After Clara agreed to take everyone to see Svarog, they quickly returned to the Mechanical Settlement.
Before seeing Svarog, everyone first helped Clara repair the energy core here.
Only then did they return to the pitch-black iron gate from before.
The wandering traffic light they had seen here earlier was still there.
"...I'm back, Timmy," Clara greeted it.
"Welcome back, Miss Clara."
"Timmy, please open the gate. I want to see Mr. Svarog."
"Outsiders detected. Permit entry?"
"It's all right. They're all Clara's guests."
"Command received. Access terminal unlocked. Welcome back, Miss Clara and guests."
After that exchange, everyone had gained permission to enter, but before they went in, Clara spoke again:
"Um... if possible, please don't anger Mr. Svarog..."
"Don't worry, Clara! We're here to reason with him," March 7th said.
"I'll leave the negotiating to you. That's not my strong suit," Seele said.
"Negotiating with a robot... this is a first for me, too." Bronya wore a peculiar expression.
Jiang Yu looked left and right, then said, "Actually, we might still need you, Seele. If reasoning doesn't work, we'll just have to get physical."
"A fight? Now that's something I know," Seele said.
Clara glanced at Jiang Yu with a worried expression. She opened her mouth, but ultimately said nothing.
"Come on. Let's go in," Dan Heng said as he watched the mechanical gate slowly open.
And so, everyone headed inside.
As soon as they entered, they saw Svarog's towering figure standing quietly facing the gate.
"I'm back, Mr. Svarog." Clara was the first to run over.
"I saw that the settlement's power supply system came back online. Thank you, Clara," Svarog said.
Then Svarog looked up at everyone else. "But-why did you bring them here? If you only wanted to make friends, bringing the one who resembles