Cocolia's expression did not change in the face of Bronya's questioning.
"The first Supreme Guardian, Alisa Landau, made a wish to the Stellaron and summoned the Eternal Freeze to repel the Antimatter Legion's invasion," Cocolia said flatly. "Without the Stellaron, humanity here would have gone extinct seven hundred years ago.
"From that perspective, we owe the Stellaron a debt. If she truly wanted to destroy us, why didn't she do it from the start?
"Yet every successive Supreme Guardian mistakenly treated the Stellaron as a monstrous threat. Those pathetic, pitiful women knew only how to cover their ears and fear that power.
"I merely returned to the right path and did as the Stellaron said.
"This city had no hope to begin with. Why shouldn't I try another option?
"You ask why I believe in the Stellaron? Because I've seen her power, a power no mortal can match."
"But there are people who can seal the Stellaron now," Bronya said. "Why not let them try? Why try to kill them instead?"
"I told you, the Stellaron possesses power no mortal can match," Cocolia said coldly. "A handful of outsiders claiming they can seal the Stellaron? How laughable."
"They have experience with this. There's no harm in trying," Bronya said quietly. "What if they can seal it? We can still turn back."
"Enough!" Cocolia suddenly flew into a rage. "Even if they really sealed it, what then? We insignificant, lowly humans would still be trapped on a resource-starved planet.
"And those heroes who saved the world could simply walk away, leaving us behind to keep struggling."
As she spoke, Cocolia rose to her feet and declared fervently:
"In the New World the Stellaron promised, humanity will break the shackles within our hearts. We will no longer be ignorant or cowardly! The