Eyes without light, Kaori was looking at Hajime with a Hanya behind her. Cold sweats ran along Hajime's cheeks. Hajime wanted to say it was because of the bloodsucking act; he and Yue wouldn't be separated unless they kiss. But faster than him, Yue advanced.
Hajime had expected her to solve the misunderstanding, but he was a fool to expect that from Yue in this kind of situation.
Yue and Kaori looked at each other, and Yue puffed her chest in a dignified manner. Smiling after saying fu,
"... It was delicious." She informed Kaori.
"Aha, ahahahahaha."
"Fufu, fufufufufufu."
Eerie laughter coming from the two beautiful girls was echoing inside the medical center. Up until now, the staff of medical center and patients thought of Kaori as a saint, but now they were taken aback and turned their faces away so their eyes would not meet hers.
It was something they couldn't help. No one would think a person with katana-swinging Hanya behind then was a saint. Moreover, the one confronting her had a dragon clad in black clouds and thunders. They couldn't help but wanting to look away.
Towards Kaori and Yue, who were staring at each other while laughing, Hajime sighed and quickly decided to approach them to deliver forehead flicks. Shwip! An unbelievable sound rang out from the impact of the flicks. Yue and Kaori spontaneously groaned and squatted. With teary eyes, they looked up, expressing, "What are you doing," which made Hajime raised an amazed expression.
"Kaori. It's not like I and Yue had wanted to do such an act. You understand it, right? Besides, Yue is my lover. We don't need your permission to do such a thing."
"Uh... that is so... but I don't think it is the real reason..."
Angered by that, Kaori objected to Hajime. Hajime sighed again and said, "Yue, too, there's no need to always bicker like that." However, hmph!, Yue turned her face and refused to listen to him, "This is a woman's fight... there's no need for Hajime to interfere."
Randzi and the others could only stand in place by the suddenly generated carnage. Shia reflected, "I noticed that recently my presence had been thinned." Tio was still panting hard, while Myuu turned into angry mode because Yue and Kaori were quarrelling again.
Hajime gave up on controlling the situation and decided to go to «Guryuu-en Great Volcano» as fast as possible. Kaori was not the only one being busy in the medical center, since although Hajime had told Randzi beforehand, he once again told Randzi to take care of Myuu. Smiling wryly at the relationship between Hajime and his party, Randzi readily agreed to take care of Myuu.
Myuu had been persuaded beforehand, but as soon as she guessed Hajime was going to leave, Myuu looked down with a lonely expression. Hajime kneeled to match Myuu's eye-level and patted her head.
"Myuu, I am going. Be a good girl and wait for me, okay?"
"Uh, Myuu will be a good girl. So come back quickly, Papa."
"Ah, I will return as fast as possible."
Grasping the end of her clothes tightly with both hands, Myuu was enduring her tears. And the appearance of Hajime gently patting Myuu, even if they weren't related by blood, made everyone see them as nothing but a father and his child. The cold, post-carnage atmosphere has turned warm. Hajime pushed Myuu's back towards Kaori's side. Yue, Shia, and Tio moved out in order.
Hajime was about to turn on his heel, when Kaori called out to him.
"Ah, Hajime-kun... that's, have a safe journey."
"Ou, please take care of Myuu."
"Un... also, that is... can I ask for a, kiss? Like... a kiss to pray for a safe trip."
"... Of course you can't. Rather, what's with that?"
"On cheek is okay, too, you know? Still no?"
Although she was fidgeting with flushed cheeks, Kaori's tone was unexpectedly a strong one. Apparently her rivalry with Yue made her think she must not back out at such a time. Hajime recalled that he noticed Kaori was rather proactive at the time they were still in Japan, but the Kaori after confessing to him was even more proactive.