"Come to think of it, there seemed to be a special claim about today."
"Oh? What claim?"
"That we'd be able to see the original starry sky."
"And then?" Jiu Ming drew his gaze back from the sky. The blackness covering the sun was visibly growing larger. Though he knew nothing about astronomy, was it really all right for the sun to turn out like this?
"Tonight will be overcast."
"Pfft—now that really is unfortunate!" The corners of Jiu Ming's mouth immediately curled up.
Kaguya stepped on Jiu Ming's toes and shot him a glare. "How cruel."
"Well, it's a natural disaster. There's nothing we can do about such a serious problem, right?" Jiu Ming smiled innocently. Just as Kaguya had said, the sky had already turned gloomy when the daylight began to dim. It did not look like rain would come anytime soon, but seeing a normal sky tonight was out of the question.
Besides, Jiu Ming had considerable doubts about that claim.
"Come to think of it, why does it always like coming here?" Kaguya asked, glancing at the little puddle nearby. An observing spirit had its head poking out from within.
"Probably because it needs something." Before the bar closed down, this observing spirit belonging to Yin had kept appearing there. After the bar shut down, it had not shown up for a while, though it occasionally came by Jiu Ming's place afterward. For some reason, however, it never stayed long before disappearing again.
Jiu Ming had thought this time would be the same, but the observing spirit in the puddle did not leave. So he simply walked over and reached out to grab it. An observing spirit that used water as its medium would disappear once it left the water—that was true—but if it was restrained,