"Since I dared to break in here, I naturally came prepared to get out in one piece."
Cocolia said this.
"Get out in one piece? Do you really think you can still leave unscathed under these circumstances?"
Theresa stared at Cocolia, as though trying to see where Cocolia found the confidence to say such a thing.
"Of course. I have some... bargaining chips."
After Cocolia spoke, Ein's voice drew Theresa's attention away.
"Ms. Theresa."
"Please take a look at the experimental chambers around you. I believe that once you understand what is inside them, you will realize that we are not enemies."
Each of the blue experimental pods around them bore a name.
Sirin Project
The Sirin Project.
"The Sirin Project... Isn't Sirin the name of the Second Herrscher? Archbishop Otto said that Schicksal was researching the Second Herrscher's powers. I've known about that for a long time."
"If you came for the Second Herrscher, then there's even less chance I'll let you leave here!"
As Theresa spoke, Ein shook her head. "Look more carefully. Doesn't what's inside those experimental chambers remind you of anything?"
At Ein's words, Theresa looked into the experimental chambers once more.
But as she stared, something gradually came back to her...
A memory from a very long time ago.
That memory made Theresa feel... incredulous, and also... deeply unwilling to remember.
"How... how could this be... This should be impossible."
As Theresa spoke, she lowered the spear in her hand, making Cocolia secretly breathe a sigh of relief.
She might have bargaining chips, but if Theresa attacked her without another word, there would be little she could do...
The moment she saw Theresa lower her spear, Ein knew that her persuasion... had worked.
Ein walked up to Theresa and whispered in her ear, "Now, Ms.