Lilith's eyes immediately widened. She leaned closer in astonishment. "Huh? What? What? Edward, what are you talking about? When did you two develop that kind of relationship? Has Miss Lilith missed some important plot development?"
Edward pressed a hand against her head and pushed her away, then looked at Little Snake. "All right, speak."
"..."
Little Snake sighed with a complicated expression. "I know you've made it big now and don't think much of a mere Sequence 1 like me, but... however I look at it, you wouldn't exactly lose out by agreeing to this request, would you?"
Edward said flatly, "I don't think having an old... senior like you as my child would benefit me either. After all... every 'Reboot' of yours is accomplished by borrowing someone else's flesh and fate. You still retain your past memories."
"Oh, fine, I understand. You think being born from your female companion's body would be a desecration of her."
Little Snake understood. "Then let's approach this differently. No, to be precise, you've actually misunderstood me all along."
He grinned. "All I've ever wanted was to borrow your Level of Existence to 'Reboot,' so the one who needs to 'give birth' to me was never your female companion. It's you."
Edward's face darkened. "Fuck!"
Beside him, Lilith immediately clutched her stomach and burst out laughing. "Hahahahaha! Edward, congratulations... you're really going to be a dad this time! I'd love to see Audrey's reaction when she finds out she can have a biological son without getting pregnant."
"Hahahahaha!"
Little Snake handed Edward the parchment with the words written on it. "Then we're happily agreed?"
In the Astral World, within Primordial Demoness Cheek's Divine Kingdom.
From the very first day Grisha Adam set foot here, an enormous church made of countless bones had appeared.