"Don't be so impatient! If I let you out without telling Natsuki, she'll definitely be angry."
"And I don't want Natsuki to be angry♪"
She was certainly going to let this Secretary Witch out, but she would persuade Natsuki Minamiya to release Aye Kanase herself.
Rather than recklessly letting her go.
"Besides, you need some time to properly adapt to your new power too, don't you?"
Reaching out to pick up a lock of hair by Aye Kanase's ear, Elysia idly played with it. Her somewhat flirtatious manner made Aye Kanase wonder again... whether she truly had some kind of interest in her.
"Lady Elysia really does care about Natsuki Minamiya."
Letting Elysia play with her hair, Aye Kanase did not resist at all—nor did she dare to. She merely spoke expressionlessly about the relationship between Elysia and Natsuki Minamiya.
She was curious about what exactly was going on between them.
"After all, I told you already, didn't I? Natsuki is very cute."
"..."
She did not answer, but Aye Kanase thought so as well.
There was no denying it.
Natsuki Minamiya truly was adorable. Yet she was still angry at Natsuki—for stopping her, and for keeping her imprisoned in this sunless prison for so many years!
"Don't worry. I'll persuade little Natsuki. It won't take long! I still have plenty of things for you to do, after all, so it definitely won't be more than ten days. You should prepare yourself too."
"I hope you won't hate Natsuki. She didn't really have a choice either."
As she reassured Aye Kanase, Elysia recalled how, in the anime, Aye Kanase had attacked Natsuki Minamiya without hesitation. Though that had been under the condition that she knew Natsuki would not die, Elysia still felt she ought to mention it.
After all, Elysia