Yuan Shikai felt extremely uncomfortable.
From the moment he boarded the train, everyone had been staring at him.
Some looks were teasing, some said so that's how it is, some were puzzled, some angry, but most were simply eager for gossip.
Just as Yuan Shikai was about to explain, Butterfly acted before he could.
Even aboard the moving train, Butterfly sat in a perfectly proper kneeling posture, then bowed deeply to everyone.
Butterfly said, "My name is Butterfly. By my master's command, I shall serve Mr. Yuan. Please take care of me."
Everyone had the same question: Was that kind of service proper?
In the end, the shy and timid Butterfly was pulled into a corner by Ayaka and Tsubaki to whisper among themselves.
Butterfly's original form had been a book Alice owned while attending Reien Girls' Academy.
On this Bleached Earth, resources were extremely scarce. Alice needed materials to create PLOY.
Fortunately, Alice had obtained Beast's power and the Principle of Redemption. After her power had greatly increased, she could create powerful PLOY from simple materials.
Alice turned a book from her student days into POLY, with each page becoming a paper person.
Thus, when Butterfly transformed into a human, she inherited the Reien Girls' Academy uniform and became well versed in etiquette.
Although Butterfly had long black hair and, when posing silently, looked every bit like a queen—
She was simply too shy and afraid of strangers. The moment she spoke, her true nature was exposed, and she would occasionally hide behind someone else.
Yuan Shikai understood that some matters only became more suspicious the more one explained them, so he simply gave up on explaining.
Instead, he used the remaining time to tell everyone about the Chinese Lostbelt.
Yuan Shikai said, "The Chinese Lostbelt may be both