Here is a private mansion in the city.

Although it is already very late, or more accurately, early in the morning, the lights in the hall of the mansion are still on, but not to the extent of being brightly lit.

In other words, all the other rooms are pitch dark, which is a rather unusual sight that naturally surprises the two people returning to the mansion.

"Butler Mouri, is there anyone who hasn't slept yet?"

The girl who rushed into the door asked the elderly man behind her, but the man's face was also filled with surprise.

"I'm not sure either. Normally, everyone should have already gone to bed at this time. Could it be that the master has returned?"

"Is that so? Good timing then."

The girl picked up her pace, looking as if she was ready to interrogate, and Mouri Saburo had no choice but to follow closely behind.

Perhaps out of impatience, the girl couldn't wait before even entering the living room.

"Father...!"

She called out, but immediately stopped. The reason for this was the scene in front of her that left her too astonished to speak.

At this moment, Mouri Saburo also arrived and in a slightly surprised tone, he expressed what he saw on behalf of the girl.

"Yuihime and Yuuka?"

That's right, just as Butler Mouri said, in the living room were the two younger sisters of Arashikaze Manami, Yuihime and Yuuka. They must have been extremely tired as they were leaning against each other and sleeping on the sofa.

They were even murmuring in their sleep from time to time.

"Elder sister...!"

"Mmm..."

"It's really not good for them to sleep like this. They might catch a cold."

Arashikaze Manami couldn't help but smile wryly, and her sense of urgency from earlier had eased.

"Alright, Butler Mouri, I'll leave the final matters to you. I'll take these two kids back to their rooms."

"Miss, let me help..."

Butler Mouri was interrupted before he could finish speaking.

"No need, I'll take care of this small matter. You must be tired, Butler Mouri. Once you're done with the final matters, you can take a rest."

Since it had been said like this, Mouri Saburo couldn't say anything else.

"In that case, I'll leave first. Miss, please get some rest as well."

"Okay..."

The girl responded and walked forward, while Mouri Saburo quickly left.

He hurried to the corridor, picked up the phone, and dialed a certain number. It was an old-fashioned phone, not because they couldn't afford a new one, but because they hadn't replaced it in a long time.

And it doesn't mean that this family is conservative and resistant to modern technology. If that were the case, they wouldn't have so many smartphones in the house.

The reason they hadn't replaced it was simply that there was no need to, nothing more.

After ringing a few times, the call was answered. It appeared that the other party had been waiting for this call, and therefore, he spoke as soon as the call connected.

"How did that matter go?"

The voice was quite hoarse, belonging to a middle-aged man who directly asked this question from the start.

"Although it went as predicted by the master, we still let the other party escape in the end."

"Is that so?"

The voice on the other end of the phone didn't sound particularly surprised, as if they had known the result from the beginning.

But the butler's emphasis was not on that, as the result was just a routine report.

"Sir, that person is no ordinary individual."

He asserted.

"Oh... How do you know that?"

"Although there was no direct confrontation, we could sense that the other party seemed to be effortlessly at ease and didn't put much effort into evading us."

"Oh?"

The other party emitted a surprised sound.

"Although Miss is still young, she can be considered outstanding among her peers. If it was someone else, it would be forgivable, but to easily evade Miss's attacks without even using her true abilities, it is quite evident."

The butler's words were filled with astonishment.