Noir's face darkened. "I won't surrender it."
"Noir—"
"You don't understand, captain! I don't care about everything. This is the only—"
"What can happen if they find out about this, Captain?" Allen chimed in, giving Noir a warning look, shutting him up.
"Disciplinary action. Suspension for a month or longer."
Noir stiffened. He found the way to go back, but it's meaningless if he can't do it faster. Judging from how desperate he was, his mother's illness must be terminal.
I pinched the bridge of my nose, trying to think what the best thing to do was. Hmm…
Huh?
Wait.
"You can bring Etienne with you…?" I unconsciously murmured.
Everyone turned their gazes to me. So, I explained what was in my mind. "We're going to enter the vortex as a team, so why not Noir bring Etienne with him—is what I'm thinking."
"Is that possible?"
"How about Etienne?"
"How will he go back to his world?"
I raised my hand in surrender. "Hold your horses. There's only one me."
