Ever since they had set out for Penacony that day, Little Dragon had kept himself hidden at Argenti's request to avoid disturbing the beings of the Universe.
Over a dozen spaceships were docked inside his mouth, where colorful radiance shone, making the great beast's maw seem less hideous and terrifying and more like marvelous peaks and curiously shaped rocks. Going about daily life there did not feel strange, either.
The dozen or so spaceships docked there naturally belonged to these reunited Knights. Aside from the Knights, as their journey continued, the number of people temporarily living there had grown considerably. Men and women, old and young, burly men and youths-over five hundred in total, all people who had met with misfortune in space and been rescued by the Knights.
Once they reached Penacony, these people could find somewhere to stay, look for work, or contact their families.
And while becoming the Universe's champions of rescue, the Knights had not forgotten the request they had received that day from the current incarnation of the Fragment of Beauty-Little Fish.
Along the way, the Knights also watched the surrounding space lanes and the starships traveling to and fro.
They thought that, should they encounter the Ever-Flame Mansion, they would invite Duke Inferno and the Flame Demon clan to come along.
Most of the Knights had originally wanted to eliminate such evildoers, who slaughtered wantonly, as soon as possible. But after Argenti told them what Little Fish had in mind, they changed their objectives.
Killing the Flame Demon clan would accomplish nothing beyond their deaths. If, as that person had suggested, they went to contribute to the Factory and did things that benefited the Sea of Stars more, that would be far better than simply killing them.
The products of Aha's Fragmentum Factory were