Chu Mu stared in surprise at the little girl who had called him uncle.
How had he become an uncle?
Wait, how did she know him?
Clara seemed to notice Chu Mu's confusion, so she smiled and said:
"When I was helping repair Mr. Svarog, I discovered that the circuits in some of his modules weren't connected, so I tried connecting them. Then Mr. Svarog remembered everything! It was all about you."
After a pause, she said softly:
"Uncle, you're a little younger than Clara imagined."
A little younger? He hardly looked much older than Clara.
Calling him big brother seemed more appropriate.
But Chu Mu was Svarog's friend.
Svarog had raised Clara himself, so in her heart, he probably filled the role of a father.
Calling Chu Mu uncle didn't seem wrong, either.
It just felt a little strange.
But the others were even more uncomfortable with it.
Seele caught Clara by the back of her collar and asked:
"Clara, what do you call me?"
"Big Sister Seele!" Clara answered as though it were obvious.
"And me?" Natasha asked with a smile.
"B-Big Sister Natasha." Clara seemed to realize something was wrong, and her voice lost some of its confidence.
Oleg cleared his throat and asked:
"Little girl, what should you call me?"
"Uncle Oleg," Clara said softly.
"Well, now this lad and I are in the same generation." Oleg laughed heartily and patted Chu Mu on the shoulder.
Natasha chuckled and said:
"Not bad. Looks like I'm getting younger with age."
Natasha's outlook had changed considerably. In the past, she would get annoyed when Sampo called her Big Sis, but now she took such things in stride.
Seele, on the other hand, was a little annoyed, just like Natasha used to be, and even more blunt about it.