At last... Seele jogged over to the man and grabbed his clothes.
The man turned around after Seele grabbed him... His lifeless, dead-fish eyes stared at Seele. "What do you want?"
His tone was extremely cold. Though he stood among the crowd, he seemed completely isolated from the world.
If it had been some overly curious girl, she might have investigated further, then come to like him for some reason or another because of a few good qualities—a description like that of a protagonist in a novel.
"Sorry... sorry! I'm bothering you!"
Looking up at the man, who was much taller than her, Seele suddenly found herself speechless despite having prepared what to say. She even unconsciously took on the appearance of a startled little rabbit.
"If there's nothing else, don't bother me, brat."
He coldly turned away, ignoring Seele as he continued on with his lifeless steps.
Only after the man had left did Seele finally relax...
"Seele... what's wrong?"
Black Seele asked Seele in confusion.
"I... um..."
Seele opened her mouth, not knowing how to explain it...
Clearly, Seele had been quite bold in front of Asou Yuna. She had even acted like a qualified sister before her. (At least, that was how Seele saw it.)
But now that Seele was alone, her slight social anxiety seemed to have returned.
Seele did not feel much when talking to people of the same sex... But when she was alone, with no one she knew nearby, interacting with the opposite sex just...
"Seele, you have to overcome this habit!"
Having understood Seele's reason, her inner personality had no choice but to remind her.
"Seele understands..."
Seele nodded.
"Then go after him... Don't be afraid this time! Aren't I still here?"
Watching the office worker walk farther away, Black Seele