The consciousness residing within this mechanical avatar was that me on the Zodiacal.
SpiCa certainly restricted me from coming to the Lunar City, so taking advantage of the window where the Zodiacal could operate within the Lunar City, had she also used Betelgeuse's mechanical avatar to secretly teleport over for a visit?
I never expected that just casually strolling through the commercial street would lead me to run into myself.
Regardless of whether this was the trickery of fate or A-Yao's little schemes, I had to think about how to muddle through it right now. The me inside the mechanical avatar was one thing, but if Azura and Betelgeuse had the heart to scan me with Dark Sense, they might just discover that I was actually a hollow person.
After all, the atmosphere made it impossible to walk away, so I had no choice but to share a table with A-Yao and the three of them.
It was an iron-art style small glass round table, with Betelgeuse's laptop placed upon it. She had no interest in our existence whatsoever, burying her head as she clacked away furiously at the keyboard.
"What a coincidence. I didn't expect to have just met in the Sea of Consciousness this morning, only to run into each other in reality right after... although I'm still separated by a layer here."
I took the initiative to strike up a conversation, and the tone was quite enthusiastic, but I quickly steered the topic toward me.
"Yao, who is she..."
A-Yao was startled for a moment, but replied instead:
"Oh, she's a guide witch arranged for me by Enheria. Her name is Arno, and she's responsible for showing me around the moon."
Hey, hey! Saying it like that is practically asking for a fight, alright!
As a result,