Silver Fantasy felt the two hands wrapped tightly around her waist. Almost instinctively, she wanted to push him away, but when she saw his (★ᴗ★) expression of supreme confidence and delight, she ultimately refrained from spoiling the mood by pushing him away right then.
Although, admittedly, she strongly suspected something.
His mind was actually perfectly clear, and he was deliberately putting on that expression so he could use an eminently reasonable excuse to get intimate with her.
But she had no evidence.
Perhaps humans really did hug like this when they were excited, to express how they felt.
"Although I don't want to discourage you, to be honest..."
Silver Fantasy said.
"I'm still a long way behind Ether. If I fought him one-on-one, even several more of me probably wouldn't stand a chance against him."
She understood that perfectly well.
She had merely become one of the Seven Gods.
She was still nowhere near being able to turn the tide.
Lynn adjusted his Monocle, an immensely confident smile spreading across his face as he said:
"It doesn't matter. Whatever happens, we've gotten stronger, haven't we?!"
We.
When she heard that word, she instinctively felt a hint of unfamiliarity and distance.
She reflexively looked up at the smiling face so close to hers.
She didn't know whether he had said it unconsciously and sincerely, but it truly had been a long time since she had heard that word. Did he already consider her his partner? Or was he still spouting lies, just like before...
But whatever the case...
He didn't seem quite as annoying as he used to.
Her eyelashes fluttered.
"So, can you let go now?"
She asked.
Because he was still holding her.
And at this very moment, his hand was no longer simply resting against her back. In