The Herta Space Station and the Astral Express have signed many treaties.
The Mutual Aid Treaty is one reason why the Astral Express did not hesitate to speed up, increasing unnecessary consumption just to reach the Herta Space Station as quickly as possible.
In fact, for the Astral Express on its original itinerary, the arrival time at the station should have been about the same, but who could have foreseen the little hiccup midway when they encountered the planet where Serena was?
As the Astral Express travels the universe, the Trailblazers often explore the unknown and mysterious.
On their way to the station, they encountered a planet that differed from what was recorded in the Star Charts.
Unable to suppress their curiosity, they went to explore.
Who would have thought they would encounter an Emanator of Abundance just like that?
Even the experienced Himeko and Welt couldn’t help but marvel at the wonders of the universe.
After spending some time, the train gained another passenger and continued toward the Herta Space Station to deliver some Curios to Herta.
This was another treaty: the train provides Herta with Curios, and the Herta Space Station provides the train with supplies.
It was precisely on the way to deliver the Curios to Herta that they suddenly received a plea for help from the Herta Space Station’s Acting Lead Researcher, Asta.
Thus, the Astral Express accelerated its journey to rush to the Herta Space Station to assist.
The Stellaron was also one of Ms.
Herta’s collections.
However, unlike before, the Stellaron had already entered the body of a grey-haired girl and had begun moving around energetically within the space station.
For Himeko, who wanted to invite Stelle to join the Astral Express, Ms.
Herta was an unavoidable hurdle.
After a dinner with the Astral Express Crew, Himeko consulted the crew about inviting the young girl, Stelle, to join the Astral Express.
While everyone had some doubts, no one had any intention of refusing.
Among them, March 7th was particularly enthusiastic, eager to have the young girl Stelle join the Astral Express, before being calmed down by Himeko with a smile.
“Don’t worry, Little March.
I will consult with Ms.
Herta.” “However, more important than us is the child Stelle’s own will.
We are merely offering her a choice.” A few days later, Himeko brought the request to Herta.
After all, the ownership of the Stellaron had always been in Herta’s hands.
To this, Herta’s reaction was…
not much of a reaction at all.
After all, although she held ownership of the Stellaron, that Stellaron brat wouldn’t listen to her anyway.
“If you want to take her away, just go ask her.
Although I’m curious about her secrets, I have more important things to do right now.
I’ve studied that Stellaron thing for a while, and in the end, it only proved that the damn thing is a scourge and of no use.” Herta now had a project she was much more interested in.
Regarding the Stellaron, while she had some interest, it was currently inconsequential.
“However, it’ll be fine as long as she can participate in my experimental projects later; it won’t affect her much anyway.” Himeko found Herta’s decision somewhat unexpected…
but thinking carefully, it made sense.
A genius’s time is precious.
Spending that precious time on a problem like the Stellaron, which has baffled the universe for thousands of years, is indeed not very rational.
After all, even geniuses find it difficult to fully understand what a Stellaron actually is.
“Then thank you, Miss Herta.” “Oh, right.
Remember to ask Miss Serena for me if she’d be willing to participate in my experimental project when the time comes.
I’m quite keen on recruiting her.” “Yes, I’ll ask her for you.” After Himeko finished speaking, she said her goodbyes and left Herta’s office.
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“Is this enough furniture?” While purchasing furniture with Asta, Serena suddenly heard the pink-haired girl’s question.
She didn’t know why the other party would say that, as the furniture already seemed more than enough to her.
“A bed, a desk, and a wardrobe—these are already enough.
Is there something missing?” “No, this is far from enough, isn’t it?
Also, this furniture is way too cheap.
How could I possibly give these to you as a reward?” Looking at Asta’s pitying gaze, Serena suddenly didn’t know what to say.
“???” Wait, the ones I picked are all top-of-the-line products, right?
This price, in my past life, would have been enough to buy several luxury villas!
“Uh, Asta, earning money isn’t easy for you either.
I can just buy whatever.” “?” “How could that be?
You’ve helped our space station so much; let me prepare these measly pieces of furniture for you.
After all, if it weren’t for you, I don’t know how many casualties our space station would have suffered.” Asta paused, thought of something, and continued: “Furthermore, you even helped us repair the space station.
You should know that the Antimatter Legion blew such a huge hole in the station, yet you actually managed to fix even that.
You’ve really done us a huge favor!” “No, no, I just enhanced its self-healing ability.
It grew back on its own.” “Say no more.
As a friend who saved our space station, you should just take a good stroll around and get some rest.
I’ll have all the furniture you need ready in a bit.
Don’t worry!” “Uh, then I’ll have to trouble you, Miss Asta.” After bidding farewell to Asta, Serena finally had some free time to wander around the space station.
Everywhere she went, the staff would stop what they were doing to thank her.
After all, they knew very well that without the help of this platinum-blonde girl, they couldn’t possibly have survived unscathed until now.
It was then that she saw Stelle—by a trash can…
Serena really didn’t know how to describe the complexity of her feelings at that moment—look what’s happened to this child, why has she started rummaging through trash cans?
Ignoring the filth and mess of the trash can, Serena hurried forward to pull the silly girl away.
She gave her a good talking-to and explicitly told her—there are no treasure chests in the trash cans!
But looking at the girl’s expression, Serena felt that even though she understood, she would definitely do it again.
Wait, what is going on?
Could it be that this child injured her brain when facing the Doomsday Beast, and I failed to heal her properly?
At this thought, Serena carefully examined Stelle’s body and finally came to a conclusion.
There was nothing wrong; she was in tip-top shape, one might even say she was too healthy.
…It seems my skills are still not quite up to par!
Ignoring Stelle’s eager look toward the trash can, Serena forcibly dragged her away to give her a thorough cleaning.
She then prepared to find the most well-informed March 7th to see if Himeko had succeeded with Herta.