How can this be?
All that's behind us should be Chera's hive.
There's nothing else!
I don't understand this!
There's nothing else aside from the... passage to the surface!
(C)
Humans!?
But who... No.
Gioras!
It must be him!
The troop I let escape must've returned and somehow relayed the position of the passage.
I just didn't think that he would be so bold as to attack the Formicea on their home ground.
That's not just bold, it's reckless!
Stupid even!
(E)
(C)
(C)
Why does everything always have to go wrong for me in a way?
Has the world somehow decided that I make for a good abduction subject?
Sigh.
This is unfair of me, I know.
If Chera's hive were in any better condition, the passage would certainly be under constant surveillance.
She just couldn't afford it.
But what now?
Am I going to get recaptured?
Along with Chera?
That would be a massive blow to the swarm.
Never mind having to use our broods for others, the retaliation of the swarm might eradicate this whole country from the landscape.
(E)
(E)
(C)
(E)
I'm not going to believe that there's any other explanation for this.
(E)
(C)
So she's just intending to sacrifice them?
I don't like this but don't have a say in the matter, as they're her brood, so my orders can't compete with hers.
(C)
So she's just curious?
Well, if possible, I'd also like to talk this out.
Maybe they'll realize that they won't be able to break through our defense in time and call this off.
Hopeful wishes, I know, but dreaming should be allowed.
Chera uses the few hunters we have to constantly keep track of the human troop's movements.
This way, we're well aware when they arrive.
At first, I only get a glimpse of some scouts who presumedly report what we're doing.
Then the main force arrives.
A whole convoy, so long that I can't even see where it ends in this tunnel.
Along with the man I hate most in this world.
"Princess Erys! You have no idea how delighted I am to meet you again so soon." (G)
I need to swallow my anger and instead give Chera a pure pheromone signal.
How can this be?
All that's behind us should be Chera's hive.
There's nothing else!
I don't understand this!
There's nothing else aside from the... passage to the surface!
(C)
Humans!?
But who... No.
Gioras!
It must be him!
The troop I let escape must've returned and somehow relayed the position of the passage.
I just didn't think that he would be so bold as to attack the Formicea on their home ground.
That's not just bold, it's reckless!
Stupid even!
(E)
(C)
(C)
Why does everything always have to go wrong for me in a way?
Has the world somehow decided that I make for a good abduction subject?
Sigh.
This is unfair of me, I know.
If Chera's hive were in any better condition, the passage would certainly be under constant surveillance.
She just couldn't afford it.
But what now?
Am I going to get recaptured?
Along with Chera?
That would be a massive blow to the swarm.
Never mind having to use our broods for others, the retaliation of the swarm might eradicate this whole country from the landscape.
(E)
(E)
(C)
(E)
I'm not going to believe that there's any other explanation for this.
(E)
(C)
So she's just intending to sacrifice them?
I don't like this but don't have a say in the matter, as they're her brood, so my orders can't compete with hers.
(C)
So she's just curious?
Well, if possible, I'd also like to talk this out.
Maybe they'll realize that they won't be able to break through our defense in time and call this off.
Hopeful wishes, I know, but dreaming should be allowed.
Chera uses the few hunters we have to constantly keep track of the human troop's movements.
This way, we're well aware when they arrive.
At first, I only get a glimpse of some scouts who presumedly report what we're doing.
Then the main force arrives.
A whole convoy, so long that I can't even see where it ends in this tunnel.
Along with the man I hate most in this world.
"Princess Erys! You have no idea how delighted I am to meet you again so soon." (G)
I need to swallow my anger and instead give Chera a pure pheromone signal.
