White rice with miso soup, grilled salmon with fried eggs, and soaked greens—as expected, there is no natto, but the breakfast menu is generally pure Japanese food.

I've been hearing heavy stories since the morning, but I'm still hungry. Besides, I have an errand to take Krishna to the Relic Research Facility today. I have some thoughts about Kugi's past, but I can't change it, and there's no point in worrying about it alone. So, I was quietly eating so that the people around me wouldn't notice that I was worried.

"Isn't something strange?"

"Hiro isn't a Malta who …