PART 1

May 6th, Monday.

After two days of absent, Tobe finally went to the school.

But with for emergency reasons, Cris accompanied her.

“Tobe-chan, are you still hurt somewhere?”

Cris was still concerned about him, particularly because of incident.

“I’m alright don’t you see?...”

He waved his hand crazily and danced in front of her to prove his statement. Nonetheless, Cris pouted like a child.

“Stop that, all the people around will mistaken you for a bastard, idiot!”

Tobe silenced, ignoring her last words and fastened his pace.

“Ok as you said…”

“Tobe, it’s just only a jo—“

Their conversation was cut off by a familiar tongue.

“Good morning…”

“Y-Yuki?!”

“Why are you here—”

What was surprising at all is that she wore the same uniform of them.

Tobe was surprised.

Cris was still clueless about Yuki being not a human, so that’s why she bore a wrong idea.

“Ooooh, you attend the same school?”

Yuki nodded in rhythm. Tobe knew something’s wrong going around.

Without bothering Cris walking apart from them, Tobe confronted Yuki.

“What are you doing Tobe? You’re blocking my way…”

“Tell me the truth!...”

Acting like a little weird, Yuki tilted her head toward his. Staring those emerald green eyes can be tantalizing.

“…Uhmm, not like this—“

Tobe’s heart raced.

Immediately, Yuki gently placed her palm on his chest, feeling his nervous heartbeat.

“Tobe-kun… can you please allow me?”

“What?”

“Naïve one, let me follow you where ever you went…”

“Why?”

“Just like I said, you’re so naïve…I want to be present to my prowess”

“Hey everyone, what’s you’re hanging around?”

Cris noticed them slowing down. She waved to them.

“Umm, were coming!”

Tobe went to catch up with her together with Yuki.

Upon arriving in the classroom, which is always noisy with few people sticking around, Tobe, who is alone, immediately sat on his seat as though he is waiting for something.

Cris and Yuki were gone for good, he thought.

As expected as always, someone approached him.

Tobe turned around and right away, knew him and said his name.

“What is it Takuo? I’m awfully tired always.”

The gentle Takuo Mukasame, Tobe’s friend, only sat opposite of him and sarcastically sympathizes with Tobe.

“Yeah, me too. Hehehe.”

“Stop it.”

“What happened last, Tobe? Why you’re absent straight two days?”

“Worst happens, you know that.”

“Oh well. But wait!”

“Uh, What is it? Takuo?”

“Did you know that we will have a new student here? Someone told me recently.”

Tobe’s eyes widened.

“Woah, really?”

Takuo nodded lively.

“And she’s awesome too they said!”

“I hope so…hehehehe.”

This time, Tobe was concerned about Takuo since he’s considered by everyone as a desperate chick boy.

Takuo would always on the go with new girls and always failed.

“Maybe, I could give her a seat beside me.”

Takuo stood up, imagining things that would likely foolish.

“Hey, don’t be quick.”

Takuo’s fancy dream was quickly disturbed, and faced Tobe.

"What!!! Tobe will compete me?! I took the challenge Tobe!”

Takuo is sometimes a folly bastard, Tobe thought. Tobe dropped his head on the table as he is fairly exhausted.

“Errr, I didn’t say anything about—“

“Heh, nothing can beat me, Tobe!”

“I guessed so. Stop making foolish conclusions”

As they were in friendly argument, the door opened hastily, and in came a tall female with long, messy hair as though weary.

But her expressions were those of an energetic athlete.

She was found out to be the teacher. Everyone went to their own seats, including Takuo.

“See ya Tobe. I’m awesomely sure I can win her!”

Takuo said as he went over his seat. Tobe finally sighed, the disturbance went away.

Tobe half-closed his gaze toward the teacher. He felt a relaxing sensation and almost ended up sleeping when the teacher spoke.

The teacher appeared to be in a hurry.

“Good morning everyone, I’m Tamaki Mika, your homeroom teacher...”

Her voice is lively and enchanting, contradicting her disturbing appearance.

“…today a new female student will join with you.”

The class ended up in murmuring and confusion.

“YAHOO!!! A new one.”

Takuo stood and hollered from his seat, but obviously, everyone ignored it, including the teacher, who only sighed upon seeing him.

The teacher then glanced at the door and, with a smiling attitude, motioned someone to enter.

Slowly, the new comer went in step by step and stood in front of them.

All of the sudden, everyone at the class quieted and anxiously watched her.

Tobe too and behold he gasped at what he saw.

Those snowy hair and a bright green eyes, no doubt she’s Yuki!

“Y-Yuki?”

Tobe mumbled as he was astonished by this magnificent beauty.

“I’m Yuki Tenshi. Nice to meet you…”

She bowed down with utter respect.

Her voice enticed the whole section.

“Wow, she’s so cute!”

“Kyaa!!! You’re so beautiful!”

“She’s like a doll!”

The classroom was filled with noise and bewilderment.

“Calm down everyone, Yuki, please choose your seat.”

The teacher hurriedly ordered Yuki before her voice overpowered by noise.

Tobe hesitantly glanced by sides to see if the chairs are occupied well. The reason was simple: he doesn’t want to bump her as soon as possible.

While Tobe nervously watched the whole scene, Takuo stood proudly as though needing some attention.

“If you may, please sit beside me!”

Takuo’s speech ended up in a manly smile. Yuki, without even looking at Takuo, said something in forwardly manner.

“No.”

Everyone in the classroom gazed them in silence and awe.

“Huh?! But—“

Tobe, who acted as though nothing happened, was sweating now in ignoring her simply because Yuki’s gaze was securely locked toward Tobe.

She began to point him eagerly.

The entire student followed their gaze toward Tobe with some unknown reason.

Tobe then made a “who? Me?” pose.

“Him, I want him to be his side…”

Yuki murmured.

Tobe gasped. Harune Reim, Tobe’s generous seatmate, has an idea.

She stood up and gracefully offered her seat.

Tobe noticed her and grabbed her hand, saying, please don’t leave me, I beg you.

Sweat kept popping in his face.

However, Reim only jerked off his clasp playfully.

“Yuki-chan, I am willing to.”

Tobe wheezed in surprise. Reim smiled and stuck her tongue quickly to him. He was frustrated.

“Thank you…”

After approximately six minutes, Tobe was still in his seat, gazing out of the window as if it was just normal days but…

“Tobe…”

That voice kept aggravating him and even without bother looking anywhere but outside, Yuki’s cold gaze followed him.

She was sitting next to him, precisely.

“Tobe…”

Like a ghost speaking to him, Tobe finally faced him with troubled guts.

“Why are you looking outside the window...?”

“Uh, nothing to do?”

“I see.”

Yuki turned his eyes toward the teacher and listened.

Tobe followed too but something was amiss, he was sweating nervously.

He shakes his head gently to clear his mind.

Relax, Tobe it would take a minute or less, he thought jittery.

He stiffened all the way until the bell rings, the sound of freedom for him. Upon hearing it, Tobe went to the door immediately.

“Tobe-san, wait a minute.”

Tobe froze. With a curious expression drawn on her face, Mika stopped him eagerly.

“What is it, Ms. Tamaki?”

“Why in a hurry?”

“Nothing!”

Tobe made a wry smile. Mika approached him in wonder.

“Your friend, Yuki Tenshi, is amazing, isn’t it?”

“Huh?!”

She grinned. Unseen, Yuki carefully approached them and stood behind Tobe.

“Well, how do you know about her?”

“Of course, she told me about it but the rest, I don’t know.”

“How about something else?”

“What! Yuki only told her name and nothing more…”

Mika then half-closed his eyes and smiled cunningly.

“…Perhaps, you two have relationships?”

She whispered. Tobe was surprised and wildly swayed his head.

“Y-You’re wrong, Mika-san. I mean no, NO!”

Mika broke in soft laughter, but later became serious again. She went to her table and took her things away.

“By the way, the principal told me that two of you are called.”

“The principal…?”

Yuki purred behind Tobe who almost jump from seeing her.

“Yuki!”

“Oh my, you must have heard us. Go now, the principal is waiting.”

Mika smiled in a hearty way. She waved them goodbye as she left Tobe and Yuki.

They’ve realized that they are alone in the classroom.

PART 2

The room is rather dusty but obviously in a formal order. Tomes are neatly arranged alphabetically in a mini bookcase, various trophies and plaques above it were organized and many more.

No doubt, this is the principal’s office.

The opened window revealed that the occupant is writing.

Suddenly, someone knocked at the door with the notion of hurry.

A crooked figure stood from the desk and opened the door, showing Tobe and Yuki who is hiding behind him.

“Sir, are you the principal?”

The old man only stared at him over his twisted glasses, wearing an expression that could explode anytime, a thing that you could be scared of.

Even Tobe couldn’t stand his silence.

The old man finally motioned them to go in, making sure that they are alone.

Tobe and Yuki sat on a nearest bench they can catch but farthest from the old man.

“Um, principal?”

Yuki grabbed hold Tobe’s sleeve and hugged him, indicating that she was aware of something.

“Yuki! S-stop it.”

Hot flushes began to crept on Tobe faces, he noticed something soft is squeezing over his shoulder.

“Hmmmmm…”

The old man went over the desk and stood there for a while.

In a minute, the door creaked opened again.

Slowly, someone came in.

“Ahh, sorry I’m late!”

A girl of Tobe’s age with awkward glasses noticed them, and clumsily closed the door that banged loudly. Yuki and Tobe caught her attention and observed her.

“Huh? Who is that?”

Smiling abruptly like an idiot, she may be a cross between a geek and a blatant loser.

Tobe felt it very disrespecting, especially for that unknown guy.

“I think you must not do that in front of our principal.”

Tobe warned her but instantly, she ignored it and went straight to the principal’s chair recklessly.

He found it to be outrageous and discouraging. Tobe froze out; the old man only took a step to recognize himself.

The girl begun to sway the seat playfully, the tactless smile is still intact on her face like a Chesire cat.

Then, she noticed the old man and looked toward its wicked eyes. Nonetheless, she ignored him completely after and continued what she’s doing.

“What the—“

“Amazing…”

Both Yuki and Tobe stared her unbelievably.

She noticed them by chance.

“Old man, is Shinichi-san and Tenshi-san are them?”

With a lazy attitude, she looked at them intently while leaning into the back of the seat while both of her feet are on the table.

“Guh!? What did you say to him!?...”

A perfectly pessimistic view of a rebel. She smirked contently.

“Wha— you might be punished!”

Tobe was scared now while Yuki is fairly clueless about what is happening. His breath is fleeting from tensing.

“Yes, they are.”

The deep voice of the man shook Tobe.

“Good. You may now leave.”

The girl seemingly ordered him. The man bowed down with reverence and left them surely.

Upon closing the door, Tobe sighed.

“Uhm, what are you really, a student?”

Tobe asked her. After hearing it, the girl guffawed with insolence, slamming the desk and legs flapping in outrageous laughter.

“Stu-student!? You made me a joke!”

Tobe and Yuki stared her in wonder.

“……………………..”

The girl finally calmed down after several minutes, she leaned forward to see them.

“Yuki Tenshi and Tobe Shinichi, nice to meet you.”

She readjusted those large spectacles to clear her view. Tobe stared toward the door, doubting if someone will come in.

“Where did the principal went? I thought he was going to see us.”

“Who are you…How did?”

They speculated her evenly.

The girl smirked again.

“Nice to meet you two, I’m Ryuuka Monosume, the principal of this school.”

Upon hearing it, Tobe was bewildered.

“Waaah, y-you are principal?!!”

“Yup!”

She tilted her head and smiled sarcastically.

“Then who is that guy earlier?”

“My assistant, Maximus.”

“How’s that possible?!”

The girl then became serious and silent this time, dark aura began emerged around her.

“Huh? You…question…my…authority? Shinichi Tobe?”

With the voice of a threatening menace, Ryuuka stared him hardly as ever could.

“It..is…very…irritating…indeed.!”

“Well… no!”

“GOOD!”

Ryuuka returned to her former state. Tobe became nervous after seeing it, hoping it would never happen again.

“Well, err, why did you call us?”

“Simple, Shinichi-kun, it’s about Yuki Tenshi.”

Hearing her name called, Yuki turned her gaze toward Ryuuka.

Ryuuka smiled in return, hoping that Yuki heard their conversation. She placed her scrutiny again toward Tobe.

Ryuuka cleared her breath, she solemnly looked him.

“Tobe-kun, do you live together with Yuki?”

“I, guess so?”

“I see…”

Ryuuka giggled softly. Then, silence filled the room.

“…Tobe-kun, actually I have an important favour in exchange for my help.”

She removed the awkward glasses, revealing her shining amber eyes as she briefly wiped it and wore it again.

“W-What is it?”

Ryuuka chuckled in a stupidly way— with a hint of menace.

“Simple, please take care of Yuki-chan.”

Yuki gave a twitching reaction, shrugged upon hearing it.

“Tobe-kun can do it, I assured you…!”

Yuki exclaimed before them, surprising Ryuuka and Tobe after an hour of nonchalance.

“Y-Yuki-san!”

“Very well then, Tobe-kun don’t you agree too?”

Tobe stared Yuki, then Ryuuka with confusion and bewilderment.

“Eh, Umm, if I can— so be it.”

He sighed and drooped, a hopeless sign of defeat.

“Good, I’m counting on it.”

“Can we go now?”

His voice is filled with a little despair.

“Yes, of course!”

Ryuuka jubilantly replied, as if satisfied from anything. She smiled, like a brilliant star, very different from her stupid state.

Tobe was dazzled for a while upon seeing it, even managed to blush.

“Tobe, is something wrong…?”

“Nope, nothing. Ah, Yuki let’s go.”

“Don’t be late from your next class…Tobe-kun and Yuki-chan.”

Tobe and Yuki stood and left the room.

Roughly two hours had passed. The bell rung.

“Hello, Tobe-kun— is something wrong?”

Cris asked him, eyebrows twisted in doubt.

Tobe seemed to be exhausted, while Yuki’s arms are tangled together with his.

“There’s nothing happened, I promised.”

Cris is holding a chocolate drink can.

“I have bought extra two for you and Yuki.”

“Thank you, Cris-chan”

“Thank you…”

She gave them the drinks and began to seep her own.

Tobe only peered his can closely while Yuki gulped down already.

“Tobe, where did you two gone?”

“Principal’s room.”

“Really? How?”

“Principal Monosume called us— for some reasons.”

“I’m envious for you two.”

“Why?”

“Even though we’ve been so long in this school, Principal Monosume Ryuuka has rarely or has never seen by the students alone.”

“That’s weird though.”

“Tell me, what did she look like?”

Cris suddenly tilted her head closer to Tobe, eager to listen at him.

“Well, she looked like you— with some stupid spectacles.”

“R-Really?!”

Cris was really disappointed thoroughly, as she was troubled whether she will believe him or not.

Even Tobe couldn’t certain if he is right.

“Nice joke, Tobe, you got me.”

Cris smiled ironically.

Better not tell her, Tobe thought.

“She’s elusive enough to be unseen… Uh, Tobe?”

“What is it?”

“Let’s go home together after class, ok?”

“Yeah. That’s good.”

“See ya’.”

Cris left them in hurry. Tobe sighed.

When Cris is gone, Yuki noticed awhile before.

“Tobe, why is it so delicious...”

“Well, that’s why it is called a chocolate drink.”

“I see…thank you.”

Tobe went to the room to sit upon and finish his drinks. He lazily threw himself to the chair and sighed deeply.

Luckily, they were alone.

“I’m so very tired.”

Yuki went to her own seat, which is beside him, and remained there quietly.

Tobe put his head on the table in weariness.

“Why did this happen to me?”

Tobe watched Yuki while she was sitting.

As far as he can know, Yuki is not a human.

It seems that he is the only one who knew it. Also, he must think of something about Yuki as soon as possible.

“Hey Yuki…do you want to live in my house.”

He muttered to her. Even though generosity is unfitting to him, he must quickly understand her situation.

“I lived there already.”

Came a quick and astonishing reply. Tobe was surprised.

“Eh…? Really?”

“I lost my powers because of you…right?”

Yuki glared him while Tobe averted his sights. He quickly gazed outside the window.

He can see the school ground below: few students doing the track and field, resting on bench and others are roaming.

But his thoughts are elsewhere, he is thinking right now about the weird principal.

“Weird, very strange…”

He helplessly muttered to himself.

PART 3

It was a nice late afternoon, bright orange rays painted the whole ground.

The classes are done, students are dismissed.

Since there is nothing to do, Cris went over to the café together with Tobe and Yuki. They’ve decided to cool off.

Luckily for them, the café isn’t always crowded as imagined.

They chose the table near the clear window, the favourite place where Tobe and Yuki once stayed a lot.

“Yuk-chan, please have a seat with me.”

Cris and Yuki sat together while opposite of them is Tobe. He didn’t mind it at all.

“Yuki-chan, how did you know Tobe-kun?”

Tobe shrugged off a little. Yuki gazed at him.

“Is something wrong?”

Cris suddenly noticed Tobe and

“No…not really…”

Cris then gazed him too in cunning manner to tease him, but later then it backfired and she ended up embarrassed for some stupid reason.

She flustered a lot that she was surprised by herself.

“What t-the heck am I doing?!”

She said to herself in somewhat detesting. Interestingly, her reaction is similar the last time she saw Tobe naked.

“Crista-san, is there any problem? Your face…”

“Uh, never mind please— by the way, Yuki, how did you know each other?”

Yuki felt dubious and nervous at the same time, she can’t tell right away, just not this time.

“Uhhm…”

Her lips begin to sync softly, eyes looking into nothing. Her heart raced for the first time. Will she told her the truth or hold it on? Yuki’s mind went jumbled.

“—stop it. Will ya’?”

Unwittingly disturbed, Tobe intervened.

Cris pouted. Something interesting that halted is gross.

“But Tobe!”

“Believe me, Yuki would tell you in the right time, I promise. But right now…”

Tobe’s stare went to Yuki a bit.

“-she’s not in a mood.”

Yuki lowered her head down. Tobe’s expression went from lazy to serious this time.

“S-sorry…if I may, can I left you for a while.”

Cris suddenly left them in hurry. Yuki and Tobe sighed silently.

Inside a certain private room where she is alone, Cris is found to be bending low while her hands grasped her chest slightly. She appeared to be in a pain.

However, she suffered no discomfort but a strange feeling that kept on appearing.

“The…heck I am!”

She stuttered some words and her face is red as a ripe tomato.

She is trying to catch her breathe while sweats popped on her face.

Cris stood up straight and watched herself in the mirror. She can see herself reddish and puffed up like her crimson hair. Feeling a little down, she wiped her face with a clean towel.

With a little arrangement on her hair and a stretchy smile, she totally looked alright.

“I must somehow prevent it; I knew I can do it again!”

She chanted some little words of courage and went outside.

“Why are you so protective over me, human?”

“Eh, I want to secure your secret. That’s all.”

Yuki gave it a thought.

“Then, thank you.”

“No need at all— just keep off your sight.”

Her perpetual gaze toward Tobe seemed to be a little creepy for him, especially if those eyes are like crystalline shades of green with a hint inhuman.

“Sorry for the wait. Yuki-chan and Tobe-kun!”

Cris has just recently appeared and exclaimed something as she went over them. She stood beside the table.

“Something happened while I’m gone?”

“No— nothing really.”

Cris suddenly looked him and grin.

“Tobe-kun, let’s do this sometimes and in a right place like just you said, you agree?”

Tobe nodded happily though he still didn’t get it.

“Come on, let’s go! It was dark already.”

Cris said as she observed outside. It was unnoticeably dark.

Following the advice of Cris, they both stood up and packed their things together and left the café.

While arriving outside the house, Yuki and Tobe stopped there while Cris only gone farther since her house is still two blocks away.

“See you, in the morning!”

She exclaimed as she went walked rapidly. She waved them goodbye.

When Cris is gone, Tobe sighed.

“Thank goodness.”

Tobe went right in the house together with Yuki.

Inside, Tobe slumped on the sofa, indicating that he’s very exhausted.

“I’m totally confused right now.”

He murmured. Yuki sat on the chair as though she waited for something. Her sleek hair flowed in motion as she tilted her head.

“Tobe…”

“Huh? What is it?”

“Don’t you think it would be too hard for you…?”

She gazed him with fixed expression but an overwhelming sadness can still be seen.

Tobe made a poor grin.

“It is impossible to say that I don’t…but I always kept my words thoroughly, no matter what it would

be.”

He laid his head atop and gaze the ceiling.

“…I don’t know why you are here or why I would give it a damn reason but deep inside…it’s telling me to.”

Tobe whispered to himself. Then, he promptly sat upright.

“Tell me Yuki-chan, what are you really?”

Yuki seemed to be confused over what she wanted to say.

“The truth is…I don’t really know about what I am…”

“I see…no problem.”

“Tobe… is it really ok for you?”

“Like I said, yes it will.”

Tobe then proceeded to the kitchen to prepare their dinner. With a swift hand of his, he quickly prepared the ingredients perfectly.

But his mind set is elsewhere.

“Considering myself, I was an idiot too. Why would I give in—?”

He recalled the event where Yuki and he met. It must be a tragic place enough to be unimagined, plus, those hovering thing that kept attacking her.

Then he also remembered about what she said…

“Please help me…”

Those words are equipped with her unique aura before something happened that rendered him unconscious.

“Gosh! It seemed I know a little…”

He smiled wryly as he finished his cooking. Tobe glanced at the living room to see Yuki.

He saw her sulking on the sofa, curled up like a cat.

“How boring, isn’t it? You can watch TV anytime.”

Saying that, he snatched the remote control and turned on the TV.

The TV displayed the boring channel of current news. However, it is better than the awful silence in the house. Tobe is annoyed.

Yuki responded by watching it.

“Tobe-kun, what is this…TV?”

“Well, it is. Oh, I totally forgot about it.”

“Tobe-kun…”

“Yup, what is it?”

“Thank you…once again.”

“What’s for?”

Yuki stared him for a good time before she replied.

“You accepted me…even though you knew that I am not a human.”

“That’s alright. Anyone will do it too, like helping you.”

“No, you don’t understand…”

“Huh?”

Yuki stood up slowly while her staring Tobe and went straight to him. She caresses his cheek with the back of her hand.

Tobe never knew that her hand is cold. He gulped, this sensation he felt is mildly arousing. His breathe become shallow once again.

“W-Wait, stop it.”

Tobe pleaded. Yuki stopped it as though discontented.

“People will die once they touch me…”

“Guh…!?”

Tobe froze upon hearing it with a slight sound of surprise.

“R-really?”

Yuki nod lightly and left him sweating.

“That’s the reason why most of them think that I’m a deadly plague…”

“I see…those machines must have meant to destroy you.”

“But you, you are totally different from them.”

Yuki look him by his gentle black eyes. She grinned gently.

Immediately, she forced herself to hug him. Tobe was surprised and felt it was so embarrassing.

“Well, this is awkward—“

“No, let me stay longer…”

Yuki dug her head into his chest and embrace him.

“I-If you say so…”

“Never did I do it for a long time.”

Tobe didn’t have a choice, even though he’s introverted once thanks to Cris. He wrapped his arm around her waist.

Then he felt a something like warm and damp, particularly on his shirt. Yuki withdrawn herself from him and went upstairs quickly.

Tobe still stood there, as though trying to cram up the situation. He still didn’t get it until he realized something about her.

She was crying over his shoulder and yet he didn’t know it.

He stood there like an idiot, forgetting what happened now; he gazed up the stairs where Yuki went gone.

“Yuki-chan…”

He mumbled to himself, worrying.

Inside of an unfamiliar room, the whole wall is covered with fiber glasses and therefore, it revealed that it was midnight, twinkling stars can be seen from beyond.

By the corner of it stood a girl wearing a formal school suit, dangling on her insignificant collar is the same glasses that she wore a while.

It appears that she is watching the night sky.

Also, beside her revealed a man as the moon shines to bring it to a scene.

“Superior, what are you gonna do to them?”

“Relax, just think of it, Mr. Maximus. He is indeed the one which we were searching for…”

The girl roamed the room a little, and walked like a wandering child. Though rather annoying, the man only stepped outside the boundary respectively.

Finally, she stopped doing it and randomly stood somewhere like an idiot. She gazed the man with a cute expression, those eyes shined once like a topaz exposed in the sunlight.

The man shuddered a little, and averted his sights away.

“Sorry, Superior.”

“No need of it, Mr. Maximus. It’s fine.”

“By the way, Superior, don’t you think it will be annoying if you keep on doing it to him.”

“You mean the way I act. No problem, I just want to play alongside with them. Also, don’t worry it a

lot; there will be a right time for anything.”

She giggled softly.

“Superior, another thing, the reavers didn’t show up this time recently.”

With a slight sense of surprise, the girl grinned for a while.

“Interesting, very interestingly enough, don’t you think they are planning onto something too?

Ooooh, it just happened that I loved surprised, especially when it comes to the other side.”

“Superior, don’t you think they give up—“

“Nonsense, if they’ve found something valuable, they will never, ever keep them out of sight until

they grasped and rooted it.”

She gritted her words with a fanciful imagination.

“S-Sorry, Superior, please pardon me.”

The girl raised her index finger and poke it to her cheeks playfully. Then silence came over her as though she receive a tragic warning.

“Mr. Maximus, let’s be careful from now on. The enemy will begin to plot this time around the

territory. Especially since Echo’s last trace was found there...”

She clenched her fist and swung it carelessly.

“…I just hope that Tobe and Yuki will be okay if they are careful enough… Mr. Maximus, tell the

associates… immediately!”

“Y-Yes, Superior!”

The man hurriedly left the room with ease. The girl only dug her hand inside the pockets while thinking with difficulty with a cool vibe.

“Hmmmp! I was thinking that they will be mocking it again, especially Yuki and…him. Playing them would be the hardest thing.”

She mumbled. She chuckled and played her awkward glasses again.

“Observing Yuki and Tobe would be latest opinion but…Ugh! Never mind… I’ll let them reveal it…slowly but carefully.”

She was obviously troubled by some reason; she folded her arm this time and walked back and forth.

Since some of the window are opened, cold wind from outside came in, streaming her platinum-blonde hair.