(The last day before the holiday. Wishing everyone a chance to relax and get a good night's sleep—though I won't go into any specific holiday wishes, since that would be a little strange.)
Silverash only stayed at Rhodes Island for one night. The next day, after signing a contract with Bai Ye and Rhodes Island, he hurriedly departed with Enya Silverash.
As Kjerag's nominal religious leader, the Saintess was an extremely important public figure and had to attend this meeting.
Otherwise, Silverash would not have come looking for her.
Perhaps it was just an illusion, but when Enya Silverash left, Bai Ye felt that the girl's gaze toward him was somewhat unfriendly.
Yet when Bai Ye looked at her again, he found the girl smiling at him.
As though that gloomy, even slightly resentful look from before had merely been Bai Ye's imagination.
Could she resent me because I was the one who found her...? Bai Ye could not help making that connection.
Or perhaps, in the girl's eyes, Bai Ye and Silverash had become a little too close, making him an obstacle to her slacking off...
In any case, the hardest thing in the world to understand was a girl's heart.
After some thought, Bai Ye decided not to keep guessing.
Fortunately, Texas was unexpectedly easy to understand. She could not hide her feelings...
Ahem—
This time, Silverash borrowed Rhodes Island's aircraft, the "Bad Guy," for his return trip.
It was the same aircraft Bai Ye had taken when he accompanied Gavial back to her hometown.
However, there was one difference: the aircraft's engine had been removed before. Although Mr. Dylan, the pilot, and the medical cart Lancet-2 had reinstalled the engine during the return flight and made it back safely in the end,
the aircraft's engine still had