Summary 14:[1]
That day was sunny and warm, to Anya it seemed like one of those other outings where she would go out and play with her dog, for Loid another day with what might be another mission that he would have to leave his family for just for a moment, or maybe a brief meeting with an old colleague who would have loved to be assigned his mission.
"I don't think you understand what this mission involves." he said desperately starring at Anya who was running around with Bond
"I am not saying it is easy, but... don't you feel that sense of warmth and belonging? Even though it is a fake family?" he asked staring at little Anya full of joy, "doesn't she remind you of the purpose of your job?" he added. Those last words reminisced the first time Anya got kidnapped and the first time his body remembered what the word feeling meant.
"Kind of" Loid added as he looked at her smiling.
Those few memories of agent ignite stopped popping in his headd the minute they got in front of park's gate.
As they arrived at the park, Anya decided the spot where they would be best seated and have dinner at. Everyone started hepling, Anya and Loid sat the nap, Yor took the dishes out and started passing them at Anya, who placed them the same way Loid would do, the sandwiches in the middle, the fruits on the side and two bottle of water.
"Here finished", said Anya "Good Job Anya, now all we need is to place the plates" Yor responded with a smile "Right, I'll take care of it" "Allow me to take care of that" Yor said "Why don't you go and wash your hands with Anya while I am finishing here" "Alright let's do that" he responded with a smile, after walking a little further from the spot, a blond woman who seemed to be an acquaintance of Yor, approached her, then started talking smiling at each other. "Papa, who is that woman over there, do you know her?" "Not really but I think that she is an acquaintance of Yor"
That responses seemed somehow off to Anya and sounded wrong, she couldn't explain why, until they arrived at the park's faucets, she then rolled up her sleeves as the father was opening the tap. As she was washing and scrubbing her hands, she heard a small futile conversation between a father and his son.
"Let's hurry up your mother is waiting for us" he said "Okay dad"
After they left, Anya asked Loid another question:
"Papa who is going to shower Bond tonight?" "It is going to be Yor I guess, as usual. Why did you hear her complain about it? Maybe I should start doing it" "No mama, never complained about anything you know?" "Papa, could you call mama, just mom and not by her first name, just to make it feel real?" "But she is not my mom, and how does it make it more real?"
Anya sighed after hearing those words from Loid, asking herself if he was seriouse or just telling her in an indirect way that this family wasn't real to begin with.
"I can't understand her; it is going to be hard to help her get a stellar if we can't seem to see eye to eye." he thought as he was washing his own hands
Those thoughts made her even more anxious and empty inside. She started making a long face, a face that she only does when she feels like she disappointed her father.
Meanwhile, Yor was engaged in a rather unconventional conversation akin to those commonly had among colleagues.
"This is rather odd, usually I am to be summoned by the shopkeeper" "Here" the woman said as he handed her a small earphone, "He wishes to talk to you immediately without you leaving suspiciously"
She took the earphone, put it in her left ear, covered it with her hair and then heard a husky kind for seductive voice of a man that seemed in his forties.
"Hello Thorne princess, pardon my insistence into introducing you to this mission while you are spending time with your family, but the nature of the matter is quite urgent. You see, it seems like a new kind of enemy decided to join the party and is conspiring with some higher ups to start another war."
[1] Loid reflects on a colleague’s breakdown and Yor suggests a picnic to ease Anya’s stress, while the family unknowingly crosses paths with Yuji’s group.Sensing a disturbing energy from Anya, the sorcerers suspect a deeper connection to curses and rush to act before it’s too late.