Eden was somewhat puzzled. She did not understand why Liu Bai had sent this message to Sparkle too, but since he had sent it, Eden did not intend to question it.
Even if it had been sent by mistake, one more person would not make a difference.
After all, even within their group, there were people who were close and people who were not. For example, Eden and Himeko had no personal relationship to speak of.
Rita and the women from Inazuma had no common topics besides Liu Bai either.
There were even neutral parties like Cocoilia, who seemed half-asleep. She got along well enough with everyone, but was not particularly close to anyone.
"Everyone got here so quickly." Liu Bai arrived late with Vita... and Herta's "puppet."
Just as Liu Bai had expected, the moment everyone saw him carrying a "Herta" in his arms, their expressions became incredibly subtle and complicated.
"Ahem, let's board the airship first. We can talk about the rest later."
Seeing everyone's expressions of wanting to speak but holding back, then holding back but wanting to speak again, Liu Bai immediately spoke first.
The head of the household had spoken, so everyone could only swallow their doubts and silently nod.
Sparkle especially had wanted Liu Bai to prove that she had not merely been included as an afterthought, but had been specially considered because "Lady Sparkle is too cute" or "Long live Lady Sparkle," or something along those lines.
But after seeing Herta's puppet... even though there was no life in the puppet's eyes, Sparkle still felt vaguely irritated.
Yet Sparkle could not figure out what exactly was making her unhappy.
With a trace of indignation in her heart, Sparkle boarded the airship as well.
But once they got inside, everyone discovered that someone was