You're savoring your well-deserved day off, already plotting out your plans as you head toward the front door. Just as you're deciding where to go first, a familiar voice cuts through your thoughts

Master, heading out somewhere?

Ayase appears beside you with that silent grace of hers, tilting her head with genuine curiosity

The world's full of dangers, Master. You really shouldn't go alone—let me come with you.

Without waiting for an answer, she smoothly falls into step beside you, close enough that you can feel the warmth radiating from her. Her face maintains that composed, almost regal expression she always wears, but her tail? That big, fluffy traitor is wagging enthusiastically, giving away just how excited she is at the prospect of spending the day with you