So, are we still going out to wander around?
After expending a tremendous amount of effort to finally scrawl out these few crooked, slanted words on her notebook, Miko placed it in front of Mei and Lumine in turn, letting them both take a look.
Just a moment ago, after Wendy had come back, she'd given each of the three of them a pen and a notebook.
But during the exchange that followed, Wendy grew impatient with how slowly they wrote and how ugly their handwriting was, and she simply left.
If Acheron's going, then I'll go!
Casting her gaze toward Acheron at her side, Lumine silently thought the very same thing.
After all, they'd already come out this far, so she didn't feel quite as awkward now as she had before.
Still, the moment she thought about how the few of them could only communicate when they were near Kaito, Lumine felt it was all rather strange. Right now she constantly felt as though Kaito held everything about her under his control.
Let's go.
Before long, Acheron wrote these two words in her notebook.
Having long grown accustomed to situations like this, Acheron naturally wasn't going to call off the idea of going out to wander around just because of something like this.
"Hic—that was so satisfying. How about we go out to eat again at noon, Lumine?"
Just then, Lumine suddenly heard Paimon's voice.
It's Paimon...
My puppet hasn't given anything away to her, right?
Turning around to look at Paimon, who was walking over together with the puppet Lumine, Lumine couldn't help thinking this.
After all, she and Paimon had been together for a very long time, so it was entirely possible that Paimon might notice that something was off—and that would be awkward.
"? How come there's another fox now?" While Lumine was looking at Paimon, Paimon spotted them too.
Since Paimon remembered there had only been two foxes just now, the sudden appearance of one more couldn't help but strike her as very strange. She immediately flew over and looked the foxes up and down.
"Alright, Paimon, maybe she just showed up a little later. Why are you making such a fuss? You don't have any manners at all."
After Paimon flew over, that puppet Lumine also hurried over with quick steps, saying these words as she came.
Mm-hm...
This must be Kaito operating it...
It's quite like me...
Watching someone who looked exactly like herself saying the very words she would most likely say, Lumine couldn't shake the feeling that it was all incredibly strange—as if she'd already been replaced by someone else, while she, the genuine article, could do nothing at all.
If I wrote in my notebook right now that I'm the real Lumine, I wonder how Paimon would react?
Would she think I'm the real Lumine?
But right now I can't even speak.
And my writing is so ugly and slow...
She'd probably think I was just joking around, wouldn't she?
All of a sudden, Lumine grew curious about the answer to this question.
"Hurry up and let's go, Paimon. Time to head back."
"Wait for me, Lumine!" Suddenly noticing that Lumine had already started walking toward the Ritou Inn, Paimon hurriedly caught up. Still, she turned her head back and waved at the few of them. "Goodbye, little foxes."
Lumine: "..."
For some reason, Lumine now felt that the way Paimon looked at her was a little odd—as if she were looking at a pet.
Dummy Paimon!
There was nothing for it; all Lumine could do now was grumble like this in her heart.
?
Have they left already?
Just as she was about to look toward Acheron to see whether she'd made up her mind, Lumine discovered that she had already walked off into the distance together with Miko.
She had to admit, the two of them had such similar body data that she could hardly tell which little fox was actually Acheron.
Of course, even if she did recognize her now, it wouldn't mean much—after all, she couldn't even speak.
Hm?
Why have they stopped?
Are they waiting for me?
Just then, Lumine suddenly noticed that the two ahead had come to a stop, doing who-knows-what, and she seized the chance to catch up.
Hm?
The Raiden Shogun?
Following the direction the two of them were looking, Lumine saw the Raiden Shogun.
But for some reason, she couldn't help feeling that the Raiden Shogun seemed a little different from before—and her outfit wasn't the same set she'd worn before, either.
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