At the sudden question, Pan Long froze for a moment and turned toward the voice.
A young woman in strange black-and-white clothes had appeared beside his table without warning.
She had delicate features and the charm of a girl next door. Two pink streaks ran through her short black hair, just above her eyebrows on either side of her bangs, lending her a lively prettiness. A white ornament that looked rather like a pair of headphones sat on her head—perhaps some kind of magical artifact.
Her clothes were in a style Pan Long had never seen. The back and outer sides of the sleeves were black; the front and inner sides were white. The whole outfit resembled a long coat, but she had such a fine figure that even its loose cut could not hide it. She looked positively full of life.
Most striking of all were the long, fair legs beneath the coat. Her black boots only made her skin look whiter. In the world of his previous life, someone would probably have shouted, "I could play with those legs for a year!" or "I'd lick them till I broke a bone!"
Pan Long felt there was something wildly out of place about the way she dressed. Forget the Nine Provinces World—even in the open-minded, individualistic world of his previous life, he would have expected to see an outfit like that only at an anime convention.
In short, she did not look like an ordinary person.
She seemed a little dazed. Her large eyes stared at Pan Long without blinking, yet there was not a trace of menace or sternness in them. She looked more likely to say, "Oh dear, I'm so sleepy. I think I'll go to bed," at any moment.
"I'm A-Fei." Pan Long managed to remember