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During the breakfast meeting the following day, Malin showed the girls the existence of Melo. Unlike Fio and Lorrin, this World Tree Sapling seemed very "shy", but at least it wasn't too shy to transform into a weapon in Malin's hands.
That's good, Malin thought. From now on, he would be a man with three autonomous gun turrets.
The girls felt pity for the fate of another world described in Malin's stories. Hearing about the end of that world, Faye nodded emotionlessly, "Indeed, that sounds like the way I would die."
"Why?" Malin was curious.
"On my way to Carterburg, I really hated those Nobles who treated me like an object, so much so that I entertained the thought of living and getting by on my own. That's why. If I can't be with the one I love, why settle for a lifetime of compromise? A marriage of convenience is not the life I want," Faye looked up slightly, as if recalling her past, yet as if she was remembering a story from long ago.
