Understandable.
Rita could completely understand what Starsea Foolishness was thinking, and even more so, why she would be angry.
For a being who took pride in her creations, if players failed to appreciate Foolishness Ga, then the problem would never lie with the weapon itself.
It would only an one thing.
The players lacked the ability to understand it.
But QM Foolishness’s approach...
Was essentially admitting the opposite.
She was acknowledging that the weapon being "bad" might actually be the weapon’s fault.
That alone was enough to cross a line.
Rita thought of herself.
If one day Echoes of the Snowbound Realm or My Sigh ended up in soone else’s hands, and they complained about them being hard to use, her first reaction would never be to doubt her own creations.
She would simply conclude that the user was incompetent.
And that was under the premise that those two items weren’t even entirely her own work.
Foolishness Ga was different.
It was jointly created by two Foolishnesses.
Its initial bullets were their gemstone eyes.
And more importantly, she still rembered QM Foolishness’s earlier words—
This gun is special. It is full of accidents and coincidences.
Rita’s thoughts drifted back to that workshop.
The countless revolvers lined up in rows.
They looked identical at a glance.
But they weren’t.
Starsea Foolishness had been trying to recreate it.
And failing.
That ant this weapon was truly unique.
A one of a kind creation.
And yet QM Foolishness was willing to... step back?
Even worse, she was offering herself as part of the solution.
Both of them treated each other as another version of themselves.
Which ant this act wasn’t just compromise.
It was self denial.
It was lowering the value of what they had created together.
If QM Foolishness turned her remaining will into the revolver’s chanism...
Then Foolishness Ga would no longer be just a "toy."
It would beco sothing closer to a divine relic.
And that was exactly the problem.
Rita looked at her and said directly,
"You’re admitting defeat. No wonder she’s angry."
QM Foolishness went still for a mont.
Then she let out a quiet breath.
She understood.
Not just the words, but the intent behind them.
Rita wasn’t guessing.
She truly understood how Starsea Foolishness thought.
Originally, QM Foolishness had assud she would never see Foolishness Ga again.
But when Rita appeared...
She imdiately realized sothing.
This wasn’t the player Starsea Foolishness had ntioned.
At this stage of the ga, every player could only bind six magical items.
Anyone who made it this far would have accumulated countless resources.
And Rita—
The two divine relics floating behind her made that obvious.
Yet despite that...
She still carried Foolishness Ga.
That ant sothing.
From the very first mont, QM Foolishness had a good impression of her.
So good that she skipped all the usual probing and directly pulled her into her Graveyard of Bones.
She didn’t want to risk losing her.
Now, her eyes lit up slightly as she asked,
"Then... do you know how to make her forgive ?"
Rita didn’t answer imdiately.
Instead, she turned and handed Foolishness Ga to B80.
"Put this in the Gacha Machine vault. Lock it."
QM Foolishness noticed the action and raised an eyebrow.
"You think I might still go through with it? Turn myself into the revolver?"
"Yes."
Rita answered without hesitation, without softening it in the slightest.
QM Foolishness seed a bit surprised.
"I thought your relationship with Starsea Foolishness wasn’t particularly good. You understand both of us. Even if I chose that path, she wouldn’t bla you."
"I know."
Rita lowered her gaze slightly, rolling the Foolishness bullet between her fingers.
"But there’s no need. I’m not going to complicate sothing just for the sake of possibility or curiosity."
Her voice wasn’t emotional.
But it carried a kind of quiet certainty.
Her first interaction with Foolishness hadn’t been pleasant.
Foolishness didn’t want her to use the gun.
Later, she even took it back through a demonic wager.
And then, after everything...
She shoved it back into Rita’s hands in a way that felt almost childish.
Back then, Rita had thought—
Too arrogant.
It was just a toy. What gave her the right to take it back and give it again as she pleased?
But now...
She understood.
Foolishness wasn’t complicated at all.
Back in Chaotic Blocks, the reason Rita wanted Foolishness Ga was extrely simple.
Because it had the na Foolishness on it.
That was it.
The first ti she heard that na was from the drumr.
"You should be Foolishness’s student."
That sentence had started everything.
Foolishness must have understood that.
She was already dissatisfied with Tingo’s indifference toward the weapon.
Then she saw Rita—
Soone who wanted it purely because of what it represented.
Was this sothing all creators shared?
The desire for their work to be recognized by soone who truly understood it.
Rita had once thought Foolishness refused to give her the weapon because she wasn’t strong enough.
Now she realized that wasn’t the reason at all.
Rita drifted into thought.
QM Foolishness did too.
For a brief mont, both of them fell silent.
Because of Rita’s words, QM Foolishness seed to think of soone else.
After all...
No relationship remained unchanged forever.
Eventually, she spoke again.
Her tone was noticeably softer.
"I can tell you value Foolishness Ga."
Rita blinked.
"...What?"
QM Foolishness raised a hand slightly.
"No need to explain. No need to hide it. I understand."
Rita: "No, wait, I really—"
QM Foolishness closed her eyes and began calmly laying out her reasoning.
"You possess two divine relics. That alone proves your strength. You are not lacking in high tier items. Your accumulation must be vast.
"I understand that feeling. Facing countless treasures, yet only being allowed to choose six."
Rita: "...I actually don’t relate to that part."
QM Foolishness continued, undeterred.
"And yet, even with only six slots, you still chose to bind Foolishness Ga.
"That ans its importance to you is on the sa level as your divine relics.
"And judging by your reaction when you saw , you didn’t know the address would lead here.
"So you didn’t equip it to please ."
She opened her eyes and looked directly at Rita.
"Admit it. Starsea’s number one. You’re fascinated by Foolishness Ga."
Rita froze.
Her mouth opened slightly.
Did she... forget to ntion sothing?
Like the fact that when she got the gun, her strength wasn’t even close to what it was now?
...Yeah. She definitely forgot.
After a pause, she nodded.
"...Yeah. That’s right."
QM Foolishness gave a satisfied nod.
"I’m glad it found a good owner.
"Don’t worry. Since it’s in the hands of soone who understands it, I won’t do anything reckless like turning myself into part of it.
"I still want to discuss designs with her."
Rita exhaled quietly.
"...Good. That’s really good."
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