After going down the stairs, we're at the bottom left corner of the room. I see Selena preparing a drink in the kitchen. It's a liquid with a light brown, creamy colour, which I've never seen or heard of before. There's traces of the smell of milk coming from that drink, but it's different from the milk that I've drank before. It looks really tasty!
Now that I can take a look around, unlike earlier, before lunch, when all the children are running around and I couldn't see anything, this room is pretty big too. This is probably the living room of the orphanage, if I had to guess.
In the middle of the room, there's two long, comfy looking chairs with a light brown colour, and each chair has enough space for two people to sit on. Sofa, I think that's what this chair is called. It's much fancier than the common wooden chairs, and it seems to be made of leather.
The chairs are facing each other, with a clear table in between, that you can see through. The table is made of wood, but the tabletop is made of glass, I think? I've never seen anything like this before, either.
This orphanage has so many food, drinks, furniture, and other items that I've never seen before. I've only learned about them, but never actually seen them. They all look so interesting!
At the center of the wall, which the stairs are facing, there's a door that leads outside. To the sides of that door, are two long windows, which stretch across the entire wall. There's curtains to cover up the windows here, so people outside can't always see inside the orphanage.
Tall plants and spare wooden chairs occupy the corners of the living room, except for the bottom left corner of the room, because that's where the stairs are. Overall, the living room is quite spacious, even with the furniture in the middle of the room, and the plants and chairs in the corners.
"Here. I've prepared some drinks."
Selena walks into the living room, with a smile on her face, while holding a tray with seven glasses of the light brown, cream coloured drink. She puts the tray down on the tabletop, before gracefully taking a seat on one of the sofas. Her movements are so smooth and gentle, it makes her look like a waitress.
Wait, seven glasses? Why did she prepare so many glasses of drinks for just the four of us?
"Please take a seat, you three. We'll be waiting for a while, before we discuss about matters."
Daius sits beside Selena, and I sit with Mina on the other sofa. As expected, this sofa is really comfy. It's not as soft as the bed, but it's soft enough that I can fall asleep on the sofa as well.
"I see you're acting suspicious as usual, Selena."
"Eh~, what do you mean by that, Daius? My behaviour is completely normal, you see?"
Eh? Daius, you're saying that she usually like this as well? I was going to ask about the seven glasses of drinks, but now I'm not going to. If she's usually like this, then I have to be more cautious around her!
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(Mimin... You're drooling again.)
After about a minute of silence, Mina interrupts my thoughts again using telepathy. The smell of milk from the drink is just so... I can't wait any longer! I want to drink this now!
"I see you've been interested in this milk tea for a while now. Go ahead, help yourself."
"Well then, thanks for the drink!"
Is that what this is called? Selena just referred to this liquid as milk tea. I take a glass of milk tea and immediately takes a sip from it.
"Mn! What is this!?"
It tastes so sweet, I've never tasted anything this sweet before! How does this taste even exist? I know what milk and tea are, but this tastes really good! The taste is a mix of milk and tea, but this is way sweeter than both of them!
"Oh my, I see you have quite the sweet tooth. Do you like it?"
"Yes! It's really good! What did you add to this milk tea to make it this sweet?"
"Well~, a lot of sugar?"
Eh? Did Selena just say, sugar? This thing has a high amount of sugar added to it? That's really bad for health, isn't it? Well, I shouldn't be too surprised since this milk tea tastes really sweet, but still. This means I can't drink too much of this milk tea...
For some reason, Mina is patting my head again. Mina seems to be able to tell when I'm sad, somehow. Thanks, Mina. I'm feeling better already!
"So, what are we waiting for, exactly?"
"Just a little longer, Daius. They're returning right about... now."
Right on Selena's signal, the door opens, and Maria, Sen, and Arnold enters the room. Maria is the first to speak after the door opens.
Maria: "We're back~!"
Selena: "Welcome back."
This is just... There's definitely something strange with Selena. There's no way that was just a coincidence! She knows too much!
Arnold: "Are we interrupting something?"
Selena: "No, we haven't even started yet. We were waiting for the three of you, actually. Please join us."
Maria, Sen, and Arnold proceeds to bring out three spare wooden chairs from a corner of the room, and joins us at the table. They're sitting a short distance away, so it doesn't get too crowded.
Also, I just realized, that means there's seven of us now. Daius, Selena, Maria, Sen, Arnold, Mina, and me. Now it makes sense that Selena prepared seven glasses of milk tea, I guess.
But wait, how did Selena know that Mina is going to be here? She only told Daius to call for me, right? Did she really predict that I'll bring Mina along as well?
I don't like this. Selena is acting too suspicious, and it really does seem like she knows everything. It's like this whole situation is just a performance, and she's the person who planned everything. I feel that she's intentionally messing with me, just for her entertainment.
I look over at Mina, and notice that she's shivering now. I wonder what that's about?
Selena: "Now then, since everyone is gathered here, let's start, shall we? Starting with the main topic..."
With the same smile as before, Selena stares at me, with her black coloured eyes that lacks any natural shine. She's smiling, but it seems fake and creepy now, despite being the same smile as before. Her eerie black eyes, staring deep into my mind, as if they can see everything that I know.
Selena: "Who are you, exactly?"
This atmosphere, she's not leaking any bloodlust, but I'm scared from just her appearance and behaviour. It's even making me shiver like Mina is now. What is she going to do to me?