Seele had returned, but the price paid was one Kiana and the others found hard to accept.
Was Bronya truly cold and indifferent? Ever since she had awakened from her coma, one thing after another had happened, and every single one had been enough to shake her worldview.
Her already damaged brain nerves had been subjected to relentless extreme stimulation, until she had nearly stopped thinking altogether and become dazed.
Her emotional responses had also become slow and drawn-out.
It was as though she still had not recovered from Rosia's departure.
At first, Kiana and Raiden Mei had often heard Bronya unconsciously call Rosia's name after finishing a sentence, followed by long stretches of silence.
That extreme calmness and silence had stayed with Bronya for half a month...
Until, half a month later, Bronya's emotions erupted once.
In the middle of the night, Raiden Mei, Kiana, and Seele watched as she nearly lost control and smashed many things in her room. In the end, she lowered her head, took out that silver-gray sniper rifle, and left alone in silence.
She could not find anyone. Rosia had vanished, and throughout all of Cocolia's bases, Bronya could not find a single trace of Cocolia, as though she had evaporated from the world.
That suffocating frustration and depression, with nowhere to vent, had nearly driven the girl to an emotional breakdown.
Then, on a rainy night three days later, Bronya returned. Along with her rain-soaked clothes came eyes as still as death and an utterly numb expression.
Those emotions had enveloped her until today.
No matter what she did, Bronya's gaze had never changed.
Even Seele was somewhat at a loss over Bronya's condition.
It was difficult for her to truly put herself in Bronya's shoes and understand all the trauma she had