Tsch, what a pain...

What's wrong, Lugi? Why the long face?

Tilith, don't bother. He just wants attention.

Huh? Are you a bit needy, Lugi? Do you need attention?

He's not "a bit" needy.

He may not look it, but he cries himself to sleep every night he's so sad and alone.

Seria...you're...

Oh, Lugi, I feel so bad for you...

I know!

What if Seria rocked you to sleep each night?

Why me?!

Shut up! All of you!

Doesn't anything about the situation we're in bother any of you?!

Our situation? Seria, do you know what he means?

Don't ask me!

Hans! Stop laughing and explain!

*Sigh* I'm surrounded by idiots...

I've had enough. Karl, you explain!

H-Hey, Lugina!

Seria, Tilith, you're teasing him too much.

He was trying to take this seriously.

I'm sorry.

Tilith set it up so well, I just went with it...

Hey, Seria, that's not fair! Don't blame me!

...I get it.

I know you're happy to see each other again after so long, but settle down a bit.

Okayyy. Okay.

Pfft.

Paris!

S-Sorry. I couldn't help it.

It's fine.

Anyway, what Lugina meant was...

...we're kind of in a, "nothing is happening and that's worrisome," type of situation.

But don't they say that no news is good news?

Not really. Things that really should already be happening aren't, at all.

Which means something completely unexpected will happen in the future.

Or there's a risk that it's already happening.

What are these things that should already be happening?

Well, you know... First, there are the Summoners of Old...

We know they took action to make sure Tilith would be able to move freely.

But it's weird that those two aren't showing up for the final, decisive battle.

That's true... I'm particularly sure that Lord Owen will make an appearance.

And then, there's Bertz...

For all that he's led us around by our noses, we still don't know what he's after.

Not being able to see what he's up to at an important turning point like this doesn't sit right with me at all.

That's very true.

Even if we asked Lugina, I doubt he'd tell us anything...

Lugina hasn't heard anything, and probably doesn't intend to ask.

Bertz has a way of confusing people with words.

Lugina knows that, so I think he's trying to rely on Bertz as little as possible for information.

I can kind of understand feeling that way...

Next, there's Liomerg...

Now that you mention it, he's still a factor.

......

Yeah, well, despite his looks, or however you want to put it, he's definitely powerful.

Right now, I don't have a handle on what he's thinking or doing...

...but if he does something during a worst-case scenario, that's the danger.

We've already saved your father, Karl, wouldn't things work out if you talked with him?

I want to talk with him, I'm just not sure if we'll have time next time we meet.

Good point...

And finally, there's Ark.

Ark... Have you all met him already?

No, not yet.

Lugina knows something about Ark, but since he doesn't seem willing to tell us...

...that means he has an idea of what's waiting for us ahead.

He could've just explained that. Why does he always have to be so selfish?

Anyway, with all these potential problems, you can see why nothing at all happening is cause for concern.

Worst case scenario, all of our problems spring into action at once.

Now do you understand just how unstable our current situation is?

Yeah, obviously it is, but...

...aren't those all minor compared to battling Karna Masta?

We're going to face the Holy Emperor himself soon!

We need to focus on that battle, not worry about the little things!

Seria, that was so heroic-sounding!

Well, you have a point, but...

...none of you look like you're very focused on anything, if you ask me.

Karl, there's no point to saying anything more. We'll just be more careful from now on.

Yeah, you're right.

Come on, Hans, I hope I at least got through to you...