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As for the price the child had to pay—

He only had to serve as a substitute Hōm body pillow.

"You!"

Kiana was so angry that she couldn't speak for a moment.

"Zerg, come with me. If you do, all this food is yours."

Bronya ignored Kiana's anger.

She looked at the tiny child and tried to tempt him with food.

The silver-haired girl pulled out a snack from the pile in her arms and waited for the child's answer.

"..."

Zerg held the Pocky chocolate stick Bronya had given him earlier, then looked at the huge bag of snacks in her arms.

He looked at the white-haired girl beside him again.

Then—

Zerg opened his mouth wide and swallowed the Pocky chocolate stick, wrapper and all.

"?"

Even the aloof silver-haired girl widened her eyes.

The tiny child's mouth had just opened far wider than any human mouth possibly could, then swallowed the Hōm collaboration edition Pocky chocolate stick she had given him, packaging included.

"Zerg wants more!"

After swallowing it, Zerg acted as if nothing had happened and expressed his desire for more food.

"This is for you..."

Bronya answered instinctively.

"Awoo!"

Then she realized her hand had entered somewhere warm.

The girl slowly lowered her head.

She saw the tiny child's innocent gaze.

That was, if she ignored the hand that had been swallowed.

"Zerg, spit it out! You can't eat that!"

Kiana immediately cried out from beside them.

Did Zerg eat everything?!

Plastic forks, plastic buckets, food wrappers—and now he had swallowed a hand too!

The white-haired girl shook Zerg vigorously, trying to make him spit out the silver-haired girl's swallowed hand.

"..."

Zerg blinked.

Then he opened his mouth and spat out the silver-haired girl's hand.

"Zerg wants more food!"

The tiny child continued pleading for food.

"...Take all of this."

Bronya stared at her slightly damp hand and fell silent for a moment.

She handed over the snacks she had been holding.

Zerg caught the bundle of snacks.

Then he opened his mouth wide again.

Bronya once again witnessed him swallow everything in one gulp.

The food in her arms, enough to last her at least several days, vanished just like that.

Not only the edible parts, but the inedible parts as well.

This tiny child... was he human?

Bronya couldn't help having that thought.

"Zerg!"

Kiana was about to lose it.

Why was he eating more and more random stuff?!

Before she could even react, Zerg had swallowed it all in one gulp.

"Zerg is a little full!"

Zerg narrowed his eyes. Like a cat that had eaten its fill, he couldn't help lifting his head.

Bronya reached out and scratched his fair little chin.

"Purr, purr..."

Just like a real cat, Zerg made an adorable sound.

Bronya's eyes lit up slightly.

Even if he wasn't human, that was fine, wasn't it?

"What are you doing?"

Kiana slapped away that reckless left hand.

She hugged the tiny child tightly.

She had obviously been the first one to meet Zerg!

She hadn't even done that to Zerg yet!

"Name your price. You can give him to me."

Bronya returned to her usual indifferent expression.

Yet the words that came out of her mouth sounded like those of a human trafficker.

Though she had come to Nagazora City with an unspeakable mission, Cocolia Mama surely wouldn't mind if she adopted a pitiful child.

No, she would probably definitely like this child too.

She would just have to give his body a thorough examination before taking him back.

"Huh?"

Kiana froze.

What did this girl mean?

Did she want to buy Zerg?

You're a human trafficker, aren't you?

Righteous Kiana couldn't stand by and watch any longer.

"I won't give him to you, you human trafficker!"

She looked like such a cute girl, but behind the scenes, she was actually a shady human trafficker.

Kiana hugged little Zerg and backed away a few steps.

At the same time, she took out her phone, intending to call the police.

Someone was actually trying to buy and sell a child in broad daylight!

"..."

Bronya raised an eyebrow slightly.

She wasn't some human trafficker. She was Lord Bronya, who simply couldn't bear to see a child go hungry.

"Before calling me a human trafficker, why don't you think about how long you've let this child go hungry?"

She retorted sharply.

"He was hungry enough to beg food from strangers. I suspect you're abusing this child."

She looked like a beautiful girl, but behind the scenes, she was scum who abused children.

Bronya took out her phone as well, intending to send this child abuser straight to the police station.

Then she could ask Cocolia Mama for a favor and make this white-haired girl spend double the time in prison.

"You!"

Kiana's eyes widened.

She absolutely refused to accept such slander!

"Waa... Don't fight. Zerg thinks Kiana and Bronya are both good people!"

The tiny child blinked, then broke free from the white-haired girl's embrace.

He ran between the two of them and made that declaration.

"Zerg is already a little full!"

That was what he said.

They were both good people willing to feed Zerg!

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

Bronya spoke in a tempting tone.

She had plenty of money.

As a genius hacker, the silver-haired girl had a lot of money.

At the very least, feeding one hungry child was more than affordable.

"Zerg, I..."

Kiana wanted to say she could feed Zerg too.

Then she thought of her financial situation.

It was so bad even thieves would shake their heads and robbers would sympathize.

"I can feed you too!"

But she couldn't lose in spirit. At the very least, she absolutely couldn't let this silver-haired girl take Zerg away!

"Tch."

Bronya laughed.

She could hear the uncertainty in the white-haired girl's voice.

Clearly, the other girl absolutely couldn't do what she claimed.

It seemed this white-haired girl hadn't deliberately abused the child, but her financial situation definitely wasn't good. She couldn't even afford clothes.

The coat Zerg wore clearly didn't fit him. It looked more like it belonged to the white-haired girl.

The shoes on his feet were the same.

She couldn't afford clothes, and he couldn't eat enough.

How could such an adorable child stay with a poor white-haired girl like this?

"Zerg, you choose. Who do you want to go with?"