A Miserable Day for Jackal and Tesla

"... Raven, aren't you being a little too protective?"

Liu Bai sighed, "Your eldest child is already 16, right?"

"It is... the biggest Akong."

"The youngest must be 14, right?"

"Ah, is that so... You seem to care about them quite a bit."

"So, Shiora, don't you think you're being too strict with them?"

Given Akong's soft and gentle personality, who would believe she's already 16 years old if she didn't say it herself?

Seele and Bronya are only seventeen years old this year. Apart from Bronya's figure, what else do they have in common?

Moreover, these fourteen or fifteen-year-old kids are still enthusiastically playing drop the handkerchief with that silly kid Shibao... This seems like there's a problem with their education, doesn't it?

"Strict... is it strict? I just think it's better to protect them this way."

In other words, it was Liu Bai who said this; if it were anyone else, Raven would have already turned hostile.

"In that case, it really is overprotective." Rita hadn't noticed before, but Liu Bai's words made her realize it. "Although Miss Shiora, you have been teaching them how to survive, if I may be so bold, this kind of teaching may not be as useful as you think."

"Tsk, what kind of argument is this..." Although Raven was unhappy, he was starting to waver.

"By the way, what were you doing when you were sixteen, Shiora?" Liu Bai asked.

"I was sixteen years old... I think I had just started taking on jobs on my own and suffered quite a bit." Raven sighed slightly. "I used to not wear a hood in front of others because it was considered impolite, but I later discovered that wearing a hood actually made negotiations and transactions go more smoothly."

"What about you, Mei?"

"Don't you know very well? A regular high school student."

"Yes, a high school student who has stepped into the field of top scientists." Liu Bai glanced at Mei, then looked at Rita.

"You were there for my seventeenth birthday," Rita chuckled. "So, it seems there's something wrong with your parenting, Miss Shiora?"

"... Do you really think your... no, our life experiences are of any value?" Raven had a very clear understanding of himself.

"I think my experience as a high school student is still very valuable."

Mei stated that her experience was indeed a very normal high school life, with absolutely no elements of an overpowered protagonist.

"Okay, okay, I understand, I'll consider it."

Raven rolled her eyes, untied her bathrobe again, and slipped into the changing room.

"Let me change my clothes anyway."

Is it really a problem with my own education...?

"I was thinking of introducing Cocolia to Raven... But never mind, aren't you two going to switch places?"

"I don't need it," Rita replied, and the Dark Rose Armor immediately took over her body.

Valkyrie Armor Transmission Technology is even more convenient than Liu Bai's transformation device, fully supporting one-click outfit changes.

"Then I'll go see what clothes Shiora has that would suit me."

Mei adjusted her chest.

The clothes I wore before were all unwearable because of the gas explosion.

But honestly... isn't the difference in body size between her and Shiora too big?

Does Shiora really have clothes she can wear?

Chapter 175 A Tragic Tale of the Jackal and Tesla

"It's a little tight..."

Mei walked out of the locker room, rubbing her tight chest.

"... I'm so sorry it's a size too small."

The Raven following behind had a rather gloomy expression.

"Doctor, would you like to control your nutritional intake?"

"I think I've passed the so-called growth period," Mei said casually, although she had been wanting to lose weight for a while now.

After all, she has a "younger version" of herself by her side. Although her figure is more voluptuous than Mei's, she is correspondingly slimmer...

Although it's just a minor difference, for girls, it's something that matters.

... All I can say is that youth is wonderful.

"However, I'm already quite satisfied with finding something I can fit into." Mei tugged at her slightly tight neckline. "Or rather, Miss Raven, you're more well-endowed than you look?"

"... I'll accept this as a compliment."

The Raven twitched the corners of its mouth; although it was a compliment, the Raven felt no joy at all.

What does it mean to be "more substantial than it looks"?

Doesn't my usual combat uniform perfectly accentuate my figure?

... Although it's nothing to brag about, Raven is actually quite proud of it.

This is one of the few remaining traces of Raven's girlish heart.

"Does someone seem to have been hit hard?"

Rita chuckled.

"It's not really a blow, since I don't care too much about that aspect."

Raven rolled its eyes at Rita.

He was signaling to the other person not to confuse him with her.

"I prefer your maid outfit; it's also more of an eyesore."

"Thank you for the compliment."

Rita responded with a laugh, saying that the two of them seemed to be making bickering a habit.

However, Raven then looked at Rita with a rather strange expression.

"Is there something on my face, Miss Shiora?"

Perhaps feeling a little uncomfortable being stared at by the Raven, Rita subconsciously touched her face.

"There's nothing wrong with your face..."

The Raven stroked its chin.

"But then again... isn't your armor just a bodysuit of black stockings?"

"Huh?"

Liu Bai glanced at Rita subconsciously and immediately nodded.

Rita's Dark Rose Armor set is indeed a one-piece black stocking set, except that the arms are not covered by black stockings. The hands are replaced with silk gloves that feel better.

In some ways... it might be even more powerful than those bodysuit-style black stockings that completely cover the body?

"But the black threads on the Dark Rose aren't easy to tear off," Rita gave a reason that Liu Bai couldn't refute.

"... Is mine easy to tear?"

Raven's eye twitched. "Isn't this top-tier combat suit from the World Serpent? It even has technology from Previous Era on it."

Don't think that the black stockings you're wearing underneath aren't combat gear!

This is a proper combat outfit! Not some kind of sexy lingerie set!

"I tried it out and it seemed alright?" Rita thought for a moment. "I think Miss Shiora, your stockings are quite easy to tear off."

Rita said that she had already taken off Raven's stockings before, so what did it matter if they were one-piece or not? She could just tear them apart.

"You just had to bring that up, didn't you? If it weren't for the Purging Thunder not refusing to work, it's hard to say who would have tied whom up between us!"

Raven gets angry whenever that incident Raven.

"And if we're really talking about that, my black stockings are the inner lining, while yours are the outer layer of defense. Can they be compared?"

"The topic between these two is really explosive."

Liu Bai sat on Mei's lap and watched with great interest.

However, their conversation then shifted to... mei.

"Speaking of which, Dr. Mei should be aware of the technology behind my combat suit, right?"

"... Please don't involve me in this kind of thing, okay?"

Mei twitched the corners of her mouth. She was a good girl. At most, she would wear black stockings. A full-body black stocking was completely out of her reach, okay?

"Besides, I can't really judge what technology your suit is related to after seeing its performance in actual combat, and Gray Serpent's technical level is just so-so... What about your combat uniform? I can show it to you right now."

"The combat suit was so badly damaged that I had to give it to Jackal and Gray Serpent to fix." Raven scoffed. Rita had practically ruined the combat suit by cutting off a leg; what could she do?

"Okay, I'll see if I can upgrade it for you next time I have the chance."

Mei pushed up her glasses.

By the way, let's learn how to make bodysuits with black stockings.

"Dr. Mei, if you have time, could you take a look at this for me too?"

When this topic came up, Rita also became interested. Having a top scientist like Mei upgrade her Valkyrie Armor would be a win-win situation no matter what.

"Hmm, it's a minor issue."

Rita's Valkyrie Armor set is also worth learning from, after all, it's a seductive maid outfit, not some imposing warrior style.

As for clothing design and such... Mei says those are minor issues.

"Hey! Aren't you guys finished showering yet? If you keep dawdling, you might as well just eat dinner!"

Shibao's impatient voice came from outside the door.

"Hurry up and come out, Kiana, that idiot, your stomach has been rumbling for ages."

"I'm coming out now!"

Rita responded, then looked at the Raven.

"By the way, we'll need to rent a car for this trip. Miss Shiora, please remember to contact them."

"Huh? Rent a car?"

"Miss Shiora, you don't actually think your four-seater supercar can carry everyone, do you?"

Supercars are not outstanding because they are designed to carry people.

The vast majority are two-seater supercars, Raven's four-seater supercar already takes into account the needs of traveling with children as much as possible while respecting his own preferences.

Raven even compromised a little – she liked red, but chose rock gray because she couldn't find a satisfactory style.

"... I never imagined that one day I would have the opportunity to take all the children out together—even just to eat out."

The Raven, realizing what had happened, sighed softly.

"And I never thought I'd be taking the kids out with other people. Tsk, in a way, it's just the unpredictability of life, isn't it?"

This kind of life seems... quite peaceful?

Is it possible that this is the normal state of things in the world?

... I take back what I said earlier, Rita is really an eyesore.

This guy makes it impossible to feel calm at all.

So, how exactly did this guy get involved with Lord Liu Bai?

She's also best friends with Miss Durandal... I just can't understand it.

These days, even a nasty person like Rita can find a confidante like this, while I was putting up with that idiot Jackal just a few weeks ago...

God really has no eyes.

"... I have a feeling that Miss Shiora is insulting me?"

"That's your paranoia."