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Chiba Yo's heart jolted, and his left hand immediately clamped around his Kasugai Crow.
"Caw! And... they... were all Lower Rank level, too..."
Yo's actions immediately made the Kasugai Crow catch on, and it breathlessly amended its story.
Only then did Yo release it, still shaken. But by then, Crow Bro had passed out in his hand again.
Kyojuro: ?
Muichiro: ??
Seeing Kyojuro's and Muichiro's puzzled looks, Yo coughed twice and explained, "Ahem. My Kasugai Crow exhausted itself on this mission. It flew for too long and got heatstroke, so it keeps talking nonsense. I was squeezing it to push the blood in its body up to its brain. That way, once it passes out and wakes up again, it'll be fine."
Yo had picked up that trick from Shinobu Kocho, too. Unfortunately, he didn't know how to compound medicine. Otherwise, he would definitely have made Crow Bro a dose that would let it forget the past and start over.
"So that's how you treat heatstroke in a Kasugai Crow? This is the first I've heard of it. I should make a note of that. It might come in handy someday."
Muichiro spoke blankly after hearing Yo's explanation.
The long-lashed Kasugai Crow on his shoulder flapped its wings in alarm and cried, "That's obviously a lie! Lord Muichiro, you mustn't believe him!"
After saying that, Muichiro fell silent for a while, his eyelids drooping.
Then his eyes suddenly widened as though he had snapped awake, and he slowly turned toward his Kasugai Crow. "Huh? Believe what?"
The long-lashed Kasugai Crow was speechless at Muichiro's response, but it also breathed a sigh of relief. It had almost forgotten what his memory was like.
Then Muichiro tilted his head and muttered to himself, "I think I said something just now..."