Shimizu Meiyuki nodded seriously.
"Kazuko, please let Oto know for us. We'll probably be back this afternoon."
Seele then looked toward Kazuko near the stone table in the courtyard and asked her to pass on the message.
Kujou Oto was still playing games with Hiyamaru...
"Got it."
Faced with Seele's request, Kazuko replied listlessly.
"Mm, Yuna... let's go!"
After taking care of everything, Seele finally took Asou Yuna by the hand and walked out through the shrine's torii gate, then started down the steps...
However... as Seele and Asou Yuna descended the steps, they spotted a strange white-haired boy heading toward the shrine. As they passed him, Seele and Asou Yuna could not help turning back to look at his retreating figure.
"Sister Seele, what's wrong?" Noticing Seele's odd behavior, Asou Yuna asked curiously.
"It's nothing... Let's hurry. We shouldn't keep Kyoko waiting too long."
Seele hesitated for a moment, then shook her head and continued down the steps with Asou Yuna. With Kanou and Hiyamaru at the shrine, nothing should happen.
With Hiyamaru and Kanou's strength, generally speaking... unless it was some world-ending crisis, they would be more than enough.
"Oh."
Seeing that Seele did not answer, Asou Yuna did not press further. She would never pester Seele about something Seele did not want to discuss.
When Seele and Asou Yuna, one older and one younger, reached the city district hand in hand, they immediately drew the attention of the surrounding pedestrians. Though calling them older and younger was not quite right, since Seele also belonged to the younger category. After all, she was still in her loli years, only fourteen.
Girls aged fourteen and under were all in their loli years. Of course, some legal lolis did not fall into that category, such as a certain loli in