“Hold on!” I cried out.

“Y-Yifa? You...” Amyu’s voice trailed off, interrupted by Yifa’s sobs.

“Waaaaaah!” Yifa burst into tears, her arms around both of our necks. Amyu and I fell silent. Mabel came walking over as I stroked the back of Yifa’s head.

“Amyu, Seika... I’m glad we found you,” she said.

“What are you doing here, Mabel?” Amyu asked.

“We followed you.”

“Huuuh?!”

“U-Uhh, how long have you been in Rakana?” I felt the need to ask.

“Since yesterday.”

“Yesterday?! How did you get here before us— No, wait, that makes sense.” It hadn’t even taken twenty hours to reach the capital from Lodonea on Mizuchi. If Fiona had sent out a pigeon the next morning, it would have informed them of