[center][img]https://s33.postimg.cc/amkvj2gkf/image.png[/img][/center][hr][color=crimson]“Don’t worry, I’ll be sure to mourn your loss,[/color]” Chie said after Kanbaru told her to find some other way to spend the rest of the day. It wasn’t like the redhead had that many plans in stock for her free time, however, one important thing was nagging the back of her mind and she surely could go take a look at it on her own. She had a dark grin on her face as she waved Kanbaru off and set on her own pursuit.

And, if all else failed, Chie could always crash into Kanbaru’s house and loiter around there while she waited for her partner. She sure wouldn’t complain about that, would she?

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When Apia reached her tree she would notice the delicately sweet fragrance of plum blossoms wafting through the air, coming from a place not that far away from her location. For a normal person, this probably wouldn’t draw much attention given that plum flowers are supposed to begin blossoming around this time of the year. However, the fact that not only it carried in the wind so far away from any plum trees, but also had a faint trace of the supernatural mixed in the perfume would probably be enough to catch the senses of a magical girl.

If she turned around to search for the source of the fragrance, she would eventually find that it came from the direction of the school, most precisely the rooftop from where a faint shadow overlooked the evacuation of students as they prepared themselves for a cold and austere New Year.

Surprisingly enough, no traces of magic as they are used to it, or even the feeling of a real presence emanated from the shadowy figure. Almost as if she were nothing but an illusion brought forth by the dance of light and darkness of the approaching twilight, just a phantom, playing tricks on the mind[url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-KVm-nKo5E]…[/url]

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Back at the school gates, another blue-haired girl would soon be joining Touka. This time it was none other than Seyrun, arriving after having spotted the Detention Club president’s messy green hair, through the crowd of students that were leaving the school’s premises.

[color=steelblue]“Hi again, Miss Yama and… Miss Otoko, right?”[/color] Seyrun said, bowing towards the other girls. [color=steelblue]“I’m sorry for not being able to finish our conversation earlier today. If you wish, I’d like to make up for it by inviting you to eat something,”[/color] she cocked her head while looking towards Kanbaru with a puzzled expression before continuing, [color=steelblue]“though, given your friend’s costume… I suppose that you are going to some sort of New Year’s party, right? If so, I’m sorry for bothering you,”[/color] she finally added. This very statement confirmed that not only could she see Kanbaru in her transformed state, but also acted in a rather clueless regarding it, almost as if she weren’t aware of that what she witnessed was supposed to be something out of the ordinary.
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