"Captain, you're back!"
"Who are they?" a Holy Light Clerics member asked in confusion, looking at the large group of girls following Aiki.
Compared with the homeless Cursed Children, the girls returning with him were far too clean and neatly dressed.
"Arrange somewhere for the children to stay! They're all Initiators belonging to those civil security officers," Aiki explained calmly.
"Yes, Captain!" The Holy Light Clerics member asked no further questions and led the children toward the Manor.
Among the girls, Kayo Senju quietly followed the crowd. As she entered the Manor, a faint gleam flickered in her eyes.
As a first-generation Dolphin Type Cursed Child, she was not particularly strong in combat, but with an IQ of 210, she quietly observed everything around her.
Her Promoter, Shogen Ikuma, had always found fault with her. When that older boy had invited her to join him in the Meeting Room, she had known her chance to escape that miserable life had arrived. She just hadn't been certain how powerful the Holy Light Office, which had taken in so many Cursed Children in the Tokyo District, really was, or whether it could free her from all this despite the hostility of so many civil security officers.
That was why she had not given a definite answer, leaving herself a little room to maneuver.
But what happened next had utterly shocked the little girl. Despite her usual composure, everything she thought she knew had been overturned time and again.
Now, standing in the Manor and looking at so many children like herself, she felt her unease at entering an unfamiliar place subside a little. Her companions wore pretty clothes and dresses, their faces were clean, and aside from their curiosity, the happiness and affection in their eyes whenever they looked at the older