Cocolia said that when the time came, she would discuss Anti-Entropy joining Schicksal with Otto as the Alliance Leader of Anti-Entropy.
She refused to believe that after Anti-Entropy had been stuffed into Otto's mouth, he would still spit it back out.
In her view, Otto had refused because he suspected Cocolia of harboring ill intentions. Once she packaged up Anti-Entropy for him, Otto would naturally know whether it was poisoned.
"Be careful on your way back."
Otto said politely. At least, Cocolia took it as nothing more than a polite courtesy, but Otto was not merely being polite.
If she was not careful on the way back, she would die.
Cocolia did not take Otto's warning to heart. She turned and left, with the Joyce clone who had been hiding among the crowd to protect her following after her. Meanwhile, a certain Herrscher of Reason noticed nothing at all, still regretting inviting Siegfried and Raiden Ryoma. If he had known the performance would be so good, he should have invited Tesla and Einstein too.
Otto remained seated. To outsiders, he seemed as though he was still immersed in the performance he had just watched.
Three figures quietly approached Otto, yet as he sat there, he appeared utterly unaware.
"Otto, you bastard!"
A sharp cry rang out as slender arms reached out from behind Otto and wrapped around his neck.
The back of Otto's head rested against a heavy pair of rations.
A familiar sweet scent slipped into his nose as a few strands of hair fell across his face.
Just like the night she had attacked him from behind, Kiana now attacked Otto from behind as well. Her arms were looped around his neck without much force, but her attitude was somewhat exasperated.
"Don't tell me you wouldn't even spare