In the end, the women camp spent more time bathing than expected, so they had to go back to the capital right after Rio and Masato were done bathing.
Rio first secretly sent Miharu and the others back to the inn, and then he took Satsuki back to the royal castle.
"Sorry for overstaying. There were so many things that I wanted to talk about and it was so cozy......"Satsuki told while smiling awkwardly.
"No, it's alright. Though it's not possible to meet whenever, you can still talk about that when we meet again"Rio shook his head lightly in denial as he answered that.
They got their reunion after a long time in an unfamiliar world.
There might be a great amount of things that she wanted to talk about."Yeah. You're right"
Satsuki nodded while laughing gently.And then, few seconds of silence followed.
Satsuki had an atmosphere around her as if she wanted to say something since a long time ago but, it seems she wanted them to hear about this matter.
But while Rio was speculating about that in his head,"........... I've told Miharu-chan and the others about what they'll face after this"After taking a short breath, Satsuki muttered that in a low voice.
Rio squinted his eyes in hesitation and then,
"Is that so"He threw a cold and blunt reply."You're not going to ask? About what kind of talk it was? "Satsuki asked timidly.
"Because I have a rough guess"Rio replied while smiling wryly.Somehow Rio's face reflected in Satsuki's eyes seemed a bit lonely.
"I see........"Satsuki muttered.The silence descended between the two of them again.
"My apologies for troubling you. I felt that I absolutely had to convey it but, I couldn't bring myself to say it and wreck the mood"
Rio said that while suppressing his voice to a low tone.
There were no correct words that he could say at a time like this that came to mind.Therefore, he could do nothing but excuse his own feelings.
Satsuki saw a slightly dissatisfied look in Rio's words.