Back and Forth

(I pulled Archetto!)

"Ho ho, you actually found me. As expected of the legendary Bai Ye—you really are something."

Though she wore a smile, Muelsyse's pupils contracted slightly, her eyes filled with wariness.

Though she did not want to believe that Bai Ye could suddenly appear beside her real body, she had a faint feeling that he was not lying to her about this.

"Well, this is Miss Silence... the person you were looking for through the communications terminal earlier." Bai Ye said, pointing at Silence standing beside him.

Bai Ye knew that Muelsyse's goal from the very beginning had not been to find him, but Silence.

Though he did not know what she wanted, Bai Ye decided to keep this topic going.

"Yo, Miss Silence~ It's an honor to meet you." Muelsyse turned to Silence and greeted her with a smile.

Silence fell silent for a moment before speaking.

"My teacher mentioned you to me. Sure enough, you have just as terrible a personality as the rumors say..."

"Being told I have a terrible personality right off the bat really does hurt my feelings." Muelsyse shrugged.

"Hmph."

Silence snorted coldly. Her attitude was far from friendly. Even if they knew each other and had once belonged to the same corporation, Muelsyse had used Mina to threaten her—clearly, from the very beginning, they had naturally stood on opposing sides.

"Miss Silence, you misunderstand. I never had any intention of kidnapping or harming your companion—this terminal was dropped at the bar counter by that Liberi girl herself~"

"I was only being kind, really. If someone else had picked up the terminal, something unpleasant might have happened."

Muelsyse blinked as she spoke.

Silence frowned without saying anything, yet the head of the Ecology Department before her had guessed what she was thinking.