Siegfried considered himself a very open-minded father.
After all, to be honest, he himself ran away from home in his youth because he saw "The Magic Sword and the Divine Machine Alahato" on a pure whim.
Thus, Siegfried thought that, considering what he had done back then, he had no right to expect his daughter to be a good girl... or, to put it bluntly, there were no truly good girls in the Kaslana family.
That was why, when Siegfried and Ryoma, two middle-aged men, were drinking and chatting idly, Siegfried listened to Ryoma's complaints with the intention of seeing a good show.
In his opinion, your daughter is no longer young.
While the person she likes has some personal problems, it is not a moral issue.
He has good character and charm, and he is popular.
Instead of helping your daughter, you are causing her problems.
What are you thinking as a father?
To put it bluntly, if his elders had not allowed him to marry Cecilia back then, he would have defied them, even though Siegfried had already run away from home.
Of course, as a mature middle-aged man, Siegfried would never say something like that to provoke Ryoma, that tragically loving father.
In any case, he felt that Ryoma was only making life difficult for himself... and that he found it funny.
But now, seeing the state of his two daughters...
Siegfried was beginning to suffer a stroke; his blood pressure was skyrocketing.
I could tolerate you sleeping with one of my two daughters, but did you end up sleeping with both?
Do you think this is a buffet?
You're eating and taking things, and you haven't even finished a single bite!
This is intolerable!
But...
Seeing the look of infatuation on his daughter's face, Siegfried wondered if he could say anything harsh to her.
He felt guilty toward his two daughters, so he couldn't tell Kiana what he wanted to say, let alone Bianca.
"Cecilia, I'm so sorry... I couldn't protect our daughters, they were taken by that damn ghost..."
Siegfried covered his head and slumped onto the sofa as if he had given up.
"Hey, Dad, what's wrong? Does your head hurt?"
"No, it's nothing... Dad is getting older, he just has high blood pressure."
Siegfried waved his hand at Kiana, who had come over to see how he was.
"Go ahead, do what you have to do, I'm going to chat with Uncle Ryoma for a while."
"Oh.."
Kiana looked in the direction of Tian Shi.
"Dad, take care, I'm going to chat with my sister now."
You should talk to your sister.
Siegfried, holding his head, approached Ryoma's table.
"Brother, what's wrong with you...?"
"They were all taken."
Siegfried grabbed his head and sat down next to Ryoma, visibly dejected.
"Your two daughters..."
Ryoma looked at them; Kiana approached Tian Shi, Bianca lifted her head from Tian Shi's shoulder, and Rita, already recovered, joined them.
The four of them seemed to be chatting animatedly.
"My condolences."
"To hell with the condolences!"
Siegfried arched an eyebrow, then suddenly stood up and looked at the five girls in front of him, who seemed to be getting along.
"Girls, please step aside, if you have something to do, go ahead and do what you need to, uncle will use this sofa for a moment."
Siegfried's words, which sounded like he was telling them to leave, were quite rude, but Mei immediately separated from her sisters and gave Siegfried a polite smile.
"Then I'll leave it to Uncle Siegfried, I'm leaving."
Mei turned around immediately and left.
Seeing Mei leave, Bronya and the others exchanged glances and followed her without warning.
"Hey, hey, Mei!?"
Ryoma was getting a little anxious.
"It's okay, it's okay, your daughter has important things to do."
Siegfried sat in front of Ryoma with a smile.
"I offer you my condolences, Mr. Ryoma."
Siegfried's use of the specific Far Eastern term was now loaded with sarcasm.
Keep having fun, keep laughing!
Who gave you the audacity to gloat here?
If I can't stop my own daughter, can't I at least let yours out?
"Siegfried!"
He stopped calling him "brother" and looked coldly at Siegfried, who was sitting in front of him.
"Don't shout, you can't hit me."
Siegfried patted the two pistols at his waist.
"Your swordsmanship is so bad that you can't even beat your own daughter, so don't try to show off in front of me."
"Right now I'm only using the Judgment of Shamash to scare you, if we really fight, I can knock you down with my own hands, do you understand?"
"What exactly is it that you want?"
"It's nothing, I just wanted you to experience my pain."
"I was the one who suffered the most first!"
Ryoma is very unhappy right now.
I finally managed to put on my cute little cotton padded jacket, and you come here and take it away from me because your cute little cotton padded jacket ran away?
You're just looking for trouble, aren't you?!
"It's okay, it's okay, isn't it good that we're all suffering together right now?"
Siegfried flashed a wide smile, trying to fool himself.
"Do you have alcohol here?"
"Yes, please place your order."
Grey Serpent appeared next to the two of them like a ghost, handing them a menu in a haunting, raspy voice.
"Ehm... I was just asking casually, and it turns out it actually exists?"
Siegfried was startled to see Grey Serpent, and then subtly noticed that something was not right about his appearance.
Why is someone who looks like the villain acting behind the scenes doing the job of a waiter?
"Since we anticipated this situation, we took it from the staff canteen."
"Your cafeteria looks quite elegant."
Siegfried rubbed his ears and took the menu.
"Wow, there's a lot of variety... Let's start with two bottles of whiskey, American, please."
"Please wait a moment."
Grey Serpent nodded and then transmitted the information to his other body before disappearing into the shadows like a ghost, observing the chaotic hallway.
He never imagined that Shencheng Pharmaceuticals would become so busy for this reason.
But it is much better than at the beginning.
The initial period of chaos has passed and the general mindset has begun to calm down.
Tesla, for example, has completely overtaken Nancy.
Mmm... I never expected Dra. Nancy, who seems to have the longest legs, wouldn't be able to run faster than Dra. Tesla.
"I'm a top-tier scientist, do you think you can escape from me, you damn office worker?"
The furious Tesla pinned Nancy to the floor.
Nancy was also dumbfounded at that moment... was she so weak that she couldn't even beat Tesla in speed?
"So you were the one who ran away, you bitch!"
Tesla climbed on top of Nancy, grabbed her by the neck, and questioned her.
"It was me, so what?"
Seeing this, Nancy stopped resisting and just looked at Tesla with her dead fish eyes.
"If you're just jealous, say so, there's no need to behave like a monkey all the time."
"Aaaaaaah!!"
Seeing Tesla completely agitated, Nancy seemed to think that things weren't chaotic enough.
"We've all exchanged information, except for Dra. Loser, who knows nothing, Oh, what a pity!"
"You, you, you, you!"
Grey Serpent: "..."
Why does that place feel like it could become a murder scene?
"Should Dra. Einstein go and stop them?"
"...?"
Grey Serpent looked belatedly at the petite, blue-haired doctor next to him.
"Doctor Einstein?"
Grey Serpent's tone denoted a certain perplexity.
After all... she was wearing a very childish white dress, and her disheveled hair, which he remembered, was now carefully styled.
She didn't look as scruffy as the intelligence report suggested.
She looked like a fairy tale princess.
"Well, this is our first meeting, Mr. Grey Serpent."
Einstein nodded slightly toward Grey Serpent.
"It took me a little while to change my clothes... but I didn't expect Dra. Tesla to catch Nancy so soon."
"..."
Grey Serpent was surprised and didn't know how to respond... Why did he feel like he couldn't follow the other person's train of thought?
"Are you gathering information?"
Before Grey Serpent could compose himself, Einstein asked a question that seemed to lack meaning.
"This is an essential quality for an information intermediary."
Grey Serpent said in a calm tone.
Hearing this, Einstein nodded.
"Doctor Einstein thought you were gathering information for your creator."
"..."
The Grey Serpent in the shadows twitched at the corner of his mouth; Einstein had put it that way, and there was nothing more to say.
"You mean..."
"It's nothing, I just wanted to chat with you since you're here."
Einstein sighed as he watched the two of them arguing in the hallway.
"I'm going to separate them, Mr. Grey Serpent, try to survive."
Try to survive?
Grey Serpent paused for a moment, then suddenly thought of something unpleasant and turned his head stiffly.
Sure enough, Dra. MEI, who was sitting next to the Herrscher of Sentience, was looking at him with a half-smile.
Then, Grey Serpent saw Dra. MEI's lips move slightly.
"Do your job well."
Grey Serpent wiped away the non-existent cold sweat and bowed to Dra. MEI.
"Why are you looking at Grey Serpent?" Senti asked MEI, somewhat bewildered.
"Nothing."
MEI shook her head.
To reiterate, Grey Serpent has never been a neutral NPC.
This guy is a true Mobius fanatic, and if we were closer, we could consider him a godson.
The reason they now seem harmless and professional is simply because Mobius is not here.
When Mobius returns, this guy will show his fangs.
MEI had no doubt that the guy who had been secretly gathering information would be Mobius's best ally.
However, MEI doesn't need to argue too much with the other party.
They are on different levels.
If she lowered herself to deal with Grey Serpent, it would seem like she was afraid of Mobius.
Besides, Grey Serpent has never managed to make a name for himself.
If Grey Serpent hadn't briefly worked as a waitress and Einstein hadn't caught her red-handed, she probably wouldn't have noticed him.
"Mmm"
Senti nodded, apparently bewildered.
"Hey, by the way, MEI, have you seen Master Tian's mount?"
Senti racked her brain, but couldn't find any trace of her "glorious achievements" from the previous day.
"She has been promoted to housemaid."
Dra. MEI corrected.
"Bella... I don't know where she went, I heard Kiana took her last night."
"I've always felt it was MEI who took that girl."
Senti looked at MEI strangely.
"Thinking about it, it seems Jackal isn't here either."
"Jackal is my follower, and she has no relationship with most of the people here, so what would she be doing here?"
MEI struggled to maintain her composure.
"Besides, that dragon maiden is not so easily fooled."
"...ally?"
Senti watched suspiciously.
"Big sister, you have to believe me," MEI said expressionlessly.
"..."
Senti looked at Dra. MEI's serious face and remained silent for a moment.
"So it really was you, wasn't it?"
MEI: "..."
That's not scientific!
In theory, this matter should be able to be resolved smoothly, right?
Is the power of the Herrscher of Sentience so outrageous even without using her capabilities?
But you're usually not that bright!
"It's just to draw blood from her."
MEI admitted helplessly.
"I'm not going to analyze the doctor's things."
"Well... that's fine."
Senti thought about it and felt that, although that was her glorious achievement, she would still be a real eyesore if she appeared next to Master Tian.
So don't skip it, it's okay if you don't skip it.
"But speaking of that, how did they trick her?"
"Ahem... in the professor's name."
"Huh?"
"Bella, your owner wants you to accompany me for a medical check-up."
MEI repeated the words without any expression.
"Did she really believe it?"
Senti's eyes twitched slightly.
"I naturally smell like the professor, so what's so strange about her believing it?"
MEI maintained an impassive expression.
"Although I'm a little intrigued by her perception of smell, haven't we been with the professor all these days? Anyway, if we manage to trick her, we'll get rich; if we fail, we lose nothing."
"That actually... makes a lot of sense."
Senti showed an expression of being convinced.
Although there is still something that doesn't quite add up.
Just as Senti was racking her brain trying to figure out what was going on, Mei returned.
Mei had a big smile.
"Did you hit those girls?"
MEI suddenly asked Mei, who was walking past her.
"It was just a little education that I, as a big sister, gave them."
Mei stopped and smiled at MEI.
"Yes, that's what I said when I used to bully my younger siblings back then."
MEI smiled knowingly, which made her feel a little embarrassed.
"They moved so fast that we didn't even hear a sound from here."
"Well... younger sisters are a bit indecisive in their actions, so I simply gave them a lesson."
Mei smiled and looked toward the door.
She went out and four people followed her stealthily.
Mei knew perfectly well what they were up to; or rather, she had gone out on purpose.
Sure enough, when Mei found herself in a secluded place and revealed her weakness, Bronya did not hesitate to betray her.
Decisive and efficient, qualities that fit perfectly with Bronya's trajectory.
But... the funny thing is that the other three people didn't react and just stood there, stunned.
So nothing more needs to be said.
Even in her normal state, Bronya couldn't take down Mei instantly.
Mei directly activated her Herrscher form and subdued the four girls.
The entire process was clean, efficient, and silent.
She even called Cocolia to go pick them up.
With those skills, do you dare to hit someone on the head with a club?
"I'm going to look for Brother Tian, do you want to come with me?"
"Hmph... Looking at it that way, it seems that all the women present are huddling around the professor."