Return to the Origin

I wonder… could they be in the middle of a fight or something?

Kei: Both of you, calm down! Hey, Tsudzura-chan, what in the world happened?

With no answer to my question, she rudely stomps her way inside.

Kei: Wait! Tsudzura-chan, come on!

Well, they’re probably still in the thick of it, so I can’t really blame her, but, it would be nice if she at least gave an answer when I asked—

And now, just as Tsudzura-chan moves to enter the room…
Obana-chan bares his teeth and leaps to attack her.

Kei: Eh!? Wait a min— Obana-chan!?

And just as I think to raise my voice, yelling “Stop!”…

—: Stop it!

…I am startled by the sudden cry of a loud voice.
Removing my sights from the both of them, I turn my eyes towards the garden, seeking the voice’s owner.
Of course, in that direction, I also—
“How did that person read my mind, I wonder?” no, not that, but exactly who, and to what end?

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