"Someone we all knew had been taken by Divine Disappearance?"
After hearing my description, Yoko the maid seemed deeply moved. She stroked her chin and muttered thoughtfully:
"Lately, I've often felt like something was off. Like I'd forgotten something important... someone important..."
"Wait, weren't you listening to what I just said?"
I tapped the table, cutting her off.
"The person taken by Divine Disappearance might be my girlfriend, you know. Why are you so concerned about my girlfriend?"
Instead, Maid Yoko immediately shot back.
"'Girlfriend'? Isn't that just your delusion? Even if someone was taken by Divine Disappearance, that doesn't mean she was your girlfriend. Maybe it's just a one-sided fantasy of yours... Besides, Barbara likes you so much. Can you really bear to abandon her?"
Yoko took Barbara from Jila's arms, then carried her across the table and handed her to me... Being passed around like an object, she really was tiny, wasn't she?
"Miluno~"
Faced with Barbara's expectant gaze, I had no choice but to reach out and take her.
She was so light, as though she were stuffed with feathers...
She even wrapped her slender arms around my neck, docilely nestling against me as she breathed out a sweet fragrance.
"Please don't leave me, okay~? I don't mind even if you have a girlfriend~ I just want to stay by Miluno's side..."
But I minded!
Barbara still needed to learn basic human common sense. At the very least, she should understand what having a girlfriend meant...
If she had been taken by the Earth Crystal's Divine Disappearance, then my girlfriend was at least no ordinary person. Conservatively speaking, she was probably a magical girl too. I wondered how she compared to Barbara...
No, this wasn't something that could be compared.
Even if she wasn't as clingy or