"I mean..."
"Shut up!" Shooting Little Nine a vicious glare, Setsuna, who had shrunk her entire body beneath the water, sternly berated Jiu Ming. She was far more uninhibited than she had been outside—probably because the water hid her body, right?
"Actually, I wanted to say that water can't block my vision at all."
"...Damn it!" Hearing Jiu Ming's words, her face flushed crimson again. She grabbed Little Nine's head in her palm. Let's see what you can still see like this!
But apparently, she had raised her voice a little too much and caught Negi's attention. That onion-headed kid began walking over through the water. This was all your fault!!
Realizing that her plan to slip away while he wasn't paying attention had fallen through, Setsuna's grip on Little Nine tightened a little.
"Eh!! Setsuna, why are you—"
"Shut up! Don't scream! Or I'll crush your little brother!!" The instant she could no longer hide and was discovered, Sakurazaki Setsuna—already in a foul mood after Jiu Ming's provocation—saw Negi's startled expression as he was about to cry out and instantly lunged to subdue him.
As for what she said...
PFFT!!!
"Bastard!!!" Back at Mahora, Evangeline, who was sitting face-to-face with Evangeline, got sprayed full in the face with water and immediately flew into a rage. To hell with this nonsense about spending their leisure time enjoying tea ceremony!!
"Cough, cough. Sorry, sorry—I just suddenly ran into something." Jiu Ming apologized profusely to Evangeline, whose face was covered in tea, hurriedly pulling out a handkerchief to wipe it off for her. "The tea is delicious. It's just that what I ran into was too much to hold back."
"..."
Jiu Ming's instant apology made Evangeline's brow twitch nonstop. He had apologized so quickly that she couldn't find an opening to