{Remember when the author lost the 50/50 pulling for Zibai? That just happened to build pity for Escoffier. Now Skirk came home with an early gold, and the dream came true. All that's left is to get Furina later!}
The Star-Devouring Whale roamed through the air, facing off against Hachivili. Normally, it would not even have bothered looking at such a tiny Hachimi. But this particular Hachimi felt very different. An illusory sense of facing its natural predator left the otherwise unrestrained Star-Devouring Whale only daring to stay high above.
"Hachivili, take it easy. Don't get serious. This little fish has an owner."
"Am I right, Miss Skirk, hiding in the gap between spaces?"
Theresa looked toward the empty space ahead and to her left and called out to Skirk, who was hiding in a spatial rift there.
"..."
Hidden in the spatial rift, Skirk froze at those words. How had this adorable catgirl discovered her hiding here?
Earlier, Tartaglia and the Star-Devouring Whale had been trading blows in the Primordial Sea for days without discovering her. She had hidden there watching Tartaglia trade blows with her master's pet. Unfortunately, Tartaglia still could not beat it, leaving her shaking her head helplessly.
Sure enough, for an ordinary person, even Tartaglia, bolstered by an Eye of the God and a Delusion, still had no way to contend with the Star-Devouring Whale...
Skirk had originally intended to give Tartaglia some training, but now she had changed her mind.
Her gaze now fell on these unusual Stellaron Hunters. After all, she had noticed them when their peculiar train passed through the False Sky.
Back then, that train had actually smashed a huge hole through the False Sky with a thunderous crash... There was no way such an outrageous sight would not alert