But Miss A felt differently
She seemed to have gathered her thoughts and she grinned with a craftiness unbefitting of her 6-year-old appearance
If he is here to apologize it is only polite for our leader to meet with him
When he heard the door click open the Mutsuki boy hopped up from his chair like a nervous
parrot
The room was a comfortable temperature but he was sweating as he faced Miss A
Miss Alice Arc approached the boy with enough grace to overpower the room’s gorgeous interior
Each action worked to intimidate the boy with the blade known as nobility and they finally faced each other from close range
The witches watching from outside the window grew nervous
While we have technically met before this would be our first time to speak
The Adam boy faced the witch who had pursued him for 600 years
It is nice to meet you Fujita Mutsuki
Alice spoke quietly and Mutsuki gulped
Sure
He crouched down
Hello
Once he was on eye level with her he grinned at her
Mh
My name is Fujita Mutsuki What’s yours
Um A-Alice Arc
Alice What a cute name It’s nice to meet you
The 600-year-old witch stared blankly back at him
Meanwhile Mutsuki had been worried who would show up to meet him but his nerves had vanished now that a 6-year-old girl had appeared
You’re with FeTUS too aren’t you Um you were there when Ange went on a rampage before
Today I came to apologize for that I was glad to hear your home got fixed
Heh heh Oh you want to sit Come here
He pulled out the chair opposite of the one he had sat in earlier
When the puzzled girl approached
Mwohh
It was a tall chair so he picked her up and placed her in it
Then he sat in the seat across from it
I asked for someone important I could apologize to but they sure are taking their time Here have a cookie They’re really good Ah ha ha They were just served to me though
Isee
But a cookie isn’t enough Do you want this tea I haven’t touched it yet
No um
Miss Alice was overwhelmed by Mutsuki’s frank behavior
The three witches outside the window were dumbfounded
I believe Miss A’s appearance does not match Fujita ’s mental picture of a FeTUS representative
No probably not
He apparently looks after his 5-year-old sister a lot at home
That doesn’t matter What are we supposed to do about teacher
Machina rationally explained the situation while the other two held their heads in their hands
Mutsuki knew a fair bit about FeTUS technology but it had apparently not occurred to him that they could raise or lower a human’s physical age He spoke to the 600-year-old witch like he would any child And Miss A was unsure how to respond
And were her cheeks a little red
This isn’t necessarily a problem but we can’t just leave it like this
Lavriel sighed and snapped her fingers
A hologram of a gardener tending to the roses had been displayed in the window when looking out from within That now appeared in front of the three witches A moment later the image distorted and the man became a winkled old woman the straw hat became an old pointed hat the gardening shears became a wooden staff and the clothing became a worn-out robe The gardener now looked like the kind of fantasy witch that boiled snakes and frogs in a pot On
Lavriel’s instructions the witch followed Miss A into the room
A little later Miss Alice left
The Adam boycannot be underestimated
She wiped the sweat from her brow
When they looked in through the window they saw Mutsuki bowing nervously again and again toward the ancient old woman who had entered When he apologized for the destruction of their headquarters the image responded in a hoarse voice That is not necessary
There had never been any real danger but Lavriel and Makoto breathed sighs of relief Miss Alice slapped her heated cheeks
Hm Miss A what is that
Machina spotted something in her hand
Miss A held out a ribbon
It was a cheap ribbon printed with a bear character
He said he forgot to give it to his little sister so he gave it to me
He said it would look good on me
The four of them fell silent
Mutsuki continued bowing toward the hologram
I really think she was mad
The old woman had seemed upset throughout so Mutsuki was worried while Machina escorted him up to the surface on the 2000 meter elevator ride
Ibekusa was I rude to Miss A in some way
I do not know
Do you think she was mad
Oh right Do you think Alice liked the ribbon
I do not know
They left the clock tower
There was no one in the courtyard but they could hear shouting voices in the distance from the sports teams It was the usual school scene during summer break The midsummer sun was oppressive unlike the gentle sun of that rose garden Mutsuki felt like he had awoken from a dream so he stretched This is far enough Thanks
He thanked Machina for escorting him and she nodded back
I’ll call again the day before the camping trip Have you heard where we’re meeting up
The station
Kurikara told you didn’t she Do you know what you need to bring
Changes of clothes a swimsuit money snacks cookware and overflowing passion
Yeah that last one is the most useful of all
And after their chat
It was time to say goodbye and they suddenly stopped speaking
He could not say bye with Machina silently staring at him
He could not say anything There was nothing different about her transparent eyes but
It’s been a while since we last saw each other hasn’t it
Machina nodded
They had seen each other on a regular basis when they had school but now that they lacked that excuse they did not have many opportunities to meet as classmates
Lucia called every night and he could always invite his male friends to hang out
But he had not seen Machina since the closing ceremony
Um I was glad I got to see you again today
Mutsuki grew awkward
She remained as expressionless as ever but she stared at him more intently than normal
And he knew by this point that meant she was glad she had been able to see him
Buthe took a step closer
Her expression did not change but a tremor ran through her and she took a step back
There was a distance between them and she was not letting him approach more than necessary
He knew why The angels had told him what had happened in this very place during the all-out clash between the angels and FeTUS
In an evil scheme by the angels she had been violated by a demon
Since then he had only seen her at the closing ceremony but she had clearly avoided him then
An awkward silence surrounded them
But the boy knew what to do about this
People rarely came to the courtyard so he did not have to worry about anyone seeing as he quickly took three steps closer
Machina’s eyes widened when he hugged her
Fujita nn
No words were necessary He stole her lips as if to show that she belonged to him
After her surprise she briefly wrinkled her brow as if on the verge of tears She actually let her feelings show on her face for once
But then she closed her eyes to hide those feelings and she rested up against him
The summer sun and the distant voices Those signs of the boy’s reality on the surface seemed to fade away
They felt like they were surrounded by a dream
Rustle
But that only lasted a few seconds before they were interrupted
I heard the elevator running and this is what I find
Katsue Subaru teacher of Megutono Academy stood there with her hands on her hips
Senseium uh I can explain
Katsue-sensei was Schwarze so she knew their circumstances Her seeing them kiss was not a problem but it was still awkward and the two children quickly stepped back from each other
Subaru would normally make a sarcastic comment