Seele's voice was very soft. If one did not listen carefully, it might have been impossible to make out what Seele had said. But Black Seele had heard every word clearly!
"So that was it. Seele wasn't used to this?"
As she spoke, Black Seele took Seele's little hand again, her crimson eyes calmly fixed on her.
"There's no need to find it strange. Seele is the true owner of this body, while I... am merely Seele's guardian. I've never wanted to fight Seele for control of the body. I only appear in Seele's place when Seele needs me."
"So... Seele, don't dwell on these things anymore! All right?"
Looking at Seele gently, Black Seele raised a fair little hand identical to Seele's and placed it atop Seele's short blue hair.
"..."
Listening to the words of her other self, Seele stared at her blankly. She had never expected Black Seele to say something like that.
"Come on! Let's go have breakfast."
After several minutes of silence, Seele took the initiative and grabbed Black Seele's hand, continuing onward.
"Then let's go have breakfast."
Seeing Seele's reaction, Black Seele immediately understood her attitude and happily went along with it.
They had come on a date. It would have been far too inappropriate for their relationship to become strained. This was how it should be...
Still... for the time being, Black Seele did not intend to push things too far. She would stop while she was ahead!
"Oh, they're selling soup dumplings over there!"
They had not walked far when Seele suddenly spotted a shop selling soup dumplings. There were quite a few customers, with more than a dozen people already in line.
It was not strange for the Far Eastern Land to have soup dumplings, since the people here