"A photo of Seele?"
Taking out a photo she cherished incomparably from her bosom, Bronya pointed to one of the girls and said.
"This child in the middle beside Bronya is Seele."
Before Bronya took out the photo, Kiana only had a vague premonition in that regard.
Bronya's body type... once made Kiana feel that her friends should all be of this body type.
After all, they are all kids around thirteen years old, still growing. It's normal to have a child's body type.
Then she found she was wrong, outrageously so.
Bronya isn't big.
But this kid Seele is too big, hey!
Although compared to myself... No, what on earth is this young lady thinking!
That phrase 'he likes big ones' back then was just a casual remark by this young lady. Why does this young lady feel she led herself into a ditch!
No, no, no, these matters are not what this young lady should care about.
Aaron rescuing Seele is just to fulfill the agreement with Bronya...
Wait, doesn't this mean Aaron also values Bronya very much?
[Sigh.]
Mei, on the side, suddenly heard a mental sigh from the Yuanhai.
Senior Hell, what's wrong? Did something happen again?
[Nothing, just seeing the fleeting expression on that girl's face, I roughly know where that kid will likely have problems in the future.]
Shou-Nan's relationship issues were at most between him and Autumn. If forced, counting my junior brother's share ends it.
Considering Aaron's increasingly indecisive personality in this aspect, I feel he will have even more headaches in the future.
While always thinking about how to save humanity from the Honkai, he shelters the 'companions' around him... Heh, these three little girls want to be more than just your companions.
And the new little girl sounds like someone he risked his life to rescue from the Sea of Quanta.
Aaron, this kid... Hah, young people's matters, I better not intervene.
Hope he can handle these messy things himself.
Discovering Hell had no intention of continuing, Raiden Mei inexplicably cut off the communication with Hell.
"Forget it, this young lady can't be bothered to care about that idiot! Just let him be caught by Schicksal for research! This young lady won't care about these things!"
Ah, she's angry.
Glancing at the obvious annoyance on Kiana's face, the two beside her shrugged helplessly and didn't say anything more.
In Mei's view, although Aaron was hampered by bringing a girl along, the problem was that after Schicksal saw him, they wouldn't go so far as to bomb him on the spot.
Thinking calmly, Schicksal not only wouldn't strike on the spot, but might even seek Aaron's assistance.
After all, the Gem of Serenity and the Key of the Void are in 'our' hands. Schicksal can't grab these things even if they strike and injure Aaron without seeing the items.
Whether they really intend to seek cooperation or plan to be a great swindler to cheat the things from Aaron's hands, the probability of Schicksal striking is extremely low.
With Aaron's means, he is fine for the time being.
Instead, on our side, not dragging him down is the right path.
On the other side, although Bronya was somewhat worried about Aaron and Seele.
However, considering it was actually safer for Seele to act with Aaron, she didn't think too much about it.
Seele, you've returned...
Then next time I see Mother Cocolia, can Bronya use this reason to make her give up those extreme actions... maybe?
Although this thought flashed through her brain instantly, Bronya soon felt she was still too naive.
Aaron being able to bring Seele back so smoothly showed that bringing someone out of the Sea of Quanta didn't require a Herrscher Core at all.
Cocolia didn't tell her the truth from the start. Looking at it now...
What she sought wasn't a 'Herrscher Core capable of saving Seele,' but just a high-end combat asset that could satisfy herself, and an excuse to persuade herself to assist her in wreaking havoc.
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London, Hyperion.
Inside the Hyperion, the Intelligence Department A-rank Valkyrie Phantom, who had returned to Schicksal after breaking away from Cocolia's subordinates, said to the other colleagues beside her.
"The surveillance cameras over there have activity! Someone just connected to the camera to check intel near the battlefield."
"Senior Phantom, we've traced the other party's coordinates—why is it on a deserted island?"
"If the coordinates are confirmed correct, send people there directly."
Phantom immediately said to the people around her.
"Have other colleagues in the department go recon that area at top speed. Overseer Otto gave me the highest command authority for this operation. I must help him find that oversized locomotive head."
Rita, who had been watching Phantom from the side, approached Phantom with a smile and asked.
"Senior Phantom, may I ask if you have Mr. Aaron's whereabouts here?"
"Oh, Rita... wait a moment."
After tapping the keyboard in front of her a few times, Phantom displayed the footage before the camera exploded directly in front of Rita.
"Aaron. This guy is one of the targets this time, right?"
"He's quite bold. As the culprit who seized the Second Divine Key, he actually returned to the scene of the incident... Hah, can I take this as a provocation?"
"...No, this should be called bold because of high skill."
"True. After all, that guy... Heh, Siegfried's daughter is already this strong, and that combat puppet he fought looks even stronger than Siegfried's daughter."
"Even if you and Theresa go together, you might not be able to capture him alive, right?"
"No... if this one really joins a battlefield against Mr. Aaron, I would only become a massive burden."
"With Mr. Aaron's strength, to deal with this one, it would probably take about three minutes to capture this one alive."
"Wow, that exaggerated?"
Although Rita was usually very humble when speaking to her own people, Phantom, who was an old acquaintance of Rita, knew she wouldn't use any 'humble' wording when evaluating an enemy's strength.
After all, the evaluation of the enemy would affect the comrades' judgment of the enemy's strength. As an S-rank Valkyrie who cherished her Valkyrie comrades, Rita naturally wouldn't pit her colleagues because of her habit.
Putting it that way, it makes sense.
The lass from the Kaslana family could effortlessly slaughter over a dozen Emperor-class beasts.
Then the man beside her...
Hiss, is the rumor that Durandal lost to him actually true?