章 517: 75.X Interlude: Mathilde III

It was incredibly amusing to see just how far they've all come. To think that her gamble had paid would be an understatement if she ever told it to her past self. Mathilde had expected such innovations and ideas from the person that they decided would be their leader. And yet despite the needless setbacks and almost disastrous events that almost made the former Primzahl regret her decisions, Rouge had somehow managed to not only weather such setbacks, but also turn it all around and establish himself to be an even greater asset than what Mathilde even thought of the Nenner to be.

And that was factoring in her own bias about the young man that had become her lover.

"Are we ready?" Mathilde asked her beloved sister.

"Rouge says they'll need another day to make sure that everything's in proper working order," Anna clinically replied. "I'm pitching in as much help as I can, but there's just no way we can speed up quality assessment."