Asta turned to Dan Heng and smiled, nodding at him. She then greeted March 7th familiarly before looking curiously at Stelle, her eyes widening in amazement at the beautiful and adorable Theresa.
"March 7th, Dan Heng, these two are...?"
Asta looked at Stelle and Theresa, asking the Stellaron Hunters curiously.
"Huh? Isn't she one of your Space Station staff?"
March 7th pointed at Stelle beside her. Stelle also looked at Asta in confusion.
"Absolutely not. I'm the station master of the Space Station, after all. I know every researcher here, yet I've never seen either of them. Besides, who could possibly forget such adorable girls?"
Asta said with a smile as Theresa looked at her with her beautiful eyes.
Theresa's pretty face reddened at that. It was the first time in this world that she had been praised by another girl.
"Oh my, this cute little girl is blushing! Don't be shy, big sister is a very nice person."
Asta smiled as she hugged Theresa. Judas had already been turned back into a necklace and was hanging around Theresa's neck.
Everyone felt like laughing when they saw Theresa being picked up by Asta, especially Welt. As a mature man who had watched Theresa grow up as a magical girl, he could not help wanting to laugh whenever she was treated like a child.
"Welt seems quite happy."
Himeko noticed Welt holding back his laughter and asked curiously.
"Cough, cough! I'm not. Himeko, you saw wrong!"
Welt did not dare admit that he was laughing at Theresa. Judas was not something just anyone could withstand, apart from Otto's Soul Steel head.
"Mmph, let go of me~"
Theresa's little face was under attack from Asta's Face Wash. She did not dare struggle too hard, either. After all, Asta was the station master authorized by Herta to manage the Space Station and the daughter of an Interastral Peace Corporation director. Theresa naturally did not dare provoke her for the time being.
"Miss, she isn't some cute little girl. In a sense, she's also my lifesaver."
Arlan said to Asta, his face somewhat pale.
"Huh? You're serious, Arlan? With how adorable she looks?"
Asta kneaded Theresa's little cheeks as she asked in confusion.
"I'm serious. I advise you to stop teasing her, Miss. It won't end well if she takes out that enormous, heavy cross."
Arlan told Asta, who was excitedly petting Theresa. Himeko and Welt held back their laughter as they explained as well. Only then did Asta embarrassedly let Theresa go. Theresa's pretty face was flushed red, partly because the Face Wash had made her embarrassed.
"Hmph, I told you already, so why won't you believe me? Let me say it again: I'm not a child!"
Theresa shouted irritably. Yet her delicate cry, with its childish loli voice, made it even harder for everyone to believe her.
"It's true, she's over forty... Ouch!"
Before Welt could finish, Theresa bit his palm. Welt grimaced and shook his hand, trying to fling off Theresa, who was clamped onto it.
"Welt, a girl's age is a secret. That was far too rude of you."
Himeko smiled as she watched Theresa bite Welt's palm. The other women nodded in agreement as well.
"Pah, pah, pah. I need to rinse my mouth."
After quite a while, Theresa finally released Welt's hand from between her pearly teeth. She took the bottled water March 7th handed her and rinsed her mouth.
"Alright, back to business. Since Station Master Asta says she doesn't know you, who exactly are you, Stelle?"
Dan Heng looked at Stelle warily. Everyone stared at the bewildered Stelle in surprise.
"I... I don't know who I am either. All I know is that my name is Stelle."
Stelle explained to everyone in distress.
"Then what about this cute little girl?"
Asta looked at Theresa and asked curiously.
"She is Theresa, a Stellaron Hunter from our Astral Express."
Himeko explained to Asta. Asta nodded upon hearing that. Now, Stelle was the only remaining mystery.
"You don't need to keep guessing. I know who she is."
A beautiful, adorable loli slowly approached, her indifferent pretty face turned toward the group as she spoke.
"It's Ms. Herta!"
"Wow, it really is you!"
Several researchers shouted excitedly.
"Hello, Ms. Herta. I'm very sorry that the Space Station was invaded by the Antimatter Legion. Fortunately, there were not many losses."
Asta explained respectfully as she looked at Herta. Herta, the eighty-third member of the Genius Society.
"Asta, this isn't your fault. It was trouble caused by the Stellaron Hunters. What gives me a bit of a headache is that the Stellar Core specimen I stored has now turned into this Stellaron Miss. Aren't you going to introduce yourself?"
Herta raised her head and looked at the tall Stelle.
"Hello, Ms. Herta. My name is Stelle. Other than that, I don't remember anything."
Stelle explained curiously as she looked at Herta, who resembled a Puppet.
"Who is she?"
Theresa looked at Herta and asked curiously. She actually knew Herta, but to avoid suspicion, she naturally had to pretend otherwise.
"Huh, another stranger. You're quite cute."
Herta said as she sized Theresa up and down. She looked with satisfaction at Theresa's height, which was very similar to her own.
"Ms. Herta is the eighty-third member of the Genius Society and the true owner of Herta Space Station. I'm merely an acting station master."
Asta introduced Herta with a smile.
The true owner of Space Station "Herta," she successfully regained her youth through the Herta Sequence she proposed. Her actual age remains a mystery.
As the most intelligent human on Azure Star, she only does things that interest her. The moment she loses interest, she leaves immediately—the Space Station is the finest example.
Herta usually appears through remotely controlled Puppets: "They barely resemble me by seventy percent compared to when I was young." —Herta herself.
Herta of the Genius Society was not satisfied with the ordinary laws governing all things in the world. She turned her gaze toward the unresolved existences within the galaxy, hoping that those distant mysteries would satisfy her curiosity.
To that end, Herta led the construction of a museum-like interstellar vessel and launched it into planetary orbit, beginning research into "sealing all anomalies within the stars." Over the past several Amber Eras, exchanges with other worlds have grown increasingly frequent.
She established a partnership with the "Interastral Peace Corporation," helped the "Xianzhou" fight abominations, acquired many collections from the "Astral Express," and even had several minor clashes with the "Interastral Peace Corporation." It had truly been a more fulfilling experience than the past hundred eras. To stably preserve a Stellar Core, she established Space Station "Herta."
"Huh! Stelle was turned from a Stellar Core? Doesn't that make her a Stellaron Essence!"
March 7th said in surprise as she looked at the bewildered Stelle.
"Aren't you going to introduce yourself, little cutie?"
Though Herta was very interested in Stelle, her intuition told her that Theresa, who resembled her in many ways, seemed to have secrets as well.
"Hello, Ms. Herta. My name is Theresa. I joined the Astral Express as a Stellaron Hunter not long ago. You can ask Old Yang or Himeko."
Theresa looked at Herta as she spoke. The sight of the two older lolis facing each other also struck everyone as amusing.
Today's beautiful picture: Adorable Theresa
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