"By the way, why does the surrounding area look so familiar to me?"
One day, Kaguya, unusually not playing games, sat by the window and looked outside as she asked.
"Of course it does. This used to be the place that got blown into ruins, remember? Familiar now, right?"
"Very familiar. What an inauspicious place." Kaguya curled her lip and shot Jiu Ming a sidelong glare. "You certainly know how to pick a spot."
"Uh... just a coincidence." Jiu Ming scratched his head. Since they had come here, they needed somewhere to settle down—but nobody would give up their own home for no reason. Sea Moon Manor didn't have enough rooms... and with three girls and all, that formidable old lady would definitely have plenty to grumble about.
"A coincidence? Hmph. Someone's here—a familiar face, too!"
Kaguya gave Jiu Ming an indifferent glance and stepped away from the window she had been leaning against. Before long, there came a knock at the door... and it really was someone they knew. "Yo! The policewoman's here again. Long time no see, and your charms haven't faded one bit!"
"...Speak like a human being." Misaki Kirihara's eye twitched despite herself as she replied irritably. Her gaze swiftly swept through Jiu Ming's home. When she failed to spot the person she wanted to see, a trace of puzzlement flickered in her eyes. "Where is she?"
"Who?"
"Silver!"
"In Kaguya's room."
"...I see." Only then did Misaki Kirihara let out a breath of relief. "Aren't you going to offer me a seat?"
"Hurry up and tell me what you came here for. Got teammates waiting outside?" Jiu Ming peered through the doorway. "Not the same bunch as before, are they? Did you switch jobs?"
Misaki Kirihara fell silent. This... did count as switching jobs, in