But hearing the god mock him so openly still left Albert feeling deeply uncomfortable. He answered without hesitation, his tone firm:
"No. I'm Peach's owner. Peach listens to me."
An eerie pause fell over everything.
Perhaps sensing how serious Albert was, Peach grew a little frightened. It hesitated back and forth for a long moment, so nervous that even its teeth began to tremble.
In the end, it puckered its mouth in grievance, opened wide, and made a gagging motion—
then waaah, it spat everything it had just swallowed right back out.
The pale yellow liquid splashed forth, mixed with several fragments of Bloodscythe Ant larvae.
"…"
This was… not something Albert had expected.
Beyond the surprise, he even felt a flicker of warmth.
A kid's heart really did side with its own.
Albert was about to say something when the ant queen's body suddenly shuddered again—this time far more violently than before.
