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"..."

The cool, glamorous woman stared at the tiny child.

Skadi could only see that adorably dazed expression.

She didn't quite understand why the Ægir had given a biological weapon such a cute appearance.

It seemed somewhat unnecessary.

But she had to admit—

He was quite cute.

It would've been even better if he hadn't swallowed her hand.

The Abyssal Hunter could still feel something slick licking across her fingertips.

"Zerg, you can't eat hands!"

Only then did the white-haired girl react.

This was the third time!

"Zerg didn't eat her hand!"

The tiny Swarm Overlord released her hand, only to be caught and held upside down by Skadi as he fell.

"He really didn't eat my hand."

The Abyssal Hunter defended the child in her arms.

Her hand was still perfectly intact.

It had even been licked.

The feeling was rather strange.

Skadi reflected on the sensation from before.

"But you still can't just put someone else's hand in your mouth!"

Kiana planted her hands on her hips.

Zerg's values hadn't formed at all yet.

No, she had to properly educate such a cute child!

"But her hand smelled like food."

Blinking, Zerg looked at the white-haired girl.

It had to be licked clean.

Food couldn't be wasted, not even a little.

"..."

Then if food were placed somewhere indescribable, would you put that in your mouth too?

For an instant, some indescribable thought flashed through Kiana's mind.

Hiss.

It seemed Zerg really would do that.

That would make it far too easy for strange women to toy with him!

In an instant, the white-haired girl came up with several ways to do just that herself.

Then her cheeks were immediately flooded with crimson.

Kiana, Kiana, how could you have such filthy thoughts?

Protecting such a cute child from being toyed with by strange women was exactly what a righteous Kaslana should do!

Zerg tilted his head slightly, not knowing why the white-haired girl's face had turned red.

But his attention was quickly drawn away by the food appearing before him.

To the Swarm Overlord, food was extremely important.

Being hungry felt awful.

"Zerg, open your mouth."

Skadi took out another Ægir-made high-energy nutrition bar.

That was what she said.

"..."

The tiny child obediently opened his mouth.

Then he narrowed his eyes in satisfaction.

The nutritious food tasted good too.

Seeing that expression, the Abyssal Hunter scratched beneath the child's chin.

"Purr, purr..."

Just as she wished, she heard the sound she wanted to hear.

Skadi seemed to understand why the Ægir had created such an adorable biological weapon.

After a battle ended, having such a cute child around to relieve stress was truly a wonderful thing.

Laurentina would definitely like this child.

She thought.

"Zerg, do you want to travel with me?"

Thus, the Abyssal Hunter said this.

The journey across the land was long and seemed without end.

Being able to return to an Ægir city this time had eased her exhausted body and mind considerably.

And—

With Zerg by her side, the Sea God's consciousness wouldn't appear.

Her mind would be able to relax much more.

"Travel?"

The Swarm Overlord didn't understand the word.

"What is that?"

He looked at Skadi in confusion.

The Abyssal Hunter couldn't help pinching the child's cheek.

The wonderful feel of it made her reluctant to let go.

"Traveling means going to places you've never been before and seeing different scenery and people."

Though Skadi's journey was less a trip than a self-imposed exile.

But that was already in the past.

Zerg could suppress the Sea God's consciousness, and the Ægir's nightmare—the Seaborn—were his food.

If that was the case, then even if she bled on land, perhaps she no longer needed to fear the threat of the Seaborn.

And at last, she had someone to travel with.

"Will there be food?"

Zerg still couldn't understand the concept of traveling.

The Swarm Overlord only cared about one thing—

Would there be food to eat?

If the Swarm wanted to develop, it needed more biomass or things rich in energy.

"Of course there will."

As an Ægir superhuman, Skadi could display incredibly powerful combat strength even on land.

Because of that, she had completed many missions and earned many bounties.

Since the Abyssal Hunter had virtually no expenses, she had saved quite a lot of money.

Raising one Zerg should be more than affordable.

"Wait, don't ignore me!"

The white-haired girl spoke up at that moment.

Was Skadi trying to abduct Zerg?

Then she refused to accept that!

"Zerg's values haven't even formed yet. He's still just a child, and you want to take him traveling?"

The tiny child probably hadn't received any education at all.

What if he learned something bad while traveling?

Besides, the white-haired girl didn't know what this world's state of affairs was like.

What if it was a world ravaged by war?

Many things that could only happen in wartime flashed through Kiana's mind.

She couldn't imagine what would happen if Zerg were led astray and became a bad child.

So she should take Zerg to school with her instead.

That was the best choice.

"I'll teach him, Kiana."

Before becoming an Abyssal Hunter, Skadi had at least graduated from an Ægir university.

Otherwise, she wouldn't have become the electrician responsible for maintaining the lighting arrays.

Maintaining lighting arrays outside Ægir cities was no simple task.

It required extremely specialized knowledge.

"..."

The white-haired girl was skeptical.

"I don't understand this world, Skadi."

Kiana spoke.

"Are the places you travel through peaceful?"

She looked seriously at the Abyssal Hunter.

"..."

They couldn't exactly be called peaceful. Conflict was everywhere.

Randomly occurring Catastrophes, Rusthammer settlements that rejected civilization, conflicts and friction between empires.

Her self-imposed exile across the land had shown Skadi sights entirely different from those beneath the sea.

Ursus's brutal oppression of the Infected, Kazimierz's wanton exploitation of ordinary people, Victoria's ruthless suppression of the Tarans...

The world on land was not a beautiful one.

"It doesn't seem peaceful, does it?"

Kiana keenly sensed the truth represented by Skadi's silence.

And so, she made up her mind.

She couldn't let that white-haired woman take Zerg away!

It was absolutely not out of selfishness. It was for Zerg's own good.

The tiny child was at exactly the age when his values were taking shape. He needed to receive positive education first.