A Night of Paranoia (11)

“Oh, you’re already up. I was thinking of coming to wake you, but I guess there was no need.”

“Ah, Merry-san, Yuki!”

On the way, they ran into Yuki and Merry, who seemed to have woken up early and started their day. They were oddly lightly dressed and covered in sweat.

“Why are you two sweating so much first thing in the morning?”

“Phew.” As Yuki wiped the sweat from her brow with a bright smile, Parna asked her with a slightly put-off expression.

“Well... it’s a habit, I guess. I usually exercise before breakfast. But after what happened yesterday... I thought skipping it for a day would be fine, too, but Yuki dragged me out of bed, so I didn’t have much choice. I’m still sleepy, to be honest.”

Perhaps she really was tired, because despite having exercised, Merry still had heavy-lidded eyes as she rubbed them.

“That’s the whole point of making something a habit—you keep it up no matter what the circumstances are! Well, I get why Merry-chan would rather sleep, since she’s still a little kid who wants to sleep all the time, but...”

“Hm?”

“No... I’m kidding, I’m kidding. Don’t point that Government at me.”...