The crucial heat diffusion waves were not strong enough The heat had gone well past the walls’ melting point of nearly 4000 degrees so she would be buried alive in magma mixed with metal at this rate There was no response to her calls so Ange had no choice but to eliminate her flames and make a jump
She broke through the ceiling and arrived aboveground She felt heat on her head where the melted ceiling had gotten on it
Machina stood blankly in the asphalt parking lot with a memo pad in one hand
In exchange for supplying the training facility she was allowed to record data on Metatron to create weapons to resist it So the memo pad was fine However
What do you think you’re doing Ibekusa I was nearly buried alive If you’re declaring war here I’m ready to go at any-
Ibekusa
Ange was furious at what she thought was an obvious attack but Machina just stood there while full of openings and showing no sign of counterattacking
Machina looked dazed
She finally reacted when Ange waved a hand in front of her face
Ah are you done Jiyuuni Hm I thought I told you to call for me when you were done If you break a hole in the ground it will change the color of the asphalt and someone might notice the oddity
Y’know
She did not seem to have meant any harm so Ange’s shoulders slumped down
When she realized her mistake Machina bowed down in apology and they ended the day’s training there
While training Ange wore only her angelic underwear that was more difficult to burn so now she put on some other clothing she had prepared
Something happened You always seem out of it but this was-
She trailed off there and changed her mind
No You’ve been weird a lot recently
I mean you were always weird but your weirdness has gone up by like 50%
She sat down on the spot
There were no cars in the large parking lot and a refreshing wind blew directly down on them from the sky It felt good on her heated skin
Ange immediately regretted what she had said
Mentioning that Machina had been weird recently made her think about the biggest sign of that weirdness And after she had been avoiding the subject while trying to pretend it did not bother her
She thought about dodging the issue but
Something happen with Stupid M-Mutsuki didn’t it
She ended up addressing it
She focused on the kissing commotion between Machina and Mutsuki
N-not that it matters to me since it’s completely harmless It’s just thatif there’s something there just tell me It makes me curious As his bodyguard
Until today Mutsuki had dealt with the issue simply by making sure they did not do it where anyone could see them but she got to the heart of the issue while he was not around
(Although I’m not sure what to do about this whatever she might say)
She knew that so she was already blushing
The thing is
Machina opened her mouth
She trailed off but then opened it again She was probably going to tell Ange the whole story of whatever had led to this
And in a way the answer Ange received was a helpful one for her
Because it was something she could not respond to as a guardian angel
We were attempting to create a womb that matches as closely as possible to
Eve’s and it has finally adapted appropriately
I-I see
The angel somehow managed to respond calmly despite gasping at how Machina held her lower stomach
She had a lot of thoughts on this matter but
Science really does make a mockery of the natural order of things doesn’t it
She first gave the rational response necessary of an angel
Kurosaki was it The ones creating the artificial demons You’re not much
different from them
Science is the power of progress given to humanity If there is a god who defined the natural order then expelling the bearers of knowledge was the same as giving the world the possibility of encroaching on his territory And if the natural order is perfect then our mockery of it is no more than another part of that natural order You always have an argument don’t you Ange shrugged Well I’m not going to bother you about it Angels are the arbitrators of the commandments so it’s not like I know what to do about something that’s unprecedented from the creation of heaven and earth In the end the choice is Stupid Mutsuki’s They both fell silent for a bit
She could not just ignore this but she could not interfere either Angels were meant to correct abnormalities but attacking FeTUS now would create an abnormality Even if she made a request to the will of heaven it would be rejected in the deliberation phase She had only learned to use Metatron’s power with Machina’s assistance
But she could not deny that Machina might be the first person she used it against
A-anyway what are you going to do now
She was more curious about something else
If you have the womb to match then is the next step to get um Mutsuki’s
The implantation of the child will presumably come next The birth of a true descendant cannot be rushed
Machina readily answered as she was wont to do and Ange blushed again