"He Ying, are you sure you want to stay here and help Liviel take care of these children?"
Kiana asked the quiet, bespectacled girl wearing the suggestive Glamoth Iron Cavalry combat suit, her voice filled with uncertainty.
After Firefly left the rooftop, the three of them went to the Reverie Hotel to stay for a night.
After the night passed, Kiana brought the two of them back to Wangshu, and Senti tagged along on the way back as well.
This was because she said she had played enough and it was time to go back and find the Old Timer.
In short, Senti missed her mom.
Upon returning, Senti vanished in a flash, likely heading to the Department of Geomancy to bother Fu Hua.
Meanwhile, Kiana took Liviel and He Ying to the Sacred Tree treehouse of the Insect Spirit Clan.
Being the territory of the Insect Spirit Clan, the area was thick with the auras of Abundance and The Propagation.
The aura of Propagation here was very similar to that of her comrades in the Glamoth Iron Cavalry. Combined with the lush, natural aura of life, He Ying found herself liking this place; it gave her a sense of belonging to a swarm.
Seeing two girls in a massive treehouse frantically caring for children with cute, soft antennae on their heads, He Ying was momentarily dazed.
The aura of these children was very similar to the Glamoth Iron Cavalry, yet distinct.
But just that trace of an aura similar to her former comrades made her want to stay.
Out of curiosity, He Ying learned about the origins of these children from Liviel, and so she decided to help raise them.
In these children, she saw the birth of a group of Glamoth Iron Cavalry who symbolized freedom.
"I'm sure, Kiana."
"Then what about you, Liviel?"
Kiana looked at Liviel with a gaze seeking her opinion.
Surprisingly, Liviel didn't hesitate for a moment, nodding and accepting the arrangement happily.
"Why no hesitation this time?"
Kiana asked curiously, to which Liviel replied as if it were the most natural thing in the world:
"Because He Ying and I are basically the same kind, and besides, they aren't those filthy bugs. What's there to object to?"
Liviel gave Kiana a strange look.
The girl had insect genes in her; as an Emanator, Liviel could certainly feel it. They both had human-insect genes, so of course they were family.
As for He Ying lacking the aura of Abundance? No matter; after staying here for a while, she would have plenty.
"Alright..."
Kiana shrugged.
"Thanks for taking her in."
"No slacking off, you have to take care of the kids."
"That's for sure!"
He Ying nodded with a smile.
Clang—
"Good daughter, you can turn me back, right? You can, right?!"
A girl whose features bore a resemblance to Kiana pushed the door open, her legs trembling as she walked in.
At this moment, her gaze toward Kiana was full of hope, full of salvation!
"Siegfried, honestly, running away again. This look really suits you. Kiana thinks so too, right?"
Cecilia walked in, smiling at Kiana, her tone carrying a slight weight of emphasis.
Kiana had originally thought her dad was quite pitiful and wondered if she should help her.
But seeing her mom enjoying herself so much, she thought... 'Dad, you're on your own.'
After saying this silently in her heart, Kiana looked away under Siegfried's despairing gaze.
"Siegfried, I just bought a potion online developed by Dr. Mobius for two girls to have a baby. Kiana wants a little sister too, so let's go."
Then, Cecilia dragged Siegfried away by the hand, leaving the others dumbfounded.
Is Mom really that fierce?
Where was the gentle, motherly image of her mom?
Looking at this, her dad would probably have to live in this form for a long time.
Wait, the root cause of this series of accidents that turned her dad into this... it couldn't be this young miss's previous gacha sacrifice chant, could it?
After thinking about it, Kiana shook her head.
How could it be that ridiculous... if saying a few words while pulling for characters could actually sacrifice something, then this young miss would say she'd use the luck of her next ten-pull to bless her dad with a cute little sister for her!
It's fake, all fake.
However, Kiana didn't know that her next ten-pull would be the only moment of extreme bad luck in her life.
At that moment, a small Imaginary hole abruptly appeared by Kiana's ear, and then Sirin's voice came out from within:
"Kiana! Don't just stand there dazed, come and help me nurse these kids right now!!!"
"Ouch, my ears!"
Kiana quickly covered her ears, then pouted and rubbed them, muttering:
"I still have to be busy with the General's matters. I'm out, I'm out..."
"Wait, Kiana, I feel like my antennae are suddenly itchy..."
Liviel grabbed Kiana, pointing at the twitching antennae on her forehead with an uncomfortable expression.
They had been a bit itchy since she got back, but she hadn't paid it any mind. After a while, however, the itchiness hadn't disappeared; instead, it had gotten worse.
"Let me see..."
Seeing that Liviel didn't seem to be making up an excuse to keep her there, Kiana reached out and gently touched the pair of antennae to sense them.
After sensing them, Kiana's eyes widened slightly in disbelief.
"Liviel, absorb the power of Abundance from the Sacred Tree."
"Okay..."
Liviel obediently sat on the floor in a duck-sit position, her hands drawing power from the Sacred Tree through the floor.
As the absorbed power increased and reached a certain ratio with the power of Propagation in her body... "Stop!"
With Kiana's sharp command, Liviel immediately stopped her movements.
At that moment, Liviel was gradually enveloped by a grey aura, turning into a person-sized egg covered in blackish-grey scales.
"Holy crap, she's turned into a dragon..."
The God Ki forcibly kneaded the powers of two Paths together, finally crafting the power of Permanence.
A scion of Permanence evolved from the Zerg... it really lives up to that saying from next door.
Rayquaza evolved from Caterpie ().
At the same time, inside the Cloudtop Dragon Palace of Wangshu, Bai Heng, who had stayed up all night playing games with Jingliu, sat up in shock... and inside the Alchemy Commission, Lingsha, who was currently dodging Mobius's blood draws, both looked toward the direction of the Insect Spirit Clan.
How could the bloodline of Permanence appear there...?
Thus, Lingsha set off toward the direction of the egg Liviel had become.
Meanwhile, Bai Heng lay back down. She was still waiting to get enough sleep to go out and have fun with Jingliu outside Wangshu; she'd keep sleeping.
In any case, she wasn't an original scion of Permanence. Matters concerning the Dragonscions were none of her business; let those Preceptors worry about it~
And Mobius, who was looking for people with a syringe, twitched her nose slightly and then looked toward the Abundance Tree Garden.
"It's those little cuties again. I have a feeling the research project on the Vidyadhara is about to conclude."
As she spoke, Mobius swayed her slender, willow-like waist and moved toward the Tree Garden.
Lingsha, who had already arrived at the Tree Garden, followed her instincts to Kiana. After a brief moment of surprise, she asked:
"General, can you tell this humble one what happened here?"
"Liviel turned into a dragon..."
Pointing at the large blackish-grey egg, Kiana spoke slowly.
Then, out of curiosity, she pressed her ear against it, wanting to hear the movement inside.
There was a series of powerful heartbeats thumping inside, very much in line with the vitality of a dragon.
"It seems like it's about to hatch. Is it really this fast..."
Kiana stood up and took two steps back to stand beside He Ying and Lingsha.
"Should this humble one check the health of the dragon egg—"
Crack~
"It seems I won't be needed."
Lingsha looked at the dragon egg, which was starting to develop cracks, with a slight look of anticipation.
Under the expectant gazes of the group, a fair, lotus-root-like arm reached out from the eggshell.
Then, a black-haired, red-eyed loli with small blackish-grey dragon horns, a swaying dragon tail, and fluttering dragon wings broke out of the egg.
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