On a street with a sci-fi fairy-tale aesthetic, Shining and Hina walked arm in arm, seeming to part the crowd.
The Science Team's researchers were relatively fine. But the marines of the Science Unit shot jealous looks at them from every direction.
Even if our opponent is "Advisor Shining," we'll fight back with our eyes!
"That's right. Hina is very popular, you know."
Hina, who usually had a listless-girl vibe, was now positively beaming. With a mischievous edge to her smile, she clung tightly to Shining's arm.
"...What an honor."
Shining took Hina to find Atlas first.
This "oversized little girl" was adorable when she wasn't "angry." She was also reasonable.
Whenever he came to Egghead Island, he greeted her if he had the chance. She herself was the sort who liked playing with friends.
Although this was a date with Shining, Hina herself wanted to bring Atlas along for the ordinary shopping and sightseeing part.
The little pink-haired girl was very fond of the big pink-haired girl, too.
"...?"
When they found Atlas at a Holographic Park, things weren't quite as they had expected.
Atlas seemed extremely irritable.
Her cherry-pink mini dress fluttered, her naturally curly, shoulder-length pink-and-white hair "steamed," her adorable sheep-like ears flapped furiously, and the large, fluffy, squirrel-like tail behind her swung like a little motor.
Bam!
She stamped her foot. Her cherry-pink DOM Boots and the thruster on her back instantly activated, and she smashed a monster to pieces with a Rising Dragon Punch.
"Hina is worried. Little Atlas seems especially irritable today..."
All sorts of girlish battle cries came from the park ahead.
"I think... I know why..."
Shining remembered that Atlas's job was... to vent mental stress.
"-!"
Atlas spotted Shining. Cross-shaped flashes shone in her eyes, and her childish face was somewhat