Other than the extra intruders, nothing else happened. Most of the students had not even noticed anything unusual. Was ignorance bliss?
Shaking his head, Little Nine yawned and sat up, casually nudging the White Fox—rather, the little white fox—who had somehow crawled in beside him. He really had no idea how she had managed to use a transformation technique like this. Talent?
"Hey! Wake up!"
The White Fox really had terrible sleeping habits. By the time Little Nine woke up, his little bed had already been overturned, and he himself had rolled onto the floor, pinned beneath several of the White Fox's tails.
"What... I haven't slept enough yet!" The White Fox groggily opened her eyes, shot Little Nine an annoyed glance, then flicked her tails and sent him flying aside. Impatiently, she shut her eyes again and resumed dozing.
Looking around, Little Nine withdrew his gaze from Asuna, whose sleeping posture was somehow even worse. It was still early, and they had gone to bed late last night, so getting up early was truly difficult. Besides, it did not seem like they needed to rise early today. They had only arrived yesterday, after all. He set the little bed the White Fox had overturned back in place, yawned, and lay back down. Sleep? Of course not.
Mahora...
Ever since the school trip began, this place had seemed somewhat deserted. At the very least, the sight of crowds of students wildly rushing to class first thing in the morning was nowhere to be seen. No matter what, they would have to wait until those students returned.
"Hah... honestly." Early in the morning, Evangeline emerged from the cabin. Like a cat inspecting its territory, she swept her sharp gaze over the surroundings. When she did not see the familiar White Fox