"Seele, your juice is ready!"
Wearing a light blue tulle dress for children, Shimizu Miyuki walked up to Seele with a cup filled to the brim with watermelon juice in both hands.
"Thank you!"
Seele accepted the juice. After looking at Shimizu Miyuki, she thought for a moment before handing her phone over. On the screen was news regarding Shimizu Miyuki's disappearance.
"Your parents are looking for you, and they've already called the police. Are you sure you still want to hide from them?"
"Seele, are you trying to drive me away?"
Shimizu Miyuki took one look, then immediately gazed at Seele with a pitiful expression.
"Not exactly. It's just that you've already been gone for two or three days. Are you sure you don't want to go back?"
Seele shook her head slightly. Shimizu Miyuki had not only caused her no trouble while staying at the shrine, but had also helped out quite a bit, so Seele did not dislike having her around.
Besides, it was hard to imagine a ten-year-old girl being capable of so much, especially when she was also a somewhat well-known child star.
"No. If I go back now, they'll only treat me even worse. And... it wasn't just once or twice that they lost me. If I hadn't been lucky!"
Shimizu Miyuki kept shaking her head at Seele, making it clear that she did not want to go home.
"They lost you? What exactly happened?"
Seele became a little curious upon hearing that.
"I can't remember it very clearly. It was probably when I was four or five. We went back to my hometown to visit my grandmother, but they were too busy arguing with each other and left me alone on the mountain. If I hadn't happened to find an abandoned shrine on