Wai... calm down!"
"I can't return, I can't return, I can't return..."
Nanahoshi was muttering it in a whisper with hollow eyes.
All of her muscles were stiffening, like she was saving up all of her power to start raging about at any time.
"I can't return, I can't return, I can't retuuuuuuuuuuuuuurn!"
Nanahoshi was struggling.
To the limits of her power, she was struggling to try and release my restraint on her.
However, it was just the level of strength of a hikikomori female high school student.
Feeble.
There's no way she could shake me off.
Before long she released her strength and went limp.
When I started to release my hands, she started to bend towards the floor.
"Hey, are you alright?"
After looking at that face, I felt intuitively that it was dangerous.
The color of her face was pure white, her eyes were blank and had a shadow over them, her lips had lost their color, and they dried up and cracked.
This is the face that someone makes during a considerably severe emotional breakdown.
She might try to kill herself.
"...."
I can't deal with this by myself.
What should I do?
Who would help me at times like this...?
Sylphy.
It's Sylphy.
If it's her then she'll lend me a hand somehow or other.
That's right, today she has no night shift.
Alright, today I'll return home with Nanahoshi.
Let's do that.
No, but before that, it would be better to calm her down somewhere.
"Are you alright?"
"..."
"You've been working a bit too hard you know. Rest for today."
"..."
Nanahoshi wasn't responding.
I turned her shoulders around and partly forcibly stood her up.
Just like that, I left the research room while dragging her along.
The lock is... No, I'll do it after.
I'm sure it'll be fine for one day or so. Probably.