Vol 6 Chapter 3

Chapter 3 – Lieseltania

“Well then, be careful on the way.”

The next morning, Kaya who saw them off to the front door said so with a kind expression while stroking Saya’s head.

“…Yes.”

Saya nodded while being a little embarrassed.

Although today was sunny as well, the temperature was so low that the breaths spat out were white.

『Ah, that’s right. I’ll tell you just in case. It’s about the intruder last night; according to the sensors’ data, it didn’t seem to be a human.』

“It wasn’t a human, you say…? Then, what the heck was it?”

When Ayato asked back, Soichi ── or rather his holograph standing beside Kaya briskly rubbed its chin.

There were probably 3-D projection devices not only in the house, but also in many places in the premises.

『It was a wild animal or something like that. It might have come out of a forest that’s around here.』

Since this area was a suburb, there seemed to be many dense forests if you went a little further for a walk.

“An animal, huh…”

Claudia pondered over Soichi’s words.

Then, a big black-painted limousine stopped in front of Ayato and company.

“Everyone, I have come to pick you!”

When the girl dressed in maid clothes who came out of the passenger seat ── Flora said that vigorously, she exaggeratedly bowed before everyone.

“You’re healthy as usual, huh, Flora-chan.”

“Yes! It’s Flora’s redeeming feature after all!”[1]

Flora said so with a smile all over her face.

Only several months had passed since the