When the thing she had worried about most no longer needed her attention.
The sound of her heartbeat became exceptionally clear.
What she was about to do would exhaust all her courage and might even leave her scarred for life.
But she had to take that step eventually.
She took a deep breath, using her half-baked magic to enhance her mobility as she searched Uruk's vast rear gardens for something that could calm her heart.
When the sound of flowing water reached her ears, she finally saw the person she had wanted to see.
—In a warm spring.
The man she had been thinking about day and night was submerged in the mist with a pink-haired hunter, embracing and kissing her.
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The pink-haired hunter panted amid the mist.
Her fair skin gleamed like jade, and her clear eyes were as blue as a blend of sky and sea.
There was no doubt that she was a lovely girl.
She was incredibly beautiful. Even Gudako, a girl herself, felt her heart sway at the sight.
She really was beautiful.
If Gudako had encountered someone like her on a street near home, she would surely have been so stunned that she would think, Should I go introduce myself?
But...
Beside that beautiful girl was her "younger brother."
He was the person who made her heart race uncontrollably, the figure she could never drive from her mind.
The girl's delicate face turned pale in an instant.
Did he actually have someone he liked?
It seemed reasonable.
After all, his charm was so astonishing.
How could no one like him?
So—
Had she come too late?
Her hands trembled. Perhaps emotions really did possess power.
Right now, she felt as though the sky had truly