Home of the Lambs

I still need to find an opportunity. Once we get somewhere with no one around, I'll make my move.

Milim's expression remained calm, but the killing intent in her eyes did not diminish in the slightest.

Leaving aside the impact the Nun would have on Lingling in the future, the fact that she was a human trafficker alone was enough for Milim to want to cut her into a thousand pieces.

Milim did not have to wait long. The ship soon docked, and the Nun was the first to step ashore. Turning around, she introduced the place to the two girls.

"In a little while, I'll take you to your new home—the Home of the Lambs! There, you'll meet new friends. They won't treat you like a monster, Lingling." Over this period, the Nun had already learned why Lingling had been abandoned there.

At such a young age, she had already killed a Giant. Branded a monster, she had been thrown onto an uninhabited island. To ordinary people, Lingling was undoubtedly a monster—but in the Nun's eyes, that was a bonus.

Once a child with such extraordinary talent was sold, she would earn more than she had from selling a hundred children before.

Just as the Nun was about to say more, a Dragon Claw pierced straight through her entire chest.

The Nun's eyes widened as she stared in disbelief at the Dragon Claw protruding through her body. Looking up, she saw the short little girl she had been ignoring all along.

She was staring at her with icy eyes.

Before the Nun could say anything else, Milim pulled out her Dragon Claw. The Nun collapsed to the ground with a thud, while Milim disgustedly tossed her heart—the symbol of life—into the sea!

Lingling could not quite process what had happened. Why had her Big Sister suddenly killed the Nun who had come to save them?

Seeing Lingling's dazed look, Milim flicked her forehead.

"This person was bad. She wanted to sell us for money!"

"Is that so?" Lingling tilted her head and thought for a moment. Though she was a little confused, she ultimately believed that her Big Sister would not lie to her.

"Then she was a bad person! How awful—she actually tricked me!" Lingling grabbed the Nun by the leg and swung her fiercely.

Under that immense force, the Nun's body quickly vanished from sight.

Once Lingling calmed down, she looked at her dignified Big Sister and scratched her head sheepishly.

"I threw her away!"

Milim sighed. Since she had already been thrown away, what else could she do? Lingling was her little sister, after all.

Originally, Milim had planned to bring the Nun's corpse to the Home of the Lambs and recruit some underlings there. After all, every child in the Home of the Lambs possessed considerable talent, and they came from all sorts of races.

They could serve as capital for setting sail. Otherwise, was she supposed to count on Lingling to steer the ship?

But going there directly made no real difference. They were all just children anyway; a little sweet-talking would probably be enough.

However, the Nun had not told her the exact location of the Home of the Lambs, so Milim would have to search for it herself.

"Lingling, wait here for me for a moment," Milim said to Lingling beside her. Then two wings extended from her back, and she shot into the sky.

"She can fly! That's amazing! I want to fly too." Lingling watched her sister soar into the sky, her eyes filled with curiosity and envy.

But her sister had told her to wait here, so Lingling could only wait. She took a piece of fruit from the bag full of fruit in her arms.

What Lingling failed to notice was that the fruit changed the moment she picked it up, and she immediately stuffed it into her mouth.

After chewing twice, she swallowed it.

Milim flew high in the sky, her Dragon Eyes constantly scanning the villages below. Before long, she found the target she had been looking for.

She descended from the sky and was just about to call Lingling over so they could head to the Home of the Lambs when she discovered blue flames burning over Lingling's body.

Milim was startled. Not caring about anything else, she grabbed Lingling and pressed her into the sea. The seawater did not extinguish the flames, though Lingling's struggling grew weak and limp.

She understood. Having calmed down, Milim realized what was happening and pulled Lingling back out.

Lingling lay by the shore and spat out a huge mouthful of water before asking aggrievedly, "Big Sister, did Lingling do something wrong? Why did you throw Lingling into the sea?"

"Ha ha ha ha! Sorry, Lingling. I saw fire on you and thought you were on fire, so I wanted to throw you into the sea to put it out." Milim scratched her cheek in embarrassment.

"Oh, right, Lingling. Did you eat some horrible-tasting fruit?"

"So that's what it was. I really did eat a very bad-tasting fruit just now, and then flames suddenly came out of my body."

"Was that the Devil Fruit you told me about, Big Sister?" Lingling suddenly remembered something. Excitedly waving her arms, she tried to fly like Milim—but unlike Milim, her arms transformed into a bird's wings.

Lingling flew into the sky as well.

Seeing that familiar power, Milim's memories of the past came flooding back to attack her.

This was the Phoenix Fruit! A Devil Fruit with an almost immortal life force—it could instantly regenerate even after being cut in half at the waist.

And now, this fruit had become Lingling's power. When she thought of Lingling's steel-balloon physique combined with this near-immortal regenerative ability...

Milim shuddered all over. Just imagining that scene was terrifying.

"This is going to be fun!"

After watching Lingling play for a while, Milim explained the weaknesses of Devil Fruits to her as they headed toward the Home of the Lambs.

Arriving at the entrance to the Home of the Lambs, Milim kicked the door open and shouted, "Everyone, come out!"

The orphans of Home of the Lambs heard the noise and came out of their rooms fearfully, but when they saw that the one kicking down doors was just a little runt—

The orphans suddenly got cocky again.

"You little brat, why are you kicking our door?"

"If you don't give us an explanation, do you believe we'll beat you up?"

"Roar! You guys sure seem arrogant." Milim put her hands on her hips and flashed a wicked grin.

"Then come try it, you little shits."

The children here were all quite young, so naturally they could not stand being provoked.

They swarmed toward Milim, intending to teach her a lesson.

But in the end, every one of them was sent flying by a single kick from Milim.

Some of the older children struggled to their feet and stood in front of the younger ones.

"I'm warning you, the Giant will discover the commotion here soon. You'd better leave while you can."

"Hmph, I want to leave too, but Nun asked me to look after you." Milim revealed a smug grin.

The boy's eyes widened at those words. "How can that be? If you're here to take care of us, then where did Nun go?"

"She died."

"How is that possible? You're lying to us! How could a good person like Nun die?" The children all looked at Milim with expressions of utter disbelief.

"She wouldn't have had to die, but she saw someone fall into the sea and hurriedly swam over to save them. In the end, both of them were swallowed by a huge fish."

"Anyway, there's no way they could've survived." Milim shrugged regretfully.

Lingling quietly said from behind her, "Big sister, are you lying?"

Milim replied in a low voice, "Shut up!"