That was roughly it.
An Unreliable Guardian (Bonus Chapter 1 for Blades)
It was around the time school let out. The streets around the school were packed with people, though most of them were elementary school students trickling out one after another, along with full-time moms there to pick up their children.
And... elderly people specifically there to walk the children home.
Of course, quite a few students who lived nearby walked home on their own. But in this area... they were basically all third graders or older.
Together with middle and high school students from the go-home clubs, they formed a dense crowd.
"Seele!"
On the way from the bubble tea shop to Asou Yuna's school, Black Seele suddenly grabbed Seele's hand.
"What is it?"
"Let's play a game."
Black Seele looked at the "herself" before her and made the suggestion.
"A game? What kind of game?"
Seele glanced at the crowd around them. To avoid looking strange, she spoke directly to Black Seele through her thoughts.
"A game... where we make everyone else eat dog food!"
After saying that, Black Seele suddenly hugged "herself." Before Seele could react, Black Seele gave her a light, dragonfly-like kiss with an innocent look in her eyes.
"Mmm—what are you doing, other me?!"
Once Seele came back to her senses, she hurriedly took two steps back and covered her mouth, staring helplessly at Black Seele in front of her. At the same time, Seele realized that the people around them seemed to have stopped walking, all looking at her and... Black Seele with a variety of expressions.
A terrible thought immediately surfaced in Seele's mind, and her expression changed at once.
Ordinary people couldn't see Black Seele. In other words... although Seele was shocked that Black Seele would do something like this,