บท 343: Return

It hadn't even been an hour since Minuha parted with Seth, yet as she turned around, she was greeted by the sight of him already making himself comfortable on the back of her mount, Irene standing beside him and looking at the beast warily.

"What are you doing here," Minuha asked, walking across the neck of the beast and getting close to Seth.

"Well we were minding our business and on our merry way when I noticed a beast in the distance and I decided I might as well pitch a ride, who would have known it was you"

The bright smile on Seth's face and joviality in his tone was a clear sign that he was lying and had known all along that Minuha was the one riding the beast.

"Liar, you knew it was me, why are you still following after me, I thought I was free."

"You are free. Though I did know you were the one ridding the beast, I wasn't lying about pitching a ride, you are heading in the same direction as us."