Da Vinci opened her eyes wide, looking at the polite and gentlemanly old man before her.
The last time the Genius Club held a gathering in the real world was in 2004, twenty years ago... It was also the last time she saw Galileo.
Back then, although Galileo still wore a mask that hid his features, he wasn't nearly this old.
What on earth had Galileo been busy with over these twenty years of absence to age so much?
But...
She wasn't in a position to judge Galileo.
In 1982, when they met at the Genius Club for the first time, she was a 28-year-old young woman.
By 2004, during their last meeting, she was already nearing fifty, a middle-aged woman.
Now, in 2024, another twenty years had passed, and she was in her seventies. Compared to Galileo, she wasn't much younger.
Time, the years—they are always so fair.
Fair to everyone.
Gradually...
Her wide, alert eyes softened, and her pounding heartbeat began to subside.
