Gwen concisely explained how he had just exploited the enormous information gap to deceive Vita and Sora behind her, taking the opportunity to sever the connection between them.
"Why did you do that?"
Vita's delicate hand resting on her lap tried to rise, but after a slight movement, she lowered it again. She merely clenched it into a fist and fixed her eyes on Gwen.
"So I could safely take you to find her, and then you could take revenge on the one who created Mara?"
Though she had found several holes in Gwen's crude story, Vita had no other source of information and could only make guesses based on it.
"Miss Vita, you can rest assured about that."
Gwen gently shook his head.
"That was merely a story I fabricated based on the information I had—
I am not some homeless wanderer whose hometown was destroyed, nor have I ever encountered an interstellar pirate named Mara. Naturally, there is no deep-seated grudge between us."
"Then why did you do all this?"
Vita's brow twitched. She very much wanted to ask where Gwen had obtained information about Mara. Even the seven of them had not known Mara existed.
However, after considering the gap between them, Vita could only keep that question to herself.
"So that you can safely take me to find her."
Gwen smiled.
Gwen's answer left Vita slightly stunned.
"..."
Staring intently at the smiling man, Vita clenched her fist tighter. Yet her extensive experience allowed her to quickly compose herself, and she asked in a relatively calm voice:
"Why?"
Though she had many questions, she knew Gwen was unlikely to answer them one by one. So Vita could only first try to uncover his purpose, then deduce the answers to those questions herself.
"I find this bedroom