Shizuka Marikawa, who had long since gone to bed, stirred awake in a daze.
After lying there groggily for a while, she huffed, "You little man-stealer."
Despite saying that, she couldn't help pricking up her ears, and her breathing grew heavier.
As time passed.
A tail with a heart-shaped tip emerged, swaying back and forth.
A while later!
Clutching her bedsheet, she crept into the laundry room.
The next day!
Early in the morning!
With dark circles under her eyes, Shizuka Marikawa stood on slightly trembling legs.
She had made far too many trips to the laundry room last night.
Just then, Lin Luo came downstairs holding Saeko Busujima's hand, looking thoroughly refreshed.
Shizuka Marikawa looked at Saeko Busujima and huffed, "Busujima, you've been naughty."
Saeko Busujima replied innocently, "What do you mean? I was only fulfilling my duties as a familiar."
Shizuka Marikawa: "..."
Why did that expression look so familiar?
Why did she keep feeling as though her own words had come back to bite her?
"These bedsheets?"
Lin Luo gazed out the window, his expression somewhat
Shizuka Marikawa froze, her skin flushing pink.
No matter how airheaded she was.
She was still a girl.
Odd.
"It's nothing."
"I just couldn't sleep, and it's all your fault."
With that, Shizuka Marikawa stiffly fled.
"You'll be late for school. Hurry up."
That night!
Rei Miyamoto couldn't sleep again.
Every time she thought of that name, she gritted her teeth in hatred.
After tossing and turning, she finally switched on the light and happened to spot the Flyer on her desk.
"Oh, right. That handsome guy with the delusions gave this to me."
Rei Miyamoto smiled helplessly and was about to toss it into the trash, but her hand paused.
She stared at the intricate magic circle on the bedsheet,