Chapter 112: Lies woven from half-truths
At the sight of the ethereal girl in a pale blue dress, her pink hair tied into a single ponytail with a red ribbon, Luo Shu's pupils contracted slightly. Then, as though nothing had happened, he stepped onto the deck with his arm around Kisara's waist.
"Hello~ Lux~ Hello~ Lux!"
Several round robotic balls rolled around Luo Shu, making it a little difficult for him to find somewhere to step.
"You... you brought her aboard without even taking care of her first?"
Standing beside Lacus Clyne, Tachibana Kirika curled her lips when she saw Luo Shu bring their target, the "Demon Girl," aboard. She turned to the Action Team members on the ship and said:
"Go get a stretcher, and have the doctors prepare suppressants. Make sure the target doesn't wake up."
After giving those instructions, Tachibana Kirika gestured toward Lacus Clyne beside her with her chin.
"There, look. The kid you said I scammed into joining us managed to capture a High-Ranking Demon. Well? Quite a talent, isn't he?"
There was more than a little boastfulness in Tachibana Kirika's tone.
Although he hadn't done it single-handedly, capturing a High-Ranking Demon was something that had never happened in SDS before.
Accomplishing that was enough to affirm Luo Shu's abilities, and didn't affirming his abilities prove that Tachibana Kirika had been right to "lure him in"?
Beaming broadly, Tachibana Kirika didn't wait for Lacus Clyne to respond. Instead, after watching Luo Shu cooperate in setting Kisara down, she immediately said:
"All right, stop standing over there. Come meet our big boss."
"Well, you can just call her Miss Lux. She doesn't really care what you call her, anyway."
At that, not only Luo Shu but even Lacus Clyne couldn't help glancing at the woman who