Silver Wolf: LMAO! There's a Tiny Herta!

"But by the time you receive the package, Ahaha will already have flown far, far away~"

"...Fuck, I got played!"

Lin Nai rubbed his temples.

So, didn't that mean Ahaha had been scheming against him from the very beginning?

Ahaha had released the Alien Water Sprite, Ahaha had watched the show, and Ahaha had created the so-called kidney tonic and calming potion.

But thinking about it carefully...

It actually made sense?

It was precisely because Ahaha had been fanning the flames behind the scenes that things had turned out this way.

Seriously...

Damn it!

I'll remember this grudge!!

One day, I'll turn you into a white-haired bratty girl!

Lin Nai swore viciously in his heart as he stuffed Ahaha's prank into the System Space.

"So... it was another prank by The Youthful Passion Aeon?"

Asta was already speechless.

She had never expected The Youthful Passion Aeon to be like this...

"Yeah... The Youthful Passion Aeon is different from the other Aeons. The others are probably a bit more serious."

Nous was a pile of scrap metal, The Preservation was a fool, The Destruction was like a lunatic, The Hunt chased after The Abundance, Black Silk was utterly useless, and Ahaha had no shame.

Umm...

Better not mention it.

Thinking about it carefully, The Youthful Passion had already come. The Destruction would probably come too after a while.

What a pain.

Lin Nai opened the system panel and raised a brow at the prompt.

Alright.

It wasn't all bad news.

Random Skill: Corona Power (Form Transformation)

Nice!

It was the cremation form!

Then... wouldn't it have been better to fight in the red form from the start?

Cremate them right at the beginning.

Was there anything else?

Random Skill: Miracle Realization (Can repair buildings)

Oh, now he wouldn't have to worry about anyone yelling, "What exactly did you protect?"

But...

Why were there still no offensive skills?

System?

What the hell are you doing!

Silver Wolf: Hilarious! There's a little Herta in here!

Two months after the Ahaha incident.

Everything at the Space Station had returned to normal, and no further accidents had occurred.

It was exceptionally normal and peaceful.

Well...

But for Lin Nai, some things were still a tiny bit troubling.

"Lin Nai, how have things been going between you and Miss Asta lately?"

Arlan ate his meal as he asked Lin Nai, who was sprawled over the table beside him with little appetite.

Lin Nai sighed and gently stirred his seaweed egg-drop soup. "Nothing's changed. It's still the same..."

Because of what Ahaha had done.

Lin Nai felt that Asta seemed to be deliberately keeping her distance from him.

He couldn't quite figure out why.

The three great illusions of life: my phone is vibrating, I can turn this around, and she likes me.

Even though the dream Ahaha had caused gave Lin Nai some suspicions.

He was still a little hesitant.

Arlan shrugged. He didn't really understand this sort of thing, nor could he offer much help.

Still, he had recently been helping Asta out quite often.

Even Miss Asta herself had no intention of taking the initiative at a time like this.

Those two really were... so indecisive.

How had they become his friends?

What rotten luck.

Peppy was better.

Peppy didn't have so many thoughts.

"Here, eat more." Arlan placed a chicken leg onto Lin Nai's plate. "Eat more and you'll feel better."

"Oh... thanks."

Lin Nai didn't stand on ceremony. He picked up the chicken leg and started eating.

"By the way, today's the day the Stellar Express arrives. Lin Nai, are you going to check it out later?"

"The Stellar Express... Miss Kizuna and the others?"

Lin Nai paused mid-bite, then shook his head. "I'll go over later."

"Alright, then I'll go get things ready first." Arlan wolfed down the rest of his food and left.

Since Lin Nai didn't have much of an appetite either, he hastily took a few bites before packing the rest to go.

If he got hungry later, he could just heat it up in the microwave in his room.

Carrying his packed meal down the corridor, Lin Nai ran into Chadao. The name had left too deep an impression for him to ever forget.

Their group's research project had also been temporarily suspended.

And after Lin Nai had resolved the matter, those brainwave detectors could only be left there gathering dust.

Fortunately, the medical ward paid for them and bought all the brainwave detectors.

Otherwise, they would have been in real trouble.

Of course.

They had no plans to give up. Once they had prepared enough materials and funding, they would resume it.

Lin Nai could only encourage them.

Mainly because that machine was genuinely useful.

For workaholics, it was simply the perfect choice.

Not long after.

Lin Nai returned to his room. When he pushed the door open, someone was sitting inside with her legs crossed, playing a game.

Lin Nai glanced over and saw that it was Silver Wolf. He didn't think much of it.

He set the food on the table, then lay down on the bed without moving.

"Back?"

"Yeah..."

"Bad mood?" Silver Wolf asked around the lollipop in her mouth.

Lin Nai nodded without replying.

Wait...

Something didn't seem right.

Silver Wolf?

Silver Wolf?!

"Why are you at the Space Station?!" Lin Nai shot upright in fright.

"Hmm... if I said I was here sightseeing, would you believe me?"

Silver Wolf paused her game and looked over curiously. "More importantly, why did it take you this long to notice?"

"...I thought it was a few years ago."

Lin Nai rubbed his head.

The reason he hadn't reacted immediately was because he had once spent some time with Silver Wolf on an unknown planet.

In the same room.

The memory had been too vivid.

His brain hadn't caught up.

"Ah~" Silver Wolf took the lollipop from her mouth. "Want some? It's imported~"

"I'm not eating something you've already had in your mouth."

"Tch, it's not like you haven't eaten one before."

"Huh? I have? What did I eat?"

Lin Nai stared at her blankly. When had he eaten one? Why didn't he remember it?

Silver Wolf paused, then bit the lollipop into pieces. "...No, I remembered wrong."

"???"

"But seriously, this is hilarious. You actually have a little Herta in your room? Is that woman monitoring you?"

Silver Wolf leaned back in her chair, changing the subject as she looked at the Herta puppet with interest.

Before coming here, she had blocked the signal.

That old woman had left the Herta Space Station two months ago, so she wouldn't be back that soon.

But after watching for a moment, Silver Wolf fell silent for a few seconds.

"Wait, you even put Black Silk on her?" Silver Wolf looked at Lin Nai suspiciously. "You..."

"Let's skip this topic, Silver Wolf," Lin Nai said with a headache.

He really didn't want to discuss Black Silk.

Last time, Asta had caught him holding them, and he had nearly been misunderstood.

This time, it was Silver Wolf.