"Ahaha, sorry, sorry."
Realizing Shido seemed to have noticed, Lingmeng scratched her cheek and laughed.
She did not look the least bit sorry.
Shido still felt a little conflicted, but he set that aside.
"So what exactly did you find?"
"Oh, that?"
Lingmeng nodded slightly and began.
"Before I tell you, let me ask you something."
"Hm? What is it?"
"Have you ever met someone whose whole body was covered in mosaic, and whose voice sounded neither male nor female?"
"Huh?"
Shido stared blankly for a moment. Once he understood what she meant, he answered with an awkward look.
"I don't think so. I'd remember someone who looked that unusual.
But why do you ask?"
"I see..."
Lingmeng murmured to herself, then told Shido everything she had seen.
She also told him about her encounter with Mosaic in the United Kingdom a few months earlier.
The Recording
Lingmeng told Shido exactly what she had seen.
He frowned as he listened.
"So that's what happened? But I don't remember Mosaic at all... Come to think of it, is she a Spirit too?"
Lingmeng could only shrug helplessly.
"Possibly, but I can't be sure."
Just as she finished speaking, another voice rang out.
"Miss Lingmeng, Shido, what are you two talking about?"
They turned toward the voice and saw a handsome, long-haired man—Kannazuki—walking toward them.
"Judging by your complexion, Miss Lingmeng, you must be nearly recovered."
Lingmeng nodded lightly.
"Yep, back to full health."
"That's wonderful. If anything happened to you, the Commander would certainly worry."
Unlike when Kotori was around or when they were trying to win over a Spirit, Kannazuki was actually quite normal in other situations.
"Oh, right."
Something seemed to occur to Lingmeng, and she asked,
"Kannazuki, you can look up information on every Spirit known so far,