Seeing the suspicion vanish from Robin's face, Hane quietly breathed a sigh of relief.
"That was close. I almost got exposed!"
Looking at the little girls gathered around him, Hane thought, who wouldn't love such adorable, clingy little cuties? He merely had the same hobbies as any ordinary person. Was it wrong to like cute things?
Absolutely not!
Hane defended himself inwardly.
Just then, Uchiha Retsuyō entered with a group of people.
"Your Majesty, most of the Cursed Children around the world have already been taken in. There are still some children unwilling to follow the Empire. Their promoters treat them well, and the Empire has no reason to forcibly take them away!"
Hane's expression gradually returned to normal.
"Is that so? It is indeed a bit troublesome. After all, this world is about to fall into desolation, and these children will ultimately have to be taken away!"
Hane frowned slightly.
"How about this? Send Witch Bracelets to those children who are unwilling to leave. Engrave spatial passages into them, so that whenever they are willing, they can use the Witch Bracelets to teleport to the Empire's world. Allow them to bring along the people they are attached to as well!"
Uchiha Retsuyō nodded and prepared to go make the arrangements.
However, Hane suddenly called out to him.
"How is the collection of this world's scientific information going? Compared to this useless world, those are the truly valuable treasures!"
"Your Majesty, we are gathering it with all our strength. After all, every nation keeps its technology under strict secrecy, so we still need some time!"
Uchiha Retsuyō quickly replied.
"Mm! Have you found out why this world became like this?"
"Your Majesty, the Imperial Research Institute has already made some progress. Based on the genes of the Gastrea and some