The Asterisk War, Vol. 12 by Yuu Miyazaki & okiura

Author:Yuu Miyazaki & okiura
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Publisher: Yen On
Published: 2020-01-21T16:00:00+00:00

“And we’re done!”

Camilla was working tirelessly in her lab when the door suddenly slid open, her dear friend appearing in the entrance. “—! Ernesta!” she exclaimed when she realized who had spoken earlier.

“Hey, Camilla. Long time no see.” Ernesta waved to her with a smile, still yet to properly step inside.

“Where have you been all this time?! I haven’t been able to get in touch at all…!”

Ever since the end of the Phoenix, Ernesta had taken to going on frequent, long absences from Allekant—or rather, from Asterisk itself—to the point where Camilla hadn’t heard from her in months now. She had, of course, tried to call her friend countless times, but on most occasions, the call simply wouldn’t connect, and at those rare moments when it did, Ernesta merely mumbled on and on about equations and the like, as if half-asleep. It had reached a point where Camilla was seriously considering reporting her as missing.

“Sorry, sorry, it was an important time for work I was entrusted with.”

“I get that… But it isn’t anything shady, is it?”

Camilla herself was often asked to undertake work by outside research institutes, and it wasn’t unusual that they could turn into long-term projects. For someone of Ernesta’s talents, it was only natural that those requests would be both more numerous and more significant.

That said, it had all gone a bit too far this time.

“Come on, Camilla, you know I’m bound to confidentiality. Well, it was pretty boring work, to be honest, but the generous remuneration more than compensated for all that.”

“Remuneration…?” Whatever she must have meant, it probably wasn’t money. Given her current sponsors, the number of funds at her disposal was already practically limitless.

“Ah, master! If you had told us you were coming back, we would have prepared a proper reception for you!”

“Welcome back, master.”

Ardy and Rimcy both hurried toward them from the depths of the lab.

“You look well, you two. It looks like you’re both taking good care of Camilla.”

“They’ve been a great help. Much better than the staff, that’s for sure.”

Since handing over the leadership of Ferrovius to the next generation, Camilla, though still a student, was in a state of semiretirement (though, of course, she was still busy conducting her own research). The fact that, in spite of that, she had essentially secluded herself in her lab was because she was in the middle of developing a new type of Lux for Rimcy to use in the upcoming Lindvolus.

It was all so she could settle her dispute with Saya Sasamiya once and for all.

That said, having given up the faction’s leadership, she could no longer appropriate staff for private purposes. That was why she was having Ardy and Rimcy assist her.

The development of the autonomous puppets was originally a joint project between Ferrovius and Pygmalion, and both groups likewise had joint ownership over them. That meant they weren’t Ferrovius’s to make sole use of, and so without Ernesta’s support, Camilla may very well have found herself working alone, which would have all but quashed her hopes of participating in the Lindvolus.

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