faint and restrained. Her waist was slimmer, and her body was frighteningly thin.
Yet compared to the changes in her body, the difference in her will was even greater. The Satou Yunona of the past had merely been an ordinary girl with a certain amount of courage and a sense of justice. But now, she possessed an unbreakable will.
It was as though some immense weight had been pressed heavily onto Satou Yunona's back. Yet even