Hao Ren found it extremely difficult to explain to a princess from another world the three transformations of a Husky spirit, not to mention how a canine had crossed the barrier of time and space. Especially since this princess clearly did not seem like the intellectual type. In the end, he could only let Veronica exercise her own imagination to the fullest. Letting her imagine Lily's situation herself was far easier than racking his brains to explain it beside her.
At any rate, as long as those crucial missing-person notices were posted without the slightest error throughout the kingdom's streets and alleys, that was enough.
During a break in the journey aboard the airship, Hao Ren had briefly reestablished contact with the Data Terminal. Although the connection remained unstable, he once again confirmed that Lily was alive. Judging vaguely from the degree of interference in the data network, he determined that the Husky spirit was not actually very far from him. At the very least, he could be certain she was somewhere in the southern part of the Ansu Continent. Thus, he was fairly confident in the missing-person notices he had entrusted to Veronica.
In truth, he had felt the slightest impulse to write "lost dog" instead of "missing person" on the notice...
After explaining everything about the search, Hao Ren and Veronica said nothing more. Instead, each watched the gloomy sky while occupied with their own thoughts. Veronica was perhaps considering the kingdom's future and the course of the Chaos War, while Hao Ren continued refining his analytical report on this world and planning a trip to other continents. Rudolf III and Veronica might have believed that the arrival of an Ancient Guardian would be a great boon to the kingdom, but Hao Ren had no intention of staying