"Where on earth did that thing hide?" I couldn't help muttering.
Three days had passed. The magical girls had all settled into Lunar City, and even its Central Control System was online, yet we still hadn't found the Avatar of the Great Will.
"Did she vanish into thin air?"
Mom was doing her best to track her down, too, but the avatar's thoughts moved so slowly that she left barely any residual thoughts to trace.
Like Azura, that black-mud-like avatar could take on anyone's appearance. We might not recognize her even if we brushed right past her...
This was tricky.
But one thing was certain: that thing was after the Proxy.
So lately, my other self had stayed with the Proxy even while sleeping and bathing, all in the name of being her personal bodyguard.
But did she really have to get that personal?
"Ugh..."
I couldn't help sighing over it. Terra, who had no idea what was going on, asked, "What are you sighing about?"
"If part of me cheats, does that count as cheating?"
"Part of you?"
"About an eighth of me is cheating? No, physically it's an eighth, but mentally it's half..."
"You're talking about the other Miluno, right? The Proxy is Ceruno from another timeline, so calling it cheating isn't quite right... Besides, didn't she say she only thinks of the Proxy as Ceruno's little sister?"
That explanation wasn't remotely convincing. Who slept with their girlfriend's little sister, let alone bathed with her?
I slapped the office desk as I spoke, but Terra tried to change the subject.
"There's news from the Earth Crystal. In response to Aldebaran's proposal, it has offered to help us seal off the moon."
After a joint discussion, Zodiacal and Enheria had ultimately concluded that they should seal off as much