(Continuing note—this is the 2.0 version. However, these chapters were also revised in the original version, so there may not seem to be much difference. Still, readers who saw the earliest version should be able to spot the enormous changes.)
I should have realized it long ago...
Pandora had told me when we first met what she was—a Shilin General.
What was the most important element of being a general? Obviously not a general's belly—besides, a loli barely tall enough to reach the family dining table definitely didn't have that kind of build. So the most important thing for a general should be soldiers...
So in truth, that fairy-like big sister named Gaia hadn't sent me just one Shilin Apostle named Pandora, but an entire fully staffed army, including this general!
Although it was something I could have figured out easily, Pandora's appearance had made me instinctively overlook the fact that she was actually an Empire General. Meanwhile, she had never expected that I wouldn't even know such common sense, so she hadn't bothered to explain it.
It seemed I had still underestimated the ability of those unknown lifeforms to cause me trouble... An army! Forget supporting them—where was I supposed to put that many people?!
Sending them to Shanxi to mine coal seemed like a pretty good idea. I was just worried they might casually dig all the way from Shanxi to Brazil. Judging by Pandora's mobility, Shilin Soldiers probably all had that kind of drive...
The old lady at the podium had already begun demonstrating her practiced London accent at the speed of a rapid-fire rhyme, while in my mental world, my conversation with Pandora was no slower than the English old lady's speech.
"Pandora, can you tell your army not to come? It just feels... a little