❝DÉVOUEMENT❞ ; twst.

✦ chapter one hundred fifty four.

ೃ༄ "i was doing this for the sake of the mission..."
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things have calmed down for a while and as silver held f/n up by the waist, idia spoke, "s-so... back to the plan..." 

f/n cleared her throat and replied, "it's... a good one, i guess." sebek was itching to ask a question and quickly opened his mouth, "what if our strategy became successful? what will happen to malleus-sama?"

"it's a little strange to say not to worry, but the damage that malleus draconia-san receives in the dreams does not carry over to reality," replied ortho, "however, if the real malleus stays in that state... then in order to separate him from the phantom, it will be inevitable to capture and battle with the caster himself."

"then we might even have to fight the young master in reality..." trailed sebek. idia hummed in response, "the final boss of an rpg transforms into two or three stages... we will have to consider ways to deal with it while communicating with the s.t.y.x. headquarters, and in any case, the story cannot begin unless we wake up."

the rest went silent for a while, and f/n visibly fumbled with her thumbs as she avoided anyone else's gaze. the rest paid no mind to it, but idia kept a close eye on her, raising a brow a little and even squinting.

'n/n... what are you planning?' 

"fine."

sebek's voice suddenly caught their attention as he continued, "let's take this role of gathering our allies." yuu smiled and nodded in agreement, "mm! let's all work together..."

"you seem optimistic..." spoke grim.

"with f/n on the team, how can i not be?" replied yuu as he smiled at f/n.

f/n, on the other hand, did not know how to react and merely smiled a little. '...no, tone it down... can this guilt just go away...?' thought the lady to herself.

idia then cleared his throat, "right... but we must also learn to depend on ourselves." as soon as he paused, he took one glance at f/n, 'that look on your face tells me you're about to do something you'll regret...'

silver hummed in response, "it is very reassuring to have idia, the dormitory leader of ignihyde, to join us in this mission." upon hearing his name, idia quickly got his attention back to the group, "u-uh...! oh, but i can't go on an adventure with you."

"what?!" screeched grim, "are you going to leave us and make us do the hard work?!"

ortho giggled a little as idia replied, "d-don't say it like that... i'm trying to make up for it by pretending that i have not woken up... but due to my outside contact, the game master's alter ego is keeping an eye on me. if i dare to move from this dream to the other, the administrator might come running."

idia then looked at the other four, "you guys have had his eye on you from the beginning, so even if you move from dream to dream, he understands you guys are bugs, which is very convenient... and as for f/n..."