Maid Miss was peeling an apple. She chopped the peeled apple into small pieces, stuck little flag-topped toothpicks into them, and only then brought the plate to Boss Luo.
Well... judging by the situation, none of it was for Reyaz.
Lying in the hospital bed, wrapped in bandages and barely able to move, Reyaz swallowed as he watched the apple pieces on the plate—he knew his body was lacking some nutrient found in apples.
"...So you felt your body constantly sending out some sort of signal of resistance, and that was why you became difficult to control on the racetrack, correct?"
"Y-yes, that's right." Reyaz concealed nothing about what had happened to him on the track. "Especially after I saw that huge black sphere. The signal became more and more intense."
He shook his head, lowered his gaze, and looked at his hands with a bitter smile. "I nearly caused who knows how many casualties."
The thought made Reyaz ask urgently, "What happened afterward...? Why am I in the hospital? And where's my Asra? How is it now? Is it badly damaged?!"
"The Asra White Qilin should be in the kingdom government's custody for now. From the looks of things, the damage was probably quite serious," Boss Luo said slowly. "As for what happened... I think someone better suited to explain it will be here shortly."
"Someone... better suited?" Reyaz froze for a moment.
"She's here," Boss Luo said calmly.
As though to prove his words true, the door to the ward opened again. A girl in a silver robe walked in with her hands behind her back, escorted by several members of the Military Police.
"You're..." Reyaz opened his mouth.
After surveying the ward, the silver-robed girl said outright, "So you're here too. Perfect... Since this fellow is awake,