Chapter 68
The sweet atmosphere just moments before froze instantly. Sajyou Manaka stared coldly at Lan Ze: "I don't think it's anything special!"
"Tiamat is one thing, but that goddess clearly has her Underworld to live in, so why does she insist on living with us?"
"What exactly do you take my apartment for?"
"One person lives in a room, two people live in a room... three people still live in a room." Lan Ze smiled and patted Aika's head, as if stroking the fur of a ruffled cat, and continued, "There's just one room left, it would be a waste to leave it empty."
"Besides, she helped me a lot in Uruk before, we can't just kick her out now, can we?" Lan Ze said. "You're the head of the household, we can't let her think we're stingy."
"Head of the household..." Sajyou Manaka murmured, her eyes suddenly brightening.
Then she glanced at Lan Ze a couple more times, and finally nodded reluctantly with a stern face.
"All right."
Lan Ze was overjoyed. "You agreed?"
"But she wants to stay in my room," Sajyou Manaka suddenly said.
"Ah..." Lan Ze hesitated for a moment, "You wouldn't bully others, would you?"
"Do I look like that kind of person?" Sajyou Manaka sighed, on the verge of tears. "So, in your heart, I'm the kind of bad person who would lock someone up in a dark room?"
Even if you hadn't said it, I wouldn't have thought it was true. Now that you've mentioned it, I'm a little scared... Lan Ze pondered for a moment, and finally nodded in agreement.
"Alright... I'll tell Miss Ereshkigal later."
After dinner at the restaurant, Lan Ze roughly recounted Aika's words to Ereshkigal, and the girl nodded in agreement without hesitation.
"Thank you, Aika," Ereshkigal said politely.
"It's alright. Since you helped Lan Ze in Uruk, I naturally have to reciprocate as a host." Sajyou Manaka maintained her elegant smile, as if she had truly become the head of the household.
Ereshkigal smiled and then glanced at the boy next to her who was eating.
What exactly did this person say to Aika? Why is the girl, who was just furious a moment ago, now acting so calmly?
And... what is his relationship with Aika?
Just as Ereshkigal was thinking this, Lan Ze had already carried the empty bowls and chopsticks into the kitchen.
"Miss Ereshkigal, let me take you to the room next door first," Sajyou Manaka suddenly said.
"Ah... um, thank you." Ereshkigal nodded politely. She thought the girl was cute, spoke elegantly, and her chest looked quite inviting, so her liking for Sajyou Manaka skyrocketed.
At that moment, Ereshkigal's gaze suddenly lingered on a bottle in Sajyou Manaka, and she asked curiously, "What's that in your hand?"
Sajyou Manaka smiled and said, "Milk, it can help with breast enhancement..."
She paused, glanced at Ereshkigal's chest, then shook her head and smiled, "It's nothing~"
The secret to breast enhancement is something she keeps to herself.
After washing the dishes, Lan Ze passed through the living room and saw Tiamat sitting on the sofa. He decided not to disturb Mother of All, so he quietly returned to his room.
Then, just as she was about to put on the virtual reality glasses she had picked up, she suddenly heard a slight sound of a door opening. Turning her head, she saw Tiamat, who had just been spacing out in the living room, carrying her pillow as she walked into the room.
"Mother... why don't you go back to your room and rest today?" Lan Ze suggested tentatively.
Aika only discovered today that they were sleeping together. If Aika suddenly had a flash of inspiration in the middle of the night and decided to come and check on them, that would be troublesome.
Tiamat lowered her head, her back looking somewhat lonely, and whispered, "Being alone can be lonely."
Lan Ze felt a little sorry for him, so he said, "Then stay in my room for a while longer, and go back later?"
Tiamat's eyes lit up immediately, and she nodded quickly, then pounced and pinned Lan Ze to the ground.
"Gently... gently..." Lan Ze was a little overwhelmed by the passion of this Creation Mother Goddess, and felt a little short of breath in her arms.
After a while, Tiamat finally released Lan Ze. She leaned against the headboard, seemingly deep in thought.
"Do you want to chat?" Lan Ze asked.
Tiamat shook her head slightly, then thought for a moment, sat up with one leg turned to the side, and whispered in Lan Ze's ear, "Aaa."
Lan Ze's heart skipped a beat. He glanced at Tiamat and gently shook his head. "Actually, I'm a little tired..."
"Try it out, you can do it!" Tiamat clenched her fists and encouraged Lan Ze in human language.
"No, no, no... some things can't be restored just by you replenishing my magic power--"
"No." Tiamat shook her head quickly, her eyes shy, but she mustered her courage and pressed Lan Ze against the headboard.
Then she leaned down slightly, tucked the strands of hair that had fallen across her face behind her ear, and gently kissed Lan Ze's lips. At the same time, her Spirit Garment quietly turned into particles of light and disappeared.
Lan Ze felt his mind was foggy, and his spirits, which had been somewhat listless after eating, suddenly jolted awake.
As Tiamat said, he could indeed do it if he tried.
However, you can't do this every day; if you keep doing it like this for a long time, you won't be able to keep it up...
As Lan Ze was still basking in the warmth of Tiamat's touch on his face, he suddenly heard Tiamat say something.
"What did you just say?" Lan Ze didn't quite catch it.
Tiamat whispered in Lan Ze's ear in a gentle, pleasant voice, "If you ever get intimate with other girls in the game again, I'll punish your real body."
Sajyou Manaka led Ereshkigal into her house. After taking off her shoes, she loosened her toes, which were covered in white stockings, a little before putting on slippers.
She bent down slightly, found another pair of slippers, and tossed them in front of Ereshkigal.
"These slippers will have to do for now; I don't have any other slippers at home."
After the shoes on Ereshkigal's feet turned into light particles and dissipated, her delicate, fair feet were revealed. After putting on the slippers, she found that the shoe size seemed to be quite large.
She subconsciously looked up at Aika.
Ereshkigal
"These are Lan Ze's shoe sizes." Sajyou Manaka guessed what Ereshkigal was thinking, gave a brief explanation, and then walked into the living room with the milk in her arms.
After pouring herself a glass of milk, she took a sip and glanced back at the Goddess of the Underworld behind her.
At this moment, Ereshkigal was wearing a modern red spaghetti strap dress, her blonde hair was loose, and her fair face had a faint blush, like a red apple, making her look very cute.
This Goddess of the Underworld was clearly new to the place, and everything around her was new and exciting, so much so that her gaze had been scanning the entire living room ever since the very beginning.
"Do you drink this every night?" Ereshkigal's gaze quickly fell on the cup in Sajyou Manaka's cup, and she asked curiously.
"I didn't used to, but recently I've started drinking it every day." Sajyou Manaka maintained her elegant smile.
Then, he glanced at the chest of the Goddess of the Underworld.
Hmm... Since this person is a goddess, she must be over a thousand years old, right? So, once she reaches her peak development, she's only around a B or A cup...? Sajyou Manaka's brows relaxed, and she nodded secretly in satisfaction, looking at Ereshkigal's face, finding it increasingly pleasing to the eye.
Standing next to Tiamat recently often made Sajyou Manaka very sad, especially after comparing her bust size with Tiamat's.
Now that she finally had someone with a similar chest size to hers, the girl felt her mood instantly improve.
"Why are you staring at me like that?" Ereshkigal noticed Sajyou Manaka's somewhat impolite gaze, crossed her arms over her chest, and gave Sajyou Manaka a shy glare.
"Ah... I'm so sorry, I was really rude just now." Sajyou Manaka apologized sincerely, lifting her skirt and bowing slightly, looking just like a medieval noble Imperial Princess, elegant and composed.
Then she continued, "Let me show you the room first. Lan Ze- jun just told you, right? You'll be living here from now on."
Ereshkigal glanced at Sajyou Manaka a couple more times, and finally nodded slightly, but she was clearly still recovering from Sajyou Manaka's rude look.
"By the way, you were the one who expanded the Underworld's territory a while ago, weren't you?" Sajyou Manaka suddenly asked.
Ereshkigal paused for a moment, then put her hands on her hips and proudly raised her head. "That's right, it was me. In just two months, the territory of the Underworld expanded to your apartment building."
Expanding Magic Barrier to such a vast extent is an extremely difficult feat; anyone who hears about it should give it a thumbs up.
However--
Sajyou Manaka simply nodded thoughtfully. "I see."
Ereshkigal blinked. "You... don't you have anything else to say first?"
Her bright, starry eyes were filled with anticipation, as if saying: Praise me! Praise me!
But Sajyou Manaka's eyes showed confusion, and she remained completely unmoved.
Although Sajyou Manaka is not a god, in the modern era where the Age of Gods has faded and no one can use the Divine Era Magic, it is not an exaggeration to call her a deity.
The Princess of the Root rested her chin on her hand, pondered for a moment, and said, "Actually, if it were me, it would probably only take a month... no, half a month, to expand the territory of the Underworld to this place."
This is the Princess of the Root; she doesn't understand social etiquette and says whatever comes to mind.
Simply put, it's "low emotional intelligence".
If it were Lan Ze, he would definitely shower Ereshkigal with praise at this moment. If possible, he might even take the opportunity to hug the Goddess of the Underworld's slender waist and rub against her chest to express his boundless admiration for her.
This is what "high emotional intelligence" is... well, actually it's not high emotional intelligence, it's just being a pervert.
"You think you can do that in half a month?" Ereshkigal clearly didn't believe it.
Sajyou Manaka pondered for a moment, then shared her idea of expanding her territory.
When she heard the last part, the Goddess of the Underworld looked visibly stunned.
"You must be a god..." she murmured, staring blankly at the petite-looking girl.
"I'm not a god." Sajyou Manaka tilted her head slightly to look at her, smiling faintly.
"I'm just the landlord here."
Lan Ze slowly opened his eyes.
His eyes were clearer than ever before, as if he had seen through everything in the world. Even now, with Artoria standing in front of him, her enormous heart bulging, he could only glance at her indifferently and think to himself: Is that all?
Commonly known as the "wise man mode".
"Did you just wake up?" Artoria asked.
When she entered the room, she saw Lan Ze lying on the bed, seemingly asleep. She was thinking of letting him rest a little longer, but she didn't expect him to wake up as soon as she got to the bedside, with a "disillusioned" expression.
... His gaze never lingered on her chest again.
Previously, the boy would occasionally steal glances at her chest, but now he seemed quite indifferent, his gaze fixed purely on her, without a trace of being a pervert.
Lan Ze nodded gently, supporting his lower back as he sat on the edge of the bed. "You just got back?"
"Yes, we've drafted a preliminary strategy, but we need to confirm it again today."
Artoria said, then gently shook her head, "Let's not talk about this now. I want to let my brain relax."
She could leave her worries in the administration office; she was exhausted and just wanted to rest.
"Hmm... do you need someone to sleep with you?" Lan Ze asked suddenly after a moment of contemplation.
"If you don't mind, I could sacrifice some of my time to let you rest."
"No need." Artoria immediately rolled her eyes at Lan Ze.
"Isn't this just letting you take advantage?" the King of Knights couldn't help but complain.
"I'm also spending the same amount of time with you. Our time is equal, so why am I the one taking advantage of you?" Lan Ze said angrily.
Artoria simply rolled her eyes at Lan Ze with a captivating air, then took off her cloak. Just as she was about to remove her armor, she suddenly noticed the boy's unwavering gaze beside her, and she smiled slightly.
"Close your eyes!" She threw the cloak at Lan Ze's face.
The morning light was just beginning to break through the darkness. After changing into a loose robe, Artoria lay down on the soft bed, and Lan Ze followed suit.
However, he maintained a safe distance from Artoria.
It wasn't that Lan Ze didn't want to take advantage, nor was it that he was afraid of Artoria... he just remembered what Tiamat had said before he entered the game.
He didn't know if Mother of All knew what he had done in the game, but Tiamat's "threat" did indeed frighten Lan Ze.
"Sigh, I didn't understand the male protagonist's pain when I read doujinshi before, but now I finally do." Lan Ze looked at Artoria, who was resting. Her full breasts rose and fell with each breath, looking very alluring.