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The Abyssal Hunter's thoughts derailed in an instant.

Then she looked at the unconscious white-haired bundle with some irritation.

It was all Kiana Kaslana's fault!

"If Zerg sleeps with Skadi, will Skadi give Zerg food?"

The tiny Swarm Overlord continued asking.

"...Yes."

After a moment of silence, the Abyssal Hunter finally forced out those words.

"But you don't need to sleep with me either."

Wouldn't that make her no different from that copper-smelting pervert?

Skadi decided to keep an eye on Kiana. If she looked like she was about to wake up, Skadi would punch her again and make sure the white-haired bundle slept until dawn.

Besides, she was an Ægir superhuman. Staying awake for one night wasn't a problem.

She placed the tiny child on the bed and tucked the blanket around him.

During this, the little Zergling hopped onto the pillow and sat beside its Overlord.

"Good night, Zerg."

The Abyssal Hunter patted her tiny kin on the head.

Then she turned toward the unconscious Kiana Kaslana.

Non-recyclable trash needed to be dealt with.

At the very least, she couldn't let her stay in the same room as Zerg.

After closing the bedroom door, Skadi dragged Kiana into the living room. Then she sat on the soft sofa and watched the white-haired bundle lying on the carpet.

"...What a strange day."

Closing her eyes slightly, the Abyssal Hunter intended to rest her mind for a while.

Then—

A sudden wave of drowsiness washed over her. In the final instant before she lost consciousness, Skadi seemed to faintly hear the sound of tides.

The tiny Swarm Overlord blinked as he stared at the ceiling.

He didn't need sleep. His powerful physique and Psionics gave him the ability to stay awake without rest.

"Gah!"

The Zergling flapped the wings on its back, jumped down from the pillow, and ran to the window.

"Is there food outside?"

Zerg sat up.

"Gah!"

The Zergling stuck out its pink tongue, then leaped onto the windowsill. After glancing at its Overlord, the little purple creature jumped out the window.

"Zerg is going too!"

A Beauty Falls from the Sky

Cold, lonely, devoid of light.

On the rooftop.

A black-haired girl sat on the railing.

Her eyes were lifeless, as if she had lost all desire to keep living.

Raiden Mei. That was her name.

The young lady of ME Corp., though that identity had ended when her father was thrown into prison.

The classmates who had once surrounded her became cold and distant, while the friends she had once chatted happily with also abandoned her.

In such an environment, the girl's personality became increasingly withdrawn.

And with no one by her side after her father's imprisonment, she lost the will to live.

"It wouldn't be so bad to just die like this."

Her eyes held no light as she looked at the scenery below.

With just one small jump, she wouldn't have to feel any pain anymore.

So this was fine.

That was what Raiden Mei thought.

And that was what she did.

However, so as not to affect anyone else, the girl deliberately chose the dead of night and an uninhabited place to jump.

Spreading her arms, the black-haired girl closed her eyes.

Then—

She leaped.

The wind howled past her ears.

Raiden Mei waited for her life to end.

"Something fell from the sky?"

A somewhat childish voice rang out.

The girl instinctively opened her eyes.

She saw—

Below her, a cute child stood blankly in place, wearing a purple hat and looking up at the sky.

Why was there a child here?

That question flashed through Raiden Mei's mind.

Then she suddenly realized what was happening.

"Move!"

The black-haired girl couldn't help screaming.

It was one thing if she died, but if she took this adorable child down with her, she wouldn't rest in peace even as a ghost!

"Hm?"

The tiny child and the purple creature perched atop his head both tilted their heads slightly.

The next moment, Raiden Mei's body crashed into him.

Thud!

The girl discovered that her body only hurt a little.

"Are you okay?"

Looking at the adorable child pinned beneath her, Raiden Mei's voice became incomparably panicked.

She had jumped from so high and landed on someone. For some reason, she hadn't died from the fall, but that wasn't the most urgent issue.

"I'll call my family's hospital to come save you right away!"

She tried to pull out her phone, but when she saw its shattered screen from the impact and found that it wouldn't turn on no matter how she pressed the power button, despair filled her heart.

"I-I'm sorry!"

Raiden Mei abruptly bent down, closed her eyes, and apologized, her voice tinged with sobs.

Because of her, an innocent underage child had been killed.

The guilt and self-reproach nearly crushed the breath from her lungs.

"Zerg wants food!"

Then the childish voice rang out.

"I'll buy you food right away!"

Raiden Mei answered instinctively.

"Huh?"

Then she realized something seemed wrong.

Cautiously opening her eyes, the girl saw that the tiny child was still alive and kicking.

The purple creature on his head was as well.

"Y-you're alive?"

Raiden Mei could hardly believe it.

The next moment—

She tightly hugged the child before her.

"That's wonderful, you're alive!"

The girl buried her head against the child's neck.

Choked sobs sounded beside Zerg's ear.

"?"

The tiny Swarm Overlord knew nothing and wore a blankly adorable expression.

Why had this person suddenly hugged him?

Why was water flowing from her eyes?

"Whatever you want to eat, I'll buy it for you!"

Raiden Mei sniffled, then barely suppressed the emotions in her heart.

Alive. Not dead. That was wonderful.

She hadn't killed an innocent person.

"Mm, salty?"

Then the girl felt something lick her eye.

The tears she had shed were swept away by a tiny tongue.

"How strange."

Zerg blinked.

"..."

Raiden Mei's thoughts stopped for a moment.

Then another pink tongue licked her, and the girl's face turned red with a poof.

"Y-you, you, you..."

She became completely incoherent.

"Gah!"

"So you can taste that it's salty too?"

Zerg raised his head slightly and met the gaze of the Zergling sitting atop his head.

Why was there salty water?

"..."

Looking at this strange pair before her, Raiden Mei no longer knew what to say.