"Why did I choose to live here?"
If she had known, she would have bought an apartment elsewhere.
It wasn't as though she lacked the money.
The situation now...
She had practically asked for this misery.
Mai Zenin was restless too, several times wanting to rush upstairs.
But she forced herself to hold back.
No.
Doing it together...
I just can't.
She clenched her fists and gritted her teeth.
Thump, thump, thump!
Just then, Maki Zenin came downstairs.
Finally finished?
Mai Zenin and Nobara Kugisaki brightened, instinctively looking over.
But a moment later...
Both of them were dumbfounded.
Nobara Kugisaki stammered, "S-senior, y-y-you..."
Maki Zenin paused, then looked down at herself before smiling slightly.
"What does it matter?"
"Putting everything back on would be too much trouble."
With that, Maki Zenin opened the refrigerator and took out a few cans of cold drinks.
Her throat hurt a little.
She needed to soothe it.
"Oh, right. Master isn't leaving tonight."
As though something had occurred to her, Maki Zenin winked at the two of them.
"You two should get to bed early too."
Leaving them with those words, Maki Zenin headed upstairs while sipping her drink.
At the same time...
The light of her blessing flickered over her body.
Mai Zenin: "..."
Nobara Kugisaki: "..."
The following morning.
The Occult Research Club.
"Those Khaos Brigade members really are cautious. I couldn't find a single trace of them."
Lin Luo sipped his black tea and shook his head in disappointment.
Over the past few days...
Although it seemed as though he hadn't done a single thing of importance...
While in Kyoto...
He had been extending his perception, searching almost every corner of the city.
And yet...
Aside from a handful of stray devils...
He hadn't found a single devil connected to the