her body suddenly as if to dodge them and used her fingertips to wipe
away her tears, answering with a taunting tone for some reason,
“Of course. But...why are you here, Aki-san?”
“Eh...? Both of you know each other?”
Rinko asked in a very puzzled manner, and Asuna nodded slightly,
“Un. This Aki-san here is a nurse working at the Chiyoda Hospital.
As for why this person is at the waters off Izu Islands, I don’t know.”
“Of course, I’m here to take care of Kirigaya-kun.”
“Then, what’s your occupation? Or is it like Kikuoka-san? Are you
also disguised as a nurse?”
The nurse called Aki never showed any signs of fear as she took
Asuna’s intense stare, and showed slight smile as she gently put down
her shoulders.
“How can that be? I’m not like that oji-sama, I’m a real nurse. I do
have national qualifications too. However, the school I graduated from
was the «Tokyo Self-Defense Senior Nurse Academy».”
“...I can believe it somewhat.”
Asuna nodded somewhat, and Rinko continued without any care.
“Well, I don’t understand at all...who is this Aki-san in the end?”
“A real nurse, I suppose, but that’s not all.”
Asuna turned to face Rinko again and said fluently,
“If she’s a nurse who graduated from the Nursing Academy that’s
affiliated to the Self-Defense Forces, she technically should be working
in the Self-Defense Forces’ Hospital. However, Aki-san was a nurse at