(Miluno)
The New World had begun.
Though that was what they said, I, still in reality, did not truly feel it. We were merely waiting—for every consciousness to enter the New World, for both the virtual and real worlds to be fully created, for people to return to their long-lost daily lives...
For now, only the Creator was busy.
"This Genesis is taking longer than before."
When I muttered that, Aldebaran answered through the interface, "Those were all simulations before. This time, she's creating a world for real. Even that girl has to put in her utmost effort."
Even Mi Xue's clones had disappeared.
The tiny Creator was carrying out her duty with all her heart.
Yet I was still worried... uneasy...
The Morning Star Crystal was still not in my hands. If that girl truly decided to do something foolish, we would not be able to stop her in time. That was why I had claimed I had a way to bring the agent back.
Truthfully, I did not know whether it would work. I simply wanted to give her something to hold on to, a reason to keep living...
But I had forgotten that Great Blood was a cold machine with virtually no emotional intelligence. If she said it could not be done, then it could not be done. She would not even cooperate by telling the child a few lies.
"Ceruno, we need to stay by that little girl's side."
"You don't need to tell me that. And she's not some little girl—she's your daughter."
Ceruno sat on the sofa with her arms folded. She did not seem as anxious about Mi Xue as I was, perhaps because she did not understand that girl as well as I did... or did she have some other idea?
"While