"What kind of person is Gu Nanfeng?"
"Him..."
In the boundless void, the source energy airship cruised steadily onward. White Lizard and Rustbone sat on opposite sides of the cockpit, while debris streaked past outside like the trailing skirts of meteors.
Rustbone thought for a moment, then smiled. "I told you before. He was an impatient man."
White Lizard was somewhat puzzled. "A man who could endure for eight years over the Gu family's Old and New Conflict was impatient?"
"Some matters should be judged by deeds, not intent. Others... should be the opposite. Why couldn't someone who endured for eight years be impatient?"
Rustbone sat boldly with both hands resting on his knees, squinting at the meteors constantly rushing past in the distance. Because of his immense weight, the seat behind him creaked under the strain when he merely leaned back slightly, as if it might collapse at any moment.
"When that kid was first sent here, he wasn't particularly outstanding."
"Back then, he was just a little fellow who couldn't even hold a blade properly."
Rustbone grinned. "The recruit camp required enlistees to learn Frame Sword within a week. He did it in three days."
"..."
White Lizard merely listened in silence.
"He completed every requirement in the corps faster and better than everyone else. At the time, few knew about File 021. Nobody understood why that boy worked so desperately hard... but I knew. He wanted to leave North Continent sooner and return to the Gu family in Nagano."
Because the situation was urgent, the two Great Generals had simply picked a source energy airship and headed north out of Chanyi City, entering the Old World.
To them, the vehicle did not matter.
They could cross the void in the flesh anyway.
It was just that the