Kurotama stared at what her sister had done, completely dumbfounded. She had been scared out of her wits just now, yet instead of getting angry, her sister had bowed and thanked her?
Had her sister, who had been toyed with by the demon, gotten something wrong?
"Eh??"
Not just Kurotama—Sirin wore a look of utter surprise as well.
Why was she being thanked instead? Had that experience not been enough?
"Thank you for saving my younger sister and me in the Forest of Trees earlier."
Seeing Sirin's puzzled expression, Akame explained directly. The portal Sirin had opened looked much like the spatial rift from before.
So she immediately thought of it...
When they encountered that pack of Dangerous Species, it had been Sirin who saved her and Kurotama.
"She was the one who saved us from that wolf pack earlier?"
Upon hearing Akame say that, Kurotama clearly remembered as well. She stared at Sirin in astonishment. The demon who had teased her and her sister had saved their lives before?
If that was the case, had she misunderstood her?
"I didn't expect you to figure it out☆~"
"But if you want to thank someone, thank Mom instead. She was the one who told me to protect you two☆~"
Sirin was a little surprised that Akame had recognized her, but she did not dwell on it.
"Teacher..."
Akame took it to heart.
"Mmm~ That smells so good!"
Just then, Kurotama suddenly caught the scent of roasted meat she had smelled a few days ago.
Going Together
At night, inside Akame and Kurotama's tent.
"Sister, Teacher's grilled meat was seriously so delicious. I've never had anything that good in my whole life. We used to grill meat before too, but..."
Although they had experienced quite a lot today—one emotional upheaval after another,