The view before his eyes began to sway slightly.
Listening to Asta pour her heart out, almost as if she were talking to herself,
Lin Chen felt rather bewildered.
It had to be the alcohol.
Had Asta awakened her chatterbox tendencies tonight?
"Ahem... well, Asta."
"Stars can't talk anyway, so buying a few sounds pretty nice."
"Having stars named after you would be pretty fun, wouldn't it?"
Standing beside Asta, Lin Chen offered the remarks casually.
He really wasn't very good at chatting with girls.
Considering how well he got along with someone like Wolf Girl on the interstellar network,
Lin Chen figured he might have a bit of a social menace in him, too.
She turned her head, her mouth falling slightly open.
A fleeting look of surprise crossed Asta's flawless, fair face.
But soon, the girl's crescent-shaped eyes relaxed slightly.
A sweet, innocent smile appeared on her lips.
"No, plenty of stars... actually have minds of their own."
"Like the dazzling star closest to me."
"I'm so greedy that I even want to keep its radiance forever."
"Because I'm afraid that, in the very next moment... that star will disappear beyond the far reaches of the galaxy."
"And no matter what I try, I'll never be able to observe it again..."
Her slender, delicate fingers tucked a soft, fluffy lock of hair behind her ear.
Tender ripples of light shimmered in Asta's clear, lake-blue eyes.
Apart from the brilliant sea of stars, they held only Lin Chen's reflection.
"I see..."
"Asta, you really should consider getting a better telescope."
He scratched his head, looking a little blank.
With the alcohol going to his head, Lin Chen found Asta's train of thought rather hard to follow.
As expected of a magical girl exploring the mysteries of the stars.
Wasn't