He remembered their sorrowful looks.
He remembered their pensive expressions.
"...We must stop this."
Genom had this thought the moment he realized what was happening.
Because of this, Genom spent all of yesterday indirectly probing, attempting to learn about Merica's beloved from various aspects.
Under Genom's questioning, Merica had personally admitted that her relationship with that male from an Alien Race was nothing more than that of ordinary adventuring partners.
Thus, Genom decided that while things seemed like they could still be salvaged, he would observe Shane and Merica quietly to see how far their relationship had developed.
Today, Genom saw Shane and Merica staring intently at each other.
He didn't know what Shane and Merica had been talking about that led to such an intense exchange of gazes, or why there was such a strange atmosphere between the two.
But something inside Genom was telling him that he couldn't let things continue this way.