3-24: The Amaryllis Report (3/4)

3-24: The Amaryllis Report (3/4)

Does Garesto also believe that he might still be hiding something?

No. Its a relatively low-priority order. He hasnt studied properly, so he probably just adopted some strange habit. You get those from time to time, children that are able to produce results outside the norm. Thats all there is to it. But either way, he needs someone watching over him anyway, so we might as well.

On top of the fact that hes undergone a special dimensional drift that caused a time variation, they couldnt let illegal organizations or researchers know what he knew.

If he had a status that he could defend himself with, there would be no need for guards, but alas.

In that case, I shall continue to watch over him and gather information there.

As she said that, the girl nodded. Yes, this girl was a spy within the ranks of the Japanese from Garesto.

That will do. Good luck, Ruona-san. You were saved when you collapsed on the side with no relatives. Ill have you pay back the debt you incurred that day.

Yes, of course. Riltina-sama.

Satisfied with the girls smile, she too nodded and closed their call.

All traces of that smile vanished from the girls face, and she sighed.

The fox ears on her head collapsed limply without any strength.

Both sides are fools in a third-rate play.

She muttered to herself as she tapped the intercom-shaped translator device in a rhythmical manner.

That setting with which she curried favor from either side That face was the girls, no That was her true nature.

This is Crimson reporting as scheduled. Both Japan and Garesto have chosen to maintain the status quo.

Suddenly, the translator device abandoned its original purpose, and with the special communication code became a communication device by itself.

It was then that she, Myuhi Ruona, spoke to herself.

So far information learned from the target is Nil; hence, I will be continuing my mission.

After closing that one-sided call, she tapped on her translation device with the opposite rhythm of the one before.

After confirming that it was back to being a mere translation device, she heaved another sigh.

Sigh I wonder why.

To whom and about what did she say that?

As if this was what was troubling her the most, she tilted her head in confusion and touched her foster.

Even though there are so many things off about him.

They werent glaring at her or mocking her.

Its just that somewhere deep inside those mysterious eyes was an emotion that seemed really sad.

It was just like

The eyes of a lost child about to cry.

A painful memory flashed through her in that instant, and her thoughts came to a halt.

Yes, in that moment, the girl recognized the boy to be the black mist.

But she immediately shot down the idea to be absurd and approached him with her usual character.

The way she saw it, it took her awhile to recover her thoughts, but the agitation she felt in that moment remained and took on a different shape.

Her mind unable to settle down, she kept on changing his nickname and she even tried to massage his shoulders.

When her arm was grasped with that impossible strength, that agitation grew deeper.

A power impossible for a D Rank. She was able to continue playing her character, but the agitation she felt ran deep.

She tried to keep calm while idly talking about how to call each other

Then, lets go with Hina.

When he chose that nickname that only took the last characters of her two names, she became weak.

Looking back on it, she has given many people weird nicknames, but no one has really done the same for her.

That fact and the fact that he gave her that name made her really happy.

Part of it was because she never liked her own name, but the real reason was because she felt warmth in the name he gave her.

If you dont like it, Ill think of another one.

His eyes looked as lost as ever when he said that.

In front of those eyes that looked straight at her without being distracted by her ears and tails, she shook her head.

There were few beastmen with ears and tails whether it was at Earth or at Garesto.

Because of that it was rare for her to be looked at by someone who cared so little about her special features.

Thats why even though it was their first meeting, she had a favorable impression of this boy.

He was relatively cruel after that, though.