‘Well…here I am.’ She didn’t respond. Now, I don’t have a problem with her ignoring me. But she wasn’t ignoring me; just not talking.

All she did was glare.

If staring at someone could kill them, I would be dead a hundred times over. In this awkward atmosphere, I had to ask myself whether or not that was really a bad thing.

‘So…’

‘Go to the tree,’ she said tonelessly, ‘someone will be there to guide you. I have your duties to perform, so excuse me.’ With that she walked away, allowing me to breathe a sigh of relief. So Minami isn’t the one who’s going to show me the ropes.

Thank god.