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"What I gave you to eat was an Ægir high-energy nutrition bar, Zerg."

Although the nutrition bar was indeed hard and thick, after that little sibling's description... it was far too easy to get the wrong idea.

Look at those two girls lowering their heads, too embarrassed to make eye contact. They had clearly gotten the wrong idea.

Unlike her, whose mind was filled with nothing but upright thoughts.

The Abyssal Hunter's eyes brimmed with righteous dignity.

"Skadi... likes doing it from behind...?"

A voice echoed in her mind.

Skadi's expression didn't change in the slightest.

That was all just Ishar'mla's fantasy.

She absolutely hadn't had any strange thoughts.

At that moment, the white-haired ball was the first to stand up, breaking the silence.

"Cough, cough, cough. I see, so it looks like all the misunderstandings have been cleared up... my ass!"

Kiana Kaslana pointed directly at the black-haired young lady.

"After you lured Zerg into the bathroom, what exactly did you do to him?"

The righteous Shield of the People tried to pressure the young lady of ME Corp. into telling the truth with her glare.

She hadn't forgotten what Zerg said about Mei washing him clean!

If Raiden Mei had washed Zerg clean, she must have done something to him beforehand!

"When I was feeding Zerg, some food accidentally splashed onto him, so we just took a bath together."

Raiden Mei said it lightly.

Any accidental contact with other places during that time wasn't worth mentioning.

After all, little Zerg had no idea how to bathe, so she had no choice but to do it for him—

Not to mention that Zerg had been asleep at the time.

"A bath together?"

Didn't that mean she had seen it?

Small, cute, tempting...

A hundred thousand words flashed through Kiana Kaslana's mind.

She hadn't even done that herself!

The enraged white-haired ball swung her fists, wanting to punch the young lady of ME Corp.

"I'll smash you to bits, you bastard!"

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"Skadi, don't stop me! I have to beat this woman up!"

Kiana waved her arms, trying to beat up the woman who had bathed Zerg.

Damn it, she had done something that Kiana herself hadn't even done!

"Hehe."

Raiden Mei merely smiled faintly in response.

In the eyes of the young lady of ME Corp., the other girl was just a defeated dog.

How could someone need to work sixteen hours a day just to support Zerg?

Surely nobody could be that poor, right?

Right? Right?

"..."

The Abyssal Hunter helplessly hugged Kiana Kaslana from behind to keep her from fighting Raiden Mei.

Were people from other worlds all this impulsive?

"It's almost eight. Could you two please leave my house? Otherwise, I'll have no choice but to call the police and have you removed."

Raiden Mei raised her head and glanced at the clock in the house.

It was nearly time for school. She needed to report to Thousand Feathers Academy.

After handling the paperwork at the academy, she would return in the afternoon to take care of Zerg. Then tomorrow, she could bring Zerg to school with her.

"...Hmph. Zerg, we're leaving!"

Kiana Kaslana's chest rose and fell several times before she managed to suppress her anger.

She spoke somewhat resentfully.

This was the Far East, and Raiden Mei was the young lady of ME Corp., a local giant in the Far East.

As someone who had wandered all the way from Siberia to the Far East, the white-haired ball's brain wasn't so stuffed with muscles that she couldn't think.

That woman really could use legal means to send her away.

"Miss Kiana, Zerg should stay with me."

Raiden Mei lightly shook one finger.

"It seems your financial circumstances aren't very good. Under local Far Eastern law, I have the right to ask the government to investigate your financial situation and assess whether you're capable of raising him."

Although her father had been sent to prison, she was still technically the young lady of ME Corp.

She still had some money to throw around.

At the very least, she was better off than Kiana, who looked like a penniless vagrant.

"Don't go too far, Raiden Mei!"

The white-haired ball was about to explode with rage.

Damn it, was having power and influence really such a big deal?

"Besides, you don't need to compensate me for the damage caused when you broke into my home this time."

The young lady of ME Corp. said lazily.

"But if you insist on staying, perhaps I'll change my mind."

The black-haired girl smiled without quite smiling.

"..."

Skadi couldn't help thinking that poor Kiana seemed to be getting played right into Raiden Mei's hands.

"Zerg, it's time to go back."

The Abyssal Hunter shook her head.

People from other worlds sure had complicated thoughts.

Good thing she wasn't from this world.

"Miss Skadi, do you intend to take Zerg away?"

Raiden Mei looked at the white-haired, red-eyed hunter.

"He is my sibling. Naturally, I should be the one to care for him. Besides—" Skadi's tone remained calm. "The laws of this place have no jurisdiction over me."

Although Yan had an old saying about respecting local customs, the Abyssal Hunter intended to return to her own world.

Did the laws of another world think they could govern her?

Upon hearing that, the young lady of ME Corp.'s expression stiffened.

An outlaw?

Remembering how the other woman had crushed a katana barehanded earlier, Raiden Mei instinctively took several steps back.

As the young lady of ME Corp., her status might still be somewhat useful against ordinary people.

But against an outlaw like Skadi—

By the time it became useful, the grass on her grave might already be three meters tall.

"Skadi, well done!"

Kiana Kaslana, who had been left speechless by Raiden Mei earlier, saw the girl retreat and couldn't help laughing.

"I think Zerg should decide for himself where he wants to stay."

After glaring at the white-haired ball, the young lady shifted the subject to Zerg.

"Let Zerg choose?"

The tiny insect swarm overlord blinked.

"Zerg, who do you want to go with? If you come with me, I can make sure you eat until you're full every day~"

Raiden Mei smiled slightly.

"Eat until I'm full!"

Zerg's eyes immediately lit up.

What a despicable woman!

Kiana Kaslana's eyes widened.

She was actually using food to lure Zerg away!

"Zerg, if you come with me, I can make sure you eat until you're full every day too."

Skadi spoke calmly.

Unlike the impoverished Kiana Kaslana, the Abyssal Hunter had a bit of money.

The money she normally earned from bounty missions, if converted, should be enough to buy a fairly large house in the core district of the famous mobile city of Lungmen.

The white-haired ball suffered a critical hit.

She knew her own situation best.

Right now, she—

had only 100,100 yen to her name.

If she spent all of it buying food for Zerg... it probably wouldn't even make a dent.

That little child had an enormous appetite, like a bottomless pit.

Without some savings, Kiana Kaslana might have to perform stone-breaking-on-the-chest acts in the street to earn money.

Raiden Mei only felt that Skadi was truly difficult to deal with.

The other woman's tone was utterly calm, without the slightest hint of guilt or hesitation—

so there was a high chance she wasn't lying.

As for Kiana Kaslana?

She was just an insignificant white-haired ball.

At that moment, the insect swarm overlord became conflicted.

The Biomass had already been extracted. He needed to return and give it to the Drone so that it could mutate into a Hatchery.

That way, he could use the Hatchery to break down and digest resources afterward, no longer needing to worry about energy supplies.

But if he stayed here, he could eat delicious food until he was full every day!

Although the insect swarm could consume any food no matter how awful it tasted, or rely on the Creep for energy—

the food here tasted really good!

"Mm... Zerg wants to go back now."

In the end, the instinct to develop the insect swarm defeated the instinct to eat.