Regarding this, Xia Liang simply shook her head, "I just suddenly felt like coming to see."
"See what?"
"I don't know, do I have to have a purpose?"
"...Not necessarily."
Xia Liang's sowhat elusive attitude left Erald Sparrow a bit puzzled, but as usual, she pulled out another chair from beside her desk: "Sit down."
This chair was originally used for study sessions, but ever since the Bai'an City team arrived, there had been more occasions to entertain guests, so it had been nearly a week since the last eting.
Without a word, Xia Liang took the chair, sat down beside the table, and then just silently looked at Erald Sparrow, making the atmosphere suddenly rather awkward.
"Doesn't the junior need to continue working?"
After a while, she spoke, "Don't mind , you can just continue doing your own thing."
"...How could I possibly focus on work with soone staring at the whole ti."
Erald Sparrow tapped her fingers on the teacup, her eyelids drooping: "It's so late, don't you need to sleep?"
"I'm not sleepy yet."
With both hands propping her cheeks, Xia Liang muttered softly, "On the other hand, junior, 'I am very tired' seems to be written all over your face."
"...Really?"
Erald Sparrow subconsciously touched her own face, but as a Magical Girl, she wouldn't have real sweat, so what she felt was still smooth skin: "I don't think it's that bad yet."
"The number of tis you've sighed has also increased lately, you seem to be in a bad mood."
"That is true."
Erald Sparrow couldn't deny the situation Xia Liang had pointed out: "Thanks for your concern, but rest assured, I'm actually not that down, many tis it's just a subconscious reaction."
Suddenly, the room fell silent again.
One was looking at the other, and the other slightly bowed her head; neither was doing anything, yet both remained silent.
"Is everything okay with Xiaolu? I've seen her sneaking off to et Miss Asou for several days," Xia Liang suddenly asked after a few minutes, "You should know about it, right, junior?"
"There's no problem, I've discussed it with Asou."
Gazing at her teacup, looking at the blurred reflection on the ceramic surface, Erald Sparrow softly said, "In this matter, I indeed need to learn to let go, not to hold on too tightly."
"What about Bai Jingxuan? Suddenly having her compete with other Magical Girls, her magic equipnt isn't really suitable for one-on-one combat."
"Bai Jingxuan... don't worry about her strength, just focus on her performance," Erald Sparrow stated calmly.
"I always feel like you're secretly giving Bai Jingxuan a leg up?"
"...That's not true."
"Then, why are you so confident in her abilities?"
"It's just that I've exchanged so thoughts with her and discovered so special talents, you'll all know about it soon enough," Erald Sparrow vaguely responded.
"Hmm? Oh." Knowing that Erald Sparrow was just being evasive, Xia Liang replied noncommittally.
The tapping on the teacup continued, but its rhythm was erratic. The bare trees outside swayed slightly in the cold wind, making a faint rustling noise.
Xia Liang still propped up her cheeks, a faint smile on her face as she looked at Erald Sparrow, then asked softly:
"What about... ?"
The tapping of fingers on the teacup paused.
The wall clock kept ticking clearly, yet in the air that seed to have frozen, it felt sowhat out of place.
Finally, Erald Sparrow moved her gaze away from the tabletop.
Now, she had to face the girl in front of her.
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