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"The situation is very serious."
Shiroyasha put on a stern expression, looking exactly like an old doctor who'd just studied a CT scan.
"With such two big problems, treatment is absolutely necessary."
"Ryo, get a room ready. I need to personally check whether this girl's chest— ow!"
Shiroyasha suddenly clutched her head where she'd just been smacked, eyes watering.
Ryo, who had delivered that blow, rubbed his knuckles and smiled. "Yep. Let's bury her alive. We will be honored by the core of Little Garden itself."
"Need me to dig the hole?" Black Rabbit asked sweetly.
"That's not really appropriate…" Leticia muttered, though her hands very naturally passed a shovel to Black Rabbit.
"I don't think it's improper at all," Ryo said with a gentle smile. "How about the pasture behind the house? It should be great for the grass."
"You guys… seriously?" Shiroyasha held her sore head and huffed. "I was only trying to look after the newcomer's health!"
"Eh? Did I really catch some kind of illness?" Orihime looked down at herself in surprise.
"Oh~?" Shiroyasha's eyes immediately lit up. A girl even more clueless and soft-hearted than Black Rabbit? That was easy-mode for scamming!
"…That look." Black Rabbit's eyelid twitched. Her expression grew complicated.
After spending a lot of time with Shiroyasha, no one understood her better than Black Rabbit.
This girl had two favorite types of women.
First: sweet and gullible.
Second: big-chested.
Third: big-chested + sweet and gullible.
"Hehehe~" Shiroyasha chuckled, grinning. "Ryo, I'll give you five divinities. Let me borrow her as a maid for a few years."
"No." Ryo's expression didn't even twitch.
Shiroyasha stared at him as if betrayed. "You heartless bastard! I'm just borrowing her, it's not like I won't return her!"
Ryo let out a polite laugh. "Out of consideration for the newcomer's mental and physical well-being, I feel obligated to refuse."
"Liar!" Shiroyasha jabbed a finger at him. "Everyone knows staying with you is what destroys someone's mental and physical health!"
"At worst I'd just grope someone. But you? You'd definitely end up destroying them!"
Black Rabbit, of course, instantly took Ryo's side. "Shiroyasha-sama, what are you saying? Ryo would never hurt our newcomer. He's an extremely responsible leader."
Leticia glanced at Black Rabbit with a strange look. Yeah… Shiroyasha definitely didn't mean the same thing Black Rabbit was imagining.
Shiroyasha's mouth twitched. She turned to stare at Black Rabbit with a weird expression, then sighed deeply. "So you've been tamed…"
Black Rabbit's expression snapped into something dangerous."What nonsense are you spouting? I'm not some animal. Who would be tamed?"
Shiroyasha didn't answer—just sighed again.
Then, ignoring Black Rabbit's glare, she muttered, "Black Rabbit is a lost cause. Guess I'll have to settle for stalking her future kid with Ryo. Given Moon Rabbits' traits, there's a decent chance of a daughter… maybe twins?"
K-K-Kids…?
Black Rabbit's breathing faltered. The words she meant to say got stuck in her throat. Her entire posture twisted into shy knots while she kept sneaking glances at Ryo, face bright red.
Ryo's mouth twitched. He rubbed his forehead and leaned down to whisper to Orihime, who still didn't understand what was going on.
The moment Orihime heard words like "old perv," "deviant," and "sex maniac," Shiroyasha's eyelids started twitching wildly. She glared at Ryo until he stopped talking.
But it was too late — Orihime was staring at Shiroyasha as if she were some kind of beast.
'My precious airheaded cow…' Shiroyasha clutched her heart, sighing. 'I didn't get a chance to milk them.'
"Such an amazing girl~ Ryo give her a divinity, she is worth it."
Hearing this, Black Rabbit blinked and turned toward Orihime.
At first glance, besides a pretty face and… slightly bigger chest than her own, Orihime didn't seem that special. Her physique? Slightly above-average human. Around seven-digit tier baseline. She did have some unusual soul energy, but overall she was still around that level.
But since Ryo brought her here, she must have some kind of special ability… otherwise Shiroyasha wouldn't be suggesting using a divinity on her.
There's no way Ryo dragged this girl to Little Garden because he had some affair with her… right?
Impossible. Ryo wasn't that type of a man—Black Rabbit nodded firmly at her own conclusion.
And as expected, Ryo sighed and said, "I plan to give up the Fire divinity and use it to develop Orihime."
"You're going to use your divinity to awaken her gift?"
Leticia's eyes widened as she looked at Orihime. She had heard from Black Rabbit that Ryo's own gift was awakened through a divinity from Shiroyasha. Otherwise, he couldn't awaken it.
Someone with that kind of value… was rare even among the protagonists of their worlds. Even "chosen ones" didn't always need a divinity to awaken their gifts. In Little Garden, such people were called top-tier Gift Holders.
Even four-digit communities would fight over someone with that talent.
Had Ryo seriously brought over the heroine from that Bleach world…?
"Fire divinity, huh?" Shiroyasha raised a brow and gave Ryo a knowing look."So you're planning to mooch off me."
From her perspective, Fire was definitely not the best fit for Orihime. And she was sure Ryo knew that.
Meaning: he'd come to her to get a better match.
Ryo stayed calm, expression completely shameless.
"You brat…" Shiroyasha clicked her tongue and finally said, "Fine. Give the Fire one back. I'll find a proper match for this little cutie."
"L-Little cutie?" Orihime pointed to herself in confusion.
Ryo smoothly guided her forward. "Go on, thank Shiroyasha-sama."
"O–Oh! Thank you very much!" Orihime bowed deeply.
"No sincerity at all. Don't you know proper thanks are given with an open collar?" Shiroyasha sniffed, eyes glued to Orihime's chest.
"Oh? Like this?" Before Orihime could react, Ryo casually loosened his own collar.
Shiroyasha's face darkened instantly. "Get lost!"
Why would she want to see him? She wanted big-boob girls! Big-Oppai! Boobs~ Round, soft, and tasty~
"..."
On the other side, Black Rabbit's eyes brightened. She peeked… then suddenly stiffened and turned sharply toward Leticia.
"…What is it?" Leticia asked, confused.
"N-Nothing…" Black Rabbit shook her head, though she still looked suspicious.
Why did she feel like Leticia had been sneaking a look too…? Must've been her imagination.
Meanwhile, Leticia quietly let out a slow breath, then glanced at Ryo. And just then, Ryo looked back at her.
"…"
After a short silence, Ryo rolled his shoulders and rotated his arm a few times, like warming up.
'Massage room at 3 AM… got it.' Leticia suddenly understood and gave a microscopic nod.
At that moment…
Black Rabbit was still sneaking peeks at Ryo's collar.
Looking like she wanted to stare but didn't dare be obvious about it.
Shiroyasha watched all three of them, her expression twitching.
Then she finally turned to Ryo. "Weren't you supposed to be preparing a Gift Game?"
"The game is basically finished," Ryo replied calmly, as if nothing had happened. "You want to inspect it?"
"Obviously!"
Shiroyasha rolled her eyes.
It's not like she came all the way here to watch Ryo and the vampire princess flirt... though honestly, that was kind of entertaining.
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