Because the situation was complicated, it took me quite a while to make Sirius understand what was going on.
"Something like this happened, and you still had the mood to hold some kind of barbecue party here?"
Sitting down on the spread-out mat, Sirius irritably held Azura and lightly stroked her.
Azura had gone limp like a cat as well, enjoying the full-body massage.
Sirius then looked toward the Negative Variant group.
"I'm sorry you had to suffer such a misfortune. The Association truly failed in its oversight. The Association lacks sufficient authority over its subordinate partner organizations. As the Association's chairwoman, I should apologize to you."
As the little group's leader, Locust had been sipping the potion Barbara had given her through a straw. At Sirius's words, she had no choice but to tilt her head and let Spider take the potion pouch from her first.
"Can we trust what you say?"
Why was she using honorifics when speaking to Sirius...?
"I understand even your distrust of me, but that's fine. Since you chose to trust Miluno, then simply continue trusting her. We will also take responsibility."
The moment she mentioned me, everyone turned to look.
At that moment, Barbara was sitting astride me, her slender legs wrapped around my waist and her arms around my neck.
It was an intimate position, but Barbara was far too petite. I only felt like I was carrying a daughter. Even if I wanted to stand up now, I could only lift her by supporting her little butt...
"Save the flattery."
I waved a hand, then patted Barbara's warm back.
"To deal with someone using that troublesome kind of magic, do you have anyone suitable in mind?"
"First, Yuehan!"
Sirius hooked an arm around the gray-haired girl sitting beside her.
"Our opponent