Nia: So

In front of the Tokisaki Residence.

Qian Huanyue stood at the door, looking east and west before taking a few steps back and gesturing through the air with her fingers.

Only then did she press the doorbell.

—Ding-dong!

"Is Huanyue-chan nervous?"

"Mm...?! No." Qian Huanyue immediately shook her head, her silver hair swaying gently as she tried to deny it.

But just thinking about how she had been told she would be living with several girls filled her with far more unease than she had expected.

Having lost all her memories of getting along with them, she did not even know how to interact with them. Faced with such a sudden situation, would she end up getting teased until she could not tell north from south?

The lock clicked.

"Lit~tle~Qian~Qian~! You're back—!"

The moment the door opened, Nia Honjo threw her arms around Huanyue. She let out an uncle-like "ghehehe" laugh, and from such close range, Huanyue could clearly smell something wafting off her... alcohol?

A working adult!?

Huanyue was somewhat at a loss in the face of her enthusiasm. With a faintly wry smile, she rubbed Nia's short hair a few times as though venting her feelings.

"Miss Nia, you've been drinking again?" Rinne entered the entryway carrying shopping bags. Seeing this scene, she wore a smile that was both knowing and somewhat helpless.

She walked over and gently pulled Nia, who was clinging to Huanyue, slightly away.

In the memories Nia had had altered by Eden, Rinne had also visited many times and was a friend she could get along with.

"Mm... I didn't drink much, really, Rinne." Nia Honjo looked far more sober now, though a tipsy flush still lingered on her face. "The house has been so empty lately. Before I knew it, I drank a