Otto's brow furrowed even deeper.
"While for worlds upon the Imaginary Tree, becoming a World Bubble after leaving the Imaginary Tree is only natural,
that does not apply to existences outside the Imaginary Tree. Moreover, forming a World Bubble capable of enveloping an entire world would require an unimaginable amount of energy."
"For now, it is merely continuously absorbing my energy.
However, since it had stored a great deal of energy gathered from the remnants of time outside the seal, it is not a major problem for the moment."
Gwen, however, was not overly worried about this.
"And if it really reaches the point where I get drained dry before it is finished, I'll go fuse with Mei and use the Herrscher Core to directly draw Honkai Energy from Imaginary Space."
"That is indeed one solution."
Otto's expression eased slightly at those words, though it remained grave.
"However, it only treats the symptoms, not the cause.
If this issue cannot be resolved completely, no one can say whether it might affect your life."
At this moment, Gwen's life was undoubtedly more important to Otto than his own—
Otto could die a hundred or eighty times without issue, but Gwen could not die even once.
"Come. Let's go to Institute St. 1504. Choukai should be very interested in your condition."
As he spoke, Otto picked up the terminal at hand, intending to take Gwen to see Choukai.
"Well..."
Seeing Otto so nervous, Gwen waved his hand and refused.
"Choukai has been working terrible overtime lately. Seeing that I had returned today probably let her finally relax, so she'll likely need a few days to recover. At the very least, she is still at home catching up on sleep.
Besides, this isn't urgent. Let her get her strength back first."
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