"...Huh?" Nina looked like she hadn't processed that.
"I want to be a boy in my next life..." Alice began counting on her fingers. "I want to be two meters tall, and also..."
She hesitated, sweeping a glance over Nina's chest before turning to Klein and asking:
"Would it be strange for a man to have breasts this big?"
Cattleya silently watched Gehrman Sparrow.
Nina and the other sailors stared blankly at Gehrman Sparrow.
Frank Lee looked at Nina, then Alice, and finally turned to look at Gehrman Sparrow along with everyone else.
At the center of everyone's gaze, Gehrman Sparrow calmly pointed at Alice, gave the others a gentle smile, and said apologetically to Nina:
"Very sorry, Lady Daly.
"I haven't had the chance to introduce her. This is one of my Sealed Artifacts."
Nina finally found the source of that strange feeling in those words. Combined with Alice's previous behavior and the rumors she'd heard, she finally arrived at an obvious fact—Alice wasn't human!
But... a Sealed Artifact?
Nina looked at Alice and found that the girl, who looked utterly real, didn't refute that statement. Instead, she asked thoughtfully:
"So, for a man to have breasts this big..."
"Yes." Gehrman Sparrow interrupted her question Without Hesitation.
Alice Sighed in disappointment and turned her attention back to Nina.
"Looks like growing them myself isn't realistic... Then..."
Her curious gaze fell on Nina's chest. Nina Realized that Alice wasn't like those pirates who wanted to sleep with her. She was merely instinctively Felt Curious about something novel.
She probably really just wanted to touch them because she'd never touched them before.
During this conversation, Frank Lee also seemed to gradually figure out the truth. Cattleya wasn't entirely sure, but she noticed that Frank Lee's gaze at Alice had grown more