Singulum

"Heh, now you'll tell me what you wouldn't tell me earlier, right?"

Seeing Mo Bai's spirits lift, Aemeath knew the time was right to reveal what she was after.

Caught up in her mood, Mo Bai no longer had a reason to refuse.

"All right. You are my new friend, after all. But..."

Smack!

Just as Mo Bai was about to tell Aemeath what he had held back earlier, his expression turned serious. He swiftly formed two hand signs.

"Mountain!"

The defensive Shikigami formed by merging Max Elephant and Piercing Ox appeared before him and Aemeath in an instant.

Boom!!

The fused Shikigami blocked a massive shot fired from the distance.

Vmmm—

With its attack blocked, the one responsible slowly floated into their view.

It was a slender robot with a single wing on its left shoulder.

Though it looked mechanical, Mo Bai sensed a familiar frequency from it.

And the colors of its body looked strangely familiar too...

It was black and white, with gilded patterns for decoration.

Its golden pupils were even framed by what looked like red eyeliner.

It looked alike. Far too alike...

"Open the Tunneler Gate. Go home..."

Star Torch Academy.

"Woohoo! Classes are easy today!"

After another dull culture class, Abu floated out of Rover's Resonance Mark.

"Mm. You can relax properly afterward."

Rover stroked Abu's fluffy head.

"No, no! If I slack off, your frequency loss will get much worse, Rover!"

The relaxed look Abu had worn vanished at her gentle words, replaced by sudden seriousness.

Seeing her companion like that left Rover both helpless and a little heartsick.

Her original reason for coming to Lahai Luo had been nothing grand. She had not come to repel Threnodian and save the region, but to recover the frequency she had lost.

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