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Chapter 6 Episode 49 – Rooting

“Yay~. It was truly the best team play.”

“… … Heung.”

Kuen lay down on the floor and waved his hand at Leon. Leon, who saw this, snorted and approached her.

“Doing such a reckless thing without consulting.”

“Heh~. We can communicate just by looking at each other’s eyes~.”

“We are not in that kind of relationship.”

“You’re heartless~.”

Kuen’s red eyes, which were smiling, returned to their original color, and at the same time, Kuen’s movements became more relaxed.

“Ugh—. I’m tired now—. It’s no longer possible—.”

“Wake up. I have to go back to Zeke.”

“Murii—. It’s impossible—. I have no strength⸺.”

“Your circumstances are none of my business.”

“In the middle of the year—. Well –. Please do it for me⸺.”

“… What?”

Kuen reaches out towards Rion, becoming one with the floor. Leon, who saw this, frowned as if it was absurd.

“Hurry~. To Zeke –. Let’s go—?”

“… … Just this time.”

Leon, who had no choice but to lift Kuen, carried it on his shoulder as if carrying a piece of luggage.

“Ahh—. I hate this⸺. Give me a piggyback ride⸺.”

“It’s noisy. Stay still.”

Ignoring Kuen, who was struggling on his shoulder, Leon turned towards Zeke.

*

*

“The match is decided.”

The battle that took place in front of Ginner’s laboratory was, of course, a victory for the Management Bureau. Crusaders with no roots are no match for our heroines.

Of course, I thought we might have struggled a bit when dealing with Crusade Commander Gregorio, but we won thanks to proper team play from Kuen and Leon.

“What are you going to do now? Since they messed with the Crusaders, they were clearly hostile to the Holy Mother Church. You must have done this for some purpose, right? You can tell me, so I would like you to tell me the purpose.”

The Banshee clone that was taking refuge with me asked.

“Purpose… . I’m just testing things out. There is a high probability that we will have to engage in a bout of crusading love, so we need to find out what their level is. In particular, even if I don’t know about other small children, I need to properly understand the level of the named Crusade President.”

“I see. But that means this time slot is also scheduled to disappear?”

Banshee’s eyes changed when he heard that it was a time zone that would disappear, meaning it was not an official attack route.

“… … Don’t think about doing anything strange.”

“What strange thing are you doing? Huhuhuhuhuhu… .”

“Don’t kick away the trust you have earned.”

“Are you really going to kick me in the foot?”

Sigh –.

The banshee’s hand caressed my ass.

“You already depend on me… .”

“… … I won’t deny it. But—.”

Tduduk–!

I just broke the banshee’s bad hand.

“@ -! ◦ ◦ ◦

“It’s easier because I have you, but it doesn’t mean I have to have you.”

“Uuuu… . You break it without hesitation… . It’s really cool.”

“I don’t understand what’s so cool about it.”

When I released the banshee’s arm, she stepped back and grabbed the broken arm.

“I was worried that you seemed to have become a bit dull recently, but you are still sharp.”

“Worried? why. Are you afraid that if you become dull, you won’t be able to protect Veronica?”

“There are things like that, but… . I was worried that if it became dull, it might fall apart.”

Banshee caressed my cheek with her good hand.

“I am more worried about you than you think.”

“… … There is nothing more useless in the world than my worries.”

“At least to me, it’s the second most important thing after the bell, right?”

“Thank you so much for that.”

“For your information, Bell is also worried about Director. That child is sensitive, so he quickly notices changes.”

“When I hear things like that, I don’t want to meet him anymore.”

“Oh, then I’ll cancel. It will probably never have happened anyway.”

“It won’t be like something that never happened to me.”

“… … That’s right.”

A banshee that falls one step further. In times like this, if you see that he doesn’t say something too hastily, I wonder if he’s being considerate or just quick-witted.

“True. Tell Ryuka to come here.”

“Ryuka? Is there somewhere you can urgently move to?”

It looks like Banshee is also treating Ryuka as a means of transportation. Well, actually, I also treat it as a means of transportation.

“This time, I plan to go quickly. There’s no point in dragging it on anyway.”

“I understand. They will ask for compensation, but what should they give?”

“Say you’ll go on a date for one day. Because it’s meaningless anyway.”

If it’s an official route, the reward is meaningful, but if you’re planning on retrying, the reward is meaningless. It’s a promise that will disappear with the retry anyway.

The banshee nodded, knowing what that meant.

“Now that I think about it, where is Olivia?”

After the battle began, I immediately fled far away with Banshee’s clone. Since Olivia is a non-combatant, she should have taken refuge with me, but she is not visible.

You probably didn’t get caught up and die, right?

“If it was Olivia, she went into the lab around the time the battle started.”

“What. What about the crusaders guarding the entrance there?”

“You killed them all, right?”

They say the test subjects brought in this time are masterpieces in their own way, and there is a good reason for that.

“Then I should go in too. Banshee, you wait outside. I’ll attach Kuen and Leon to it, and if anyone comes, we can subdue them and find out their purpose. Because being in such a sparsely populated place is itself suspicious. If capturing alive isn’t possible, it doesn’t matter if you kill them. I’ll leave the judgment to you.”

“I understand. Bye. By the way, do you need a goodbye kiss?”

“Do you need it?”

“You never know.”

Ignoring the banshee who licked her lips and winked, I headed toward the laboratory.

*

“Uhihi… . Hehehehehe… .”

As soon as I entered the laboratory, an unpleasant sound of laughter came from inside.

For Olivia, it must be like discovering a gold mine… … Well, I understand, but if I smile a little more normally, I don’t know if it will go away.

“Take this too, throw this away… . Oh, I have to take care of this too. Hehehe, after all, it’s like Ginners who forsook humanity and went ahead with the experiment. I only had the idea but couldn’t experiment, so I can’t believe I’m proceeding with this. I really envy the freedom of not being oppressed. Ugh, but it’s ironic that I ended up like this because of that freedom.”

“So. Do you want to be free too?”

“Uh, huh? Director? When did you come in?”

“Just now.”

Olivia got up from her seat in shock and pressed her shoulder again, forcing her to sit down.

“Continue. Because I will think about whether to give you freedom.”

“Ugh… . Oh, no. I’m really happy working under the administration now. Ugh… .”

“I thought you were just trying to say shit?”

“Oh, no. There’s no way I could do that. Having such a wonderful director and being able to conduct experiments safely even if there are some restrictions is the greatest happiness for a street scientist like me who has no fundamentals. Oh, not like that.”

That guy’s snout-teasing skills are getting better every day. I don’t know who I learned it from.

“So. How is the situation? Where is Jeong Jeong-seok?”

“Ah, Jeong Hwa-seok… . It’ll be in the safe over there. Hehe, fortunately, there are many intact parts of the data, so I think we can infer to some extent the parts that were lost.”

“That’s a good thing.”

I looked at the safe Olivia pointed to.

‘this… . ‘It’s the same quality as the patriarch’s safe?’

This safe boasts the highest level of security, as it is so hard that it is almost impossible to break, and if you do not know the password, it is quite difficult to forcefully open it.

Additionally, it is extremely heavy and difficult to move.

There was a reason why the crusaders stayed here instead of leaving with the Purification Stone.

‘But we have Leon.’

With Leon’s strength, he could even break this safe. Because the metal used to make this safe was also used on the walls of our administration’s isolation room.

I went out to get Leon.

“Yahooh—. Zeke ⸺. My Hwalyaak—how was it⸺?”

Kuen clings to me as soon as I go outside. I slowly shook my body while urging praise.

“Yes, yes. Good job. Well done.”

“You don’t have a soul⸺.”

I praised her as I had hoped, but her shaking body did not stop.

“Zeek, do you have any business?”

At that time, Leon, who had returned with the banshee, stopped Kuen’s hand shaking me and asked.

“Rion, I need your strength. There’s a very sturdy safe inside. I want you to break it down.”

“I understand. Just leave it to me.”

He is similar to Bir in that he always carries out orders quickly and without saying a word, but unlike Bir who has almost no emotions, Rion is full of girlish sensibility. It’s funny that although they both act similarly, their personalities are completely opposite.

Entering the laboratory again, Olivia’s test subjects were busy moving about.

“Ugh, uhhh… !”

I’m not sure why I’m doing that, but I have to take out the purification stone first, so I pointed to the safe to Leon.

“That’s it. Can you break it?”

“No problem.”

Leon puts his hand on the door of the safe and gives it strength. Then the thick door began to cave in. It’s amazing power no matter what you see.

Uddudeuddeuk⸺!

In the end, Gumgo’s door could not withstand Lion’s strength and was torn apart.

“As expected, it’s strong. Thank you, Leon.”

“, I’m glad it was helpful.”

Now it’s time to unbox the safe.