She had even treated him like a pervert!
But in the end...
The pervert... was actually her?!
"I..."
As the realization gradually sank in, Ryu Lion's mouth fell open.
Her face instantly went from flushed to scarlet, then from scarlet to deathly pale.
Her once-steady eyes lost focus, turning into dizzy spirals.
That immense guilt, mixed with enough shame to socially ruin her on the spot, overwhelmed her in an instant.
Seeing this, Syr felt the urge to tease her. She could not help leaning closer, looking into Ryu Lion's eyes as she asked with a concerned expression:
"Ryu... you didn't go and make a decision on your own while I was away, did you?"
"I'm sorry... I'm really sorry..."
"To think I actually... did something like that..."
With that said...
Ryu Lion immediately covered her face and crouched down, her shoulders trembling slightly.
If there had been a crack in the floor right then, she would have crawled into it without a moment's hesitation, buried herself, and never come out again for the rest of her life.
Ruined.
Everything was ruined.
The good name she had built over her lifetime was utterly ruined.
Seeing her friend so devastated, looking as though she might shatter the next second...
Syr was just about to pat Ryu Lion's shoulder and comfort her.
However...
Before Syr could seize the moment to offer a few comforting words and take the opportunity to indirectly probe what exactly had happened over the past few days...
"Boss lady!!!"
A sudden, exuberant shout came from the entrance.
The voice carried exceptionally well.
It drowned out every other sound in the tavern.
The entire hall fell silent for a moment.
"..."
"!!!"
Then...
When Syr heard that familiar voice, her eyes immediately widened, and she turned her head at