After Night Watcher Suzune left, everything returned to calm.
In the vast space, only Kanna Kisaragi's chewing and swallowing could be heard.
The taste wasn't particularly unusual, but the unique source of the ingredients filled her with an experience she had never had before.
At the same time, although Kanna Kisaragi found it strange that Fu Qian wasn't eating, she clearly didn't dare ask.
Even though Mr. Crawford had magnanimously let the trouble she'd caused slide, he was clearly a man of unpredictable moods.
Faced with this Schrödinger's gentlemanly conduct, all she could do was accept it.
Fortunately, she was very good at accepting things.
"When did the Miracle Potion thing start?"
Not long afterward, the two of them left the estate, dressed and ready to go.
Fu Qian, acting as the driver, asked casually as he drove.
"Start? That depends on how you define it."
After a hearty meal, Kanna Kisaragi looked radiant.
She leaned lazily against the car window, the light filtering in making her lips look as though they might drip blood.
"If you count from when I submitted my application, it's been almost ten months."
"At first, I was so excited I couldn't sleep all night, but their review process was unbearably slow."
"I was almost in despair when I finally got the notice for an interview."
With a dreamy look in her eyes, Kanna Kisaragi recalled the past.
"As it turned out, it took me just three minutes to win them over—and that was a week ago."
As she spoke, she watched Fu Qian in the rearview mirror, clearly quite pleased with her own charms.
"I'm different. I've always been able to feel that."
From what she said, applicants had to submit their own applications for potion testing? The Anjing Group certainly knew how