Gwen found Alicia, who was watching with great interest inside his mind, at a loss for how to comment for a moment.
"Adorably stupid?"
Gwen supplied the answer for Alicia.
"Mm-hm?"
Alicia clearly disagreed with Gwen's assessment and asked with a smile, "Gwen, don't underestimate a girl's wisdom~?"
Whether things were as she thought or not, Alicia was enjoying the show immensely and did not mind fanning the flames.
Gwen did not respond further to Alicia's words. He merely smiled and smoothed things over, rescuing Kiana from the fire.
Though the atmosphere was somewhat strange, Kiana, despite drawing Raiden Mei's cold stares, kept doing her best to liven things up, preventing the gathering from going awkwardly silent.
After dinner, the three went to prepare for the assessment at the beginning of June, while Choukai chatted with Gwen for a while.
At ten-thirty that night, Raiden Mei and Choukai left one after another. After Gwen said goodnight to Kiana and Bronya, he washed up and went to bed—
Although Bronya had a controllable chip installed in her brain, she was ultimately a prisoner of war Gwen had brought back. Otto had therefore arranged for her to stay with Gwen as well. Fortunately, Gwen's place was large enough; if it could house one paramecium, it could house one board duck too.
After saying goodnight to Alicia, Gwen cut off her perception of the outside world and entered the battle-damaged version of the Main God Space once more, which had shown no activity for nearly two years.
This time, however, Gwen was greeted not by that familiar warm light, but by a mouthful of seawater reeking of smoke...
The First Flagship Sunk in Battle
"Cough, cough... cough..."
Caught off guard and choked by a mouthful of seawater, Gwen coughed violently several times. The