Cheshire had only heard that Darling had left the laboratory, so she came looking for him..."
Although Vanguard spoke sternly, Cheshire seemed not to have caught the point of her words at all. Her little face wore an intelligent expression, but her gaze had already quietly shifted to Gwen.
Gwen, who had noticed the catgirl's identity the moment Cheshire burst through the door, had no intention of intervening. He merely propped himself against the desk with one hand and watched Cheshire with a smile.
The instant her eyes met Gwen's, the cat-ear accessories atop the catgirl's head twitched slightly. The intelligent look on her little face was instantly replaced by delight, and her plump lips curled into a wavy line—
"Daaaarliiing~ Cheshire missed you so much..."
Calling out to Gwen in a voice that twisted through three tones on every word, sweet enough to make one sick yet somehow not the least bit unpleasant, Cheshire tried to break free of Vanguard's restraint and throw herself at him.
Seeing how troublesome Cheshire was being, Vanguard's expression darkened further, yet she could not simply let Cheshire pounce on him—
For the dashing female knight, making a proper report was easy enough, but keeping a lively, unruly girl like Cheshire in line was a monumental task.
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"All right, Vanguard. Put Cheshire down. The report is basically finished, so there's no need to be so tense."
Seeing the female knight being put in an awkward position by Cheshire, Gwen finally stopped enjoying the show and stepped in to bail Vanguard out.
"Yes!"
Hearing that, Vanguard finally breathed a sigh of relief and put down the Cheshire she had been holding. Over the private channel, she also told Cheshire to behave herself and not make a spectacle for others