Hanako's face transformed gradually, her wide-eyed stare softening into something warmer, more impressed.
A slow smile crept across her lips, genuine and bright, lighting up her features as she shook her head in quiet wonder.
Her long black hair cascaded over one shoulder as she let out a soft laugh, the sound breaking the remaining tension like sunlight piercing clouds.
She glanced sideways at Rin for a brief moment, her expression carrying layers of meaning—the calm, capable young man beside her who had already shown his own extraordinary side, and now this younger sister who matched that depth in her own unique way.
"Wow…" "You all are truly amazing.
It really must run in the family.
Rin's always so steady and powerful in his own way, handling everything without a fuss.
And now you, Chiyo—knowing so much, thinking so clearly, resisting something that would have anyone else completely under its spell.
