"Really?"
"Rosia" looked somewhat conflicted.
"...Really."
Meanwhile
Black Seele looked at the crimson giant claw she could control at will. She pursed her lips slightly, slowly closed her crimson eyes, and murmured:
"Rosia... I'll find you."
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Seele: EXE Not Responding
"Tch..."
"Rosia" looked at Rosia, who was clearly much happier than usual, and sighed softly.
"That idiot really isn't smart at all, aside from being tsundere."
"Rosia" muttered to herself mockingly.
She had nothing but disdain for a parent like that, but...
She had indeed blanked out for a while when Black Seele hugged her. If "Rosia" truly had not wanted Black Seele to hold her, there was no way Black Seele could have done so.
"Did I let her hug me on purpose?"
"Rosia" lightly bit her silver teeth, her gaze flickering.
Although Black Seele always acted much tougher than Seele, she had a soft side too. She simply could not show it too openly.
Because she needed to create an image Seele could rely on.
"Am I really that attractive?"
Using Rosia's classic lines, coupled with her stiff performance, she had somehow made Black Seele fall into self-doubt.
Squatting by the lake, "Rosia" poked her own cheek and stared at her reflection in the water with wine-red eyes.
"There's nothing much to look at."
"Rosia" murmured in confusion.
Their appearances were clearly almost identical, yet their temperaments were completely different.
Rosia was beautiful, so she had the talent of MAX same-sex attraction. It was not because she had that talent that she was beautiful.
"Rosia" strongly suspected that the Recombinator had dumped all of Bronya's intelligence points into charm.
"Why?"
As she thought this, "Rosia" looked at the people happily chatting in the academy pavilion, especially the girl receiving so much attention, with all kinds of little desserts and snacks spread out before her.
"How strange..."
"Rosia" irritably kicked a small stone beside her.
Black Seele's reaction had been both within and beyond her expectations.
She already liked to think with a single-core, first-come-first-served CPU. Once she got hung up on something, every process was delayed.
The result was that the more she thought, the more irritated she became.
"Ugh! They're all idiots, morons!"
"Rosia" stomped her foot, crossing her arms in displeasure.
"Every last one of them likes to act self-righteous and guess what other people are thinking..."
As "Rosia" complained, she did not realize that her words overlapped quite a bit with what she herself had done.
Did she hate Black Seele?
If she truly hated her, she would not have handed control over one of her weapons to Black Seele.
Though at the time, she had thought that she did not want Black Seele to become depressed and put Seele in danger, making Rosia worry.
But under the current circumstances, Seele could not possibly return from the Sea of Quanta within six months. Even if Seele really died in the Sea of Quanta, it would have nothing to do with her.
So even if she chose not to help at all, there would be no problem as long as she did not tell Rosia.
But...
"Rosia" did not know what she was agonizing over. Was she worried Black Seele might misunderstand something? Or was she confused because imitating Rosia had produced such a strange result?
"..."
Squatting by the lake, "Rosia" could not help shaking her head.
"What's wrong? Are you unhappy?"
A little hand patted her shoulder, and Rosia sat down beside her.
Whenever "Rosia" got angry before, she would only put on a cold face. Though she looked as if she were admiring the scenery, she would actually remain completely motionless. This was the first time Rosia had seen "Rosia" shake her head.
It was kind of cute.
"Aren't you going to keep your Mother Bronya and Sister Mei company?"
"Rosia" snorted.
"Mm, I was a little worried about you. Meeting Mother Black Seele must have troubled you, right?"
Rosia knew that with "Rosia's" personality, it was basically impossible for her to accept Black Seele so easily. It was already good enough that she had not fought Mother Black Seele.
Their personalities were similar, but precisely because they were similar, they were even less likely to get along.
"You're overthinking it. She's just like you all, an idiot."
"Rosia" propped her chin in both hands and looked at her reflection in the water. Then she immediately reacted and stood up.
"I feel like you became much cuter today..."
Noticing "Rosia's" movements, Rosia smiled.
"Cute has nothing to do with me, and I don't care for it."
"Rosia" said disdainfully.
"Really? But your eyes are obviously much prettier than before. Mm... it's like..."
Rosia tilted her head cutely.
"Your heart belongs to someone."
"Wah... That hurts..."
Before Rosia could finish speaking, she was struck hard on the head.
"What are you even thinking..."
"Rosia," who had still been somewhat gloomy, was directly angered into laughter.
"Wah... I don't know either..."
Rosia looked aggrieved. After all, "Rosia's" gaze had just been wandering, and she had occasionally shown cute expressions. It did look a little like that.
"It's because you, little idiot, are too dumb."
"Rosia" could not help pinching her cheek.
If Rosia were not always so adorably silly, how could she possibly have wanted to imitate her?
"I'm obviously very smart..."
Rosia looked a little wronged, as though ripples were swaying in her eyes. That adorable, obedient, endearing aura rushed right at her.
Seeing her like this, "Rosia" pursed her lips.
She seemed to understand why Black Seele had suddenly become depressed back then...
Sea of Quanta
"You're back?"
Although Seele, trapped in the sealed space, could not see anything, she could still sense the arrival of her other self.
After enduring the experiment, Seele had been trapped alone in a sealed space within the Sea of Quanta.
There were no stars or light in the sealed space of the Sea of Quanta. She could not even see herself.
"Crybaby, how many times did you cry today?"
Black Seele propped up her chin and looked at the frail, delicate girl before her. Though she wanted to comfort her, she spoke out of habit.
"I... I didn't cry. I believe Sister Bronya will soon..."
Seele pursed her lips and forced herself to speak.
"I have good news and bad news. Which do you want to hear first?"
Ever since accepting the power "Rosia" had passed on to her, Black Seele's senses had become sharper, and her abilities had also made a breakthrough.
"The... the bad news."
Having been trapped in the Sea of Quanta for so long, Seele had persevered, but she had also become more sensitive.
"I can help you leave this sealed space, but it's even more dangerous outside."
Black Seele could sense that although there was nothing in this sealed space, in a certain sense, Seele was safe as long as she stayed here.
"I... I want to leave..."
Though it was called bad news, it was good news for Seele as well.
"Then what's the good news?"
Since the bad news was not so bad, the good news should be enough to put her more at ease.
"The good news is..."
Black Seele's eyes flickered.
"You might have an extra daughter when you get out..."
"Hm?"
Seele: (Confused).
"And she's yours and Bronya's."
Seele: "(Processor Not Responding)."
I Like Mother Bronya the Most!
"Bronya, my daughter, you really have brought me quite a few surprises."
A woman with golden hair, purple eyes, and a green suit as her main attire crossed her legs slightly and laid out the photographs in her hand one by one.
Every photo showed a blue-haired girl with silver-gray eyes.
"This face, these eyes, there's no mistake..."
Cocolia believed that she knew her daughter well enough that she would never mistake her.
"No wonder you've been so happy lately, my daughter."
Although she had sent Bronya to St. Freya Academy, she could not rely on Bronya alone.
She had made quite a few arrangements among the superiors and subordinates throughout St. Freya Academy.
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