“So, did you both come here to hang out with me?” Watching March 7th and Stelle huddled together, Serena truly couldn’t imagine what kind of mischief the two of them could cook up.
“No, no, not at all!
Sister Himeko asked me to come find Stelle.
I heard someone say they saw Sister Serena and Asta walking together, so I thought I’d stop by before heading back to the Astral Express.
Is that all I am in Sister Serena’s eyes?” March 7th pouted, looking at Serena with an unhappy expression, trying to use her big, sparkling eyes to make Serena feel guilty.
Unfortunately, March 7th also knew that Serena didn’t fall for that routine.
Or rather, in the first few days on the Astral Express, she might have been swayed, but now, it wasn’t very effective anymore.
“Hmm, I wronged you both.” However, to March 7th’s surprise, Serena apologized the very next moment, without any burden or hesitation.
“Huh?” “I wronged you, so naturally I must apologize!” Without waiting for March 7th to ask in confusion, Serena explained directly.
After all, she really had wronged them.
Since she was in the wrong, she should have the courage to admit it.
She wasn’t the type of person who couldn’t tell right from wrong; if she was wrong, she was wrong, and she wouldn’t deny it.
“Little March, did Himeko ask you to find Stelle for something?
Try to go find her as soon as possible; don’t keep her waiting too long.” Hearing Serena say this, March 7th realized something.
She glanced at the time in the room and suddenly started muttering: “Oh no, oh no, it’s been quite a while already!
We can’t keep Sister Himeko waiting that long!
Let’s go, Stelle.” She grabbed Stelle and hurried out of Asta’s room.
Watching March 7th and Stelle rush off, Serena and Asta exchanged a look, then smiled helplessly.
Little March really is such an energetic child!
After saying goodbye to Asta, thinking of Herta who had been busy these past few days, she decided to go see her.
Arriving at Herta’s office, she saw the Herta Puppets parked inside.
However, at this moment, the Herta Puppets were all in AI mode, silently processing various tasks.
Serena walked up to a Herta Puppet.
She didn’t do anything extra, just reached out her finger towards the Herta Puppet.
No matter how you looked at it, it seemed like a very ordinary bit of girl-to-girl teasing, if you ignored the faint energy swirling around Serena’s finger.
Just as she was about to touch the Herta Puppet’s cheek, the puppet’s eyes suddenly became lively—it was clear that the real person had logged in to operate it.
“…Are you trying to animate my puppet?” Those magnificent purple eyes stared silently at the finger Serena had extended, feeling deeply speechless.
‘Is the power of Abundance just something for you to play with like this?’ “Doesn’t that turn the AI into manual mode?” Serena seemed not to notice Herta’s look of disdain and explained to herself, “Even if you wanted to call me, you didn’t have to choose this method!” Herta chose to protest.
“But this method is the most effective.” After these few days of contact with Herta, Serena knew exactly what kind of person Herta was: she only liked to study things she was interested in, and discarded those she wasn’t.
If she didn’t use a special method to call Herta, she might even keep buried in her research and never pay attention to Serena at all.
Theoretically, even losing one or two Herta Puppets would be inconsequential to Herta.
It was just that the positions these Herta Puppets were in were quite critical.
If they were truly animated, leading to the loss of some data, even Herta herself would feel some heartache.
However, if it was content that had already been studied, it wouldn’t matter to Herta; she could throw it anywhere.
But today’s ones were different.
The simulated universe had finally shown changes different from the past.
This important data needed to be carefully preserved to serve as important research material; it could not be lost.
“So, what business do you have coming to find me?
I am very busy right now.” Herta looked speechlessly at the smiling Emanator of Abundance before her, really unable to fathom the other’s thoughts.
She didn’t want to waste any time right now.
After all, today, the simulated universe finally had a major discovery, and she still wanted to continue studying the patterns summarized by the simulated universe.
This was research concerning Aeons, a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
Thanks to that little one carrying the Stellaron, who acted as a variable, participated in the simulated universe experiment, triggered changes in the simulated universe, and attracted the attention of the Aeons, she was able to collect a lot of hard-to-get, secret data.
“I heard you had some new discoveries here, so I wanted to come and see you.” Serena was speaking the truth.
She was indeed curious about what kind of discovery Herta had made that would cause her to give Stelle a day off.
“Oh~ You’re actually interested in experiments?” Herta felt slightly surprised.
After all, judging from the partial experiences of this Emanator of Abundance before her, learned through Himeko, the other party shouldn’t be interested in content like experiments.
After all, having been born on a barren, uninhabited planet, how could there be a concept like experiments?
Could the other party also be interested in the secrets of the Aeons?
This was indeed possible.
After all, being a Pathstrider, it was actually quite normal to be interested in the Aeons who governed the power of the Path.
“Uh, actually, I didn’t come for your experiment.” “Then what did you come here for?” Herta was speechless; it turned out she had been overthinking it.
“Ahem~ It’s just that Asta said you have the most advanced ecological terrarium here.
Is that true?” “Oh~ You want that?” Herta suddenly became interested again.
After all, the person in front of her was an Emanator of Abundance; it was understandable that she wanted to cultivate something.
“No, no.
I want to collect my reward in advance.
I just need a slightly better ecological terrarium.
I have some things I want to cultivate.” Serena did indeed have this thought.
After all, if she kept her creations put away, how could they produce new changes?
Although she had the power of Authority, what if a creation mutated a capability she didn’t understand?
If something went wrong when she was preparing to use it at a critical moment, what would she do?
Therefore, Serena thought of preparing an ecological terrarium herself.
She would shrink the creations she made on a whim and throw them inside, letting them grow naturally in various ecosystems.
This would also make it easier for her to observe them and experiment with her own abilities.
“Fine.
I’ll give you the highest-grade ecological terrarium, free of charge.
But if you complete any wondrous creations, share some with me.
I want to study them too.”