Chapter 125: I Should Prepare a Surprise Gift

'...I never thought I'd see her here.'

My business was resolved without difficulty.

Since Alice returned, my insomnia had improved quite a bit, so we decided to reduce the dosage for now. If the treatment worked, that would be good, and if it recurred, we'd look into it again.

So I was on my way back... I never expected to run into Mia here.

'...Mia was even more devoted to Miss Alice than I was.'

Mia had followed Miss Alice even more devotedly than I had, so it was only natural that she would have been deeply shocked by what happened.

Still, it was fortunate that her expression hadn't seemed particularly dark.

Mia had seemed to be out taking a walk yesterday... I would carefully talk to her about it sometime later, but she didn't seem to be in a state severe enough to warrant worrying unnecessarily.

...Come to think of it, I was once again reminded of just how small the world was. Even if this was a small industry, I never thought we'd coincidentally meet yesterday and then run into each other here again.

But...