Moon World Girlfriend Comes Knocking

Sensing that Lan Ze's gaze hadn't moved from her, Sajyou Manaka sighed with feigned helplessness. "I know you still have feelings for her, and I want to help, but even I can't bring a fully-realized beast to Tokyo."

"So, it's better to give up on that idea."

"Does that mean... if she can leave Uruk and come to Tokyo, you'll agree to let her stay?" Lan Ze asked tentatively.

"The premise you're setting is impossible to begin with," Sajyou Manaka said calmly. "It's better to give up sooner rather than later."

"Also, once that singularity is repaired, that game disc probably won't be usable anymore, so you should just return to your normal life afterwards."

"But she should be in the same world as us right now," Lan Ze suddenly said.

"?"

At almost the same moment, Sajyou Manaka's head shot up, her sapphire-blue eyes reflecting Lan Ze's figure.

He looked sincere, as if he wasn't lying.

"But I got separated from her when we left, and now I don't know where she is," Lan Ze paused. "So I was wondering if you could help—"

"I don't know how to do that," Sajyou Manaka interrupted calmly. "I'm just an ordinary little girl, I don't know how to find people."

"You—"

"I don't know, I'm just a weak little girl, I don't know how to find people," Sajyou Manaka said again.

She sighed inwardly.

This was a miscalculation. I didn't expect that woman to actually have a way to leave Uruk.

...But thankfully, Tiamat doesn't know where they live. That's probably the only good news.

Lan Ze didn't know that she had set up several layers of magic barriers in the house. These barriers would isolate all traces of what was inside. Even if Tiamat were in Tokyo, she wouldn't be able to find this place.

However, I'll need to think of a way afterwards to ensure that woman with the astonishing bust can't find Lan Ze either...

Looking at the helpless Lan Ze, Sajyou Manaka's eyes flickered slightly as she began to plan her next move.

She would never allow anyone to disturb their peaceful life... no one!

Knock knock.

Suddenly, there was a knock at the door from outside.

"I'll get it," Sajyou Manaka said, jumping off her chair. This was also her way of telling Lan Ze: this topic is over, don't bring it up again.

Knock knock knock.

"Coming, coming."

The knocking sounded again. Sajyou Manaka walked barefoot on the wooden floor to the entrance.

She opened the door.

Tiamat stood at the doorway, tilting her head and blinking her eyes. "Aaa?"

Sajyou Manaka blinked, stunned for a long moment, then slammed the door shut.

Then, the girl turned around and stood in front of the door, as if she had seen a ghost.

How could this be...?

How could this be?!

There was a magic barrier in this house that blocked out all traces. Even if Tiamat appeared in this world, how could she have found them so quickly?!

"What's wrong?" Lan Ze noticed the commotion and walked to the entrance, looking at the shocked Sajyou Manaka.

"Nothing..." Sajyou Manaka quickly regained her composure, shaking her head and smiling.

Then, she lightly clapped her hands. "Ah, right, right, it's time for lunch. Let's go, let's go—"

As she said this, she pushed Lan Ze towards the dining room. Lan Ze, being pushed forward, looked back. "But didn't I just hear someone knocking outside?"

"An illusion, it was all an illusion," Sajyou Manaka smiled. "Probably just some stray cats nearby causing trouble."

Knock knock knock.

Knock knock knock knock.

The knocking from outside grew louder. Just as the two were about to return to the dining room, there was a sudden bang.

The entire front door collapsed.

Dust flew everywhere as the front door, with just a "gentle" tap from Tiamat, crashed to the ground.

In front of the bewildered gazes of Sajyou Manaka and Lan Ze, a woman with long, flowing blue hair stood at the doorway, holding a red bean bun. She took a bite. "Munch."

Some of the red bean bun crumbs fell to the ground, and Tiamat had remnants of the red bean filling on the corner of her mouth.

She looked up at the collapsed door and suddenly froze, momentarily at a loss, even the red bean bun in her hand lost its appeal. She just stared blankly at the door.

Clearly, Tiamat hadn't expected the door to fall so easily, even though she hadn't exerted much force.

"Mother?!" Lan Ze exclaimed in surprise.

He had just asked Sajyou Manaka for help finding someone, and unexpectedly, Tiamat had come looking for him herself?!

"You, how is this possible...?" Sajyou Manaka murmured, staring at Tiamat with the same look of disbelief.

Several layers of Magic Barrier isolated the aura here, making it impossible to sense any magic. Even for a Beast, no matter how sensitive to magic, it would be impossible to find this place easily.

Tiamat should have only recently arrived in Tokyo, but she managed to get here so quickly... Rather than coincidence, it's more like she knew Lan Ze lived here from the very beginning.

But how did she do it?

"Thank you." Just as Sajyou Manaka was still in a daze, she suddenly heard Tiamat sincerely thank her.

Sajyou Manaka: "?"

"What are you thanking me for?" she asked, frowning.

Tiamat pointed to her head, "You are connected to the Root."

Sajyou Manaka blinked.

"..."

"..."

After a brief moment of stunned silence, Sajyou Manaka seemed to remember something important, her eyes slowly widening, "... You followed the scent of the fireworks I set off today to find me?!"

Tiamat gently nodded, her gaze towards Sajyou Manaka filled with tenderness.

After leaving the game, Tiamat had directly appeared in a deserted alley in Tokyo.

At first, she couldn't find any trace of her cub no matter how hard she searched. After leaving the alley, looking at the vast, crowded streets, she felt filled with helplessness.

Just as Lan Ze had said, the city where he lived was indeed full of tall glass curtain walls, with buildings standing tall beneath the azure sky. Glancing around, she frequently saw couples on dates.

However, she couldn't find her cub who had logged out of the game with her.

At that moment, Tiamat was considering whether she should create a big commotion to signal her location to Lan Ze, but thinking about the large number of humans present, such an action might frighten them, so Tiamat held back.

And in that moment of helplessness, Tiamat smelled another familiar scent.

...The scent of the Root!

It was the scent left by Sajyou Manaka.

Back in Uruk, Sajyou Manaka had set off a cluster of fireworks on Tiamat's head to declare her victory, and those fireworks contained residual traces of Sajyou Manaka... or rather, the Root's aura.

While magic could be concealed by a Magic Barrier, the Root could not.

After that, Tiamat followed the scent. Along the way, by a blooming cherry blossom slope, she met a kind girl with a very low presence who gave her a red bean bun.

Then, this Creation Mother Goddess, while eating the red bean bun, hurried towards Sajyou Manaka's location. Finally, after much effort, she found the apartment. Upon arriving at the door, she sensed that her cub was inside the room.

However, in her excitement, Tiamat's knock was a little too forceful...

She accidentally knocked the door down.

"The Root... it's actually the Root..." Sajyou Manaka murmured, staring at Tiamat's voluptuous and sexy figure, gradually becoming petrified.

This Princess of the Root could never have imagined that her simple magic would become the crucial clue for Tiamat to find her.

First, she handed the game to Lan Ze herself, allowing him to meet Tiamat, and then before leaving Uruk, she set off a cluster of fireworks for Tiamat, allowing her to follow the scent. If someone didn't understand the situation, they might have thought this Princess of the Root was a warm-hearted girl, perhaps even awarding her a "Best Assist" prize.

Lan Ze was also stunned, but quickly regained his composure. He glanced at Sajyou Manaka, who was staring blankly beside him, and coughed lightly, "Let's just come in first. We can find someone to fix the door later."

"Aika also made lunch, you can try it," Lan Ze added. "Her cooking is quite good."

Tiamat raised her gentle and calm beautiful eyes, glanced at Lan Ze, took the rest of the red bean bun into her mouth, then licked the lingering fragrance from her fingertips, and walked into the entrance.

She glanced at Sajyou Manaka, who was still in a daze beside her. After thinking for a moment, she gently hugged Sajyou Manaka, seemingly to express her gratitude.

The big loli was still petrified, her face pressed against Tiamat's chest. Every rub against those enormous, human-like mounds made Sajyou Manaka's eyes lose a bit of their luster.

It wasn't until they entered the dining room that Sajyou Manaka snapped out of her daze. She immediately turned and rushed into the dining room, only to see Lan Ze had already placed a bowl of rice in front of Tiamat's table.

"You're really planning to let her live here from now on?" Sajyou Manaka asked faintly.

"Where else can Mother go?" Lan Ze said helplessly. "She won't run around or cause any trouble, so don't worry."

"That's not the issue--" Sajyou Manaka said angrily.

"As for rent... this house is quite big, so adding one more person shouldn't make much difference. The rent should be the same as before, right?" Lan Ze asked tentatively.

"That's not the issue either!"

She didn't care about money at all. The biggest problem wasn't about money right now.

After a long silence, she spoke, "She's a Beast, you know? She's a huge threat to the world."

"Aren't you too?" Lan Ze asked subconsciously.

"..."

After a long period of silence, Sajyou Manaka took a deep breath and slowly exhaled, "I'm· dif·fer·ent!"

It was indeed different, after all, the difference in their figures was quite significant. One was a big loli, and the other was a mature woman... Lan Ze nodded gently, "Mhm, Aika is very amazing."

"Why do I always feel like a child being comforted?!"

Sajyou Manaka was unhappy and stared at Lan Ze resentfully, sulking:

"If you had to choose between me and her?"

"That's like asking me whether I'd save my mom or my girlfriend if they fell into the water..."

"But why would you have to choose?" Lan Ze sighed. "A girlfriend is a girlfriend, and my mother is my mother... Adults don't do multiple-choice questions."

"Girlfriend..." Sajyou Manaka murmured, then suddenly her bright eyes lifted. "Does that mean... I'm your lover?"

But she quickly shook her head, negating her own words, and frowned displeasedly. "No... you just want to freeload."

Yes, Lan Ze just wanted her money, not her body.

That's why she had rejected Lan Ze every time he jokingly proposed marriage before.

She would have to wait until Lan Ze desired her body before she could accept his confession.

But it seemed that day was far off.

Because according to Sajyou Manaka's observation, Lan Ze was likely... a cougar chaser!

"In short, choosing is meaningless. As for your worry that Mother might harm the world or something, that's unnecessary... She has no intention of destroying the world, right?"

Lan Ze said, looking at Tiamat beside him.

"Aaa." Tiamat nodded obediently.

"See?" Lan Ze turned back to Sajyou Manaka.

"Whether the world is destroyed or not isn't important to me!" Sajyou Manaka stared into his eyes. "The most crucial thing is that you're sharing a room with an adult woman; it's unhealthy for your mind and body!"

"You're overthinking it, she's just my mother," Lan Ze shook his head.

"Heh." Sajyou Manaka immediately shot Lan Ze a sidelong glance.

"You know better than I do whether you see her as your mother."