章 191: 189: Separation

It became difficult to sleep after having such an experience. Maria did not want to close her eyes and have the scene of doom flash before her eyes.

Her eyes refused to stay open in the morning but Maria still managed to drag herself out of the bed. It helped that Venus had decided to roll off her sometime in the morning.

Even the morning routine did not have the usual enthusiasm it usually had. Maria felt like a puppet moving through the actions her body was used to.

"Good morning. Would you like to have breakfast now? I'll go set it up." Aurora tensed as Kuro's guardian appeared behind her. He gave her a scare and did not wait for Aurora to present her consent before leaving.

This was something she had noticed yesterday as well. The man seemed to not understand the meaning of 'no.' He did things at his own pace and ignored everyone else.