The three of them looked at the group chat that had suddenly turned heavy in mood and fell into thought.
"So, this should count as a success, right?" Nero said uncertainly.
"This is way more than success. This is too successful! It's over the top!" Stelle said seriously.
"The reaction is even stronger than we imagined. Here, Nero's sentence is basically a galaxy weapon level attack." March also let out a shocked sigh.
At that moment, a figure walked over from behind.
"Hm? What are you three doing here? What are you looking at? Let me see too!"
Asta looked at the three of them huddled together and blinked, acting completely unaware.
The three of them turned around and looked at Asta.
"Y-you… why are you here?" Stelle said, with no acting skill at all.
Seeing that Asta seemed to be in a good mood, she didn't want her to find out that the researchers were gossiping about her and making bad guesses behind her back.
Asta put her hands on her hips and looked at Stelle suspiciously, muttering, "Why are you so flustered when you see me? …So suspicious."
A moment later, Asta's gaze landed on Nero. Her eyes widened slightly, as if she realized something shocking, and she asked, "Don't tell me you crashed the space station again?"
Nero blinked at Asta twice, then took out his phone and said, "No, actually just now, we saw someone in the group say you... mmph…"
Just like Stelle, March didn't want to see their friend's good mood ruined, so she quickly covered Nero's mouth.
"Ahahaha… well, we saw that in the space station researchers' group chat there are a lot of Nero's fans, and there's even a group called the Nero Knights… we were just curious about what's going on, haha!"
"Oh, you're talking about that!"
Asta showed a look of understanding. She looked at Nero and continued, "Nero is good looking, and with how bravely he performed when facing the Doomsday Beast, he's basically a big star in the space station now!"
"Everyone likes him a lot. They even made a lot of group chats. There are fans of all ages, men and women."
While talking, Asta kept watching Nero's expression.
Seeing the young boy's face getting redder and redder, even though his expression didn't change much, the smile hidden deep in the black-bellied young lady's eyes became more and more obvious.
"Actually, in the beginning there were quite a lot of fans too, but it wasn't this crazy yet."
"It should also have something to do with the Pure Beauty Knight who stopped by the space station before."
"That knight named Argenti also likes Nero a lot. During his stay he talked a lot with the researchers. Maybe they learned something from his fanatical belief in Pure Beauty."
Hearing Asta's words, March blinked.
Argenti, that name sounds familiar. Wasn't Nero's weapon given by him?
Stelle had the same thought.
Didn't expect to hear news about this knight again so soon. Even though they hadn't met yet, from what Nero said, he seemed like a pretty good person.
Nero just stood there blankly…
'You brat, Argenti!'
'So it was you!'
'You're the one who turned these researchers into this, right!'
'No wonder it felt a bit familiar…'
'It's just like what happened before in the administrative district square in Belobog!'
At this moment, the little sword immortal who wasn't afraid of strangers but got shy under everyone's attention was full of resentment toward a certain Pure Beauty Knight.
At the same time, deep in the distant universe, Argenti, who was piloting the One and Only, suddenly shivered.
This beautiful man frowned slightly and rubbed the tip of his nose.
He suddenly had a strange feeling.
Ever since he met that person on Jarilo-VI, he had felt that his connection with Idrila had grown closer. From time to time, he could sense a soft gaze cast from somewhere unknown.
That gaze made him feel like he was bathing in a spring breeze, full of strength.
But at this moment, that gaze seemed to be gone.
And he also felt a chill he couldn't explain.
Even though the Pure Beauty Knight with firm belief felt confused, he did not waver.
With that stubbornness that made people helpless, he rushed toward even farther places.
"By the way, Asta, aren't you busy today? How do you have time to come find us?" March changed the topic.
Asta spread her hands and said helplessly, "Very busy! While you were away, the reconstruction work has been going smoothly."
"As you can see, aside from the damage caused by the Legion and the Doomsday Beast, even the wall Nero dug through has been fixed."
"But the aftereffects of the disaster caused by the Legion are much more serious than we imagined."
"That knight named Argenti helped us deal with part of it before, but now there are signs of Fragmentum appearing inside the space station again…"
"As for me, I was just passing by and saw you three huddled together acting sneaky, so I got curious and asked what you were doing."
"Fragmentum, huh. After Himeko and the others finish discussing, maybe we can ask Himeko?" March suggested.
Asta nodded. "When it comes to dealing with the Fragmentum, Miss Himeko is the expert. If she's willing to help, that would be best."
"Sigh, I'm heading off. The key for withdrawing my allowance from home got withheld by someone. I need to hurry and deal with it."
Stelle blinked. "When we came over, didn't we see you swiping your card for Topaz?"
Asta crossed her arms and glanced aside. "Public matters and private matters, company money and my own money, of course they have to be calculated separately. The key should at least be split into four parts."
"Huh?"
Stelle, the Stellaron baby who couldn't understand rich people, slowly had her eyes turn empty.
Nero flipped his small hand, and a pitch-black greatsword appeared in it.
He was holding it horizontally. Otherwise, judging by his height, if he didn't fly up, the blade would definitely pierce through the floor of the space station.
Nero already knew that Stelle and March didn't want Asta to know someone had been speaking badly about her, so he didn't mention it again.
Instead, he said, "Since there's a Fragmentum problem, take this with you and send it to the Defense Department later?"
"It can deal with the Fragmentum?" Asta looked at Black Cutter with a strange expression.
"Mm!" Nero nodded.
Asta frowned, looked at the huge sword, then at her own build, then at Nero's small build.
She didn't know how Nero could lift it, but there was no doubt she definitely couldn't.
"I can't lift it…"
"It's fine, it'll follow you by itself!"
After Nero said that, under Asta's confused gaze, he said to the sword in his hand, "You follow Asta properly and work hard, got it?"
Very quickly, Asta's expression changed from confusion to shock.
Because the sword in Nero's hand seemed to come alive. It flew up by itself and even nodded at Nero.
After that, Black Cutter, not daring to disobey, slowly floated to Asta's side.
"Its name is Black Cutter," Nero added.
Asta blinked. Her tone was a bit excited. She held back the urge to ask Nero how much this thing cost and instead changed to another question, "How can your weapon move by itself? Where did you get it? What's the principle?"
"Argenti gave it to me," Nero answered honestly. "As for why it listens, maybe it's because it's a Stellaron. Or rather, it's a weapon forged from a Stellaron."
Asta, "Huh!?"
At that moment, the black-bellied young lady's eyes completely lost their shine.