-1533- Whatever you want?

Why does Emilie immediately appear when Rozen approaches the area where the humanoid Armored Beetles' children live and tries to cross the barbed wire?

The reason is simple: these children were brought out of the humanoid Armored Beetles' camp by Emilie, who betrayed Zeth to save them.

Humans are able to have this one and only Collapse Force wielder, who was once one of the top figures in the humanoid Armored Beetles' faction, because they accepted these children.

Although the residents of this area reject humanoid Armored Beetles, the children at least live protected on the other side of the barbed wire, without suffering persecution, and their standard of living has improved greatly. They live carefree lives now.

And Emilie is their guardian.

Even though she may appear careless and easygoing, Emilie is a deeply loyal and emotional person.

Because of this, when Rozen sparred with Emilie, he always used diluted normal mana instead of High-Grade Mana. He had seen through Emilie's identity and understood her position and why she was there. Otherwise, Rozen wouldn't have been so interested in teasing Emilie.

As for Emilie, it seems she had long been curious about Rozen.

"I never thought that among humans, there would be someone who could rival a Collapse Force wielder."

Emilie looked at Rozen with great curiosity as she said this.

"When I first heard about the existence of High-Grade Mana from Zeth, I was truly shocked and thought that one day, I had to meet you."

Although Emilie had secretly defected to the human faction, she hadn't completely left the humanoid Armored Beetles' faction.

Because she wielded Collapse Force and was quite powerful, Emilie had also been valued by Zeth. Therefore, she had previously acted as a spy in Zeth's faction, secretly leaking information to the human faction.

However, Zeth wasn't a fool who only focused on strength. His wisdom was just as sharp. While he valued the Collapse Force wielders, it was impossible for him to fully trust them without any precautions.

After all, Zeth was the kind of person who would even use his own sister as a pawn.

Even Elis, who also had mana and could use Collapse Force, was treated this way.

In such a situation, thinking that Zeth would have no defenses against a Collapse Force wielder was simply wishful thinking.

About six months ago, Zeth discovered Emilie's betrayal, and she almost got purged.

"At that time, I barely escaped from Zeth's hands. But in order not to expose this location, I couldn't come here directly. I had to flee from the area where Vebel is located and head toward Mistgun."

Emilie revealed something even Rozen didn't know.

"Other floating cities had Zeth's people infiltrating human society, but Mistgun was safe because by then, I had already joined the human faction."

Cris added more clarification.

Since she couldn't hide in this underground city, Emilie had no choice but to flee toward Mistgun's area.

At that time, Zeth even sent Kirsty to hunt down Emilie. The pursuit continued until they reached Mistgun's area. If it weren't for Rozen's presence in Mistgun, and Zeth's concern that Rozen and Emilie might team up to defeat Kirsty, making him lose his most loyal and capable subordinate, Kirsty wouldn't have been recalled, and Emilie might have been purged at that time.

"So, it seems I saved your life?" Rozen raised an eyebrow at Emilie.

"Yes," Emilie responded, sounding somewhat regretful. "At that time, I stayed hidden in Mistgun for a few months. I really wanted to see if you were as powerful as the rumors said, but Cris wouldn't let me. Not even a secret meeting was allowed."

Cris had always thought that her identity might be exposed in front of Rozen.

So, Cris herself never appeared in front of Rozen and avoided him as much as possible, naturally forbidding Emilie from seeking him out.

Afterward, Emilie quietly returned to Vebel and has been living in this underground city ever since, without going outside.

"Finally, I get to meet you today, little boy."

Emilie cheerfully greeted Rozen, which made Rozen chuckle.

This woman, although light-hearted and playful, wasn't someone one could dislike.

Of course, while she might not be disliked, she certainly could be troublesome.

"Even if you're meeting someone you've always wanted to, don't go overboard in your excitement and cause such chaos," River couldn't help but complain.

"But everything turned out fine, didn't it?" Emilie nonchalantly waved her hand, leaving River fuming with indignation.

At this moment, Rozen turned to Cris.

"And you? Why did you choose to join the human faction?" Rozen finally asked Cris.

Hearing this, Cris fell silent.

After a while, Cris responded.

"In the past, I made a promise to someone important," Cris said expressionlessly. "That person wanted me to become humanity's ally when trouble arose."

Thus, Cris made up her mind to stand with humanity in their time of crisis.

"I developed the visual interference technique used here, called 'The Repeller.'"

Cris revealed this to Rozen.

In the human camp, the only humanoid Armored Beetles with combat capabilities who could provide assistance were Emilie and Cris. The rest had no combat power, and most of them were just children.

On the other hand, Zeth's faction had many individuals capable of using Collapse Force due to his ideals, each one extraordinarily powerful, making his faction full of talent.

Facing such enemies, the human camp truly had almost no chance of victory.

"So?" Emilie looked eagerly at Rozen and asked, "Has little boy accepted the Pope's invitation and joined us?"

This question left River and Cris speechless.

Rozen also didn't answer, simply standing there quietly, saying nothing.

Seeing this, Emilie understood.

"Well, it seems things didn't go so well."

Emilie shrugged her shoulders and suddenly smiled, hugging Rozen's arm.

"What are you doing?" Rozen's eyelid twitched.

"E-Emilie?"

River and Cris were equally stunned.

But Emilie just smiled mischievously at Rozen.

"Big sis is trying to seduce you!"

This woman actually said such a thing.

"S-seduce..."

Rozen's mouth twitched.

"That's right!" Emilie licked her lips and winked at Rozen as she spoke.

"As long as you are willing to fight alongside big sis, I'll let you do whatever you want."

Her words nearly made Rozen cough up blood, and River and Cris blushed furiously.

The atmosphere instantly became awkward.