"I will travel with Rhodes Island. I have seen everything you have done, and it is what I want to do as well."
Kal'tsit calmly looked into Fengling's eyes, taking in the girl's resolve. "Rhodes Island's ideals are not something I wish to force upon others. Fengling, you are still young. You should have the chance to decide your own ideals."
"Dr. Kal'tsit."
Fengling rose from her seat and lifted her head, her face full of a bright smile.
Although she had struggled to grow up in Lungmen's slums, at this moment, standing there, she was a girl as dazzling and radiant as sunlight.
"If, at first, I was infected by Rhodes Island's ideals, or simply took this path because I wanted a job... then now, I have truly thought it through."
"Rhodes Island's future... I know it will certainly be difficult. On this land, the hardships faced by the Infected are not easily erased, and conquering Oripathy cannot possibly be accomplished overnight."
"And... even without Oripathy, there would probably still be bad people trying to destroy peaceful lives..."
Remembering what she had experienced in Ursus, Fengling always felt a blaze burning within her heart.
And that blaze was not burning in her heart alone.
Across Terra, in too many places, such sparks lay buried.
They were the fervent yearning of every ordinary living being for an ordinary, normal life.
"Dr. Kal'tsit, you said that you hoped I could have my own ideals."
Fengling's smile was so passionate.
Sooner or later, a storm belonging to her would sweep across this land.
"Then let my ideals be bigger!"
"—Starting with Oripathy, let this land know peace!"
"Together with Rhodes Island, I feel like I can do it!"
Sui
"Ah..."
No one knew what Kal'tsit was thinking.
But Warfarin, who was busy