"Indeed, the environment in Little Garden is far more comfortable."
Aslan took a deep breath, feeling the abundant energy concentration in the air, and couldn't help but sigh.
While in the High School of the Dead world, he had always felt like he was lacking oxygen, and sensed that the world itself was extremely fragile.
Just standing there made him feel constrained. Returning to Little Garden, he felt that even with limitations, he was far freer.
It was like coming back from a high-altitude plateau.
"Good afternoon, Kurousagi-chan~"
Shortly after arriving, Aslan spotted a familiar figure with two long blue ears.
Seeing Kurousagi's back, Aslan suddenly got a mischievous idea.
He teleported behind her and grabbed her ears.
He'd long wanted to try the texture of Kurousagi's ears, and now he finally had the chance.
In that case, he wouldn't hold back!
After all, the photos Kurousagi had promised him had never materialized!
"Aaaa!!! Mr. Aslan, what are you doing!"
Kurousagi, instantly feeling her ears attacked, immediately turned bright red.
A rabbit's ears were one of the most sensitive parts of their body. Especially when feeling Aslan's hand rubbing them so rudely.
"Mr. Aslan, please don't treat Kurousagi's beautiful ears so roughly."
"Not allowed? I've just returned after saving a world. Can't I touch Kurousagi's ears?"
The smile on Aslan's face vanished, replaced by an extremely sorrowful expression, and his body swayed slightly.
Like someone who hadn't slept for days.
"Huh? Really? Then Mr. Aslan, go ahead and touch them!"
Seeing Aslan in such a state, Kurousagi's heart instantly softened and she agreed. Yet the blush on her face didn't fade at all.
In fact, after those words were spoken, Aslan's movements became bolder.
The sensation intensified, but Kurousagi only endured it.
Seeing Kurousagi so weak, Aslan remembered the nickname that suited her perfectly.
Uketsuki (Sensitive Rabbit).
Kurousagi now truly looked like an Uketsuki.
"Hey, what are you doing?"
Suddenly, an interrogative voice came. Kurousagi felt as if she saw a savior.
"Lord Shiroyasha, please save Kurousagi's ears..."
But Shiroyasha completely ignored Kurousagi's plea. She only smiled, playing with her fan, and stared at Aslan.
As Shiroyasha's most loyal subordinate, how could Aslan not know what his boss was thinking?
"Here, Boss, I'll give one to you!"
Aslan gently shifted his position and offered Kurousagi's left ear to Shiroyasha.
Shiroyasha, of course, didn't hesitate and immediately touched it.
"So, this is the texture of a Moon Rabbit's ear?"
Feeling the soft, delicate rabbit ear in her hand, Shiroyasha froze for a moment. It was as if she were touching an invaluable treasure.
The next second, Shiroyasha used her other hand to touch the other ear, stroking both of Kurousagi's ears.
Instantly, Kurousagi's face darkened.
"Kurousagi's beautiful ears aren't meant to be treated so roughly!!"
Almost instantly, Kurousagi's demeanor shifted, along with her hair color.
It changed from blue to bright pink.
"Boss, I'll give you this ear too."
Aslan seemed to sense the change in Kurousagi's ear in his hand and looked down at it.
The Uketsuki had instantly transformed into a raging rabbit.
Shiroyasha patted Aslan's shoulder in satisfaction, then took the other ear from Kurousagi.
"Indeed, Aslan understands me the best~"
Then Shiroyasha was immediately neck-locked by the furious Kurousagi and thrown to the ground.
"Boss Shiroyasha, you died so tragically~"
Seeing Shiroyasha's "corpse," Aslan couldn't help but crouch beside her and "cry."
His sobs were loud and full of tears.
"By the way, Boss, after you left, what about your inheritance?"
"Ugh, I'm not dead yet."
Shiroyasha also angrily twisted her neck back into place, returning her body to normal. Then she glared at her so-called "loyal" subordinate.
She slightly regretted accepting Aslan as her god's follower.
What kind of god's follower dared to tease their own boss like this?
If she didn't have such a good temper, she would've made Aslan suffer on the spot.
Of course, she only thought about it. A joke like this wasn't enough to make her seek revenge.
Then Shiroyasha brushed the dust off her body, stood up, and looked at Aslan curiously.
"Did you fail to observe? Or did you finally remember to ask me how to observe a world?"
In her memory, the fastest way to observe a new world was measured in months.
Aslan had only been gone briefly—how could he possibly have succeeded?
Although the number of worlds observed by Little Garden kept increasing, it was due to the spontaneous spread of human history, which gradually brought other worlds into Little Garden's observational range.
But to truly gain achievements and make Little Garden observe a new world—either by triggering a Historical Transition Period, pushing an era's change; or by finding that world's protagonist, like a Child of Destiny, then influencing that Child to alter the worldline;
Or by gathering belief and using divine group power to observe a new world.
In short, you had to exert a significant enough influence on that world for Little Garden to observe it.
Of course, you could also choose to militarily dominate an entire world. Though this could work, what would happen?
You'd immediately be given the Spirit Status of a Demon Lord, and as soon as you descended to Little Garden, you'd be captured by the Heavenly Host to boost their performance metrics.
Besides, achievements gained this way were extremely few, and observation failure was highly likely.
After all, your actions had to be integrated into other parallel worldlines. The more unusual your abilities, and the less accepted they were by the world and human history, the more energy required for integration, and the fewer achievements you'd gain.
If the energy needed to unify the worldline exceeded the energy gained from observing the world, it was considered a failure.
For example, Aslan's world salvation this time—its integration result was: Aslan, Saeko, and Shizuka adventured together, bravely entered the Umbrella Corporation research base, obtained virus data, handed it to the Chinese government, who then researched the cure and saved the world.
Not Aslan using absolute power to forcibly kill the virus Mother and save the world.
Although both seemed similar on the surface, their integration results were vastly different.
Because the first could be seen as three heroes saving the world. Though slightly implausible, it was logical and easily accepted by the world and human history.
Whereas the second was not accepted by the world or human history.
Their integration difficulties were naturally completely different.