Sophia's Awakening

“Ugh…”

“Young Lady! Please, wake up, Young Lady!”

At someone’s call, Sophia clutched her throbbing head and barely managed to regain consciousness.

“Branch Manager…?”

“Can you… can you regain your senses? …Phew, thank goodness. I thought something terrible had happened to you, Young Lady…”

The one who woke Sophia was Ash Gray, the Branch Manager of the Pinkerton San Francisco Branch.

Seeing Sophia regain consciousness, he let out a sigh of relief, then quickly remembered himself and helped her up.

“Th-this is no time for this. Young Lady, you must get to safety quickly.”

“…Get to safety? Why…”

Having regained consciousness so suddenly, Sophia couldn’t quickly grasp the situation...