after you were unknowingly given to kafka by elio, you've gotten to know more about this strange girl that likes playing video games who's also a part of the stellaron hunters. however, the good times would not last for long.
"Okay... that was a lot of things to process in just the past 10 minutes." March said while holding her head with one of her hands.
"So... does that mean Silvie- I mean, Silver Wolf's able to join the Astral Express with me...?" you asked, rubbing the back of your head.
"Not so fast. This could still be some sort of trick done by the Stellaron Hunters. We still can't be sure of their intentions yet." Dan Heng pointed out.
"I... I understand if you guys are having trouble believing this... but isn't being part of the Nameless means to give others a second chance? Aren't we all here because we offered our trust and friendship to strangers, in hopes of forming a special bond despite our multitude of differences?"
You held your head high and chest up.
"...As someone who was once on the receiving end of this trust, I ask for all of you to reconsider, and try to place your trust in Silvie, the same way you all trusted me back when you found me unconscious in Herta's Space Station."
You then turned your gaze to Silvie.
"I...I love her, that was and always will be the truth, and nothing will ever change that."
You turned back to your Astral Express friends.
"I'm always going to be standing by her, no matter what you guys say in the end."
Silvie can't help but get butterflies in her stomach, listening to you defend her so bravely. She looked to the side while smiling.
Meanwhile, your determination and preservation towards Silvie has rubbed off on your Astral Express friends, making them reconsider their options in response. However, everything was cut short when some mechanical clanking sounds could be heard, coming from the edges of the building.
You and Silvie turned back to see what it was, with Himeko, Dan Heng and March already looking at the direction and had their weapons ready. Then, a robotic figure suddenly climbed up from the edge of the building, and you jumped backwards towards your friends while grabbing Silvie with you, still having your hands on her waist. After the first robotic figure successfully climbed up the edge, 2 other robotic figures showed up on the edge of the building as well.
"Gah, these guys again??" You muttered while summoning your bat.
"'Again'?" Silvie asked.
"Yeah, I got chased by these things not too long ago. I think they have some sort of affliction with the Stellaron inside me."
Silvie then put on her glasses.
"Oh, is that so?"
Then, the robotic figures started to slowly walk towards you and your friends.
"Stellaron detected. Proceeding to engage."
As one of the robotic figures said so, Himeko, Dan Heng and March got in front of you to protect you, while Silvie was still standing on the side, where she was now side by side with the rest. Then, March tried firing one of her ice arrows at the robot in the middle. The arrow created a chunk of ice on the chest of the robot, and the robot alongside the other 2 stopped walking.
"Hostility detected. Permission to engage."
"Permission granted."
As the robot said so, all three of the robots pulled out a sword handle, and summoned their katana before continuing to walk towards you all.
By now, everyone was already prepared for a fight, and got into a fighting stance. Then, as soon as the robots started to dash towards everyone, all three of the robots suddenly fell to the floor, unconscious. From what seems to be a dangerous threat, now looks just like a hunk of metal.
"...Tch." a sound could be heard from Silvie, which had a lot of words showing up on her glasses, almost like code on a computer. Everybody looked at her as she slowly walked towards the closest fallen robot she could find.
SIlvie took out a long stick-like thingy, and stuck it onto a plug on the robot's neck.
"Umm... What exactly happened just now?" March asked.
You walked up to Silvie.
"Silvie, did you-"
"Here, hold this." Before you could finish your sentence, Silvie popped a small disk out of the long stick and gave it to you.
"Oh, okay..."
"Keep that in your pocket and make sure it doesn't break."
As Silvie said that, she started walking towards the edge of the building.
"Alright, Astral Express, listen up.
If there's one thing that I've learned from my time as a Stellaron Hunter...
is that Stellarons are attracted to each other.
I've hacked into their systems and found their root mainframe, but it shut down my entry server before I could shut the entire thing down.
However, I did get a location out of them."
As she said that, a notification was sent to everyone's phone, including Welt's. It was a location somewhere close by to where they were now. Then, she reached the edge of the building, and turned back to look at everybody.
"I'm well aware some passionate words aren't gonna convince you guys of anything, so how about this:
I'll help you destroy the Stellaron on this planet, and you'll all put your doubts about me to rest.
After all, there's no way someone who's still hunting for Stellarons decides to destroy one, am I wrong?"
Himeko, Dan Heng and March looked at each other. Then, Himeko gave her response.
"Although I don't speak for all of the Astral Express crew members... but if you do manage to destroy the Stellaron that's infecting this planet, our opinions about you will certainly change."
Silvie smirked.
"Heh. Good enough for me."
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