Not a Shred of Kindness in Her Stories

 

Someone was watching Hyoue’s battle in stunned silence.

It was Hestia herself—the very one who had created the Eternal Fire.

「W-What was that phenomenon?! It’s interfering with time!」

Hestia shook her head. Not even Prometheus’s Fire should be capable of such a thing.

Hades, however, wasn’t particularly surprised.

「In the Nemesis system, a Super AI is defined as one that can interfere with space through computation. Zeus, myself, and Prometheus—we’re all capable of minor interference with time as well.」

「But that was a Silhouette, wasn’t it? Even if the Fennel OS is a mass-produced derivative of a super AI…」

「There are always exceptions. Wouldn’t you say, Asia?」

「Yeah.」

Asia responded curtly to Hades, who spoke with layered meaning.

「The pilot must have endured countless life-or-death situations. That latent potential—the fusion of human and Fennel OS—could be called a kind of transcendence.」

Hades smiled. No ordinary pilot could have pulled that off.

「A remarkable human indeed. Asia’s wish was meant to buy