And definitely not human.
What human could open their mouth that wide?
And swallow something bigger than their own head in one bite?
Wait, it seemed like she had forgotten something.
"Are you all right?"
A demonic beast fox was not something that could be eaten casually.
She had once witnessed starving villagers eat the flesh of demonic beasts mutated from wild animals, only to become monsters themselves.
The shrine maiden placed both hands on the small child's shoulders.
"Zerg is fine!"
The Swarm Overlord could sense the goodwill of the long-eared humanoid creature before him.
"Really?"
The ears atop her head twitched, but Yae Sakura was still somewhat worried.
The child calling himself Zerg was as adorable and innocent as her little sister.
That look in his eyes...
The shrine maiden unconsciously sank into her memories.
Kallen Kaslana and her little sister, Yae Rin, were undoubtedly the two most important people in her life.
Yet... she had failed to protect either of them.
Yae Sakura's eyes gradually lost their light.
"Slurp."
A moist sensation touched her cheek.
The shrine maiden instantly snapped back to her senses.
What entered her sight was an adorable face close at hand, along with those innocent eyes.
Zerg licked up the high-energy substance leaking out.
For some reason, the long-eared humanoid before him had suddenly begun releasing more Honkai energy.
So he stuck out his tongue and licked the Honkai energy restrained by Psionics.
"..."
Yae Sakura lifted the small child.
She stared into his eyes.
They were as pure as Rin's.
"Are you insane, Yae Sakura?!"
The fox hiding inside the shrine maiden's body, too afraid to come out, cried out.
"You actually want to protect this monster?"
What the demonic beast saw was the shrine maiden holding up an indescribable monster.
And