Setting off

Minutes quickly passed. Satsuki and Juri soon returned. Upon seeing us sitting close to each other in a tranquil silence without looking like we had just finished bickering at each other, the two girls nodded in satisfaction.

In the end, I decided to stop pushing to get a reaction from Setsuna-nee. I was afraid that it would backfire and bring us back to step one with her annoyance being a different reason than the previous one. For now, it was best to be satisfied with the discovery of why she seemed so bothered by my presence. I should just wait and see how this would develop from here.

If revealing that to me and hearing my thoughts about it failed to give her peace of mind, she’d probably approach me about it again. Or if not, I’d be able to tell if she once again acted so unreasonable in the future.

“See? I told you he can do it. This is Ruki we’re talking about.” While gracefully clapping her hands slowly, Juri once again opened up with her praise to me.