Bang bang!
"F-Fauna? Are you here?"
The sun had begun to set as Kronii arrived at Fauna's home. After some thought, she felt that Fauna was the most reasonable person in the group. However, she did have a concern.
'Please, don't have the same disease as those girls! Please, please!'
Kronii begged as hard as she could. If even Fauna had been taken over, then everything was truly lost. After a moment, she could hear the front door opening. A familiar soft face peeked over the opening, as her wavy, light green hair followed along.
"Kronii? What's wrong? It's quite rare to see you come over without telling me first," asked Fauna.
"Oh, um, I must've forgotten to tell you that I'm coming over, haha..."
Kronii quickly came up with a clumsy excuse. Fauna stared at Kronii wordlessly before fully opening the door.
"Well, I'll just believe it for now. Come on in," welcomed Fauna.
"Don't mind if I do!"
Kronii quickly entered Fauna's house, worried that the two people she ran away from might be chasing after her.
After Fauna closed the door behind her, she asked Kronii, "I didn't expect you to be coming over, to be honest. I thought you would've been resting after the gathering yesterday."
Kronii quickly responded, "Please don't bring up how much I drank yesterday and ended up getting wasted. I've heard about that one time too much..."
She had gone past the point of regret and straight into acceptance. With her hardened resolve, she decided to embrace her dark history and not let it bother her anymore.
"Hm? You did?"
"...Eh?"
However, Fauna's question was outside of Kronii's expectations. Kronii could feel a cold sweat rolling down the back of her neck as Fauna continued.
"I didn't know that happened yesterday. I think I was too busy snacking while talking with Shiori and Nerissa to notice it. I just thought you'd be exhausted from going out yesterday," recalled Fauna.
Kronii could only respond with a shaky voice, "S-So, if I didn't tell you, you wouldn't have..."
"Yeah, I wouldn't have known. Um, were you not trying to tell me about it?" Fauna asked as she slightly tilted her head.
"I- Uh, I wasn't...! Gwaaaaaaaaak!!!!"
Fauna's question shattered Kronii's hardened resolve in record time, turning her into a squirming mess. Kronii could only blame herself for bringing up the topic by herself.
"Urgh... Just kill me..." Kronii muttered quietly in the middle of her groans.
"It's alright; I'm sure I would've found out about it eventually anyway." Fauna attempted to console Kronii.
"Thanks, Fauna. It doesn't make me feel better at all." Kronii curtly replied.
"Aw, don't be like that. Just sit on the sofa and relax for a while." Fauna patted Kronii's back before leading her to the living room. Kronii followed along quietly with a sullen face before sitting on the sofa.
"Actually, you came at the right time, Kronii. I was just making some tea for myself before you dropped by, and it should be ready by now. I'll get you a cup, so just stay put, ok?" explained Fauna.
"Yeah..." Kronii nodded weakly.
A soft smile grew on Fauna's face from hearing Kronii's response. "You're going to like it, I promise! Just give me a minute."
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Time Warden's Popular Phase
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