(Ceruno)
I could panic, but I couldn't chicken out.
"That's impossible. The very reason I'm negotiating with you on behalf of the Earth Crystal is to retain control... at the very least, we can't hand it over to you entirely. We have to discuss everything together."
Surrendering control just to secure peace would defeat the whole purpose.
Without touching me, the Great Will who called herself Mi Xue circled me with her hands behind her back.
"You really don't know where you stand, Aunt Ceruno, huh? Mi Xue has more say here! If you won't listen to Mi Xue, she doesn't mind continuing her attack!"
This child really had no manners.
And she'd inherited Miluno's height, too. She was tall enough to look down at me...
"Why do you call me your aunt?"
"My mommy is another Miluno, and my daddy is you from another timeline, so there's nothing wrong with calling you my aunt, right?"
As she spoke, she blinked those big, utterly innocent eyes at me.
By daddy, she meant the Proxy, and her mommy was the other half of Miluno...
But why was the Proxy the daddy?
If anything, wouldn't Miluno be more like the daddy?
"So, what does your ideal world look like?" I asked.
Mi Xue conjured a low stool and sat down in front of me, looking up at me.
"It's a secret, but Mi Xue simulated creation countless times with Mommy and Daddy! In the end, we found a way to make everyone happy and prevent conflict between the two worlds!"
"Wait."
I raised a hand to interrupt her and reminded her:
"What you're doing right now is fighting the Earth Crystal. Humanity is facing an extinction crisis you've caused! You know perfectly well what will happen if the moon crashes down, yet