Happy Ending Shiori

This is an extra story following Chapter 113, the Eden branch Happy Ending.

Sh, spare me! (˘̩̩̩ε˘̩ƪ)

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Mm... an unfamiliar ceiling.

Huanyue, having just woken up, had yet to fully come to her senses when faint breathing brushed against her silver bangs, warm breaths puffing out with soft snoring.

Only then did Huanyue fully wake up. She yawned lazily and, as if it were only natural, moved her head away from Shiori's arm.

As the pale fingers intertwined with hers separated, an invisible thread seemed to flash with crystalline light, and spirit particles swiftly gathered throughout the space.

[Seraph of Thousand Blades] floated up, taking the shape of a tangible giant hand and locking the room from within.

Only after making sure that everything before her could not be peered into did Huanyue finally relax a little.

Then, a melancholy feeling rose uncontrollably in the corner of her eyes. She truly had no words for this.

Yesterday's reckless impulse had become the storm raging within her heart today. Sunlight poured over her skin like time itself, and the shimmering traces gradually faded away.

Could Shiori feel—

These feelings of hers?

The room was silent, with only quiet breathing remaining. After all, dawn had only just broken.

The future ahead would no longer be the same as before.

As though she had noticed something, Huanyue put on a stern face and leaned close to Shiori's ear with narrowed eyes.

"You... are pretending to be asleep, aren't you?"

Her breathing remained steady. Other than a faint tremble of her eyelashes for an instant, there was no movement.

—If one ignored her flushed face, that performance might really have fooled Huanyue.

Huanyue twirled around Shiori's blue bangs until her cheeks grew hotter and hotter. Only then did she casually lift Shiori's eyelid.