Chapter 61: Arc 2, - 39: A Wolf and An Elf
The pages flipped, her blue eyes mundanely searching and scanning, "What the," Hotaru paused, as the book was encased by iron, unable to be read like it was shackled by a box.
The redhead brought her head away from her palm, looking around to Asobi who pointed with a wand, "Ha!! Caught you red handed; and red-haired, and red-tailed, and red-eared."
"Asobi!"
"Jotou said you need to relax. It's only been thirty minutes since they left. Tsk, tsk, naughty Hotaru," Asobi shook her head.
"Okay," Hotaru sat up, leaning against the kitchen counter, "Jotou also said do whatever I want and I wasn't using rejuvenate. I was just reading through some spells. Jotou's instructions were already contradictory."
"Uh..."
"I'm not allowed to read now?"
"I... I don't want you to strain yourself?" Asobi shrugged in a smile.
"Let me read my book Sobi."
Asobi complied, letting the illusion on the book go. She approached as Hotaru swirled back to her pages.
Asobi came and hugged Hotaru from behind, her hat falling past Hotaru's face onto the counter as her head fell on Hotaru's shoulder, "I just don't want you to... unalive again."