The dim room was silent. A cyan-blue glow emanated from the screen, illuminating the desk before it and the figure of a young girl. She stared at the screen without saying a word.
"Anyway... that's how it is. Sorry, there's nothing I can do either."
"I understand."
The girl replied flatly, then cut off the call. She continued staring at the screen in silence. At that moment, the door beside her opened, and a wheat-skinned girl walked in.
"What's wrong, Agnesda? This is the first time I've ever seen you make that expression."
Seeing the girl seated at the desk with a blank look on her face, the wheat-skinned girl frowned and asked. In her memory, this girl always wore a smile, mischievous and cheerful—but now, she was filled with sorrow and anger.
As far as the wheat-skinned girl was concerned, this was the first time she had seen her like this.
"...The Student Council President just sent me a message."
The girl named Agnesda lowered her gaze to the desktop, her voice utterly devoid of its usual liveliness and excitement.
"The Garden Council passed a resolution forbidding any intelligent machine from appearing in human form at the Star Martial Festival."
"What?!"
Upon hearing that, the wheat-skinned girl's normally calm face changed slightly. However, there was clearly more than one piece of bad news.
"...The Operations Committee has also made its decision. No human-shaped intelligent machines are allowed to appear... All humanoid intelligent machines already created must be destroyed..."
As she said this, Agnesda clenched her fists tightly and gritted her teeth. The wheat-skinned girl was likewise shocked by her answer. Seeing Agnesda make such an expression, she had known things were bad. But she had never expected them to become this bad!
"Why? Is it because we failed to