"Hello, Ria!" Maria and Elise said as they entered the store.

"Oh hello, Maria and Elise. And… Maal nya?!" Ria said as she looked at them.

"Ria nya!" Maal said as she ran over and jumped towards Ria giving her a hug.

"Ah. I haven't seen you in so long Maal nya. How have you been at the academy nya?" Ria asked her as she started to rub her head.

"I've been doing good nya! Mother and father wouldn't let me visit you though nya." Maal said with a sad expression on her face.

"Of course they wouldn't let you nya. You should focus on your studies instead nya." Ria said as she flicked Maal's forehead with her finger while laughing.

"Au." Maal held her forehead with an aggrieved look on her face.

"Anyway, how did the three of you meet nya?" Ria asked Maria and Elise.

"Ah, she's our roommate. That's how we met." Maria answered.

"Oh, who's your fourth roommate then nya?" Ria asked them.

"A girl named Sylvie," Maria replied to Ria.

"..." Ria paled in fright as she recalled of a certain person named Sylvie.

"What does she look like nya?" Ria asked just to see if her guess was spot on.

"She has white hair," Maria replied once more as she looked at Ria confusedly, as Ria was acting oddly.

'Maal, I am so sorry nya.' Ria immediately thought as she realized the Sylvie that was their roommate, was also the Sylvie that had floofed her to death all those years.

"What is it Ria nya?" Maal asked her as she saw the pity in her eyes.

"Nothing Maal nya, just to let you know nya. You'll get used to it eventually nya." Ria said.

"Get used to what nya?" Maal asked her confusedly.

"You'll know later nya," Ria said as she stroked Maal's head gently as if it was their last time together.

"Nyah? Ria, you're acting weird nya." Maal said as she stared at Ria's eyes.

"Don't worry about it nya. Why don't you go shopping with your two new friends nya?" Ria said as she let Maal down for Maria and Elise to take care of.

"Alright, we'll go look for some clothes now Ria. We'll be back later!" Maria said as she waved goodbye at Ria before the three of them headed upstairs.

"Bye-bye nya!" Ria said as she waved at them with a smile on her face. However as the three of them disappeared upstairs, her expression finally changed.

"My poor baby Maal is about to die nya… I don't know if she can handle that being Sylvie nya… Even I can't nya…" Ria muttered to herself as she was already thinking of what Sylvie would do to Maal in the future.

"What are you thinking about Ria?" A voice came from behind her.

"NYAAAA!" Ria shrieked as two hands started to fondle with her cat ears.

"NYAA! STOP IT CRYSTAL NYAA!" Ria cried out as she struggled to take off the two hands that were fondling her cat ears.

"Heh. I miss that Sylvie little girl, your reactions were much better when she fondled your cat ears." Crystal smirked as she stopped teasing Ria.

"She found someone else to tease nya. And I feel sorry for the victim nya." Ria said.

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