Chapter 65: Live Strong, Director!
"Nooooooo—!"
When the scream rang out through the Control Room, everyone except Luo Zhen was startled.
"Wha... What happened...!?"
"What's going on!?"
Mashu and Roman both panicked and hurriedly looked toward where the voice had come from.
The next second, the two of them froze.
That was because the scene before them was a little too far removed from reality.
"Fou!"
Fou was making delighted cries as he chased after an owl.
That's right.
An owl.
And not just any owl, but one that seemed to have only just learned how to walk. It couldn't flap its wings and fly, so it could only stagger along on two short legs while screaming.
Of course, that wasn't the main reason everyone was frozen.
The real reason was the voice coming from the owl's mouth.
"D-Don't come any closer! You unidentified creature! I'm Chaldea's director! A descendant of the Animusphere Family! How dare you treat me so rudely... Ah! Don't grab me! It hurts!"
Those were the words and that was the voice coming from the owl as it staggered away, only to be caught by Fou.
"D-Director...?"
Mashu's mind went completely blank.
"Th-That's the director!? No wayyyyyyyyyyy!!!"
Roman's face was filled with astonishment, and then he shouted loudly.
"Pfft...! Hahahahaha!"
Luo Zhen was the only one who burst out laughing, clutching his stomach without the slightest restraint.
That made the owl—or rather, Olga Marie—explode.
"You bastard! What exactly did you do to me!?"
The owl lunged at Luo Zhen.
Unfortunately, no matter how weak Luo Zhen's physical constitution was, he couldn't possibly lose to an owl. He simply reached out and grabbed it.
"You should be thanking me, Your Greatness, the Director."
Luo Zhen looked at the owl struggling in his hands, his eyes filled with