“Welcome back, Masha.” “I’m home, Alya-chan.” “Hm?” Maria smiled as fluffily as usual, hugged Alisa’s shoulders with her free arm, and kissed both her cheeks. But she was moving as though she was distracted, and she seemed to be spacing out. “Maria… What’s going on?” “Uh… What do you mean?” “‘What do you mean’…” Alisa couldn’t find the words to explain what she meant. Maria looked at Alisa in a bit of a weird way, but suddenly took a stuffed animal out of the plastic bag and smiled. “Right, right, that’s right! Actually, I… met someone that’s really nice!” A stuffed cat suddenly appeared in front of Alisa, who was taken aback by how suddenly cheerful Maria became. “Ta-daa~ Alya-nyan!” TN: Chan, nyan, yeah. “A-, Alya-nyan…? Eh?” “Look, look! Doesn’t it look like you?” “…Which part?” Alisa took a step back and looked at the stuffed animal. She couldn’t help but ask back with a straight face. “Ehh~? Its expression?” “Stuffed animals don’t have expressions…” “They do~ See? Look!” “Ahh, yup, yup, I get it. …Just don’t call me that.” Page 4 Goldenagato | mp4directs.com