Suzuki Yukiko blinked at Seele, not understanding for a moment.
"Things are pretty much settled! Let's find somewhere to rest for the night, then head back first thing tomorrow!"
Without explaining further, Seele took Asou Yuna's hand and walked ahead as if nothing had happened.
"Hey! Wait for me!"
Watching Seele and Asou Yuna's backs, Suzuki Yukiko hurried after them.
Since it was so late, the three of them found a twenty-four-hour inn in a nearby town and stayed there. Perhaps they were lucky—the inn had hot springs. After being busy for so long, soaking in one felt wonderfully relaxing.
"Ah... this feels so good!"
Seele lay in the women's hot spring, closing her beautiful eyes in contentment.
It was already deep into the night. Though the inn was open twenty-four hours a day, there was practically no one at the hot springs, making it feel like a private bath.
"But why are you two soaking with Seele too?" Seele opened her beautiful eyes and looked at Asou Yuna and Suzuki Yukiko before her. Asou Yuna was one thing—she was already used to that—but Suzuki Yukiko...
Sure enough, jk girls really did make people want to look a few more times!
"Is that not allowed? We're all girls..."
Suzuki Yukiko did not mind in the slightest, standing naked before Seele with complete composure.
"That's not it..."
Seele reluctantly turned her head away, no longer looking at her...
"Oh, right, Miss Seele... You said Core Cliff was gone. What about that adult from before?"
As if she had suddenly remembered something, Suzuki Yukiko lay down right beside Seele and asked curiously.
"That... adult?"
Seele froze the moment she heard that. It seemed like... she had forgotten about him? Didn't that mean...
In that instant, thunder seemed to crash through Seele's