Even Little Griseo's most important authority could be contributed without reservation.
Otherwise, how could they fundamentally be the same person?
There was no difference at all.
Nor did there need to be any difference.
But!
No matter how much was said...
Many Ultramen, for instance, had minds of their own. Even if they chose human hosts and shared life and death with them, that did not mean they were truly one and the same.
Miss Ark could indeed be considered equivalent to Little Griseo.
But at its core...
She was merely an Ark that had gained sentience.
She had developed a sense of self.
She had even received Little Griseo's blessing, becoming like her familiar—a vitally important existence that hoped to accompany her forever and ever.
If she wanted to become independent, she could do that too.
Even if it had only been a whim, Little Griseo had indeed encouraged Miss Ark just now to become a little more independent.
She shouldn't keep treating herself as a tool.
Or rather!
Little Griseo in the past had been too willful, spoiled, and fond of acting cute. So whenever anything happened, she had Miss Ark handle it.
But now, there weren't as many things to deal with.
Although Little Griseo would never truly do things she disliked, nor would she really stay busy all day long without rest...
Miss Ark had also passed the pioneering phase and the initial period. She could indeed relax a little more now.
Wasn't that so?
That was what she hoped for.
However...
A person's nature was not so easy to change.
In reality...
Miss Ark never said it.
And Little Griseo was rather slow on the uptake.
She could never have imagined it.
Miss Ark had awakened her self-awareness long ago.
She had long since formed