They couldn't die, so what were they?
Chen Li had seen them, but he couldn't kill them. What was Chen Li, then?
"Do cowards have to die too?"
"Being too weak yourself and facing enemies too strong to stand up against doesn't make you a coward. That's human nature," Chen Li explained.
"I see... I thought you'd be a bit more extreme."
"Herta, have you misunderstood something? I've always believed that people are inherently good. Everyone starts out kind."
"Really?"
"It's just that my standards for what qualifies as a person are a little high."
He who lacks compassion is not human; he who lacks shame and disgust is not human; he who lacks humility and deference is not human; he who lacks a sense of right and wrong is not human.
Bang! Little Herta kicked open the door leading from the Cocoon of Eternity to Earth.
"Great Herta!" Little Herta emerged through the door, carrying a hammer.
"What is it?"
"Where did this thing come from?" Little Herta pulled out the Friends Circle that contained something, then tossed it straight at Great Herta. It bounced off Great Herta's forehead before landing in her hand.
"The Preservation Aeon's Gaze. Is there a problem?" Great Herta asked after glancing down at the Friends Circle.
"That's exactly the problem! How do you have the Preservation Aeon's Gaze? What did you and Chen Li do?!" Little Herta's hammer dragged a long trail across the ground before the Cocoon of Eternity.
"Propagation?" Elysia, standing behind Great Herta, instinctively leaned closer and sniffed her.
She didn't detect any scent other than Great Herta's own...
But that was precisely why Elysia became suspicious.
According to Great Herta, Chen Li and Great Herta had been making out inside the Cocoon of Eternity for several hours.
It would