Bab 183: Choosing Not To Choose

Nicole didn't stop feeling Kairos up, even as she spoke.

"I... I guess we can go. But I just want to hold on for a little bit longer."

Kairos blinked a few times.

"And how long is that?"

Nicole pouted.

"U-Um, a few minutes."

Kairos took a deep breath.

"How many minutes?"

Nicole froze when she heard that. After a few moments, she responded rather frantically.

"F-Fifteen! Er- no thirty! N-No one hundred!"

Kairos sighed.

"That's not a few minutes."

Nicole became a little frantic, scratching the side of her face.

"I-It isn't?"

Seeing this go down, Kaede slowly backed up towards the corridor she came through before running through it. Quite a few swords flew at her, but she was able to dodge all of them. Chen's eyebrow twitched when he saw that.

As for him, he just looked to the side, pretending that he wasn't in the room.