The Sea Creatures were all simple-minded. Their standards for judging good and evil, likes and dislikes, were as simple as a child's.
That was what Heart of the Corrupted Skadi had read on her phone, so that was how she acted.
As for stepping on Lord God's face in black stockings, Lord God had not refused. Not refusing meant acquiescence, acquiescence meant approval, and approval was truth!
So how dare you, Little Rabbit, defy Lord God's will?
She was disloyal!
Heart of the Corrupted Skadi floated toward Amiya. Amiya froze for a moment before decisively retreating.
After all, they had fought the first time they met. Since Heart of the Corrupted Skadi had not opened with a Great Silence this time, it meant she was not planning to get serious.
Amiya knew that, which was why she did not fight back either.
Thus, one fish and one rabbit chased each other around the little castle.
Until, with a creak—
The castle's tiny window was pushed open from outside, and half of Chen Ran's face appeared beyond it.
"I was wondering what you two were making such a racket over in this hamster cage. Clanging around nonstop."
Chen Ran leaned back and reached his hand through the window.
One of his hands was practically as big as half a room in the toy house. As soon as he reached in, he not only squeezed Amiya into a corner, but also grabbed Heart of the Corrupted Skadi in one go.
"So what was this ornamental fish doing awake in the middle of the night?"
Chen Ran withdrew his hand and loosened his fingers. Looking at Heart of the Corrupted Skadi, who sat obediently and sweetly in his palm—
Yet even now, Scadi the Corrupting Heart still clutched the phone tightly against her chest. Chen Ran smiled and poked her little head with a fingertip. "All right, come with me. If you stay here, you'll keep Little Rabbit up all night too."
After saying that, Chen Ran glanced at Amiya, who was peeking out through the window, and waved. "All right, Little Rabbit, get some rest. No one should bother you again after this."
"Ah... okay..." Amiya nodded instinctively, then hurriedly added, "Um, good night, Lord God."
"Good night."
Only after watching Chen Ran turn and leave did Amiya finally let out a sigh of relief.
She shut the window and sat back on the bed. Just as she inwardly sighed that things had finally calmed down, her rabbit ears could not help perking up again as she listened in.
Although Lord God had already gone far away, she could still hear his conversation with Heart of the Corrupted Skadi:
"So whose phone is this that you're holding, Red T?"
"Little Rabbit's? Good grief, Red T, were you exploiting a loophole here too?"
"I said you could only play on your phone for three hours a day, so you went and played with someone else's phone so it wouldn't count toward the timer, right?"
"Oh... Red T, you said you were using your phone to learn new positions?"
"No need. I'm honestly not picky—black stockings, white stockings, bare feet—"
"What do you mean, smear chocolate on them? Don't waste food—giving it to me to eat doesn't make it okay either."
Amiya, eavesdropping in the toy house: "... ..."
... ... ...
... ...
Sea Creatures did not actually need sleep.
Every direction of their evolution was for the sake of survival. Could sleeping be called better survival?
No.
Who knew whether they might be sleeping peacefully, only to be caught by Sargol people and turned into sashimi?
So even if they originally needed sleep, they would evolve themselves into creatures that did not.
"Um... if Sea Creatures don't need sleep, then why is this red Miss Skadi... lying there without moving?"
After hearing Chen Ran's explanation, Amiya turned to look at Heart of the Corrupted Skadi and curiously asked, "Could it be..."
"She's not dead."
Without even turning around, Chen Ran casually replied, "She just secretly played on her phone all night, got caught red-handed by me, and that was that."
"Oh..."
Amiya seemed to have roughly guessed what happened afterward.
But...
Amiya looked at the phone that had been returned to her, then looked at Lord God.
Sea Creatures did not need sleep, but Amiya did.
Although, just like on the first night, she still tossed and turned in bed...
She did not have to work, though, so she slept until noon.
After washing up, she floated out of the little castle and saw Lord God seated nearby, busy with something in his hands.
Amiya was naturally well-behaved enough not to disturb him rashly. She merely stood nearby and watched curiously for a long time.
Then she witnessed the birth of a planet with her own eyes.
Amiya: "... ..."
Unlike Heart of the Corrupted Skadi, who had watched Chen Ran craft a planet by hand and simply been intensely curious, Amiya's scalp went numb from the shock.
It was like when humans looked up at the starry sky, realized the vastness of the universe and their own insignificance, and felt that helplessness and despair.
Amiya could not help taking several steps back, nearly twisting her ankle in the process.
And it was precisely because of that that Chen Ran noticed Little Rabbit on the table.
"Hmm?" Chen Ran temporarily stopped what he was doing. When he turned to look at Amiya, he could not help smiling. "Why are you wearing Red T's clothes, Little Rabbit?"
Amiya was not wearing the white dress she had worn as the Demon King Rabbit, nor was she wearing any of the skin outfits Chen Ran had prepared for her.
Instead, she was wearing an urban beauty outfit—or rather... an OL big-sister outfit?
Chen Ran remembered only having customized this style of clothing for Heart of the Corrupted Skadi.
The reason Amiya had nearly twisted her ankle while stepping back was that she was not only wearing the black stockings typical of an OL outfit, but also a pair of high heels.
Before becoming the Demon King Rabbit, Amiya had been a battlefield medic. After becoming the Demon King Rabbit, she had gone barefoot. When had she ever had the chance to wear high heels?
Of course she was going to twist her ankle.
At Chen Ran's words, Amiya's little face reddened.
Because Amiya herself knew that Heart of the Corrupted Skadi's clothes... really did not fit her.
Amiya: Wearing a veil is fine... but something still feels off.
"Look at how skinny you are, Little Rabbit. I can practically imagine the hard life you had before."
Amiya from the Normal Line had at least been doted on by the Doctor, Kal'tsit, and others.
But Amiya from the Demon King Rabbit route... had truly suffered all the way through.
Amiya from the Normal Line was only 142 centimeters tall, but that was because she had only been around thirteen or fourteen at the time. She was still growing.
Look, once Amiya had promoted into a Medic, hadn't her height shot up to 150 centimeters?
But the Demon King Rabbit was already an adult, in her twenties. Her body had long since finished developing.
Yet look at this Demon King Rabbit now. Wearing that OL outfit, the places that should have filled out did not fill out, and the places that should have curved did not curve.
On the other hand, that corset cinched the Demon King Rabbit's waist so tightly that it looked as thin as though she had been abused and starved.
Chen Ran rose to his feet. "Wait here for a bit, Little Rabbit. I'll be right back."
"Ah... okay...?"
Amiya had no idea what Chen Ran was going to do. All she could do was stare blankly as he got up, left, and disappeared from her sight.
She was a little reluctant to see him go, but Amiya still withdrew her gaze and looked around.
Then she saw Heart of the Corrupted Skadi, who had been playing dead in the distance, turn her little head and peer at her with tiny eyes.
That look made Amiya's face turn even redder.
Amiya knew that Heart of the Corrupted Skadi's clothes did not suit her. Neither her height nor her figure suited them.
In Lord God's eyes... she probably looked like a child secretly wearing an adult's clothes... didn't she?
But she could not help it. Last night, when she had perked up her ears to eavesdrop, she had heard things about black stockings, white stockings... and bare feet smeared with chocolate...
So after thinking about it, Amiya still made a gesture toward Heart of the Corrupted Skadi in the distance.
She had put on black stockings and offered her loyalty to Lord God—that was roughly what Amiya meant.
Heart of the Corrupted Skadi nodded approvingly, tilted her little head back, and continued playing dead.
Oh, no, she was not playing dead. Amiya saw the screen of the phone beside Heart of the Corrupted Skadi being swiped.
Still, Amiya felt relieved.
She did not want Heart of the Corrupted Skadi to keep chanting, "You are disloyal!" tonight, then chase her all over the little castle again.
So now...
Amiya lowered her head and looked at her loose-fitting chest...
Should she change after all?
Thinking that, Amiya looked up. After confirming that Lord God showed no signs of returning yet, she floated back into the little castle.
When she changed back into the little white dress she had worn as the Demon King Rabbit, then floated out barefoot again—Amiya immediately felt a death glare.
Amiya awkwardly and helplessly retreated into the little castle. After picking through her clothes, she finally changed into a pair of white stockings close to her skin tone before cautiously floating out again.
Only after confirming that she no longer felt that death glare did Amiya float back to the table.
She gently landed, placing her little feet wrapped in white stockings on the tabletop.
Then, while waiting for Lord God to return, Amiya curiously examined the unfinished model planet.
Until, after an unknown amount of time—
There came a loud clatter.
Something suddenly descended and crashed down in front of Amiya. Startled, she hurriedly looked up.
Chen Ran had returned at some point, and he had brought back a huge pile of food and drinks.
"Hm? You changed back, Little Rabbit?"
Chen Ran looked at Amiya. "I don't know if it's because of first impressions, but I actually think this little white dress suits you best, Little Rabbit."
"Yes, Lord God." Amiya nodded her little head, then asked, "Then these are...?"
"For you to eat, Little Rabbit," Chen Ran replied. "If it's not enough, I can have the head chef make more for you."
Amiya: "... ..."
Amiya looked at the various snacks surrounding her in a full circle, then looked up at the "little cake" taller than her entire body...
Amiya felt that the sugar in that little cake alone... probably equaled all the sugar she would consume in her life.
"It's enough, it's enough!" Amiya hurriedly said. "I can't finish all this by myself!"
"If you can't finish it, give it to Red T."
"Uh..."
Amiya instinctively wanted to say, Lord God, please don't use that tone. It made that red Miss Skadi sound like some cleaning robot specifically designed to deal with leftover food...
But when Amiya turned to look, she saw Heart of the Corrupted Skadi, who had been playing dead, suddenly lift her little head with an expression that said, "Food? Where's the food?" and look over.
Amiya: "... ..."
All right. Amiya felt her worries had been unnecessary.
Even so, Amiya still asked, "Miss Red Skadi? Would you like to come eat some too?"
The moment she spoke, Heart of the Corrupted Skadi immediately floated over.
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