Based on the power he had infused into her body, Gwen could sense that there seemed to be some unusual emotion behind her words, rather than her merely responding to him.
"No. If you were truly willing to help, it wouldn't be such an insignificant amount—"
As though he had finally emerged from his memories, Gwen met those soul-stirring eyes and spoke slowly.
"What can I do?
Please tell me. I'll definitely do everything in my power to accomplish it."
Perhaps for the sake of her life, which was currently hanging by a thread, or perhaps because something deep within her had been quietly touched, Vita spoke with rare sincerity.
"Heh..."
With a soft chuckle, Gwen, who had finally regained some of his smile, looked toward the equipment across from the bed, where many simple instruments had been placed.
"Miss Vita, do you know what experiment I was conducting just now?"
"..."
Vita blinked and followed Gwen's gaze toward the bottles and jars on the experiment table. Unable to recognize any distinctive instruments, she could only look back at him.
"What experiment?"
"When the company comes into contact with a new planet, there is a type of experiment it always conducts in secret, one that is never made public—"
Gwen once again spoke of that galactic behemoth.
"If the experiment succeeds, it proves that the humans of that planet are not significantly different from known-universe humans.
If the experiment fails, it means that the humans of that planet differ from known-universe humans at the genetic level and require a separate genetic database—"
As he spoke, Gwen lowered his head and looked at that lovely face, meeting those quietly widening red eyes.
"Genetic analysis and reproductive isolation testing."
"..."
From Gwen's eyes, where a spark seemed to have ignited, Vita received