The heat was unbearable.
The Imperial Capital felt like the middle of summer, the sun beating down on the stones, the air stagnant, not a breeze entering through the open windows of the newly purchased house.
Everyone was lying around the living room like corpses, too exhausted to do anything.
Haru lay on her back on the wooden floor (the only cool place), wearing only shorts, holding the mission paper above her face.
"We'll finish this mission in a second..." he murmured, reading it again. "Initiate Tier II? Giant rats? Seriously?"
Kira was sprawled on the sofa, her tail hanging to the side. "Master... it's too hot to exist..."
Isabela sat on the floor leaning against the wall, her red hair tied in a messy bun, fanning herself with an improvised fan. "Not even the balcony is good for air... it's worse outside."
Yukihime was the only one animated, drawing on the floor with colored chalk they had bought. "Heat is good! Like a bonfire!"
