An utterly restless night slipped quietly away.
Not long afterward, Luo Zhen and Yukina returned to the apartment, bringing tonight's events to an end.
Just as when they had left, both of them were still dressed in neat formalwear, and neither had suffered any injuries.
No one would have guessed what kind of incident the boy and girl had encountered after leaving the apartment.
Thus, the two of them boarded the elevator and headed toward the top floor.
Luo Zhen glanced at Yukina standing beside him.
Yukina stood there silently, apparently lost in thought, looking as though she had gotten herself stuck on some point.
She had been like this the entire way, thinking about something.
Indeed, it was just like when the incident involving Astarde had happened.
And so...
"Are you thinking about Hase Natsune?"
Luo Zhen asked.
That was one possibility Luo Zhen could think of.
Like Astarde, Hase Natsune had also been modified without her consent and treated as a tool. Her experience was similar to what Yukina had once gone through.
If so, it was only natural that tonight's events would have stirred Yukina's feelings about it again.
However, Luo Zhen was wrong this time.
"I'm also concerned about Yohase's situation, but Senior has already rescued her, and La Folia will treat her properly. I'm sure she won't have any more problems."
Unexpectedly, Yukina seemed to be taking it quite well this time.
Clearly, after her interactions with Luo Zhen last time, Yukina no longer cared about such things.
As Luo Zhen had once said, even if the Lion King Organization had raised Yukina merely as a tool, the people, events, and things she had encountered there had all been real. She had a sister who doted on her and a master who cared for her,