Long, fluffy pink hair, a fair, delicate face devoid of expression.
The petite figure "in the distance" had no sharp edges whatsoever. From every angle, every part of her looked soft and squishy, as though she were marshmallow incarnate...
Even her bust was impressive. I could practically imagine how it would feel!
What was going on?
She could actually insert her own image into the virtual conference room...
No.
Just like her voice, she was simply projecting her image into everyone's field of vision. Although the people attending this meeting were scattered across the globe, doing something like this was hardly difficult for the will of the Earth Crystal.
She was a god, the Earth itself...
This really is my first time seeing the Earth Crystal's simulacrum personality, but the familiarity welling up from deep in my heart is unmistakable...
Even Sirius adopted a humble attitude before the will of a god.
"Have you come to tell us where those people are?"
Presumably, that was how this would unfold: she would provide their exact location, and the Association would eliminate those transgressors who dared encroach upon the domain of a god.
But the "Earth Crystal" said:
"No. Earth's Will will not obstruct the efforts life makes to evolve."
"...Huh?"
She supported our position just a moment ago, and now she's saying we shouldn't obstruct life's evolution?
Humans could not directly comprehend the higher will of the planet, which was why it had created a simulacrum personality like this to communicate with them.
Yet even so, her words remained full of contradictions.
"I have merely come to give notice, to draw a line. If humanity's evolution threatens Earth's continued existence, if this world is deemed to require a reset, then all the efforts your civilization has made will come to nothing..."