(Ceruno)
From Miss Terra's briefing, it seemed the situation had turned around.
Putting the witches to use had worked beautifully. Not only did it reduce the threat of the darkness and purify the air, but it also let the Mi Xue beside me eat her fill.
It was a brilliant move that accomplished several things at once.
But there were a few unanswered questions.
As the world's administrator, that Mi Xue should theoretically have been able to create multiple data duplicates, exist in several places at once, and delete the Absorption Devices at multiple branches simultaneously.
The Mi Xue of the past had been able to do that, yet that Mi Xue seemed unable to...
"Mi Xue, can you understand me?"
I looked at the Mi Xue beside me, who kept swallowing darkness, and slowed my speech so she could understand clearly.
"If you want to save Daddy and Mommy, give me some kind of response... You're the one restricting your other self's movements, aren't you?"
This time, she nodded.
Although she still couldn't speak, she could at least understand what I said.
With the time right, I continued asking, "You're protecting Miss Proxy, and that's why that Mi Xue can't attack Nabu Island directly, right?"
Mi Xue nodded again.
She couldn't even communicate and barely had any intelligence, yet she was still protecting the Proxy. It was practically instinct.
"Good girl. Keep growing until you surpass your other self..."
The situation was becoming clearer. The more our Mi Xue ate, the more strongly she could interfere with that Mi Xue. As one grew, the other weakened. Although there was still a considerable gap between them, that gap was closing faster and faster.
So there was no doubt that things in the New World were improving.
"Ceruno..."
Just then, Miluno