Creak~!
"Big Sister, are you back?"
"Big Sister?"
"Are you there?"
After hesitating for a long while, the brown-haired girl with twin tails finally reached out and gently pushed the door open a crack.
"It's me, Kuroko!"
"I'm coming in~!"
Inside the magnificent palace, Shirai Kuroko had been electrocuted until she was crispy around the edges the night before. Index had eventually dragged her back to her room while she was still twitching and dumped her on the bed. After waking up bright and refreshed early that morning, Kuroko had gone to Mikoto's room for the second time. She pushed the door open and poked her head inside to look around.
"??"
"Wait, what? She's not in her room this early, and she's not in the dining hall either. Where did she go?"
"Honestly!"
Seeing that the room was still empty, Kuroko wandered around inside, growing more and more anxious.
"How strange!"
"I've looked everywhere..."
"She's not in her room at this hour. Where could Big Sister have gone?"
After waiting in the room for a while, the impatient Kuroko finally stormed back out.
"Could some wild man really have lured her away?"
"No..."
"Impossible!"
"Absolutely impossible!!"
Once outside, she began striding down the corridors of the enormous palace, muttering all sorts of strange complaints at the top of her voice. The Fire Elemental Royal Guards on duty couldn't help giving her odd looks.
But Kuroko couldn't care less what those Fire Elementals thought of her. She continued stomping along, planning to search the next place.
For example, perhaps she could try the extravagant, gigantic bedroom deep within the palace, belonging to its owner—that troublesome little girl?
Kuroko hadn't looked there yet, and she thought her Big Sister might very well be in that room!
"If she's not there either..."