"What could it be? He probably just caught a chill by accident. Let's wait for him nearby!"
After saying that, Himeko swept her gaze around and spotted several food stalls not far away. Catching the aroma drifting over, she took out her watch and checked the time, only to find that it was almost noon.
"Little Himeko, want to get something to eat?"
Himeko pointed at the stalls in the distance.
"But there seem to be quite a lot of people."
Little Himeko looked toward where Himeko was pointing. There was an enormous crowd lined up there, and it was obvious the vendors must have something special to attract so many customers. Although places like this tourist spot would naturally have plenty of business, queues this long were still rare.
"It's fine. I'll line up. Little Himeko, find us a spot and save it."
"...Okay."
After thinking for a few seconds, Little Himeko nodded and looked around for a suitable place. However, there were too many tourists around, making it rather difficult to find one.
After giving Little Himeko a few instructions, Himeko headed to the end of the line in front of the stalls and joined the queue. After taking a careful look, she saw that there were at least twenty people ahead of her. She would be waiting for a while.
Even while waiting in line, Himeko did not forget to keep an eye on Little Himeko, glancing over at her from time to time in case anything happened.
Although Little Himeko was not that young anymore, she was roughly the same age as Seele and the others.
Boss, did you miss Ai-chan?
As Himeko stood in line boredly, a familiar voice she had been waiting to hear for a long time suddenly rang beside her ear.
"Ai...