In the sacred and solemn Temple, silence descended, making the recent clamor seem non-existent, leaving behind an emptiness.
Nien watched the direction where Shane had vanished while touching her own lips, her cheeks gradually losing their flush of red.
"Everyone has left, it's about time for you to come out, isn't it?"
After a while, Nien quietly uttered these words.
The response to Nien's words was a rueful chuckle.
"I thought you hadn't noticed me."
Along with these words, a graceful figure emerged from the space as if out of thin air and appeared in front of Nien.
Seeing this figure, to tell the truth, Nien was rather surprised.
"I never imagined that someone could actually make their way here." Nien looked at the other, saying, "If I remember correctly, you're called Laischa, aren't you?"
"...So you knew about me?" Laischa, equally surprised and somewhat taken aback, replied, "I thought you wouldn't recognize me."
