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Halfway through their 'inspection', Emilia received a call from Noelle letting her know that the president of Red Dusk wished to 'get in touch' with her to discuss certain 'sensitive matters'.
Emilia hummed. "We can let him wait for a while, why don't you—"
Crystal interrupted her with a cough. "W-Why don't you go take the call, a-and we can handle the matter here?"
The crimson-haired girl blinked at her in surprise, but after thinking about it for a moment, she agreed. "Well, let's go with Crystal's idea, then. I'll go 'negotiate' a few things with him. You three meet me in the lobby when you're done, alright?"
Dixie and Michelle looked at each other in confusion before nodding along with Crystal.
As soon as Emilia turned a corner, however, Crystal found herself pinned with two very suspicious gazes.
