(First, my apologies. I said I would make up for two missed chapters over the weekend, but something came up and there was really no way around it. I took the kids out during the Dragon Boat Festival holiday. I'll make up the updates now that we're back.)
"Because you three are special." Xiao Ran chuckled and reached out to ruffle Sting's hair. After finding himself a place to sit, he lightly patted the spot beside him. "Since you want to know, I'll tell you."
Seeing Xiao Ran sit down, Stella was the first to throw herself beside him, practically melting against his body. Orro looked at Xiao Ran, then at Sting, and eventually sat on Xiao Ran's other side. But the moment he did, he saw Stella glaring fiercely at him with her red eyes. He immediately jumped back up and hurriedly sat beside Sting instead, though he looked enviously at Stella, who was able to stay so close to Xiao Ran.
Xiao Ran could not help but laugh as he watched the three children display sides completely unlike those in the other world. In that other world, Stella had been the most cared-for and the most childish one. Though Orro was usually a little unreliable, he had been a qualified older brother in front of Stella. He had never been as Low Guts as this Orro.
Still, their current situation was understandable. Back at the Rhodea Research Institute, Orro had had someone like a mother—a female researcher responsible for looking after him. She had indeed treated him well in that environment, so it made sense that he was somewhat timid.
It was only after the Earth Force's conditioning and memory alterations that Orro became someone different. But as this Orro grew older, he would probably gradually mature as