This Isn't a Missing Person, Is It?
Fish-Man Island, Harbor Town.
Coral Hill, Mermaid Cafe.
Sephiroth entered the cafe from outside, holding a bouquet of red roses and walking with unhurried steps.
The busy figures of the Mermaid waitresses immediately entered his sight, while the cafe's soothing music reached his ears.
When the Mermaid waitresses saw Sephiroth, they all warmly greeted him, and he responded to each of them in turn.
Before long, he passed through booth after booth and arrived at the cafe counter, where he found Shyarly sitting behind it, going over the accounts while smoking her pipe.
Sephiroth held the bouquet of red roses out to her.
Shyarly set down her pipe and accepted the bouquet, her tone carrying a hint of teasing displeasure.
"Ah! Isn't this a missing person?
You disappeared for half a month. Why did you suddenly show up again?"
Sephiroth's gaze shifted evasively as he replied guiltily,
"Ahem! Haven't I just been too busy with work?"
"Oh~! So busy you didn't even have time to show your face?
Or have you simply gotten tired of me and no longer wanted to see me..." Shyarly said resentfully.
Sephiroth gave an awkward chuckle, stepped behind the counter, gently wrapped an arm around Shyarly's slender waist, and whispered into her ear,
"Ahem!... Well... let's go home and talk slowly!
It's inconvenient to talk here..."
"What's inconvenient about talking here...?" Shyarly glared at him and huffed proudly.
"Some things really can only be discussed in private. Let's go home first!"
Sephiroth could only patiently continue coaxing Shyarly in his arms, hoping she would stop sulking.
What else could he do?
He was troubled too!
Because there were too many girls, ever since returning to Sea Calendar 1512, he had been rushing around every day, constantly placating them...