"Hey, hey, hey!" Yui exclaimed, hurriedly stopping Nai Hyuga's hands from moving over her body. "Nai, stop. Just stop for a moment."
Nai Hyuga froze as Yui stopped her hands. She met Yui's eyes gravely. "Yui, what if something goes wrong? Wouldn't that mean..."
Yui understood Nai Hyuga's concern and calmly met her gaze. "I don't feel anything wrong with my body right now. As for that curse... maybe it never took hold in the first place!"
In truth, her body wasn't entirely free of abnormalities. Even now, her left arm still burned a little, though the pain was gradually fading with time.
Because of that, she hadn't connected the curse to the pain. She simply assumed she had compressed the blood vessels in her arm while unconscious.
As for why the curse had disappeared, Yui thought there might be another explanation.
"But..." Nai Hyuga opened her mouth, seemingly wanting to say more, but Yui interrupted before she could.
"I've checked carefully, and nothing feels wrong with my body. Besides..." As she spoke, Yui planted her hands on the ground and stood up. "You must have examined me while I was unconscious, too. You didn't find anything wrong, did you?"
Nai Hyuga faltered. Knowing Yui's personality, she sighed and decided not to pursue the matter further.
She quietly made a note of it. Even if she couldn't get to the bottom of it now, she would definitely investigate thoroughly when she had the chance.
"All right, then!" Left with no choice, Nai Hyuga agreed. She rose from the ground, brushed off the sand and dust, and met Yui's eyes seriously. "Yui, let me make this clear. I may not investigate right now, but when I get the chance, I'm going to strip you bare and get to the bottom of