"It is bothersome thinking about it."
"Oh, but at least you should have someone. What about that model from before?"
"We're just friends now. I thought I told you already."
"Yeah, you did, but isn't it better to be with people you know than undergo that random selection?"
"Whatever, let's not talk about it again."
…
After some time, Lyria hung up. Then she stood up from her seat and went to the floor-to-ceiling glass windows, glancing at the business street below. This silence was disrupted by a grumble from her stomach. Lyria immediately touched her stomach, then remembered she had not taken anything other than breakfast.
She took some fruit from the space. After washing it, she munched on it as she packed up to go home.
Meanwhile, Selena, knowing it was around the time Lyria would begin preparing for marriage, went to her study after dinner. Then she lifted a book from her shelf, and the wall behind her seat opened.
