"I only stole the cane from him because of some unavoidable reasons, but Uncle Yang still has me, I can totally..."
Uncle Yang: [bonk doggie]
Gently wake the sleeping soul.
"Of all things to learn, you learn to talk like Otto."
Welt took back his cane.
Aidan: [bonk doggie]
"By the way, what happens after your Elation form changes your appearance?"
March 7th asked.
"...After? After what?"
"Hiss, don't you have like... ability copying, stat copying, move copying..." March 7th gestured wildly.
Aidan shook his head.
"Nope."
"...Just an appearance change? No other mechanics? What about stats? Not even those?"
Aidan nodded.
"Today, you are truly weak."
March 7th sighed, then patted him on the shoulder.
"Today, you just hide behind this lady."
"The bodyguard job is mine, please don't steal my work, thanks." Delta stood between March 7th and Aidan.
'How nice.'
Firefly thought to herself seeing their behavior.
"Want to go for a walk?"
Stelle hesitated for a long time, finally choosing to listen to what Aidan had told her the day before yesterday.
[How to Get Along with the Glamoth Iron Cavalry]
According to Aidan, Sam was actually a cute girl, and like the thunderbolt, she was the shy type.
But precisely because that guy Aidan said Sam and the thunderbolt were the same type, whenever Stelle saw Sam now, she saw a thunderbolt in a swimsuit.
"Okay."
Sam's reply was very brief.
Actually, Firefly really wanted to talk to Stelle more, but she didn't know how to start, and now wasn't a good time to leave the armor.
Stelle and Sam walked side-by-side down a quiet street. Warm light shone through the windows of the houses on both sides, and voices and laughter could occasionally be heard from within.
"Actually, I didn't expect you to agree to come for a walk with me. Aidan said you're a cute girl." Stelle laughed to herself, "But right now, I really can't imagine what you'd look like in a dress..."
"..."
"Yesterday I even dreamed you were wearing a school uniform... it woke me up in a fright."
Sam's footsteps paused.
"...Why would you have a dream like that?"
"Because that guy Aidan said you're the shy type like the thunderbolt," Stelle said as if it were obvious. "My brain automatically overlapped you with that giant robot in a swimsuit."
Sam was silent for a few seconds.
"What is... the thunderbolt?"
"A mecha on Aidan's battleship, a really cool one too. It's just that the fact he specifically showed me a giant robot in a swimsuit twice is a bit hard for me to accept." As she spoke, Stelle glanced up at Sam. "If you were to wear a swimsuit..."
Hiss.
That feels a bit bizarre.
"Actually..." Stelle suddenly spoke, but hesitated. "I don't know if I should ask."
"What?"
"Why are you protecting me?" Stelle stopped and turned to look at the silver mecha. "You're a Stellaron Hunter, you should be a very powerful person... but you've been following me and protecting me since the day before yesterday."
Sam was silent for a few seconds.
"This is my mission."
"Mission? Who gave you this mission?"
"Elio."
Stelle tilted her head and thought.
"And who is Elio?"
"He can see the future."
"Oh." Stelle nodded, only half-understanding. "So he told you to protect me?"
"To ensure you walk the correct path," Sam said. "To allow the galaxy to reach the correct conclusion because of you."
"So... we were very close before, right?"
"...Yes."
"Aidan said you care about me very, very much, that to you I'm the most important person, and... anyway, in the end, he advised me not to be too cold to you. He told me a lot about you, saying you're actually a good person, just not very good at expressing yourself, and told me to take the initiative to talk to you more."
Stelle talked incessantly when mentioning Aidan, which made Firefly's expression inside Sam a bit complicated.
While she was happy that Stelle wasn't distant from her now, but... but why did Stelle keep mentioning Aidan...
"Oh right, this... he told me to give this to you. He said it can let you out of the mecha for a short time without... what was that disease called? Anyway, it can provide a temporary healing effect."
"...Entropy Loss Syndrome."
"Ah, right! That's it. Do you want to try? The inventions Aidan makes are all very effective!"
"...When did he collect my data?"
"Yesterday? He used some kind of scanner on you while you were looking at March."
Firefly was silent for a few seconds.
That guy who seemed all smiles and laughter was actually doing things silently.
"Do you trust him?" Firefly's voice came from the mecha, her tone somewhat complex.
"I do," Stelle nodded without hesitation.
The mecha moved slightly, as if hesitating.
"Want to try?" Stelle asked again, her golden eyes full of expectation. "I want to see what you really look like."
Another silence.
Finally, Sam reached out and took the cube.
"Alright."
Sam lowered his head and looked at Stelle's face.
"Stelle... compared to the other Stellaron Hunters, I am not as well-versed in the human heart as Elio and Kafka, nor do I have a specialized skill like Silver Wolf and Blade. What I am good at is only applicable to villains who deserve no mercy. I don't know how to get along with people, I don't know how to speak without sounding strange."
"Don't say that. I think you look cool as you are, and just now over there, the way you protected everyone wasn't strange at all."
Stelle's expression looked very sincere, so dazzling that it was hard for Sam to look directly at her.
"Okay."
Sam's voice was still a dull electronic synthesis. Immediately after, the entire mecha emitted a loud venting sound. A large amount of flames erupted, obscuring Stelle's vision, and then, a slender figure appeared before her eyes.
"I will show you..."
"My everything."