Artist's commentary
"Oh...?" Seiga giggles, looking up as if she had noticed something
"Take a look at those two, please," she says while pointing at them. They were motionless in the sky. "They're about to bring their fight for you to an end. Just look!" As she finishes her sentence, the two suddenly spring at each other. I see their silhouettes clash and their bodies shake violently, and then, as if losing the power to stay in the air, they crash down to the ground. "Futo-chan! Youmu!" I instinctively call out their names and try to run over to them. "My, my, not so fast there!" Seiga tells me as she gives my arm a good squeeze. Angry at her interference, I yell at her, "Let me go! Why do you want to keep letting them fight like this!?" She replies, "Eh? I'm the one letting them fight?" with a tone of feigned ignorance and a smile. "That's right! Why else wouldn't you stop them!? And considering you don't seem like you're on very good terms with them... you incited them into doing this, didn't you!?" I shout. "Well, I suppose I did instigate them..." she responds, tilting her head innocently. Her nonchalance pushes my anger over the edge and I slap her.
"Seiga!" the girl next to her cries. I try again to rush after Futo-chan and Youmu, but even after being slapped, Seiga doesn't let go of my arm. "Youuu... have some nerve..." the other girl slowly growls, directing an inhuman glare toward me. "It's okay, Yoshika. I don't feel any pain at all," Seiga states. Her smile was still spread across her face as if nothing had happened. "Please don't worry so much. Those two are fine... for now," she says as she points toward them. They were unsteady on their feet, slowly wobbling about. "They still have the will to fight on, though, so before long...." Upon hearing this I make one more attempt to reach them, but I can't break loose from Seiga's grip. "Let me go," I scowl at her. "I wonder if it's alright to let you go like this..." she murmurs, seeming troubled. "What are you talking about!?" I snap back. "Well, letting you go over there would be amusing in its own right, but since you seem bent on interfering..." she explains with a smile... to be continued