"Big brother, I'm back!"
When Sakuya pushed open the door to the agency, her heart was full of excitement. She could finally see Duanmu Huai again. Although it had only been a Golden Week vacation, it still felt like a long time to Sakuya.
"I bought you quite a few local specialties... Meijia also asked me to bring you a gift... Huh?"
"Ah, you're back."
However, the person who came out to answer the door made Sakuya jump.
"Zuo Niao?"
Looking at Minme Satori, who was approaching with a radiant smile to welcome her, Sakuya was dazed for a moment. She even wondered if she had come to the wrong place.
"Why are you here?"
"Because Satori thinks it's more interesting to stay with Teacher?"
"???"
Hearing Minme Satori's offhand answer, Sakuya was completely bewildered. However, she soon noticed the other two people sitting inside. A silver-haired beauty in a gray dress was calmly brewing coffee behind the bar, while on another sofa, a blonde girl was curled up around a teddy bear, watching this side uneasily.
"Um... what is this...?"
Sakuya's head was filled with question marks. Although Minme Satori's presence had caught her by surprise, it wasn't strange for one of the Five Swords to have dealings with Duanmu Huai. But the two girls left Sakuya utterly confused. If they were guests, then why was the silver-haired girl brewing coffee so leisurely, as though she were in her own home? She didn't look like a guest at all.
And what was the deal with that girl?
"I... I'm going back to my room first."
Sakuya was utterly puzzled, but Shionji Yuko clearly had no intention of getting involved in this mess. The situation was obviously strange, so she promptly found an excuse and slipped back to her room.