Melee (Middle)

(Babaluno)

The console was on fire.

Even in Subspace, I could feel the heat from the wreckage. It was clearly completely ruined.

"..."

For a moment, I was speechless.

Wasn't this production line for "Artificial Magical Girl Soldiers" supposed to be important?

Sirius was one thing, but why did everyone else care so little about the losses?

"Wh-what do we do now?"

I looked at Miss Achernar, hoping that she, being more familiar with this world, could come up with some backup plan.

But she merely shrugged helplessly.

"Don't look at me. I don't know much more about this technical stuff than you do."

Rubbing her temples, she sighed. "If Jaeger weren't hurt, maybe bringing her here would've been useful... But now, we need to think of another way to get into the Breeding Facility."

Wait, shouldn't we get out there and save Sirius first?

Still, Miss Jaeger liked tinkering with electronics and machinery in her spare time. Maybe she would've known how to activate the Wormhole Device without going through the console. But there was no way to go back and ask for her help now. We could only rely on the people we had...

"Is there... really no way?"

I couldn't help sighing, but Miss Achernar said:

"No. If you mean getting to the Breeding Facility, there is another way... SpiCa originally wanted me to take you there."

Walk there?

Xiaoling, who was pinching her nose shut and holding her breath, poked her head out and asked:

"Huh? Is it far?"

"Far, but this whole world isn't that big, so it's not that far. It'll just take more time... The biggest problem isn't the distance. Doing that could easily cross the Supreme Council's red line. You understand what I mean."

She didn't like going into detail, but I