"Yu, she is very dangerous. Stay away from her."
Sitting beside Eu, Nakano Yu could feel the girl next to him tightly gripping his arm. Holding Eu's small notebook in one hand, he looked at the warning she had written, his expression becoming somewhat peculiar.
He looked at the girl beside him, then at Ikaros, who was sitting across from them looking very obedient, and for a while he did not know what to say.
However, Nakano Yu understood what Eu meant by the word "dangerous."
Indeed, Ikaros was extremely dangerous. Although she appeared innocent now, she actually possessed the power to destroy an entire nation as the Queen of the Skies.
Still, Nakano Yu could not understand why Eu knew that Ikaros was dangerous.
Logically speaking, Ikaros and Eu had met for the first time today, hadn't they? Why had Eu immediately concluded that Ikaros was dangerous the moment she saw her?
Perhaps some kind of feminine sixth sense?
That shouldn't be the case. Even if Eu had sensed that Ikaros was dangerous, she wouldn't have immediately attacked her so decisively, would she?
The moment the door opened, Nakano Yu had been absolutely certain that Eu intended to kill Ikaros.
Fortunately, although Eu possessed an enormous amount of magical power, her actual combat ability was not particularly strong, so her attack had not put Ikaros on guard.
If the two of them had truly clashed, Nakano Yu estimated that the villa estate he had only recently moved into would have disappeared.
"Eu, have you ever seen Ikaros before?"
Gently stroking the girl's head beside him, Nakano Yu asked softly.
Hearing this, Eu seemed to remember something. She gripped the young man's hand even tighter, stared for a long time at Ikaros, who sat across from her looking obedient and somewhat absent-minded, then took her notebook from the young man's hand, wrote something, and handed it back to him.
Written in the notebook were the words:
"The ancient records of the Underworld mention a world-destroying weapon, an angel from Synapse. The image in those records looks very much like Ikaros, but... there seems to be a slight difference."
Seeing this, Nakano Yu raised an eyebrow.
According to Eu, the ancient records of the Underworld actually contained information about Synapse and the angels.
That was somewhat unbelievable.
It should be known that the great changes in the world had only happened recently. How could the people of the Underworld have known about Synapse and the angels?
Or perhaps the current world was not undergoing sudden changes at all, but was... returning to its original state?
Thinking about this, Nakano Yu frowned.
As for the changes in the world, he had always held his own subjective view.
All this time, he had not believed that the world had become this way because it was always meant to be like this and that the current changes were merely a return to its original state.
Subjectively, he believed that this world had originally been an ordinary one and that these beings had appeared due to new fusions with different worlds.
Now Eu's words had given him a new perspective, but at the same time had left him even more confused.
If the world was meant to be this way from the beginning, then why had it changed later, and why was it now returning to its original state?
Nakano Yu could not understand.
Wasn't that just going around in circles?
What meaning did that hold for the world itself?
"Master, is something troubling you?"
Seeing Nakano Yu frown, Ikaros, who had until then been quietly sitting lost in thought, suddenly spoke. Her gaze was fixed on Nakano Yu and could not be pulled away from him.
"Ikaros, have you ever been in this world before?"
Hearing her, Nakano Yu snapped out of his thoughts, looked at Ikaros, and asked.
"No, never, Master."
Ikaros answered very decisively, shaking her head.
Hearing this, Eu turned her head and met the young man's gaze, then wrote a few words in her small notebook:
"Did Yu discover something?"
"Mm, Eu probably doesn't know, but this world is constantly changing, including the appearance of Ikaros. She was never supposed to appear in this world. It was only some deviation of the world that caused her to appear before me..."
As he spoke, Nakano Yu paused.
That was what he had believed before.
But after what Eu had said, he added:
"However, there is another possibility. Perhaps the world is simply returning to its original state."
Still, his words sounded very strange to Eu.
Changes and deviations of the world?
Was he talking about the Underworld and the human world?
Seeing Eu's expression, Nakano Yu squeezed her hand and smiled.
"But Eu can rest easy. Ikaros is a good person."
Hearing this, Eu nodded thoughtfully.
Then she picked up her pen and began writing and drawing something in her notebook before handing it to Ikaros.
Seeing the girl who had shown hostility toward her just moments ago suddenly offer her something, Ikaros displayed a confused expression.
She looked toward Nakano Yu. When she saw him nod, she accepted the notebook.
However, the moment she read the words written inside, Ikaros fell into thought.
"I'm sorry for attacking Ikaros without understanding the situation when we first met. I apologize."
Looking at the notebook, Ikaros thought for a long time before raising her head toward Eu and asking:
"Why are you apologizing? Did Ikaros do something wrong? Ikaros is the 'Universal Entertainment Angel' and should not cause negative emotions in Master or the people around Master."
At those words, Eu froze.
Although her face remained calm, her heart was filled with indescribable emotions.
At that moment, she felt both guilt and shock.
Guilt because she had acted against Ikaros without understanding the situation, while the other party behaved as though nothing had happened.
Honestly speaking, Eu was not sure what was happening to her today.
Her emotions had always been incredibly calm, but today, when she saw Ikaros and Nakano Yu together, she felt an intense sense of unease.
Especially when she saw Ikaros in her angelic form, she had immediately concluded that Ikaros was extremely dangerous.
Under normal circumstances, she would never have done such a thing.
As for the shock, it was caused by Ikaros's statement that she was the "Universal Entertainment Angel."
Eu was absolutely certain that in the ancient records she had read, there existed an angel with an identical appearance who had once destroyed an entire nation in the Underworld.
In those records, that angel had been called the "Queen of the Skies."
But now Ikaros claimed that she was the "Universal Entertainment Angel."
Eu did not feel that Ikaros had any reason to lie.
If that was true, then it meant that there were many other angels like Ikaros.
"An apology, huh... that really does sound like something Eu would do. However... Ikaros probably cannot understand what an apology feels like at the moment. Eu and Ikaros will need to spend more time together in the future, and it would be best if Eu also released her emotions."
Hearing Ikaros speak about Eu's apology, Nakano Yu nodded slightly.
That really was something Eu would do.
However, Ikaros was a complete blank slate when it came to emotions, even more so than Eu.
Eu's situation was better.
The life she had lived during this period had allowed her to release part of her emotions, especially after learning that her problem with magic would soon be resolved.
But Ikaros was different.
In short, the path toward saving that silent girl would be long and difficult.
Thinking about this, Nakano Yu looked at Eu and, in a relaxed tone as though speaking about something completely insignificant, said:
"By the way, the problem with Eu's magic can be solved."