"Did your friend teach you this too?"
"Yes."
Silence lay flat, feeling the faint warmth above her head. She closed her weary eyes, and in that moment, the cold and dampness receded from her.
"I'm going to sleep. Figure it out yourself. As for punishment... forget it."
"I won't be punished?"
Ifrit's delight was plain to see. Silence felt the temperature above her head suddenly rise, going from a gentle simmer to a raging boil. It lasted only an instant before Ifrit quickly pulled her hand away.
She really was being extremely careful.
"After that, how am I supposed to sleep peacefully...?"
Over this period of adjustment, the distance between Ifrit and Silence had suddenly narrowed considerably.
The image of that person flashed through Ifrit's mind.
The pale-violet Lightning Empress.
Ifrit was not worried about her. Lightning Empress looked like a very smart person, and she could even teach Ifrit properly. She must be living a happy life, right?
Honestly, this was Ifrit's first time trying to be friends with an outstanding student.
It did not feel bad.
As Ifrit watched Silence, time slowly passed, until Silence finally fell completely asleep.
She finally let out a sigh of relief.
Outside the window, the moon hung high in the sky. It was deep into the night, and according to Silence's schedule, this was like sleeping in broad daylight.
Unforgivable.
Silence was a serious and dedicated researcher, after all.
Ifrit raised her head and looked out the window. Tonight's moon was round and enormous, wreathed in a strange pale-red halo.
Beneath the moonlight.
A slender, well-behaved vampire girl stretched toward the light.
She seemed to walk upon the moonlight itself, her entire body radiating unimaginable lightness. One slender leg lifted high while the tip of her other foot lightly touched the ground,