Over the next few days, Xiao Ran and the Nadeshiko Unit remained in Yajenar instead of leaving. The Nadeshiko Unit had come with a mission: thoroughly inspect the environment throughout D Area and search for any Mars Successors bases that might exist there. Yet after several days of investigation, they found no signs of Mars Successors activity.
Tusk, whom Xiao Ran had forcibly hired as a consultant, knew nothing of the conversation between Xiao Ran and Jill. However, after seeing VILLKISS, the unit piloted by Ange, he hurriedly bade Xiao Ran farewell. This time, Xiao Ran did not try to keep him.
Xiao Ran could more or less guess where Tusk was going. He merely intended to protect VILLKISS and Ange, its pilot. Xiao Ran had no intention of changing that. He did not have many thoughts about Ange herself; the only thing he cared about was the VILLKISS she piloted.
Compared to other PMs, it was a unit with special capabilities. In particular, the two cannons on its shoulders that required singing to activate seemed to Xiao Ran much like Song Weapons. That was why he had some interest in the machine. He had no thoughts whatsoever about Ange herself. He only knew that the girl seemed especially sensitive, so he remained quite indifferent to whatever might happen between Ange and Tusk in the future.
Over the past few days, Xiao Ran had been constantly moving between Yajenar, the Nadeshiko, the Ptolemaios, and even Danner's Son. He had run into Ange several times as well. Perhaps because of their little song-recording episode, because he had helped her, and because he could treat her as an equal while giving a certain degree of respect to her former status as Princess, Ange treated Xiao Ran far better than she treated most