For a cold, unyielding girl who struggled to express herself, the fact that she would willingly set everything aside to embrace you was proof enough of how much you meant to her.
A long time passed, so long it felt like a lifetime.
Only then did she finally withdraw her hands and draw her face, veiled by her hair, away from his neck. With her lashes trembling faintly and her head bowed, no one could possibly have connected the girl before him with that aloof, powerful silver Machine Intelligence Queen.
"I already know what happened before."
Lynn looked at his Mechanical Maiden with smiling eyes and said softly:
"If it weren't for you, I might still be suffering the torment of the afterflame. I've already resolved everything, too, so don't let any of it weigh on you. You did nothing wrong."
He raised his head, suddenly feeling a little melancholy.
Because that incident had indeed exposed internal problems they could not easily resolve.
Everyone had come together because of him. He was the bond connecting all of Dark Night City and the Legion. When he was there, everything revolved around him. But that also meant that if anything happened to him, it would be difficult for another leader to emerge among them who could win everyone's trust and unite the group again.
And he could not blame anyone.
Because none of them had been wrong.
Silver Fantasy raised her head, looked into his eyes just inches away, and finally said:
"I don't want to cause a split or sow discord... but perhaps I'll never grow up. So I don't want anything to happen to you again. You have to stay alive and well. Being consumed by emotion like that doesn't feel good at all."
Her body was still trembling involuntarily,