After they returned, Eirin Yagokoro was gone—she had probably gone back. The Watatsuki Sisters, however, were still here, and their emotions seemed rather unstable: one was delighted, the other conflicted. There was no need to think hard about it. Eirin Yagokoro must have said something to them before leaving that had prompted such reactions.
"Don't say anything yet. Let me take a guess."
c.c glanced at Jiu Ming, hung the bag she carried on the rack, and returned to her usual seat. Clearly, she had no interest in the topic to come.
"May I join in too?"
"Are you sure that isn't a provocation?" Jiu Ming curtly cut Kaguya off. Under the Watatsuki Sisters' somewhat tangled gazes, he cleared his throat twice and began, "If I'm not wrong, Eirin Yagokoro gave you some sort of promise. Judging from your reactions, I guessed right."
With a soft laugh, Jiu Ming continued, "It's a promise concerning something you've always pursued—something like Eirin Yagokoro's position. Well, if that were all, you'd only be happy. There'd be no reason to be conflicted. So, to receive that promise, you must agree to certain conditions."
The Watatsuki Sisters wore strange expressions. Jiu Ming's guess was far too accurate—there was practically no deviation at all!
Could this guy have been playing the fool to catch the tiger all along?
"And among those conditions, there definitely has to be one saying you won't return to the Lunar Capital!"
"That condition is probably the main point, isn't it? Perhaps with the added factor that this secret can only be known by yourselves. The reason you're conflicted is because what you want is sitting plainly before you, yet you can't take it, right? Heh heh heh, you could always choose to muddle through! Pretend to agree first, and then... mmph,