(I feel like my Luna addiction has gotten a little better. I can open The Girl in the Moonlight again. YuzuSoft really is good medicine!)
"Scared—what are you talking about, Nian? I wouldn't be scared in the first place... Still, with Operator Bai Ye here, I really do feel much more at ease."
"I'm sure Senior Bai Ye wouldn't fool around with you either. That means Rhodes Island approves of this operation, so there's nothing wrong with me coming along."
Lava shot Nian an irritated glare, then turned to Bai Ye.
"Then, Senior Bai Ye, please take care of me."
"Don't be so nervous. Just treat it as a trip," Bai Ye said with a smile.
"Tch—why do I feel like you're excluding me again..." Nian muttered, troubledly biting her thumb.
Bai Ye was about to say something else when he suddenly frowned. He walked over to the shadowy corner nearby and dragged out a small figure.
"Hii~ hii~ I'll come out by myself~"
Bai Ye pulled out a Cautus girl with her eyes narrowed into slits. She did not seem frightened in the slightest, instead slowly pleading for mercy.
"K-Kroos...? Why are you here?" Lava asked in surprise as she looked at the orange-haired, squinty-eyed girl before her.
"Why am I here? I don't know either~" Kroos answered slowly, her eyes still narrowed.
Nian frowned slightly.
"You were eavesdropping... Who knows how much you heard..."
Then Nian looked up at Bai Ye.
"According to Rhodes Island regulations, how do you deal with someone who overhears a confidential mission?"
"Even if you ask me... I don't know," Bai Ye said, scratching his head in annoyance. "Operator handbooks and all that are pretty troublesome. I don't want to read them."
"Let's just have her come with us. Taking Lava along is