Kiana said this.
Along the way, she discovered that Zerg seemed to know absolutely nothing about the trappings of modern civilization.
He had never even seen a streetlamp.
But when she remembered the scenes the system had shown her, the white-haired girl felt that it was perfectly normal.
Zerg's city must have been destroyed by war, and he was merely a survivor who had escaped by chance—perhaps even the only one.
Thinking of that, the white-haired girl felt even more heartbroken.
Even in freezing Siberia, she at least had her stinky dad with her.
But Zerg had nothing.
All he had for company was loneliness and hunger.
If it were her—
Could she endure it?
Kiana did not know.
After all, she had already seen the light.
While Zerg might have been accompanied by darkness and solitude ever since he was born.
Fate was simply too cruel.
At that moment, a silver-haired girl with strange spiral twin-tails approached them along the street.
Her face was expressionless, and she carried a huge bag of snacks in her arms.
At the same time, she had a Pocky chocolate stick clenched between her lips.
"Delicious food!"
Zerg smelled the scent of food.
Then he directly broke free from Kiana's hand and darted in front of the silver-haired girl.
"Food! Zerg wants food!"
The tiny child looked at her with pitiful eyes.
"?"
The silver-haired girl blinked.
What was going on?
"S-Sorry!"
Only then did the white-haired girl react.
She hurriedly jogged over to the silver-haired girl.
"Zerg wants food!"
Zerg continued staring at the chocolate stick in the girl's mouth.
It smells so good. I want to eat it.
Having only been born not long ago and not knowing how to obtain food, he could only stare at her like this.
Based on his previous experience, it seemed that as long as he made this kind of expression, the other person would give him food.
Just like the girl who had held his hand earlier.
Mm, Zerg still did not know her name.
But perhaps it was [The Ultimate Invincible Super Fucking Cute Paramecium!]?
That was what the Dimensional Chat Group that had brought him here called her.
"Who are you people?"
After swallowing the Pocky chocolate stick in her mouth, the silver-haired girl spoke somewhat coldly.
They probably were not people who had discovered her identity.
After all, who would send such an adorable child to assassinate her?
Besides, she could not sense even the slightest killing intent.
"I'm..."
Kiana wanted to say something.
"I'm Zerg!"
Little Zerg spoke before her.
"She's the Ultimate Invincible Super Fucking Cute Paramecium!"
Then he pointed at the person beside him.
"That's right, I'm the Ultimate Invincible..."
Kiana subconsciously wanted to agree.
Then she noticed the silver-haired girl take several steps back.
The white-haired girl froze, finally realizing what Zerg had just said.
"No, no, no! My name is Kiana!"
She tried to correct her name.
"..."
The silver-haired girl only felt that this white-haired girl might be rather narcissistic and not very intelligent.
Who would name themselves [The Ultimate Invincible Super Fucking Cute Paramecium!]?
As for the possibility that Zerg was making things up, she believed it was absolutely impossible.
How could such an adorable child lie?
This person called Paramecium must have called herself that in front of Zerg every day, which was why Zerg said it too.
"My name really is Kiana!"
The white-haired girl became anxious.
"Mm-hm, I understand."
The silver-haired girl nodded coldly.
"Fine, I'm going home now. Can you move aside?"
She had completely ruled out the possibility that they were people sent to assassinate her.
After all, compared to her, their intelligence was truly rather pitiful.
"Zerg wants food!"
Then the little child repeated himself.
"Zerg is very hungry!"
That was what he said.
"..."
The silver-haired girl lowered her head.
Earlier, she had only given him a cursory glance and thought he was very cute.
But now, upon examining him closely...
That face seemed as though it had been formed specifically to awaken the hidden maternal instincts of human women.
If Bronya had to describe it herself—
Mm, he was as cute as Hōm.
And unlike Hōm, Zerg was a real person.
He would definitely feel comfortable to hold.
She could not help thinking that.
"Here, eat this, Zerg."
Unconsciously, the silver-haired girl's tone softened.
She pulled a chocolate stick from the snacks in her arms—one of the Hōm collaboration chocolate sticks she had specially bought.
But with a child as cute as Hōm asking for food, she was completely willing to part with it.
Then the silver-haired girl raised her head and looked at the white-haired girl, who seemed hesitant to speak—
"How do you take care of him? You actually let him go hungry?"
Even Mama Cocolia would never let the children at the orphanage go hungry like this.
"I..."
Kiana felt wronged.
"Kiana is a good person! She gave Zerg food!"
Then little Zerg hugged the white-haired girl's arm, declaring that she was a good person.
"Zerg was very hungry, and Kiana gave Zerg food!"
He said it earnestly.
"Zerg, you're too good!"
Moved, Kiana hugged the child beside her and buried his head in her chest.
Zerg really was such a good child!
He even spoke up for her!
"Mmph, mmph, mmph!" (Zerg could not speak anymore!)
His tiny body flailed as he tried to break free from this dangerous embrace.
"..."
The silver-haired girl looked at Kiana suspiciously.
This adorable child looked so pure and innocent. Could this person named Kiana have trained him beforehand?
"Zerg, my name is Bronya. Do you want to come with me?"
Bronya felt that she could not let such an adorable child stay by Kiana's side.
Look at him—he had been starved to the point of begging food from strangers.
And the clothes and shoes he wore seemed too large for him, as though they did not fit his size at all.
Was she unwilling to even buy properly fitting clothes for such an adorable child?
"Huh?"
Kiana froze.
What did this person called Bronya mean?
Was she trying to snatch Zerg's custody from her?
The white-haired girl subconsciously ignored the fact that she had only just met Zerg.
"What do you mean?"
Kiana released her embrace and raised an eyebrow.
"Don't misunderstand. I simply don't want to see someone abuse a child."
There had not been the slightest hint of pretense in that hungry appearance.
Master Bronya was kindhearted and could not bear to see such an adorable child go hungry.
She would give this child a better future.