Chu Chen: I might not be fully awake yet... / There's nothing in this world that Nanoha's bombardment can't solve!

Xiao Lin immediately let out the sort of sigh a child should have!

"Yo! Signum, Vita!"

Having just walked out of the cafeteria, Chu Chen wasn't very familiar with the people of Mobile Unit 6. Compared to Nanoha and the others, he actually didn't know the people of this world all that well. So whenever he saw someone else, he merely greeted them symbolically and only barely remembered their names.

Only when he saw Signum and Vita did Chu Chen greet them rather enthusiastically.

"Master!" Seeing Chu Chen emerge from the cafeteria with bread in his mouth, the two hurriedly greeted him.

Seeing Chu Chen like this, Vita couldn't help twitching at the corners of her mouth.

"Master, did you not eat this morning?"

"Yeah. I was just in Hayate's office and thought Hayate would bring me something."

"Why do I feel like you're getting more useless by the day, Master? Have you entered retirement early?"

"Of course not... I've just been too busy lately. If it had been in the past, I wouldn't have been this useless!"

Although it wasn't quite the same as when he spoke with Hayate, this was indeed Chu Chen's current state.

Chu Chen had worked too late last night and barely rested. While even staying awake for an entire night wouldn't leave him this worn out, intense exertion still drained his mental energy to a certain extent. For Chu Chen, that was the main source of his exhaustion.

Not sleeping for one night, on the other hand, wasn't such a big deal...

"Is that so? Why do I feel like you're usually pretty useless too..."

Vita was the only one who dared to tease Chu Chen like that. Someone as serious and meticulous as Signum would never make such remarks.

After all, for someone