"Greetings."
A kind voice, ringing with true elegance, echoed from behind Vipero, continuing in a low hum. "I was going to ambush them, but this is a nice surprise. Thank you for intruding for no reason, commoners."
Her red eyes closed into a kind curve. The red twin hairs spilled as she tilted her head, the gesture imbued with a strange, natural innocence.
Her uniform was a grey coat paired with a white blouse and black skirt, the same as Quia's and Ciel's, indicating her entry into the academy.
Yet her fingers danced all too lightly at Vipero's throat, treating the merchant's life as a fragile toy.
She was much more polite than back then. Maybe not bleeding from her forehead made her saner?
Ciel's posture lifted with excitement. The former shadebeast had longed for this meeting.
"It's been a while!" Ciel nodded, earning a weird look from Quia.
Shire, with an unbending smile, merely nodded the same. "It has indeed been a while."
