The Second Pouch

‘He told me to trust him and follow...’

Elisia’s face flushed bright red.

Her heart, which had been trembling with fear, now pounded as if it might burst with a flutter of youthful, rosy excitement.

Amid that pounding, Elisia bit down hard on her lip beneath her mask, holding back the overwhelming smile that threatened to escape.

And she kept gripping Kairen’s hand tightly all the way through.

“Yeah... I’ll trust you, Kairen.”

The eerie corridor of the Magical Engineering Department was like a haunted house, filled with chilling mechanical noises that served as a constant background hum.

But only between the tightly clasped palms of the two people cautiously stepping through that darkness...

The warmth of their innocent first love, warm and ticklish as springtime haze, was blooming.

As they carefully made their way toward the stairs to the second floor, relying on each other’s warmth and body heat, caught up in a romantic tension...