Cina looked with mixed emotions at Kayla's back, who was leaving the secret garden after their talk ended.
She felt sorry for the girl's fate, who was caught in the middle of the fight between beings with thousands of years of wisdom...
Cina sighed tiredly, she normally shouldn't worry about this kind of thing. Instead, she should be worried about finishing her work as soon as possible so she could rest...
"...When did I become a person who has to worry about the fate of people, even the empire?"
Cina felt like crying. She missed the old days when she could play around and sleep without any worries.
"You still worry about that? I thought you had matured a bit, sleepyhead."
A deep male voice suddenly came from behind Cina.
She wasn't surprised and didn't even turn around as she replied in a lazy voice.
"Mature? Me? As if I were a fruit! I thought you already knew that a parasite like me would never mature!"