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That woman had pinned Zerg to the ground—she had to be forcing him to brush her teeth!

"???"

The white-haired girl froze.

Even though they were one and the same, she still could not understand Kiana's thought process.

"For Zerg's sake, I absolutely won't let you take over my body!"

The white-haired little ball of fluff blazed with passion.

Little Zerg was still sleeping, and in order to protect his purity, she was fighting against the forces of darkness!

Grant me strength, Zerg!

In that instant, Kiana felt the tremendous power brought by her friendship and bond with Zerg!

"!"

The white-haired girl watched as her other self charged at her while shouting about friendship, bonds, the future, and all that.

The overwhelming momentum she displayed in that instant even made her want to retreat.

Then anger welled up inside her.

She was just Kiana Kaslana!

How could she possibly lose to such an idiot?

The two girls instantly began fighting.

The sound of tides rang beside her ears.

The Abyssal Hunter opened her eyes.

What came into view was a dim underwater city.

"This is..."

Skadi was somewhat confused.

If she remembered correctly, she should have been in Kiana's home.

Yet she had merely closed her eyes and arrived here.

"Ah~"

Singing drifted over from afar.

The voice sounded somewhat familiar—

It was almost identical to her own.

She instinctively reached behind her back.

Yet her hand found nothing.

The weapon that never left her side had vanished.

"..."

Skadi roughly understood what had happened.

"Sea God..."

That was what the Ægirians called the Seaborn's god.

And Abyssal Hunters who had come into contact with the Sea God Consciousness knew that among the Seaborn, It was called the Will of the Brood.

But Skadi rejected the Seaborn and refused to call It the Will of the Brood.

In the past, she had only occasionally heard Its murmuring voice.

An experience like this, where It directly constructed a dream...

Skadi had never encountered before.

After thinking for a moment, she followed the singing.

In the end, she saw a rockery made of stone—

And a figure seated atop it.

The other person had their back to her.

That ethereal singing was coming from there.

"..."

Noticing that a visitor had arrived, the figure facing away from the Abyssal Hunter turned around.

After seeing her appearance, Skadi's pupils shrank slightly.

It was her face.

But compared to herself, the other Skadi seemed more ethereal and pure.

"Who are you?"

The Abyssal Hunter immediately assumed a combat stance.

Was this an illusion created by the Sea God Consciousness, or was She—the Sea God herself?

"I am... Ishar'mla..."

Skadi—no, Ishar'mla—said so.

She had possessed Skadi's body and witnessed the many civilizations of the land, intending to return to the ocean and share those experiences with the Brood.

However—

Ishar'mla had seen the Swarm's origin.

She feared him, yet yearned to unite with him.

This was the instinct of a newborn.

She had forgotten why she had been born, but the instinct engraved in her genes had not changed in the slightest.

"Skadi... find him... then unite with him..."

Ishar'mla said slowly.

As long as she united with him, the Brood could become complete—

Beyond the four Firstborn, there was still one position.

That position belonged to the supreme Overlord.

"What are you talking about?"

Skadi could not understand.

"My kin... my blood relatives... find him..."

The incarnation of the Will of the Brood repeated her words.

As long as the Overlord returned, the Brood would no longer need to worry about survival.

Persistence, migration, growth, reproduction.

Those were the authorities of the four Firstborn.

But that Overlord wielded more complete, more powerful authorities.

The Seaborn were merely a crude imitation of that Overlord.

But it did not matter—

As long as they united with the Overlord and obtained the Overlord's essence, the Brood would ascend into a higher species.

"..."

No matter what the other side said, as long as she was Seaborn, Skadi would refuse.

That was the principle Skadi adhered to.

She rejected the Seaborn's very existence.

Hear nothing, see nothing, speak nothing.

The Abyssal Hunter closed her eyes, shut off her hearing, then turned and left.

"Blood relatives... kin... don't go..."

Ishar'mla's calls gradually weakened.

"Go find him..."

Though she had closed her eyes, Skadi still saw an image—

Amid swirling mist, a pair of hands gently wrapped around a petite body.

I Don't Want to See This!

Inside a mansion beyond the reach of any surveillance camera.

The small figure widened his eyes as he looked at the many foods laid out before him.

Zerg's eyes sparkled.

"So much food!"

He cheered.

"Gah-ha!"

The Zergling squatting atop the Overlord's head cried out as well.

"All right, eat slowly, Zerg."

Raiden Mei lightly wiped the moisture from her hands on her apron.

"Food, eat!"

Zerg picked up a plate.

Then—

"Om nom!"

The delicious food and the plate were swallowed together.

"Slurp."

A pink tongue licked across the dishes, curling both them and the food they held into his mouth.

Finally—

"Crunch... crunch... crunch..."

The dishes were chewed inside that W-shaped mouth, turning into irregular fragments.

"..."

Raiden Mei stopped wiping her hands.

Was the cute fairy's way of eating... a little too rough?

"Om nom!"

He opened his mouth wide again, but no food fell into it.

The little Cute Bug Overlord was somewhat confused.

He looked up and saw the girl holding the plate.

"...Zerg, let me feed you."

After several seconds of silence, Raiden Mei said this.

She gently took the plate that was about to be swallowed whole from the little child's hands.

"Feed me? Okay!"