The voice was extremely familiar. It was basically his own voice run through an electronic voice modulator and changed into a female version. Even the tone was the same.
Gavrey turned his head and, sure enough, saw Gavrei.
The large eyes, the same golden eye markings, and an almost identical build—if not for the other person's slightly softer features, she would have been an exact copy.
Unfortunately, she was not a copy, but a temporal alternate.
Their relationship was roughly this: during a certain temporal infiltration mission, Gavrey had needed to find a local informant. The informant had to be professional and reliable. At the time, a brilliant idea had struck him. Why not develop "himself" on that timeline into his own subordinate? Wouldn't that solve everything?
However, a slight complication had arisen. The Gavrey on that timeline was actually "Gavrei," a female version.
Although that was somewhat messed up, it did not hinder the work. After all, when carrying out temporal missions and traveling back and forth through time, he had encountered plenty of things even more messed up.
The problem was that the senior agent leading the operation this time was Lady Olga—the Witch of Time who blew up timelines at the slightest provocation.
Then, in order to completely eliminate the temporal fugitive, she had once again carried out her usual procedure: blowing up the timeline.
The problem was that once a timeline was destroyed like that, all life on it would perish. Naturally, that included this "Gavrei."
Faced with a female version of himself, Gavrey had shown mercy for once. He had found a group of people to help, even received a disciplinary penalty, and finally pulled her out of the timeline, giving her the status of a "temporary employee."
Then Gavrey felt as if he had