After tidying up a little, Efnir and Yukina headed to the kitchen.
"Hmm, the conditions here are pretty good," Kaoru Yanase said as she sat on the sofa and looked around.
The bright, spotless room, the neatly arranged bookshelves and photo albums, the sliding doors and storage cabinets covered in chibi idol girl stickers—those details offered a glimpse into the daily lives of the two young residents.
"They've grown up..."
"Yeah..." Takuma Yanase took a deep breath as well, leaning back into the soft cushions.
"But... why does it look... like only girls live here...?"
"You mean those stickers? Yukina probably put them up."
"That's not what I mean. How should I put it... it's just a feeling, you know? This place smells like a fairy! Definitely not someone Yukina's age."
Kaoru Yanase said this seriously.
A woman's intuition was often remarkably accurate, especially when it came to detecting the traces of an unfamiliar woman in a room.
"You're imagining things."
Takuma Yanase neither confirmed nor denied it.
Kaoru Yanase did not reply. She picked up a cushion behind her, leaned against the sofa, and sniffed lightly.
"I just feel like..."
"Maybe it's our son's girlfriend? Look, our son is already nineteen, almost twenty. If he got a girlfriend and occasionally brought her home, that wouldn't be strange, would it?"
"That's right!"
At the mention of her son's girlfriend, the mother suddenly perked up.
"This won't do. I need to ask him! We finally came back after so long, I have to check her out for our son!"
At that moment, she spotted a fashion magazine lying beside the sofa. Its cover featured a radiant idol girl.
"Magical Girl Efnir...?" Kaoru Yanase tilted her head and unconsciously read the printed words, then looked at her husband beside her. "This name