"Wow!"
"Teacher, you're up?"
Li Poli, meanwhile, rushed straight over without a shred of respect for her teacher. She grabbed one of the cream cakes from the plate Annie was holding and shoved it right into her mouth.
"!!"
"What are you doing?"
!?('')
Seeing that the other girl had eaten one of her three little cakes, and noticing a certain female pilot eyeing the rest hungrily, Annie quickly backed away two steps and guarded her food.
"!!"
Then, deciding that wasn't safe enough, she gave the untouched cake another one a thorough lick.
(...)
(;￢￢)
"..."
"..."
At the sight, Seilah and Li Poli, who had been about to keep fighting over the food, both widened their eyes and opened their mouths. Then they exchanged a glance, and in the end, neither said another word. They certainly didn't try to snatch any more cake.
"Hmph!"
o(^｀)o
Seeing the two of them back down and not shamelessly trying to steal the cake she'd licked, Annie finally relaxed a little. She gave a satisfied snort, strode farther inside, and found an empty spot on the sofa.
"..."
"..."
"..."
"..."
"..."
As expected, she spent the time in the lounge making idle conversation with the group.
"By the way!"
Just then, Char, who hadn't paid much attention to the pilots' banter and had been quietly leaning by the "window" as he sipped his drink, suddenly spoke up:
"Captain Annie, I heard... we made contact with the human forces on Earth in this solar system last night, right?"
"What did they say?"
"For example..."
"Did they give us any important intelligence?"
"Could you tell us?"
Back in his own world, Char had been a commander. Although he was no longer one now, and had no intention of competing with Annie for the