The pleasant four days passed in the blink of an eye.
Early in the morning, after reluctantly seeing the three Boa sisters aboard their ship on Junkyard Island, Sephiroth returned to the City of Water. Riding Arrowfish, he arrived before an ordinary dockyard bearing the sign, "Tom's Workshop."
Knock, knock, knock!
Looking listless, the silver-haired youth yawned as he raised his right hand and knocked on the tightly shut workshop door.
"Coming, just wait a moment!"
Before long, the door opened, revealing a middle-aged woman who was getting on in years but still had a remarkably voluptuous figure.
She had long, wavy light-green hair and wore garish heavy makeup. Judging from the contours of her face, it was faintly apparent that she had been a great beauty in her youth.
"Hello, Granny Kokoro."
Sephiroth smiled and greeted the middle-aged woman, though his gaze subtly drifted downward.
It was said that after female Merfolk Race members turned thirty, their tails could split into two legs. The silver-haired youth was rather curious about Granny Kokoro's legs as well...
"You're Sephiroth, the young man who contacted us by Den Den Mushi, right?"
"That's right. Where are Franky and the others...?"
"They worked late last night, so they're still sleeping in their rooms."
Granny Kokoro led the silver-haired youth into the house and seated him beside the dining table. Only then did she turn around and return to the kitchen to continue preparing breakfast.
"Young man, what would you like to drink?"
Sephiroth propped his left hand on the table, yawned, and asked absentmindedly:
"Do you have goji berry tea?"
"What's that?"
"If not, then just give me a cup of coffee, thank you!"
Before long, Granny Kokoro placed a steaming cup of coffee in front of him.
"Young man, your dark circles are