The young Vampire obviously had no way of understanding what Heiserana meant by "my family is a mess," because even the little Bat Spirit herself had no idea how to explain the problem to anyone: "My mother and stepfather just teamed up to kill my aunt, but this aunt might actually count as my sister, and genetically speaking, my mother and I might actually be sisters too, so it was my sister and stepfather—or my sister-in-law—who just teamed up to kill my aunt—or my sister." The tangled relationships left the little Bat Spirit's mind a complete mess. In fact, this problem had not just cropped up now. Whether Vivian's split-off individuals counted as her peers or juniors was practically an ethical question. Heiserana had agonized over it day after day ever since she was old enough to understand things. Just when she had finally stopped worrying about it, humans developed cloning technology, and the question slammed into her face once again. Whenever she thought about it, she wanted to beat every researcher involved in biological cloning to death. At this moment, recalling the battle in Ertos Ancient City, Heiserana suddenly felt as though her head had swollen up like a waterlogged sponge...
However, this turmoil was merely the result of Heiserana worrying over nothing. Nobody else had ever cared about the seniority of Vivian's split-off individuals—not even Vivian herself had considered the matter. The poor oldest Vampire was hungry and cold every day; where would she have had the time to think about this?
Thus, her usual verdict on Heiserana's obsession was that she was worrying over nothing—literally because she had eaten her fill and had nothing better to do.
After Hao Ren and the others returned to the main material world, the collapse of the lost space continued for