(Miluno)
Although I had been invited, Fomalhaut said:
"That's a captains' meeting. Betelgeuse and I will attend. You guys should head back to Skyreach City first."
It turned out I wasn't a captain after all, and the chainsaw Magical Girl's face reddened slightly as well.
"Sorry..."
"It's fine. You guys drive back."
I was getting off work too.
I was getting off work right now!
Fomalhaut went to the meeting, while Viktorika, Regil, and Meiya also left through wormholes. Just as I was about to return to Skyreach City, Achernar said, "Wait, Miluno. Stay with us a little longer."
"Huh?"
"Come with us to take her to SpiCa's treatment facility?"
Achernar and Liuzi were supporting the Otter Witch. I had no idea why they wanted me to come along, but it was hard to refuse.
"Where's this treatment facility? Is it far?"
"On the Zodiacal."
Heh. Forget getting off work and going home—I had to go to the moon too?
"Fine. Let's go. The sooner we get there, the sooner we get back."
Still, distance in a virtual world was just data. It held no real meaning.
But Mi Xue had made that data quite realistic for the sake of immersion. The wormhole passage from the Busan Branch to the Zodiacal was a full kilometer long, so we had to ride broomsticks through it.
But we had only borrowed two flying brooms.
The Otter Witch rode on the back of Achernar's broom. She had chosen her brother over her lover, which meant I could only sit behind Liuzi.
Of course, I could have ridden the broom myself, but that girl would take the chance to cop a feel. I wasn't exactly happy about having her arms around my waist either. At least sitting behind her made me feel much more