Nanako tried to stand, only to find that she still seemed to be shackled in chains. Looking at the beautiful girl before her, so full of exotic charm, Nanako had just been unable to resist asking Rita to help remove the chains when Rita's actions left her stunned once again.
"Nanako, I saved you... How are you going to repay me?"
Rita teasingly lifted the girl's chin with her right index finger. Her beautiful face drew closer... her wine-red eyes fixed on the other girl.
This sort of move men used to flirt with women left Nanako completely unable to react.
"Ri... Miss Rita, wh-what... what are you doing?" Nanako began to stammer a little. This was a situation she had never imagined, and it was the first time she had ever encountered something like this.
She was being flirted with by a girl even more outstanding and beautiful than herself?
"Take a guess. If you guess right, there'll be a reward!"
"Th-this..."
Nanako began letting her imagination run wild. Could it be... that this beautiful Miss Rita li-liked her? Although the thought felt completely unrealistic, it was the only thing Nanako could think of.
Though girls liking girls was rare, it wasn't unheard of. And the girl before her...
Could it be... that Rita had seen her somewhere before and, for some unknown reason, fallen in love with her?
Because they were both girls, Miss Rita had feared society's judgment and feared that Nanako would not accept her. So she could only bury those feelings in her heart, silently protecting Nanako from the shadows, planning to watch over her until she grew up... married and raised children, while Rita suffered alone in silence.
And when she learned that Nanako had been kidnapped by bad people, Miss Rita had immediately