"Maybe because their Hirenkyaku Shoes have been making a splash lately?" Pakura's deputy said, sounding somewhat uncertain.
"Normally, information like this is kept secret. Wait outside for now. I'll go in and take a look." Pakura considered it for a moment. Since they had yet to establish whether it was safe, she would go inside and look first.
"Lady Pakura, you're going in alone?" Pakura's deputy looked at her in disbelief. She was just going to walk straight in?
"Yes, we still need to investigate this place thoroughly." Pakura frowned, feeling as though something was about to happen.
"But..." Pakura's deputy was still a little worried. This was a critical moment. How could they let Pakura enter Rōran alone?
"Well, well. I was wondering why I sensed some rather familiar chakra. So my little maid has arrived." Just then, a voice very familiar to Pakura rang out.
It was somewhat languid, with a hint of nonchalance.
"Sōkyū Hatake!!!" Pakura's deputy cried out. At some point, Sōkyū Hatake had appeared beside them, less than ten meters away.
"What do you mean, little maid?!" Pakura said indignantly. What was wrong with this man?
"Am I wrong? Pakura, you did lose that bet back then." Sōkyū Hatake looked Pakura up and down. It had been a while since they last met. How had her figure gotten even better?
"What are you doing here?" Pakura did not want to continue the subject of being his little maid.
"Why can't I be here? Don't you know that I belong to Rōran now?" Sōkyū Hatake said casually.
Belonged to Rōran?!
Those words sent a flicker of astonishment through Pakura's heart.
What was Rōran? Just a country with very little strength. How could it have recruited someone of Sōkyū Hatake's caliber?
"Stop joking. How could a little