[Seedling Eater] looked up impatiently and shouted in exasperation.
"What are you talking about?! I never said I was on your side!"
[Overgrowth] was so furious his teeth nearly shattered from clenching them.
"You bastard! What do you gain by siding with the Present World?"
[Seedling Eater] faltered. Nothing, but its Contractor seemed to be in the Present World.
It turned around, only to be met by rows of curious, shocked gazes.
[Seedling Eater] felt somewhat numb. Experts of the Present World, since you know the truth, stop putting on an act for me.
You know perfectly well my Contractor is among you, yet you're still acting!
The one responsible, Ye Buyu, hid in the crowd as a drop of cold sweat trickled down her forehead.
"Well, this... isn't something I can explain in a few words."
She didn't know how to explain it or what to say either.
Say she had acted according to a prediction, staged her own death, then tried to take the opportunity to uncover the secrets within her?
Only to accidentally return to the past, where she not only saw the Hunger King but also released [Seedling Eater] and signed a soul Contract?
Then she had returned from the past to the present, back into the great battle, and activated the Contract at the last moment, making [Seedling Eater] the note that brought this battle to its crucial close.
It sounded absurd, like a meticulously woven story, everything falling into place with uncanny precision.
Little Whale coughed and patted her with a fin. "Leave it to me. I'll handle this."
Little Whale swished its tail, came up with a brilliant idea, and hurried over to [Seedling Eater] with familiar warmth.
Assuming the air of a senior, it nodded approvingly.
"Not bad, not bad. Just what