(Thank you, Yunqi Qinggu, for the reward!)
Walpurgis Royal Academy of Machinart, Tortoise Dorm...
Sitting on the sofa, Wu Yan clearly and thoroughly explained everything that had happened while he spent the day with Charlotte and Frey, Frey's reasons for trying to assassinate Raishin, and what had happened after meeting Brunson. He then picked up the black tea Ikaros had brewed and moistened his parched throat.
"That was more or less what happened..."
"She tried to kill someone for an Automaton...?" Across from him, Natsuki let out a soft sigh.
"That little girl hasn't had it easy either..."
"That Brunson is absolutely terrible!" Unlike the somewhat reflective Natsuki, Nagisa was filled with indignation.
"How could there be such an awful father in this world?!"
At those words, Natsuoto, who had been pouring tea nearby, trembled slightly. A trace of gloom surfaced in her glacier-like beautiful eyes.
"Nagisa..." Wu Yan and Natsuki immediately looked at Nagisa reproachfully, leaving her slightly stunned. When she noticed the sadness in Natsuoto's eyes, she finally remembered.
Natsuoto's adoptive father was also one of those "awful fathers" Nagisa had spoken of!
After all, Natsuoto's adoptive father had once treated her as a tool, forcibly transforming her from a human into an Artificial Angel. Like releasing poisonous insects into a jar, he had made Natsuoto and others transformed into Artificial Angels slaughter one another and devour each other's flesh and blood.
Compared to Natsuoto's adoptive father, Brunson had been far kinder if all he had done was deceive Frey.
Of course, only if it was deception...
"Natsuoto..." The indignation on Nagisa's face vanished completely, replaced by an expression as though she were about to cry.
"I-I'm sorry... I didn't mean to..."
"It's... it's okay, Nagisa..." Seeing Nagisa's tearful expression, the gloom in Natsuoto's eyes disappeared entirely. She