Faced with the request of a girl searching for her brother, Tony had mixed feelings. He did not want to refuse Lumine, but the shame welling up inside him left him unsure how to respond.
They had yet to verify the Quantum Tunnel's safety. He was not one hundred percent certain he could bring her brother back. Was it really necessary to drag the sister into this now, too?
As for whether Lumine was who she claimed to be, even setting aside her appearance, which was every bit as distinctive as Aether's, the guilty look on Little Paimon's face was confirmation enough.
"Tony! You lied! The test was clearly happening today, so why did you tell Paimon it wouldn't start until the day after tomorrow?"
Hovering in midair, Paimon accused him angrily, "If Deadpool hadn't let it slip when we ran into him on the way, we wouldn't even have known!"
Internally cursing Deadpool for ruining things, Tony began soothing the little girl.
"It was originally scheduled for the day after tomorrow, but something suddenly came up that day, so I moved it to today. I sent Thor to tell you ahead of time. Didn't he tell you?"
Tony pinned the blame on the absent Thor without a shred of guilt. After all, compared with Hawkeye, Clint, who was likewise absent but always meticulous and reliable, the easygoing God of Thunder was Tony's perfect scapegoat.
"Thor? No, Paimon hasn't seen him at all today!"
"That jerk! How could Thor forget to tell Paimon something so important?"
The innocent Paimon was still sulking when she suddenly shot a suspicious look at Tony, who had just secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
"Wait! Can you really just reschedule something as important as testing the Quantum Tunnel? What exactly are you doing the