Ex-Machina on a Dimensional Journey

When the former spoke with the knight, neither of them had deliberately lowered their voices.

That allowed the idle Fujimaru Ritsuka to overhear their conversation.

He had no objections. Compared to the Holy City, which Xiu Er had probably already infiltrated, it was better to settle these people first.

Besides, the Lion King was an important anomaly within this Singular Point. They would have to return here eventually, and it would not be too late to seek out that so-called "truth" then.

And since even an ordinary person like him had heard it, the other two "Servants" had surely heard it as well.

Da Vinci merely smiled in his direction without saying anything.

It seemed she had no objections either.

As for Mashu...

Xiu Er glanced at Mashu, who was still blankly hugging Fou.

All right, she really had not heard a thing.

"Fou~"

Noticing Xiu Er's gaze, Fou, who had been quietly sitting there, immediately called out and brought the girl back from her thoughts.

"Mm... huh?"

Pulled back to reality by Fou's cry, Mashu realized that everyone present was staring at her for some reason.

"W-What is it?"

Her expression looked exactly like someone who had been caught daydreaming in class and called on by the teacher.

"My, Mashu, what were you thinking about so intently~?"

Mashu's adorably blank expression amused Da Vinci. At some point, she had slipped behind the girl and was lightly poking her cheek with a finger.

"Eek! Da Vinci?!"

Mashu was clearly startled, which proved that she truly had not noticed anything around her earlier and had been completely immersed in thought.

"Ugh, don't tease me."

Blushing, the girl slowly shuffled a few steps away, trying to escape those devilish hands.

Da Vinci merely smiled at that and did not press further.

Now