After all—
He had been lured away with nothing more than food.
He had absolutely no wariness toward strangers.
If she had not been a good person, Zerg might have been thrown onto a bed by now.
"Come with Rita?"
Zerg tilted his head slightly.
There was no malice in her.
Rita would not do anything bad to him.
"Yes, if you come with big sister, there will be lots of delicious food."
Rita smiled faintly.
Later, she would first ask the local police station whether this adorable child had any relatives.
His clothes... the style was very unusual.
They did not resemble the style of any country.
When the child emerged from the alley, nearly everyone's gaze had focused on him.
Rita keenly noticed that someone had harbored ill intentions.
"Delicious food!"
Zerg's eyes lit up.
But he quickly fell into hesitation.
"Um... Zerg can't go with Rita."
Kiana had said she would pretend to run into him.
He could not just run off—
Even if Rita said she would give him lots of delicious food.
"...Can you tell big sister why?"
Rita stopped stirring her coffee.
To be honest—
She felt somewhat frustrated.
After all, she should not be ugly, and her personality was quite approachable.
And she had even made such a wonderful promise.
Yet Zerg had refused.
"Zerg is waiting for Kiana!"
The little child said so.
"Kiana?"
Rita fell into thought.
St. Freya Academy had rescued three survivors from Nagazora City—
They were Kiana Kaslana, Bronya Zaychik, and Raiden Mei.
However, intelligence indicated that five people had actually been rescued from Nagazora City.
It was just that the other two had quickly disappeared.
The adult who had infiltrated St. Freya Academy did not know the backgrounds of the two missing survivors either.
She only knew