Chapter 29 of 50 in the Under Deepspace arc

Main Character Xavier Zayne Tara Rafayel Caleb Jenna Josephine Radio Host Hunters Association President

Injured and lost in the maze-like, endlessly repeating forest, the Main Character waits on a tree stump; Xavier keeps returning to check on her after clearing more Wanderers elsewhere, until the third time, when he finally admits outright: leaving an injured teammate behind isn't right — implicitly confirming he is her assigned partner. To verify this, the Main Character asks him a question only a UNICORNS Hunter would know; Xavier's first answer (about the Chronorift Catastrophe) is rejected since anyone could look that up online. He falls silent, then raises his hand to summon a complex golden light pattern made of diamond shapes, asking if it looks familiar — she doesn't recognize it. Xavier reveals this pattern can appear on a 'Flux Nexus,' a device that captures Metaflux and is also the source of the zone's fluctuations; finding it means completing the mission. But the Main Character remains suspicious: the original briefing never mentioned any pattern or Flux Nexus, leading her to question how he could know such seemingly top-secret information. Xavier's status as her 'official partner' is still NOT confirmed by the chapter's end — the mystery carries on into 03-05.