"I'll stay with Sakura."
Perhaps because of some minor grudge, Eden chose to remain in the basement rather than go out.
For a moment, no one responded at all.
It seemed rather awkward.
"...I'll come along too. Perfect timing—I'll bring Tohana with me as well. It's not a bad thing for children to get out more."
Thrush Mama's eyes shifted slightly as she stepped forward, trying to ease the awkwardness.
"Oh, oh."
Russell nodded at her words and looked at her.
"Then get ready."
"Okay, okay."
Thrush Mama dyed her hair a relatively low-key blackish purple, then put on a hat and mask, and draped herself in a man's overcoat.
Then she held out her hand, allowing Russell to grab her and use a flash step to leave the relatively isolated World within the painting. After that, she hurried off to find the child she had left in the care of a family member.
For some reason.
Several of the bodyguards assigned by the Family to stay by her side were missing—or rather, none of the Oak Family's bodyguards seemed to be around?
They were all on sick leave...
The reason listed for their leave was... pain from their egg-laying period had caused them to go into shock?
Looking at those leave requests, she suddenly felt as though the Family had become somewhat unfamiliar.
She wanted to speak, stopped herself, wanted to speak again, and ultimately forgot what she had wanted to say.
So she simply picked up the sleeping girl with great care and, like a thief, carried her toward the train station.
There, the man who had captured one of the Great Lords of Annihilation alongside a Void Emissary had been waiting for quite some time.
"Sorry... something happened on the way, so I'm late." Thrush Mama hurried