Sparkle looked awkward and had no response.
"So, when it comes to Guinaifen, everyone must stand united against the enemy."
"Ah... I suppose so~"
"All right, is there anything else?"
"Nope~"
Sparkle cheerfully waved at Lady Jade, then skipped away.
"...Sparkle, huh?"
Lady Jade suddenly began to doubt her own judgment.
Why did she seem just a little unlike herself?
"Mother, your phone is ringing."
Bronya Rand called out to her mother.
Jarilo was not exactly weak or isolated here.
Though their abilities kept their presence low, there were certainly quite a few of them.
"Bronya, check it for me."
"Oh..."
Bronya opened Cocoilia's phone.
"Mm!"
"What is it?"
"It's... it's about Lord Liu Bai..."
Bronya displayed the same bashful embarrassment as a newcomer.
"Oh, Lord Liu Bai... specifically... never mind, you don't need to tell me. Bring me the phone."
"Yes."
Bronya entered the music room, where Cocoilia was adjusting the strings of a guitar.
...Bronya found it a little difficult to accept her mother as she was now.
But upon thinking it over carefully, it was not that bad.
After all, she was merely preparing to play rock again, not becoming... well, that kind of person.
If Bronya met her mother again and discovered that she was about to become an older sister, then she would truly collapse.
...Though she was not biologically related to her either.
Her mother was still a virgin now.
Bronya Rand fell into the same troubles Bronya had faced before.
Honestly, Bronya Rand really should have asked Bronya about this.
Because once she did, she would realize that there was no winning either way.
If her mother was an older single woman—her youth was practically slipping away already, so could you really keep dragging her down?
If her mother was a widowed