Akatsuki and his Spirit-branded Retainer left.
Seiji sat alone in the private room of the coffee café, looking at the three cups of coffee that remained untouched, watching them cool.
His cell phone rang.
When he checked the caller ID, it was Natsuya as he expected.
"Hey, Seiji! Are you alright!?"
The moment he accepted the call, the student council president's voice hurriedly spoke up on the other end.
When she saw his text message, she felt nervous and tense as she immediately called him.
"It's alright, Natsuya…" Seiji responded, but discovered that his tone of voice was a little grim, so he coughed to clear his emotions. "Akatsuki Mitarai has left already. He was only here to talk to me." He managed to restore his tone to normal.
"…What did he say?"
"Take some money and get the hell out of my way."
"Eh?"
"Well, that was the gist of what he said to me." Seiji chuckled.
Natsuya fell silent for a moment.
