This Place Is Already Full. (Continued)

Maria didn't say anything more amidst the other person's strange rambling; she simply lowered her eyes and continued speaking.

"I was there when Kal'tsit woke you up... She seemed very surprised to see you?"

Maria subtly probed the other party's intentions.

"Aren't you the person she's looking for?"

"Yes."

The woman didn't notice Maria's unusual behavior; she simply squinted, leaned back on the sofa, and spoke in an increasingly gentle tone.

"What she really wanted to awaken wasn't me, but one of my... a companion."

The woman spoke with a hint of helplessness and regret, punctuated by an odd pause, as if there was something unusual about the term "companion."

However, in the end, she still didn't say anything, but continued to speak.

"My companion and I are quite different in personality... At least, without her, the name Kal'tsit probably wouldn't exist."

"..."

Maria paused for a moment. "You mean, Kal'tsit wasn't always this name?"

"... You know very little, my fellow countrymen."

The woman slightly opened her gray eyes, revealing a hint of light.

She looked at Maria with a questioning, scrutinizing gaze, but in the end, she smiled to herself.

"But we had been out of contact with the outside world for several years before we went into hibernation. Perhaps from the outside, we had already been deemed to have failed the mission."

"But now it seems that this trend is indeed emerging."

After saying that, she closed her eyes again, leaning against the sofa like a sickly beauty, and continued speaking.

"The long passage of time has given her considerable wisdom, but she still holds a ridiculous view of us..."

"Of course, her idea isn't wrong; at least, if it were her, she might actually be persuaded."

The woman's voice grew softer and softer, her tone slower and slower, until finally, she fell silent completely.

When Maria turned around, she found that the other person had already fallen asleep.

Although she has adjusted her body over the past few days, it is clear that the damage caused by the long sleep cannot be recovered in just one or two days.

It will take her a long time to fully recover...

Maria turned her head away, continuing to watch the departing caravan of refugees, without saying a word...

Several months passed quickly.

During this time, Maria and the woman spent most of their time walking on the main road... Thanks to Theresa's several policy changes, Kazdel now has a legitimate path to power.

Although it is still not very developed, it can still connect major cities.

Occasionally, they would encounter roaming bandits or similar groups.

But in Maria's hands, they didn't even have a chance to resist before they vanished from the world without a trace.

During this time, the two men traversed mountains and rivers, and observed the lives of the people of Kazdel in this era.

Contrary to Maria's expectations, the woman was not as heartless as she claimed; occasionally, when she had the strength, she would try to help ordinary people.

This changed Maria's opinion of him somewhat.

But it was only a simple improvement.

And just as time went by, their convoy's food supplies were dwindling day by day.

Although Maria could easily hunt to provide food for both of them.

But the woman felt that was enough.

She has already seen a corner of this world.

She said this in a very calm tone, as if she had expected it.

After thinking for a while, Maria didn't say much, but began to arrange the return journey.

It was on such a day that night fell...

Maria, who had been sitting in the carriage, suddenly opened her eyes. Her gray eyes gleamed with an unsettling light in the darkness, but Maria quickly concealed them after a moment.

She just heard the Doll's voice.

Although it lasted only a moment, and was very faint, it was abruptly interrupted as if strongly interfered with by something.

But Maria still knew that this was a reminder from the Doll.

If nothing unexpected happens, she won't have much time left here.

After a few moments of silence, Maria hesitated for a while before letting out a soft sigh.

Maria stood up, looked at the empty sofa opposite her, and slowly got out of the car.

Outside by the campfire, the woman was stroking her body, sitting quietly on the ground, watching the firelight flicker.

She smiled after noticing Maria's arrival.

"Can't you sleep either?"

"Um."

Maria nodded and sat down opposite the woman.

After spending this time together, their relationship has improved significantly.

But clearly, compared to their friends whose lives were at stake, their relationship was neither good nor bad.

Maria sat opposite her, slowly placing the long sword aside and tending the campfire.

The woman watched all of this quietly.

The darkness of night always makes people feel lost about the passage of time.

After a long while, the woman raised her head and let out a soft sigh.

"To be honest, I used to say that I was the one who kept her company, but now it seems that she's been the one keeping me company all along... I'm starting to miss home."

Maria didn't say anything, she just silently watched the woman.

The woman didn't keep them in suspense any longer, but instead let out a soft sigh.

At first, I thought you were a survivor from another plan... but later I realized you seemed to know absolutely nothing about what happened back then.

"Later, I suspected that you were Artificial Person created by Kal'tsit to gain my trust, find out her location, and then find her... but you didn't do such a thing."

"To be honest, I'm a little confused... Who exactly are you?"

The woman turned her head and looked at Maria through the flickering flames, her face calm.

Maria wasn't in a hurry; she simply spoke slowly.

Is this important?

"... It's really not important. At this point, it really isn't that important."

The woman smiled, and wearing a brown knitted sweater, she took a slightly yellowed piece of paper from her pocket and handed it to Maria.

The papers were stacked together, as if some important information was hidden inside.

"I've seen Kal'tsit's calculations; she's very clever... but she doesn't know that we switched life support pods at the last minute... If I'm not mistaken, this should be her spot."

As the woman spoke, as if she had already made a decision, she slowly stood up.

Maria, however, held the note, her brow slightly furrowed.

"You're not planning to go back?"

If a woman wanted to reveal her companion's location, she could have simply told Kal'tsit herself. The reason she had Maria deliver it was...

Clearly, she has no intention of going back.

Even if I go back, she'll just keep me under house arrest, right?

The woman smiled, without any attempt to hide her reaction.

Her relationship with Kal'tsit wasn't bad, but it certainly couldn't be described as intimate.

Yet, these are the very women who have almost irreconcilable differences in their beliefs.

After another pause, she turned her head and looked at the beautiful starry sky.

Above the sky, the two moons moved in different trajectories, one faster and one slower, one rotating counterclockwise and the other clockwise... To be honest, it was a very strange sight, but to two people who knew the inside story, it seemed perfectly normal.

Of course, their rotation speed is not that fast, and the speed of their waxing and waning varies.

The woman watched all this, silently squinting her eyes.

"Although you don't know what happened back then, you should already know about Gordan, right?"

"Do you also call him Gordan?"

Maria blinked, but the woman smiled.

"There will always be someone in history who pushes everything to overlap..."

After saying that, she continued to gaze at the sky.

The twinkling stars, sometimes bright and sometimes dim, evoked a dazzling yet serene atmosphere.

The mysterious starry sky and the unpredictable ocean have always been a world that artists love, as they see endless beauty waiting to be explored.

Of course, Maria didn't like these things.

She didn't have much affection for the deep sea or the starry sky.

The woman, however, continued speaking, seemingly unconcerned.

"If you know that, then things will be much easier..."

"How do you think we can survive in the face of those things?"

The woman's words were soft, ethereal like smoke, unsettling.

The surrounding air seemed to pause for a moment because of this question.

As the moon gradually brightened, the pack animals around it shifted their kneeling feet restlessly.

A breeze blew, and the dark green grass, as sharp as steel needles, swayed slightly.

Maria did not give her an answer... because she was also unsure about what she was about to do.

All she could guarantee was that she would gamble everything she had.

The woman didn't actually want an answer from Maria when she asked this question.

She simply chuckled softly in silence.

"The only way we can survive is to let it pass us by, ignore us... Only in this way can we have a chance to live."

Do you think this is a good idea?

With her head bowed, she looked at Maria again.

Maria remained silent, then shook her head slightly.

"I cannot judge whether something of this magnitude is right or wrong, but in my view, for the sake of the continuation of civilization, as long as one does not deviate from one's true nature, everything is good."

"Yes... as long as you don't stray from your true self."

The woman's eyes were half-closed.

"But... Kal'tsit gave up all of that..."

As the woman spoke, her gaze turned cold.

It was as if her gentleness had always been a facade; at this moment, she was truly herself...

But this chill only lasted for a moment before returning to normal; the woman smiled again, her eyes narrowed, her tone calm.

"I can understand her reasons for doing this, but I don't agree with her doing it."

"She hoped I would help this civilization recover, hoped I would lead this civilization forward..."

The woman spoke slowly and calmly.