[Bai Ye, I heard you stopped that meteor over Z City, and that you made it disappear outright. Is that true?]
Bai Ye was drinking tea in the living room while browsing his phone when a message suddenly popped up.
Unsurprisingly, it was Lily again.
Bai Ye opened the message and casually replied.
[What else would it be, fake?]
[How did you do it? Come to think of it, Lady Fubuki told me you're an Esper too. You did it with psychic powers, right?]
[Yeah, that's right.]
Bai Ye had originally wanted to reply with just "Yeah," but after thinking it over, he felt that would be a little rude, so he added a few words.
For some reason, Lily had been sending him all sorts of messages more and more frequently lately.
Most of their conversations were about everyday trivialities, giving him the impression that she really wanted someone to chat with.
[By the way... don't you have any friends?]
[??? What's that supposed to mean?]
It was clear that Lily had quite a strong reaction.
[Exactly what it says. Instead of talking to an outsider like me about this stuff every day, wouldn't you be better off talking to your friends?]
Bai Ye was just a little curious.
As far as Lily was concerned, he was an outsider at best. Who got so enthusiastic about chatting with an outsider about everyday life?
Lily usually replied instantly, but this time, two or three minutes passed before she sent a response.
[How are you an outsider? You're already part of our Blizzard Group... even if you won't accept it, Lady Fubuki intends to get you into the Blizzard Group no matter what!]
[...]
Bai Ye replied with nothing but an ellipsis, then simply put his phone down.
He knew there