"Yes, naturally, it was about soaking in the hot spring. What other question did you think I was asking?"
Contrary to Lumine's expectations, Miko nodded directly, indicating that was exactly what she meant.
She was actually just asking about the feeling of soaking in the hot spring...
Looking at the smiling Miko, Lumine was somewhat taken aback.
She had already prepared herself for Miko to shake her head, but it turned out Miko really was just asking about the hot spring experience.
In that case...
"It feels pretty good."
After thinking for a moment, Lumine nodded vigorously to express her satisfaction.
This was her first time soaking in a hot spring, and the sensation was quite excellent.
Of course, besides soaking in a hot spring for the first time, there was one other thing she was doing for the first time.
"That's only natural. After all, this is Inazuma, isn't it?" Miko asked, suddenly looking very proud as she glanced at Lumine and then at Mei.
"That's true."
Lumine nodded again, while Acheron asked expressionlessly, "Are Inazuma's hot springs famous?"
"Of course they're famous!"
This time it was Miko's turn to nod vigorously, her tone implying it was a matter of course.
"Would the hot springs in Natlan be even better?"
At this moment, Kaito, who had been lying on the chair the whole time, suddenly interjected with this sentence.
Because the thought of hot springs made him think of underground magma, Kaito naturally thought of the Pyro Archon, and consequently, Natlan.
However, Natlan hadn't been released when he transmigrated, so he didn't know the situation there.
"Why do you care about Natlan, which is so far away?" Not expecting Kaito to suddenly mention Natlan, Miko was a bit puzzled, but then she continued, "Since you aren't soaking in the hot spring either, it's perfect. How about you go buy something for me?"
Actually, Miko had this intention right when she asked Lumine to come to her side, but since Kaito just happened to speak up, she used the opportunity to send him off to buy things directly.
"Buy something? Buy what?"
Not expecting Miko to make him go shopping, Kaito was very curious about what she wanted him to buy.
Is she trying to send me away again?
Recalling how Miko had just called Lumine to her side, Kaito immediately guessed her intent.
But Miko obviously hadn't considered that sending only him away would be useless.
"Something to eat, of course."
Something to eat?
Subconsciously looking at the food he had just brought over, Kaito felt baffled.
"Isn't there already food here?"
"Oh my, the stuff here isn't tasty. I want to eat something from outside~" Faced with Kaito's skepticism, Miko voiced her prepared excuse.
"Alright, then. What do you all want to eat? I'll go buy it now."
Saying this, Kaito stood up from the chair.
It worked out well; he had been lying down for a while, so he could treat this as getting up for some exercise.
Moreover, it might not be enough if only he went out, so he planned to have Wendy go out to buy things with him.
"I'm going too." Suddenly opening her eyes, Wendy abruptly stood up from her chair. "This little fox is too noisy. She's making it impossible for me to sleep."
"Who sleeps in a hot spring area? Besides, with all this steam, who could fall asleep?"
Miko was in a good mood seeing that Wendy wanted to leave as well.
She had been worried Wendy might say something suddenly while being present, but now she didn't need to worry about that issue.
If Paimon could leave too, that would be even better.
Thinking this, Miko glanced at Paimon, who was reaching out to grab something to eat.
This gluttonous little fellow...
Hurry up and go voluntarily!
Staring at Paimon, Miko really hoped she would take the initiative to leave.
However, it didn't matter if Paimon didn't leave; she probably wouldn't understand what they were talking about anyway.
"Stop eating, Paimon. You come out and help carry things too!" Just then, Wendy suddenly said this to Paimon.
Sensible little girl...
Seeing Wendy act this way, Miko immediately had a favorable impression of her.
There was no helping it; she was simply too sensible.
"Carry food? Okay!"
Because it was going out to buy food, and Kaito was very generous—often buying things for her to eat—Paimon agreed without a second thought.
If it were any other task, she definitely wouldn't have agreed so quickly, and might have even tried to get out of it.
Oh my...
This little girl is truly too sensible!
Next time, I'll let her call me 'Little Fox' a few times.
Silently watching from the hot spring as Wendy got Paimon to go out and buy things too, Miko's mood was incredibly good.
"Then let's go." Seeing Paimon agree so readily, Kaito, who had been the first to change back into his normal clothes, walked out first.
Afterwards, Wendy and Paimon, who had also restored their clothes to their usual appearance, followed closely behind.
Bang—
Under Miko's gaze, the door to the room was closed by Wendy, who was the last to walk out.
However, for the sake of caution, she waited a while longer before speaking.
"Just the three of us now."
Withdrawing her gaze from the door, Miko spoke faintly.
"So, Miko, what do you want to do?" Acheron, who was beside her, asked directly, getting straight to the point.
There was no helping it; this behavior was too obvious. She definitely knew something was off.
As for Kaito, Miko probably knew that he knew as well, but she likely just thought it was enough that he wasn't here.
"Oh my, Mei, do you have to be so direct?" Seeing Mei being so direct, Miko said with a smile.
So they aren't really just going to buy things?
Lumine, watching the two from the side, silently thought this. She had genuinely believed Miko just wanted Kaito to buy food.
"Lumine." At this moment, Miko turned her head to look at her.
"What is it?"
Seeing Miko like this, Lumine knew what she was going to ask.
But even so, she chose to play dumb and asked 'what is it'.
"Naturally, how does it feel to soak in the hot spring with Kaito?" Regardless of whether Lumine truly didn't know what she wanted to ask, Miko asked this question directly.
Although Mei, Kaito's girlfriend, was right next to them, she knew Mei wouldn't get angry over something like this.
And more importantly, there was something she wanted to say for Mei to hear, to see if anything unexpected would happen.
"It's very good," Lumine gave this answer after thinking for a moment.
But obviously, Miko was definitely not satisfied with such an answer.
So she continued to ask, "So, Lumine, this swimsuit... did you want to wear it yourself? Or did that guy want to see you dress a bit more sexily?"
Looking at Lumine, Miko's face was full of anticipation.
Why ask this kind of question...
If I had known, I would have gone out just now too...
Looking at the expectant Miko, Lumine thought this helplessly.
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