"Mashiro? You mean that girl Mashiro? But who are you...?"
The adorable little girl before her was carrying a huge pile of snacks. She really was so cute that Ayano wanted to scoop her into her arms.
But beyond her cute appearance, Iida Ayano was more curious about why she knew both her and Mashiro. Whose child was this? She had no memory of her at all.
Surely she would have remembered a child this adorable.
"Rita..."
Griseo looked up at Iida Ayano, who had become editor-in-chief, and answered softly.
She did not know whether this was the same world she had visited before. It probably was not. Back in that world, where she had been Rita Rossweisse, she had never seen so many evil spirits.
So this was different from back then!
Surely taking Xiao Ai and the others away had not caused so many evil spirits to pour into this world because Hell Girl no longer existed, had it?
There might be a connection, but this definitely was not the same world.
"Rita? Are you the child of one of Rita's friends? She's never mentioned you."
Hearing Griseo mention Rita, Iida Ayano concluded that this child really did know her. She looked foreign, too.
Could she be Rita's younger sister or niece?
Rita had brought such an adorable little girl to Japan without even telling her. Did she not consider her a friend at all?
Clearly, when Griseo answered "Rita," Iida Ayano could not possibly associate the name with Griseo herself. More importantly... the Rita Ayano meant and the Rita Griseo meant were two entirely different people.
The Rita Griseo meant was Schicksal's S-rank Valkyrie, Rita Rossweisse.
The Rita Iida Ayano meant was her old friend and Mashiro Shiina's childhood best friend, Rita Ainsworth.
"No, I'm..."
Seeing that