Achernar had given Flow a harsh demand, though I had no idea what it was.
But Flow's expression looked as awful as if he had eaten an avocado left out at room temperature for three days. It had to be some grueling "test" concerning courage and dignity, right?
Still, as long as he overcame this hurdle, he could gain his ideal girlfriend... or even wife.
For that, Flow remained in Achernar's dormitory.
Meanwhile, Sirius and I—and Azura—were invited out of the dormitory by Achernar.
"Sirius, then what should we..."
Before I could finish, Sirius stuffed Azura into my arms.
Puyooyo—!
"Sorry! Miluno! You'll have to go to Betelgeuse's place by yourself!!"
She left in a tremendous hurry, pulling out her phone as she ran, as though she had caused some enormous disaster.
Splat~ splat~
Azura, who had been forcibly shoved into my arms, squirmed up onto my shoulder. She was still dirty from rolling around in the sand earlier, but she showed no awareness of it and merely analyzed the situation. "Sirius~ probably went to apologize to SpiCa."
Well, that was what I thought too.
"She had been certain Achernar would reject Flow's hasty confession. She only meant to provoke SpiCa a little, but she ended up stabbing her straight through."
If Flow passed Achernar's test, then SpiCa's status as an older unmarried woman would continue.
"Let's go find Betelgeuse at the villa up the mountain."
"Splat~"
With Azura on my back, I left the prison and headed along the bluestone path through the forest toward the villa halfway up the mountain.
After Stratos modified Azura, both her size and density had increased, making her somewhat difficult to carry.
But I could hardly let her roll along the ground. The stone path up the mountain was nowhere near as clean