"Then, Miss Sesshoin, what is the price?"
"The price is—"
Shirou had finally managed to recover.
He had taught Hakuno that eye-poking technique, only for it to end up hurting him instead. It was truly terrifying.
Then he opened his eyes.
Sesshoin was kissing Hakuno, and they were in the middle of a deep kiss.
Shirou's body trembled.
Then he pulled out a camera.
Chapter 12: Do I Like You?
"Thank you for the meal."
Sesshoin wiped her lips as she looked at Hakuno, whose cheeks had flushed red and who had fallen completely into a daze.
The delicious flavor from just now still seemed to linger on her lips, and the aftertaste even made Sesshoin lick them. It was so pleasurable, so delightful. While saving another person, she could even bring happiness to a human being—herself. That was the meaning of her salvation of others.
Shirou silently recited the same words in his heart, then swiftly projected a photo printer and printed the picture.
In the photo, Sesshoin's hands wrapped lovingly around Hakuno like the wings of a swan, yet also like a great serpent winding around a sacred tree, holding Hakuno tightly. A young girl and an older woman, their love wrapped together in a pure, lily-like union.
It truly was—
Hakuno and Sesshoin embracing so beautifully meant that two portions of happiness were entwined together! Those two portions of happiness should have brought even more happiness, but why was it like this?
Shirou was not happy at all. He even felt as though something on top of his head had grown a little heavier.
Why was that?
No matter what, he was not planning to let Sesshoin and Hakuno come into contact again.
The perfect photograph in Shirou's hand drew his gaze in once more. It really