"Alright, I'm done eating. You guys take your time, I'm leaving first."
Saying this, Wendy stood up and walked towards the exit.
Since she was essentially a single entity with him, staying together wouldn't be efficient for gathering information. Thus, Wendy wanted to go elsewhere to see what the 'Raiden Shogun' had been up to recently.
"Mn." Watching his other self walk out, Kaito nodded.
If Miko hadn't been right next to them, he and Wendy would have been the type to simply leave without saying a word to each other.
Hmm?
She's leaving just like that?
Hearing the voice, Miko looked up, her face filled with confusion as she watched Wendy walk away.
She hadn't expected Wendy to leave so abruptly. She had originally assumed Wendy would stick to Kaito like glue, but that wasn't the case at all.
"Where is that little girl... going off to?"
Overcome by curiosity, Miko couldn't help but ask.
"Just wandering around, I guess. Her favorite thing to do is to wander around."
Retracting his gaze, Kaito answered as he looked back at Miko.
Wandering around?
Withdrawing her own gaze to meet Kaito's eyes, Miko was obviously surprised by this answer.
Of course, it wasn't the wandering itself that surprised Miko, but the fact that Wendy was wandering around without making Kaito accompany her.
This was even happening while Kaito was with another woman... ah, no, with another girl.
Are all of this guy Kaito's girlfriends like this?
After recalling the conclusion she had drawn from her usual interactions with Mei, Miko couldn't help but think this way.
Although she had considered this before, what was happening now only further verified her previous guess.
"What are you thinking about?" Just as Miko was getting lost in her thoughts, Kaito's voice drifted over.
"I'm just curious about what that little girl is wandering around for."
Snapping back to reality, Miko immediately replied.
Although she still wanted to ask why Wendy hadn't asked Kaito to join her, she thought about it and decided to let it go.
"You'll know if you go wandering with her next time, won't you?"
"Better not. I'm worried she'll beat me up."
Recalling how Wendy had been talking about her earlier, Miko felt she definitely shouldn't stay alone with her. Otherwise, a fight would easily break out—or rather, she would be unilaterally beaten by Wendy.
There was no helping it; Wendy's strength was simply too great. She couldn't beat her.
"Beat you up? But Wendy doesn't just hit people casually." Kaito looked very confused, not understanding why Miko would say such a thing.
But I want to hit her...
Regarding Kaito's confusion, Miko silently complained in her heart, though she certainly wouldn't say that out loud.
So, after thinking for a moment, Miko said, "I just feel like I don't get along with her. And since she's so strong, naturally I'd be worried about getting beaten up, right?"
After speaking, Miko let out a sigh.
Kaito: "..."
Looking at Miko, Kaito felt she definitely wasn't telling the truth.
But it didn't matter. Since Wendy was also him, he naturally knew whether he would hit Miko or not.
Right...
There aren't many people around right now...
I feel like I can ask that question...
Suddenly having this thought, Miko looked around the area, preparing to ask Kaito that question.
However, before she could ask, Kaito spoke up first. "Miko, when do you plan to go see the Raiden Shogun?"
"Well, let me think." Although she was a bit annoyed that Kaito had beaten her to the punch, Miko still feigned a thoughtful expression.
Forget it...
I'll just ask after we get back to the inn...
She looked around again and felt that asking about such things in public was inappropriate. Miko decided to ask later, then said, "If I go, will you come with me?"
"Me?"
"Yes, you."
Seeing Kaito's surprised look, Miko couldn't help but smile.
"What would I go for? Besides, an ordinary foreigner following the Grand Priestess of the Grand Narukami Shrine... that's very strange, isn't it? How do you intend to explain that to the Raiden Shogun?"
Not expecting Miko to invite him along, Kaito voiced his concerns.
Although he didn't actually have anything to fear, he just wanted to silently remain a bystander watching the drama unfold.
"My boyfriend. That's very reasonable, right?" Smiling again, Miko stated her solution.
"Reasonable my foot. You've been single for hundreds of years, and suddenly you have a foreign boyfriend? You call that reasonable?"
"We've already wandered all the way here; we might have been seen already. So, 'boyfriend' is a very reasonable explanation."
Seeing that Kaito found it unreasonable, Miko offered another justification.
In truth, she just wanted to see if Kaito had any interest in her, and incidentally guess from his reaction whether he had actually taken off her clothes last night.
"Makes sense. And I remember the real Raiden Shogun hasn't appeared for a long time either, right?"
"Exactly. She stays shut away in that place all day; how would she know when I get a boyfriend?"
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