"Looks like someone interesting has shown up. I'll go down and take a look."
As Werther spoke, he prepared to jump off the King of the Sky.
"Wait, I want to go too."
Sugar looked at Werther expectantly. She had come along this time just to tag along with him.
"Me too! Me too!"
Ruri Chie immediately raised her hand as well, making Werther's mouth twitch.
"Is that so? Then let's all go."
With a wicked grin, Werther grabbed Sugar and Ruri Chie by the backs of their collars.
Both girls remained calm. They knew Werther could use Geppo and assumed he would carry them down with it.
Werther gave a mighty heave and threw them off the King of the Sky, then jumped after them.
The three of them were roughly a thousand meters up. A fall from this height would kill them even if they landed in the sea.
Sugar felt the air rushing past her cheeks and quickly reached a small hand toward the back of her neck. But the hand she expected to find there was gone.
"No way. Um... help!"
Sugar shrieked, tears streaming from her eyes.
Beside her, Ruri Chie also realized she was in free fall, but her reaction was completely different from Sugar's.
Gripping Masamune tightly in one hand, Ruri Chie actually laughed with delight.
"This is fun. Pretty thrilling, isn't it?"
Ruri Chie glanced at the weeping Sugar and grabbed her with her free hand.
Feeling someone catch hold of her, Sugar turned instinctively.
"Chie, you're the best."
Sugar wrapped herself around Ruri Chie like a little octopus and clung on for dear life.
"Chie, you can fly too, right? Let's fly now. We're falling faster and faster."
Ruri Chie's reaction had led Sugar to believe she could fly.
"Huh? I