At this moment, the Stellaron in Kiana's hand was like a docile pet, not daring to move.
Only then did Firefly come back to her senses, reaching out toward the disappearing Propagation Sam with a trembling voice:
"No... don't...!"
"Dummy, I already said this one is a fake. The real one should be... oh~ found it!"
Kiana released her perception and soon found a damaged Sam armor in a passage nearby.
Then Kiana opened an Imaginary Gate and transferred the Sam armor in front of her.
Seeing this, Firefly was stunned for a moment before quickly reacting.
"I have to find a way to save her...!"
Firefly ran quickly to Sam's front and skillfully deactivated the Sam armor, revealing the figure of a pretty young girl inside.
The girl had silver hair tied with several cute hair accessories, and two bunches of Horsetails tied with red ribbons hung from her shoulders. She wore a pair of red-rimmed glasses and looked very quiet.
However... she had long since shown no signs of life, and her body was incomplete.
"AR-214... Didn't you say back then that you wanted a stable place to live more freely? How did you end up like this..."
Firefly knelt down, placing AR-214's body on her lap, gently stroking the other's cold cheek.
A warm tear welled up in her eye, but before it could drop, it was gently wiped away by a finger.
"Firefly, she can still be saved. Don't be so quick to cry."
After wiping away her tears, Kiana reached out and ruffled Firefly's hair, speaking softly.
"??"
Under Firefly's confused gaze, Kiana placed her hand on the corpse.
[Extremely weak residual consciousness detected. Glamoth Iron Cavalry AR-214, initiate contract?]
"Store in Hall of Valhalla."
As soon as Kiana's voice fell, a ball of light floated out from the deceased girl's body.
The ball of light began to slowly grow, taking on the same shape as the girl. Finally, the light dissipated, and a girl identical to the one on the ground appeared in its place.
"Didn't I die from a sneak attack...?"
The girl slowly opened her eyes and looked at her palms, somewhat shocked that she had been resurrected.
"214..."
"Hm...?"
Hearing that familiar code number, the girl looked up, then froze for a moment before showing a gentle smile:
"It's you... 26710..."
"Mhm..."
"What you're holding in your arms... is my corpse, right..."
It should have been a touching reunion, but after the girl saw her own incomplete corpse on Firefly's lap, she suddenly felt a bit awkward.
Seeing someone else holding her own corpse while talking to her was quite unsettling... "I'll repair your body so you can possess it again."
Kiana conveniently restored the corpse to its original state, making it look no different from a normal sleeping girl.
"entropy loss syndrome... is it a defect of the Path itself?"
Kiana muttered, then deeply analyzed the Path of 'The Propagation'. Kiana learned that the so-called entropy loss syndrome is a concept inherent to 'The Propagation' itself—death upon leaving the swarm... Pathstriders of 'The Propagation' are born onto this Path. 'The Propagation' striders who leave the swarm feel loneliness, gradually violating the collective concept of 'The Propagation', and thus suffer from entropy loss syndrome.
But Liviel and the others don't seem to have this defect. Is it related to Abundance?
Knowing this, Kiana completed AR-214's body from the Path level.
Kiana could only say, 'Power of the Sea of Trees, kid!'
After the body was repaired, the girl followed her instincts and went to her corpse, touching it gently.
Then a suction force pulled her in. When she opened her eyes again, she felt herself lying on a pair of legs.
"Congratulations, 214..."
"It seems I don't have to wait for death now. I can live freely..."
She didn't get up, just lay there on Firefly's lap, showing a happy smile.
The entropy loss syndrome was gone, and she was registered in the Throne of Heroes. Now she was more free than any of her Glamoth Iron Cavalry colleagues... if only they could be like her now.
Oh... right, she forgot to thank her benefactor!
The girl quickly got up and bowed deeply to Kiana.
Because the contract was not a system of slavery, the girl did not consider Kiana an upper-class exploiter.
"Thank you! Eh... my glasses..."
Because her movements were too large, the glasses fell off, making her a little panicked.
"Pfft... being able to make a cute girl like you smile again makes this young miss very happy!"
Picking up the glasses, she helped the other put them back on, then patted her head and smiled sincerely.
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