"Eh, isn't that Yulia?"
"Yulia!!"
Hana Yurikawa looked at the short girl ahead carrying a lunchbox. This was a high school; seeing a girl who looked like an elementary schooler made it easy to guess who she was.
Hana Yurikawa couldn't help calling out to her.
"..."
Hearing Hana Yurikawa's voice, Yulia stopped and turned around. She saw Hana and Miko, but before she could greet them, she noticed Michiru beside them.
Her expression instantly froze.
She could never forget what Michiru had done to her before.
She had claimed she wanted to be friends with her, but her real target had been Miko Yotsuya. Besides... Michiru was a pervert and a monster.
Just recalling those experiences made her body tremble.
What Michiru had inflicted on her was, above all else, psychological humiliation and anger.
"Miss Niguredo, we meet again!"
The three of them walked up to Yulia, and Michiru greeted her with a smile. But in Yulia's eyes, the scene was exceptionally terrifying.
It was as though a dreadful demon were greeting her.
Miko Yotsuya noticed Yulia's expression. She assumed Yulia, like herself, had seen Michiru's true form and was therefore terrified.
She couldn't help giving Yulia a look of shared misery.
Being able to see really wasn't necessarily a good thing.
For Miko, being able to see them brought more harm than good. Because of these eyes, she had nearly died who knew how many times.
"W-We meet again..."
Yulia answered awkwardly, cold sweat appearing on her forehead.
Her voice trembled. She didn't dare meet Michiru's eyes and wanted nothing more than to flee immediately. But the energetic foodie girl beside her, Hana, failed to notice Yulia's state at all.
Instead, she warmly invited her.
"Yulia, come have lunch with us!"
Hana Yurikawa remembered that Yulia did not