"Soren!" I yelled the moment I stepped out of the portal and into the mansion. "I'm back!"
Silence.
"...Hello?"
Still nothing.
I frowned.
That was odd.
Normally, someone would have appeared by now. A maid. A butler. Agatha. Mikael. Soren somehow sensing my existence through sheer possessiveness.
Today?
Nothing.
The entire mansion was suspiciously quiet.
I glanced at Gawain. "...Do you think they all collectively decided to ignore me?"
He shrugged. "Maybe they finally got tired of your personality."
"...That's rich coming from you."
"I know."
I pushed open the door leading out of the portal room.
"..."
"...Soren really wasn't exaggerating."
There were countless of plushies everywhere my eyes could land and it was a very familiar-looking leopard cub.
Round ears, white fur, black spots, big red eyes, and a tiny grumpy expression.
I slowly picked one up and turned it around.
It had a white tip at the end of its tail just like mine.
