Shimizu Meiyuki looked up at Seele gratefully and hurriedly thanked her again.
"It's nothing! Oh, right, Yuna's back. Tell her to come find me in my room." This bracelet was neither cheap nor expensive, costing a total of 17,000 yen. To Seele, that was pocket change. The clothes Seele bought for Asou Yuna cost two or three hundred thousand yen each.
"Yuna... I understand."
"Mm, it's already past four... and she still isn't back." Seele checked the time and shook her head. Asou Yuna usually returned before four.
"Maybe something came up at school or somewhere?" Shimizu Meiyuki thought for a moment and guessed.
"Maybe!"
Seele felt a faint unease, but after thinking it over... Asou Yuna had Higanbana by her side, so nothing should have happened. She set her worries aside.
"Sister Seele, this is bad... something happened to Yuna." Seele had barely rested in her bedroom when Shimizu Meiyuki's anxious voice came through the door.
"Something happened to Yuna?"
Seele froze inside the room, then hurriedly straightened her clothes and opened the door, looking at the worried Shimizu Meiyuki standing outside.
"Yuna is in the shrine's front hall."
Seeing Seele come out, Shimizu Meiyuki quickly explained.
"The front hall?"
Without a moment's hesitation, Seele rushed to the shrine's front hall. She saw Hoshino Kyoko supporting Asou Yuna as she sat on the floor, while Higanbana, Hiyamaru, and Kanou stood beside her, seemingly discussing something.
"Yuna, what's wrong? What happened?"
Seele quickly moved to Asou Yuna's side and looked at her worriedly. Kanou's face was pale, and she looked to be in great pain.
"Sister Seele, you're back..."
Seeing Seele appear, Asou Yuna forced a smile.
"I'm sorry, Master. I was careless."
At that moment, Higanbana suddenly bowed to Seele in apology.
"This isn't Sister Hua's fault. Yuna