Vill-V adjusted the cryopod for a mont. The hatch slowly rose, and the white mist that supplied the body's needs spilled out, but Adult Griseo still showed no sign of waking up.
"That shouldn't be right."
There was a kind of inducer inside this cryopod that guided the person inside into hibernation. It could keep soone asleep for a very long ti. After all, no matter how capable a person was of sleeping, they could not sleep for that long on their own.
Now that the cryopod had been opened, Griseo should have awakened.
"Hua, co over and use Fenghuang Down to check on Griseo," bius called to Hua, who was still standing there in a gloomy daze.
Koji did not intervene. This was sothing Fenghuang Down could resolve.
"Oh, right."
When Hua heard that sothing was wrong with Griseo, she put all those ssy thoughts aside and ca to Adult Griseo.
Hua took out a red feather and placed it against Adult Griseo's forehead.
Although Divine Keys were powerful weapons or tools, if one's compatibility with them was insufficient, they could not display their true power. Hua's compatibility with Fenghuang Down was extrely high.
She closed her eyes, and through Fenghuang Down, her consciousness entered Adult Griseo's body.
This operation carried danger. If she could not control it perfectly, it would harm not only herself, but also the other person.
No one grew impatient during the process. They simply waited for Hua to finish.
…
After so ti, Hua opened her eyes and slowly nodded to everyone watching her.
"Mm…"
Adult Griseo let out a soft murmur. Her long eyelashes trembled slightly, and she slowly opened her eyes.
"Mama Aponia, little sister Elysia… everyone… It's so good to see you all again."
Her vision gradually beca clear. Adult Griseo's eyes reddened slightly, and tears slid down her cheeks. She was smiling as she cried.
Just now, when Hua's consciousness entered her body, she had learned that the heroes had co. An incomparable joy filled her chest.
"Hehe, Griseo still rembers. Now I really am the little sister."
Elysia spoke with a giggling smile. Adult Griseo's figure and height were both outstanding enough that she could completely pass as Elysia's older sister.
"You really have no sha. You don't even think about your actual age before pretending to be young."
bius complained. Elysia's skin was truly thick.
"Grandma bius…"
bius: "…"
Hearing that extrely familiar form of address, bius could no longer smile. Elysia was called "little sister," but she herself was called "grandma."
Then she noticed the slightly mischievous look in Adult Griseo's eyes, and the corner of her mouth twitched.
It seed that after all these years, even Griseo, who had once been as pure as a blank sheet of paper, had changed a little.
"Griseo, you're being a little naughty now," bius said faintly.
Little Griseo was still cuter.
Adult Griseo playfully stuck out her tongue. It had been so long since she had seen everyone, so she wanted to make a little joke.
Elysia secretly laughed. She had not expected Griseo to still rember the way of addressing people she had taught her back then. At the ti, Elysia had said that if Griseo called bius "Grandma," bius would be very happy.
"Elysia, what are you laughing for? This is all because of you."
When bius saw Elysia secretly laughing, her irritation rose even higher. It was all because this pink fatty had led the innocent and adorable Griseo astray.
"Ehehe~?"
"Kosma, why are you so short now?"
Adult Griseo walked up to Kosma and compared their heights with her hand. Now that she had grown into a mature woman, she was actually a little taller than Kosma.
Kosma: "…"
Even soone like him found it hard to keep his expression steady after hearing that teasing, but he had no words to refute her. Griseo really had grown very tall.
"…"
"…"
"…"
Kosma remained silent. This version of Griseo seed even harder to deal with.
Adult Griseo smiled. Kosma was still the sa. He had not changed much at all. Then she crouched down and touched Little Griseo's cheek.
She had to admit, touching her own head felt rather peculiar.
"Hello, grown-up . What color do you like?" Griseo asked curiously.
"The color I like…"
Adult Griseo froze slightly. She had not expected to be asked this question by herself. After thinking for a mont, she smiled and answered, "Any color is fine. Rich colors can make a painting co alive."
"Grown-up Griseo, do you know Vita?"
"A woman who looks a bit like Su," Koji added.
Su froze slightly. A woman who looked a lot like him? Surely not…
Kevin, rarely, beca interested. After all, this was a woman who looked like Su. He was a little curious what she would be like.
"I've t her. Now that you ntion it, she really does resemble Uncle Su a little."
Adult Griseo thought about it. Vita's appearance was sowhat similar to Su's, but Vita's colors made her a little displeased. After all, they were the colors of soone who lived purely for amusent.
"Su, if you could change your gender, no, wait, you wouldn't even need to. You'd look very pretty if you just put on won's clothing," Elysia said with a smile.
"Elysia, please don't make jokes like that," Su said helplessly.
Wearing won's clothing was absolutely impossible.
In the shadows, Vita sized Su up and revealed a strange smile. This long-haired, closed-eyed man really did look a little like her.
However, they were not the sa kind of person. After all, Su did not have the attributes of soone who lived purely for amusent.
"Griseo, how did you spend all these years?" Aponia asked softly.
Adult Griseo thought for a mont and sighed. "It was truly very long. When I was awake, I painted. That let temporarily forget the existence of loneliness."
Only when she was painting, when she poured her whole heart into it, could she feel a little less lonely and bored.
Aside from painting, she read the navigation logs. It was always just those few things. That kind of life was truly monotonous and dull.
"I'm sorry."
Kosma apologized. It was all because of him. Otherwise, Griseo could have been like Kevin and the others, arriving in the present fifty thousand years later. She would at least have had a few familiar people by her side, and would not have been as lonely as she was during that interstellar voyage.
"You don't need to apologize. I knew what you wanted to do, Kosma. If you had truly carried out the Ark Plan, you definitely would have been left with regrets."
Adult Griseo shook her head.
Kosma was a warrior. He would beco a hero. Soone like that was not suited to carrying out the Ark Plan.
Adult Griseo's understanding made Kosma feel embarrassed.
In his view, the Ark Plan carried a sense of running away, so he had not wanted to execute it. Instead, he had wanted to join the battle, even while knowing that he would very likely die on the battlefield against the Herrscher of Finality.
And in the end, Griseo had gone in his place to carry out the Ark Plan, while his original body died in battle on the Moon.
(End of Chapter)
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