"Miss Angoulême?" Aoto turned his head to look at the owner of the youthful voice and paused the sword he was waving.
Because the snow on the ground was quite thick, in order to avoid her long dress getting dirty, Elodie lifted her skirt with both hands and hopped towards Aoto.
Elodie's braided golden hair, falling from her right shoulder to her chest, bobbed along as she hopped.
Since leaving Fujisawa Inn yesterday, Elodie had stopped wearing the blue and white kimono and switched to a white long dress.
Aoto, not being familiar with fashion, couldn't tell what the official term for the dress Elodie was wearing was, but it was quite beautiful and complemented Elodie's blonde hair and blue eyes well.
Her maid, Leroy, was also not wearing the light yellow kimono anymore, but had switched to a dark yellow maid outfit, folding her hands in front of her, and followed closely behind Elodie.
Seeing Elodie approach, Aoto sheathed his gleaming sword and smiled at Elodie:
