"The Tier 8 Luck above Grayfia's head hasn't even finished yet, and now another '8' pops up for me?"
"Does it really have to be this ridiculous?"
Glancing at the number 6 floating above the black-skinned Nemesis's head, Hiro felt even more baffled.
Without Grayfia saying those three words-I love you-the system would need a full seventy-two hours to complete the Luck capture.
Three entire days.
Originally, he'd planned to just wait it out in silence.
No rush.
But the sudden appearance of another 8 forced him to abandon that plan.
After all, perhaps no one remembered, but the system could only capture Luck from one target at a time.
If he wanted the 8 above Kaede's head, he had only two options.
Pause Grayfia's capture.
Or have Grayfia say those three words.
Faced with an imminent opportunity, the choice was obvious.
"Even if Nemesis doesn't have much screen time, she's still a powerful existence. A dark matter weapon that can fight Gid to a standstill."
"Official setting."
"So how is she two entire ranks lower than this human girl named 'Kaede'?"
Hiro focused his gaze on the long-horned girl being carried princess-style by Kuroi Mea.
She looked about fifteen.
After thinking for a moment, he shifted his attention to the approaching Nemesis.
"Golden Darkness Eve. Kuroi Mea. Tearju Lunatique. Nemesis."
"I know all four of you, so there's no need for introductions."
Then, ignoring whatever Eve and the others might be thinking, he raised his right hand and pointed calmly at the girl in Mea's arms.
"What I'm more curious about is this."
"What's going on with her?"
Because Mea and Kaede shared the same hair color, along with similar black partial clothing and tight shorts, they looked like biological sisters.
If one ignored the two small horns on Kaede's head.
You know them, but we don't.
Rias felt helpless as she looked at Hiro's outstretched hand.
"Hiro-kun knows them?"
"Did you tell him, Lala?"
The family dispute paused temporarily.
Momo leaned closer to her eldest sister and asked quietly.
"No."
Lala shook her head, confusion plain on her face.
"I only told him a little about Little Darkness. Hiro never asked about Mea or Nemesis, and I never brought them up."
"Then how does he know?"
Momo narrowed her eyes slightly, glancing at the only male resident in the entire castle.
As for Yasuko, once she grasped the situation, she completely removed herself from the conversation.
She positioned herself as a pure observer.
After all, a high-school-graduate housewife couldn't possibly follow a discussion involving aliens.
It was far too profound.
Nemesis glanced briefly at Lala, Momo, and the other girls who were clearly confused.
Although curious about Hiro's source of information, she didn't show it.
She answered seriously.
"This child is a girl I found eight years ago on a primitive planet outside the galaxy."
"When I first discovered her, she was only seven. She ran toward me excitedly, saying she wanted to kill me, crush me, and so on."
"However, in terms of combat power, while she was strong back then, it was only relative to humans."
"Oh, right."
"Don't let the horns fool you. At the genetic level, she is very similar to Earth humans."
"You can think of it as an extremely rare genetic mutation."
"This conclusion is based on my tests."
Walking behind Nemesis, Tearju nodded lightly in agreement.
As Nemesis and the others sat down with Lala's family, Hiro listened quietly.
He searched through his memories at high speed.
Even with Complete Memory, he couldn't immediately match Nemesis's description to a known character.
So he kept listening.
Since Nemesis was likely an ally, he had no intention of scanning Kaede's memories.
"Even at seven years old, I had to use some of my power to defeat her arms."
"She is an exceptionally promising talent."
"After subduing Kaede, because I was interested in her abilities, I kept her by my side."
"I intended to train her to be like Mea..."
A weapon.
That's what she meant.
Even though Nemesis stopped at the crucial point, Hiro understood immediately.
She herself had been created as a weapon.
So she trained Mea-and Kaede-with the same purpose.
But since Nemesis was now associating with Tearju and the others, she must have abandoned that mindset.
And then-
The arms.
Nemesis paused briefly, then continued.
"The reason Kaede has homicidal impulses is because she possesses a bloodthirsty alternate personality."
"To resolve this issue, I usually kept her within my mental space."
"According to my calculations, the fusion of the two personalities was completed two days ago."
"If you're curious about her background, you can ask her yourself once she wakes up."
"I won't say more."
Red hair.
Two horns.
Dual personality.
Homicidal tendencies.
Arms.
Humanoid-no, human.
With these keywords combined, Hiro finally found the answer.
A Diclonius.
So that's it.
Kaede, huh.
A pitiful child.
He sighed inwardly.
At that moment, he'd already made a decision.
Regardless of whether Kaede had bonded with the original protagonist of that world, he wouldn't let her return.
No matter what, living here would be better than living there.
And certainly better than her destined tragedy.
I love you.
At that moment, Grayfia followed his request and used [Telepathy] to deliver the three words required by the system.
The final condition was met.
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Ding! Tier 8 Luck capture complete.
Congratulations to the Host for obtaining the reward: Vector Manipulation.
...Hm?
Ignoring the system explanation echoing in his mind, a new thought surfaced in Hiro's consciousness.
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