Parallel Lines

"Huh?"

Mo Bai had no idea what had prompted that question.

Why was she suddenly asking about his hobbies?

To be honest, when Mo Bai had first arrived in Solaris, he had assumed entertainment would be scarce in a world facing the apocalypse.

With the threat of the Threnodian looming, surely the people of this world devoted themselves entirely to fighting those indescribable monsters.

But judging by Star Torch Academy, that didn't seem to be the case.

People hadn't invented all sorts of bizarre pastimes simply to numb themselves.

The students here, strange as many of them were, each had their own way of trying to make themselves and others smile from the heart.

It was almost as though they were trying to prove something.

To prove that even with a formidable enemy before them, they would not sink into despair. They would still show the spirit humanity ought to have.

"Stories and entertainment... Probably novels, comics, and movies. Things anyone can enjoy without much effort."

Mo Bai scratched his head, running through nearly every pastime he had discovered at the Academy.

Aside from the times Lynae dragged him out racing,

his favorite pastime was using the little privilege Principal Losera had granted him to borrow the Auditorium's enormous screen and watch movies to his heart's content.

"Ah..."

Phrolova seemed disappointed by Mo Bai's answer and let out a sigh.

Tch...

Seeing that, Mo Bai clicked his tongue inwardly, a little annoyed.

Compared with the people he had known before, the woman before him was exceptionally hard to read.

From a sigh alone, he had no idea whether she genuinely meant it.

[Are you an idiot?]

[Huh? What did I do?]

Mo Hei's voice sounded beside Mo Bai's ear.

[This Society Overseer just conjured up all those famous paintings beside