Apart from them, not a single person noticed that there was now an additional girl here.
Looking at the lantern she could no longer see, then at Hell Girl behind her, Yuzuki felt a little complicated. Hell Girl had truly left her.
She glanced at Jiu Ming. Now that Hell Girl was gone, he would be leaving too, wouldn't he?
Eh? Why did the woman standing beside him look somewhat familiar?
"Oh, right. You must have noticed too, Yuzuki is also very suited to becoming a Hell Girl..." Noticing Yuzuki's gaze, Shibata Tsugumi turned and began walking away. "I'll be leaving first."
"Yuzuki, what's wrong?" Aki Megumi asked worriedly as she supported Yuzuki, who staggered and nearly fell.
"Nothing... I just suddenly feel much lighter." Wiping the tears from the corners of her eyes, she smiled. "Tonight, we have to go out and have some real fun."
"Mm. Teacher Mayama, you'll come too, right?"
Aki Megumi nodded, then asked the woman beside her with evident anticipation.
"Sure." Azusa Mayama smiled. Even if she had no favorable opinion of Aki Megumi's father, now that the knot in her heart had been untied, she truly had a good impression of Aki Megumi. A red thread wrapped around the hand behind her back silently slipped from between her fingers, scattering into faint crimson light before swiftly vanishing.
Your hatred has been received...
"Oh my, you girls can just go have fun. As for me, there's no need for me to tag along and be a third wheel." Jiu Ming smiled and lightly patted Yuzuki's shoulder. "Anyway, make sure you enjoy yourselves."
Mikage Yuzuki looked at Jiu Ming in confusion. She felt as though there was something hidden beneath his words. "Um... are you leaving?"
After hesitating, she could not help asking. Jiu Ming