After Chen Ran handed her a small fork, Amiya finally thanked him. "Then... I'll dig in..."
She gently picked up a piece with her fork and put it into her mouth.
"Mmm... so sweet..."
"Sweet?" Chen Ran raised an eyebrow when he heard that. "Then the dessert wasn't made properly. I'll have someone make another one."
"Huh? No, no, no!"
Amiya froze. Though she had no idea how Chen Ran had reached that conclusion, she hurriedly stretched out her little hand to stop him. "I-I mean, it's really delicious!"
As if to convince Chen Ran, Amiya hurriedly forked another small piece and put it into her mouth.
Only then did Chen Ran believe her.
However—
Watching these two little ones, each only around ten centimeters tall, eat with their cheeks puffed out like little hamsters,
It was surprisingly stress-relieving.
But Chen Ran quickly noticed something. "Little Rabbit, where's the black veil you used to wear over your face?"
"Mmm...?"
Cream clung to the corner of Amiya's mouth as she raised her little head. "I put it in the wardrobe... Is something wrong, Lord God?"
"It's just that Little Rabbit suddenly stopped covering her face. I'm a little unaccustomed to it," Chen Ran said sentimentally.
"Huh... Then should I go back and put it on again?" Amiya asked tentatively.
"No need, you're eating. Why wear that thing—"
That was what Chen Ran had intended to say, but halfway through, he seemed to suddenly realize something. Rubbing his chin, he stared at Amiya for a long while.
Until Amiya started feeling uncomfortable under his gaze—
"I have an idea I want to test." Chen Ran finally spoke. "Little Rabbit, go put that black veil back on first."
"Okay...?"
Though Amiya did not understand why, she still put down her fork and floated back into the little castle.
When she came out again, the black veil was once more covering her face.
Then, when Amiya floated back before Chen Ran, he reached out and lightly lifted her veil with his fingertip. Bringing that fingertip toward her little mouth, he said, "Little Rabbit, try biting my fingertip."
Amiya did not understand, but she did as he said.
Chen Ran watched as he lifted the veil halfway with his fingertip, only for it to fall again and cover half his finger. Beneath the veil, Amiya gently bit his fingertip with her little mouth, leaving only her pair of little eyes visible as she looked at him.
Chen Ran immediately understood. "Oh, just as I thought. Little Rabbit, you should keep wearing that veil from now on."
"Okay..."
Amiya nodded her little head, though she still felt that something was off.
Amiya: What kind of welcome gift is just giving away an entire planet?!
Amiya really did feel that something was wrong.
But she tilted her little head and thought hard for a long time, yet still could not figure out what it was.
Instead, when she came back to her senses, Amiya discovered that she had been holding Chen Ran's fingertip and sucking on it for quite a while.
"Ah... S-sorry, Lord God..."
Amiya hurriedly released his fingertip.
Seeing the saliva on Chen Ran's fingertip, Amiya wanted to wipe it off.
But after looking herself over, all Amiya had was a little white dress. Where was she supposed to find extra cloth to wipe away the saliva?
She could not possibly take off her white stockings, roll them into a ball, and use them to wipe it, could she?
Fortunately, her Lord God was considerate enough to see her embarrassment.
Chen Ran withdrew his hand and casually waved it. "Alright, alright, don't worry about such a small thing. But if you don't hurry, Little Rabbit, that 'small' cake will be completely devoured by Red T alone."
As he spoke, Chen Ran looked back at his saliva-covered fingertip.
This was where Little Rabbit had kissed him. Quick, lick it— Chen Ran really could not bring himself to do something like that.
So he pulled out a tissue from beside him and casually wiped it clean.
When he looked up again, he saw Amiya gripping her little fork as if it were the Lance of Longinus and hurriedly charging into battle.
She had no choice. The small cake that should have been as tall as she was had already been devoured by Heart of the Corrupted Skadi by more than half during the time Amiya had spent sucking Chen Ran's fingertip.
Who knew why Heart of the Corrupted Skadi's little belly showed no signs of swelling after eating so much.
But unfortunately, Amiya only managed to eat another amount about the size of a soybean before she was full.
As for Heart of the Corrupted Skadi...
Forget it. With the Sea Creatures around, it would not go to waste anyway.
... ... ...
... ...
Amiya gently rubbed her little belly and floated back and forth beside Chen Ran as if helping herself digest.
"Little Rabbit, you learn pretty fast."
Chen Ran, who was molding a planet model by hand, suddenly laughed. "Before, Red T was the one floating around beside me. Now it's Little Rabbit. When are the two of you going to float around together and give me surround sound?"
"Mmm..." Amiya was a little embarrassed and landed on the tabletop. "Sorry, Lord God. Was I disturbing you?"
"No, I just finished."
Chen Ran wiped his hands, then pinched the newly made planet model between two fingers and held it under the light, admiring it like a work of art.
Amiya had gone from witnessing the birth of a planet for the first time to becoming much more accustomed to it now, so she obediently admired it together with Chen Ran.
"So this is a new world..." Amiya sighed for no particular reason.
"Pretty, isn't it?" Chen Ran asked.
"Mm." Amiya nodded. "Very pretty."
"Then it's yours."
"Huh...?"
Before Amiya could react, Chen Ran withdrew his hand and casually stuffed the newly born planet model into her arms.
Amiya held the planet model in her arms and stared blankly for a long time.
Until Chen Ran spoke again. "Think of it as a welcome gift for becoming my Divine Messenger, Little Rabbit?"
That was the truth.
When this little rabbit had pledged her loyalty to him, the translucent interface had actually updated.
Under the Divine Messenger section, Little Rabbit's name had been added:
Divine Messengers: Heart of the Corrupted Skadi, Demon King Amiya, Kal'tsit(?)
"It is my honor to become your Divine Messenger, Lord God, but this welcome gift..."
After coming back to her senses, Amiya hurriedly shook her little head. "This is far too valuable!"
What kind of welcome gift was just giving away an entire planet?!
Even domineering CEOs were not as domineering as you, okay?
"No, this is actually a tradition where I come from."
"What kind of place has a tradition like that?!"
Though Amiya felt as if she were standing in a storm, completely at a loss while holding the planet model in her arms—
It really was a tradition.
Chen Ran turned his head and glanced at the Food Planet.
Was that planet not essentially a gift from Chen Ran to the Sea Creatures?
Besides...
"Alright, take it." Chen Ran said, "And I think, Little Rabbit, that you'll need it someday."
Considering the state of Demon King Rabbit's home planet... who knew when she might bring about the end of the world again.
When that happened, she could permanently seal away her home planet and give it to her Lord God as a collectible, while Demon King Rabbit led the remaining "well-behaved and sensible" survivors to live on a new planet or something.
Still, despite saying that, Chen Ran turned back and saw Amiya holding it like a hot potato—
"Alright, alright. I'll bring this planet model to life first."
Chen Ran reached out, took the planet model back from Amiya's arms,
And only after Amiya visibly breathed a sigh of relief did Chen Ran stand up, pinch the planet model between his fingers, and walk to the center of the living room.
Just as before, Chen Ran placed the planet model on the floor. When he turned away and looked back again, the planet model was already floating in midair, slowly rotating.
When Amiya also floated over and landed on Chen Ran's shoulder to sit down—
Oh, no. Amiya suddenly remembered something. If she sat here, that red Skadi lady would probably start talking about spicy rabbit heads again...
So Amiya floated up again, switched to Chen Ran's other shoulder, and sat down. Only then did she look at the planet model together with Chen Ran.
Then, accompanied by the flickering translucent interface—
First Biological Outbreak
"See?"
Upon seeing those familiar words, Chen Ran turned to Amiya and said, "Little Rabbit, there's really nothing for you to worry about."
"Huh...? S-see what?"
Amiya looked utterly confused.
Only then did Chen Ran realize it and explain, "This planet isn't Terra from another Worldline. Just like the one I gave those Sea Creatures, it's a completely newborn planet."
"B-but even so..."
It seemed Amiya still did not want it. She still felt that this so-called welcome gift was far too precious for her to accept.
And this was already the second time this little rabbit had refused him.
Perhaps if Chen Ran insisted once more, Little Rabbit would have no choice but to accept it because there was no third refusal, because she had actually dared reject a god's decree, and for various other reasons...
But forget it.
Chen Ran did not make things difficult for Amiya. He merely reached toward the newborn planet model, intending to take it back.
But as he reached out, the planet model began enlarging and shrinking on its own, forcing Chen Ran to pull his hand back.
"So once this thing is given away, it can't be taken back?"
Chen Ran sounded like he was complaining, but he was actually asking the translucent interface.
The things inside the candy jar might not be candy. They might also be planets.
After all, aside from the initial galaxy and Terra from the Sea Creatures Worldline, his living room only had two more planets now.
One from Demon King Rabbit's Worldline, and one Food Planet.
What would Chen Ran do if he wanted to explore Terra from other Worldlines in the future?
He could not possibly try them one by one and fill his living room to the brim, could he?
His obsessive-compulsive tendencies would probably die on the spot.
Fortunately, after flickering several times, the translucent interface promptly answered Chen Ran's question:
Look, this is a wild (crossed out) newborn planet. It has been born. It curiously opens its eyes and looks around, seeing Lord God before it.
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