“Yuji? Who’s that?”
Blanca was a little surprised.
She had only left the doctor’s laboratory for half a year, yet someone she didn’t know had suddenly appeared.
“Blanca? You’re back?”
Mobius walked out holding a small portion of the Third Herrscher’s experiment report.
“Yes, Doctor, I’m back. Did you…”
“Perfect timing. Help me organize this data. Oh, and once you’re done, go find the purple-haired girl inside and give this to her.”
“Klein, don’t just stand there either. Come help me.”
Before she could finish speaking, Blanca had already been assigned a huge pile of work and froze on the spot.
But she still caught the key words.
Purple-haired girl?
Could that be Yuji?
Someone who knew Mobius’s reputation was bad and still joined her lab… was she tricked into coming here?
Even though the name Yuji sounded strange for a girl, Blanca didn’t pay it much mind.
She quickly entered work mode.
After finishing the data, she took the item Mobius requested and went inside.
“Knock knock knock…”
“Come in. Just put it on the table, Klein.”
MEI had her back to the laboratory door and was focused on adjusting the medication.
She noticed one ingredient conflicted with the others and quickly handled it.
“Kl… hmm? Who are you?”
MEI had originally planned to ask the person who just entered—Klein—to get her a new material.
When she turned around, she saw a woman she had never met before.
“My name is Blanca. You should have heard of me from Dr. Mobius. Are you Yuji?”
Hearing the familiar name, MEI looked Blanca over and then said, “Sorry, Mobius doesn’t seem to have mentioned you. Also, I’m MEI, not Yuji.”
She never mentioned me?
Blanca felt an arrow pierce her heart.
Doctor, you really have no heart…
“Oh wait, she did mention you once, but she didn’t say much.”
MEI remembered that when she first arrived, Yuji had brought it up, and then Mobius had taken over the conversation.
That was when Blanca’s name came up.
“Forget it, forget it. I’m used to it anyway. More importantly, Miss MEI, right? Why would you want to join Mobius’s research institute?”
MEI casually handed the medication in her hands to Blanca, then took off her gloves.
“Because he wanted to come, so I came.”
“He?”
Blanca was a little surprised.
After all, in the Previous Civilization language, “he” and “she” still sounded different.
At the same time, she felt Mobius would never recruit a man.
“How pitiful. Being separated must be hard, right? Just like my older sister and brother-in-law.”
Blanca assumed MEI had joined Mobius’s laboratory because of that “he.” She believed Mobius would never recruit the man, and had instead recruited MEI.
And if that man hadn’t given up, he should still be somewhere in the Flame-Chasers—just like Blanca’s older sister, who was support staff, while her brother-in-law Ato was combat personnel.
MEI looked at Blanca, who had clearly misunderstood something, and said nothing.
She felt there was no need.
Blanca would find out sooner or later.
Rather than waste time, it was better to continue researching.
Seeing that MEI said nothing, Blanca assumed she had silently agreed and was about to comfort her.
Then Mobius’s voice suddenly rang out.
“Blanca, come here for a moment.”
“Yes, Doctor!”
She answered on instinct, looked at MEI a little apologetically, and walked out of MEI’s laboratory.
“What is it, Doctor?”
“Go to 13-2. Your little Griseo is there. Then call over the person who’s been keeping her company.” Enjoying the story? Read on at g.com.
“Yes, Doctor.”
Blanca left the First Research Institute again.
After passing several rooms and taking a few turns, she finally arrived.
Before she even opened the door, she heard…
“Wow… you’re so good…” That was Griseo’s voice.
“Of course. Even your dad isn’t as good as me.” That was a strange man’s voice.
“But Dad’s is bigger than yours…” Griseo’s voice.
“Your dad paid for it with money. Mine isn’t bad either. Let me show you…” The strange man’s voice.
Outside the door, Blanca’s mind filled with all sorts of wild ideas.
Her face turned completely red.
Then she slammed the door open with a loud bang.
“Open up, Flame-Chasers!”
“What the hell are you doing to little Griseo?!”
The moment she entered, Blanca saw Yuji holding a paintbrush and drawing with Griseo.
“Uh… did I come at a bad time?”
Only then did Blanca realize she might have misunderstood something.
“Not at all. You must be Blanca!”
Looking at the handsome stranger she had clearly never met before, Blanca felt for the first time that being remembered was such a happy thing.
“My name is Yuji. Mobius asked me to look after Griseo for a while. Since you’re here now, should I leave?”
So he was Yuji?
Oh right, Klein had said he was playing with Griseo.
“Ahem. Hello, my name is Blanca. Nice to meet you. The doctor asked me to tell you to go over.”
“Got it. I’ll head over then.”
“Bye-bye, little Griseo. Big brother has to go busy himself. Your mom is back, so I’ll leave first.”
With that, Yuji left, leaving Griseo and Blanca staring at each other.
“Mom? Did that person misunderstand something?”
“Auntie, Mom said I can also call you Mom.”
“Ah… that’s true.”
Even so, Blanca still felt something was a little off.
Becoming a mother without any pain?
Whatever.
She would just take Griseo with her.
“Little Griseo, Auntie will take you to play with Auntie Mobius.”
“Okay, Mom Blanca.”
When Yuji returned to the laboratory, he saw Mobius who had been waiting for a long time and asked curiously, “Is there something you need me to help with?”
Mobius finally stopped pacing.
She picked up a thin syringe and gently pricked Yuji with it.
“Hmm? Is this really Dr. Mobius? So gentle?” Blanca almost didn’t recognize her.
Was this the kind of action Mobius was supposed to make?
After drawing a little blood, Mobius checked the amount in the syringe, nodded, and casually set it on the table.
Then, under Blanca’s shocked gaze, she wrapped her arms around Yuji’s neck and gave him a kiss as compensation.
Blanca was so scared she covered her face.
Through the gaps between her fingers, she also covered the eyes of Griseo, who was watching with great interest.
Then Mobius took the syringe and went into her own laboratory.
“WTF!!! What did I just see!!!”
Just looking at the number of exclamation marks was enough to know how shocked Blanca was.
She was so startled she even blurted out an alphabet curse.
“Am I dreaming?” Blanca was still trying to deceive herself.
Her ears were completely red.
She hoped to find another victim, and then she saw Klein.
“Klein, did you see that? Just now the doctor she… *$&%#, and then ^=+.”
Klein handed her own milk tea to Blanca, and Blanca took a big gulp.
“Just now… hmm? Where did you buy this milk tea? It’s so good. No, this isn’t the time for that. I’m saying that just now Dr. Mobius kissed that man!”
“Oh.”
Oh?
Ah?
Just an “oh”?
Why was Klein’s reaction only this?!
That was Dr. Mobius!
She hugged a man and kissed him!
And she was the one who initiated it!
“Klein, are you still busy?”
“No. I’m just thinking. Nagazora City is gone now, so I can’t watch Eden’s concert. Does that count as breaking the appointment…”
“Uh… this… whether it counts as breaking the appointment doesn’t seem important anymore, right?”
Klein carefully thought about her relationship with Yuji.
They had already kissed once.
Although it was only on the face, it really wasn’t important anymore.
“Alright, but I still need to carefully confirm it.”
Completely ignoring Blanca, who was still having a mental breakdown, Klein pulled over a stool, then hugged Yuji and kissed him on the lips.
“!!! Klein!” Blanca was completely stunned.
Was Klein this bold?
She even dared to put a green hat on Dr. Mobius.
Wait, it seemed her head was already green to begin with.
After tasting it, Klein smacked her lips a little and thought for a moment.
“Did the doctor sneak some instant noodles again?”
“Forget it. The situation is special anyway. Let’s just pretend I didn’t notice.”
Yuji left as usual and went into MEI’s laboratory.
After all, his role seemed to be letting MEI kiss him once to ease her mood whenever her research wasn’t going smoothly.
Following behind Yuji for some reason was Blanca.
As for Griseo, she was still with Klein.
“You’re back?”
“Mm. Want me to help?”
“No need. The biggest help you can give me is easing my mood. I don’t need you for the rest. I also want to do something to prove I can.”
“…Don’t wear yourself out.”
“I know.”
As she spoke, MEI took off her gloves, cupped Yuji’s face, and kissed him again.
After a long while, MEI opened her eyes and simply had Yuji watch from the side.
Even when he tried to get closer, she refused.
Blanca saw this scene as well.
Her brain completely short-circuited.
With both cheeks bright red, she somehow walked out of MEI’s laboratory and looked at the top of Klein’s head.
“Klein, why is the top of your head the same as Dr. Mobius’s… all green and oily…”
“What are you talking about, Senior Sister? Are you talking about my hair? Mm… I’m not sure. My hair is the same as Dr. Mobius’s—it’s natural. Maybe it’s just a coincidence.”
Blanca, who still hadn’t recovered, couldn’t hear Klein’s words at all.
Her brain was constantly processing the relationship structure of this research institute.
“Don’t tell me kissing is some new custom of the laboratory?”
“They all kissed. Wouldn’t it be strange if I stayed completely still?”
“What the hell am I supposed to do!!!”
Blanca had completely lost her rationality.
Her ears were already flushed red, and the temperature of her face was rising rapidly.
This was something Blanca, who had never experienced anything like this, simply could not understand.
Someone please save me!!!