Secrets of Their Own

Seeing Aemeath playing beside his Toad Shikigami, Mo Bai dismissed the summon and sent the Shikigami back into the shadows.

"Huh?"

Sure enough, Mo Bai's sudden move gave Aemeath a little fright.

He considered it payback.

After all, she had looked so tense when she left earlier, yet here she was, wandering around without a care in the world.

"I'm sorry, Doctor Lu, Rover, Mo Bai. I had no idea things would turn out like this..."

While Mo Bai's attention was fixed on Aemeath, Napomo suddenly lowered her head and began to apologize.

With the Toad Shikigami gone, she had stood up and smoothed her clothes, making herself presentable again.

"That was a very reckless thing to do, and dangerous too. The Academy must have told you to be careful when operating on the Roy Icefield."

Doctor Lu Hess had spent years guiding students, so he naturally took on the task of talking to her.

What surprised Mo Bai was that the Academy's notorious candy-giver hadn't offered Napomo any sweets.

Had he not had enough time to prepare before coming to the Roy Icefield?

"But the wreckage of that device was so fascinating. That's why I..."

Napomo explained herself, chastened.

That was when Lu Hess noticed the long, rod-shaped device in her hands.

"I realized it was debris from a Satellite launched by our predecessors before the Sky Sea covered Solaris. It must have fallen and been lost, so..."

As Napomo explained, Lu Hess studied the device she held.

"Hmm. It is a valuable specimen. But remember, your safety comes first."

After examining it, Lu Hess smiled reassuringly at the student.

She had been reckless, but her explanation was sound.

"This must have fallen from a space station. And that space station..."

Lu Hess looked toward a structure in the