After being forbidden from exploring other worlds, the girls were clearly much more depressed. They even looked listless in class. Fang Zheng could not do much about it. He could hardly send them back to fight Cultists now—the Cultists were his own, so they could not just go around hacking them to pieces.
So Fang Zheng simply sealed the Teleportation Gate and shut it down for the time being, cutting off any thoughts the girls might have had about going over there for more adventures.
"Is this really okay, big brother?"
Sitting on Fang Zheng's lap, Little Black swayed from side to side as she grinned at the Martial Arts Department students training outside the window.
"Those big sisters look really listless."
"There's nothing I can do about that. Blame the Goddess of Zero. I didn't want this either."
Fang Zheng stroked Little Black's head and sighed helplessly. Half the blame for this mess lay with him. If he had handled it himself, it would have been settled long ago. But he had considered that this world had been created by the Goddess of Zero, and since her previous performance had been fairly reliable, he had decided to let her handle it herself. Who would have thought that one tiny oversight would lead to this mess?
Sure enough, first impressions were dangerous.
"By the way, how have you been enjoying yourselves in this world? Have you been having fun?"
"It's been all right. It would be better if big brother were willing to come play with us, but Illya is such a clingy little brat, isn't she?"
As she spoke, Little Black grinned and leaned close to Fang Zheng's ear.
"Well? Big brother, I was right, wasn't I? Isn't Illya difficult to deal with?"
"She's not that difficult."
Hearing Little