At that moment, Seele stopped pretending as well. She raised her adorable little head, completely ignoring Kimura Seiri in front of her. Rising to her feet, she pressed herself tightly against Bronya, her eyes filled with dependence.
It was as though, in this world... Bronya was all she had.
"You're unharmed too..."
Kimura Seiri's expression darkened even further. This had far exceeded his expectations. Everything had clearly been proceeding perfectly—why had such an accident occurred now?
At the same time, Kimura Seiri anxiously glanced at Hanasaki Akari and the others a few times. They did not seem to show any signs of waking up. Only these two foreign girls had awakened, which made him breathe a slight sigh of relief. If the drug had been fake... he would have been utterly screwed.
But that made him wonder... were people from Country E immune to this drug? After all... it was said that even bears did not dare provoke people from that country.
Slap!
Staring at Bronya and Seele, Kimura Seiri's expression kept changing. After several seconds of silence, he suddenly slapped himself across the face.
"I deserve to die! I was too impatient, blinded by greed... to actually do something like this!"
With guilt written across his face, Kimura Seiri decisively dropped to his knees before Bronya and Seele as he spoke, lowering his head and not daring to look at them.
"..."
Kimura Seiri's actions clearly caught Bronya and Seele slightly off guard. He had actually admitted his mistake so readily...
Just as Bronya was considering how to deal with him, Kimura Seiri suddenly raised his head, pulled out a pistol from behind his back, aimed it at Bronya's... arm, and fired without hesitation.
"Sorry! I didn't want to do this either. Wouldn't it be better if you obediently