Compared to the others, Kinuhata Saiai valued her friendship with the rest of them the most.
Frenda had her younger sister as a vulnerability. If someone seized on that weakness, then no matter how unwilling she was, she would definitely betray them.
There was no need to mention Mugino Shizuri. She was cruel by nature and would attack her own people simply because she was in a bad mood.
"Still, I keep feeling like that man treats Takitsubo completely differently from how he treats us."
Frenda could not help saying so.
"I think it's because Takitsubo looks super obedient..."
Kinuhata Saiai could more or less guess the reason.
"Because I couldn't resist... I could only obey."
Takitsubo Rikou gave an extremely realistic answer, though that was only because the others had been spared as well.
If Chu Chen had intended to harm Kinuhata Saiai and the others, Takitsubo's attitude would certainly have been different.
As the three chatted, their gazes occasionally lingered on the silent Mugino Shizuri.
"Hey, hey... Kinuhata, what's wrong with Mugino? She hasn't been talking much lately."
"If it were you, wouldn't you be super upset after falling from Level 5 to Level 4? Especially someone as proud as Mugino."
"Mugino is in a really bad mood right now!"
The three discussed it quietly, afraid that Mugino Shizuri might overhear them.
They knew Mugino Shizuri's temper too. If they spoke too loudly and Mugino heard them, they would be in trouble.
Still, they could understand Mugino Shizuri's silence.
Kinuhata Saiai felt that her own strength had not been that great to begin with, and she had not fallen out of the Level 4 range, so she could still accept it.
But Mugino Shizuri was different. She had dropped an entire major rank.
Only Frenda had merely suffered