The three friends burst into being just a couple of meters above a wide, manicured lawn, separating to land on the lush grass. Renko, too, had been practicing changing just above the ground so she could seem to appear instantaneously as a girl if she was fast enough. Neither she nor Shota were very good at it yet. They were getting better, though, Azuki noticed. Maybe she ought to give it a try. Still, it was barely a second from when she touched down to when the air shimmered around her and she changed into a girl.
"Where are we?" Azuki asked. "Are we in the city?"
"Right in the middle." Renko laughed like a Western girl, not covering her mouth and displaying her very white, slightly large, teeth. She did that when she was particularly happy.
Azuki listened. The sounds of the city, th
