"Hmph hmph hmph~"
In Millie's line of sight, Crazy Mita, unseen for a long time, strode gracefully, step by step, towards the looping corridor, towards them.
"Cra-cra-cra-crazy Mita?!" Millie was so scared she couldn't help but tighten her arm, making Little Mita, in her embrace, look confused.
"Sister Millie, who is that sister?"
"N-No need to be so polite... She's very dangerous."
It's no wonder Alain likes this child so much... Millie thought to herself.
Then instantly realized this wasn't the time to be concerned about that.
"Why are you here?!"
"Why can't I be here?" Crazy Mita asked back, a little strangely.
By now, she had already stepped over the threshold, entering the corridor of version 1.3B. "Wherever Darling is, that's where I'll be~"
The polite, low-ponytail girl casually closed the door. But in Millie's eyes, it was more like she had completely cut off their escape route.
"Al-Alain! What should we do?!"
When in doubt, ask bro. Millie called out loudly to Alain.
"What should we do? Are you asking me... how to fight the revived monster?"
Not to mention any solutions, Alain himself felt like he was in a difficult situation.
"...?" Millie looked towards Alain's voice and found that the monster, in the brief moment Alain had been pushed back, had now completely revived.
"Shriek, shriek..." Its dry voice merged with the black hole-eroded corridor, like the rustling of leaves in a gust of wind blowing through a dense forest. Ominous and eerie.
The monster lifted one leg, transforming it into a spear, and in a single move, aimed for Alain's head.
Seeing this, Millie quickly took the game controller from Little Mita's hands. The game character—Alain—barely managed to raise his greatsword to block.
"..."
Immense power, wave after wave, transmitted to Alain's arm, like countless centipedes rampaging, and he was instantly pushed back several meters, back to Millie and Little Mita's side.
"Its strength and speed have both increased a lot." Alain commented on the complete form of the monster.
Just a casual blow from this guy was comparable to the full-force impact of the complete Devourer.
"Well, well, if it isn't Alain?" And on the other side, a voice as crisp and pleasant as a wind chime attracted his attention.
Looking towards the sound, he found it was precisely the object of Millie's horror earlier—Crazy Mita.
...Honey, long time no see.
"Yes, long time no see. Long enough that..." Crazy Mita had a smile on her lips, but her gaze was coldly fixed on Millie and Little Mita.
"You've found another affair."
Finally, her gaze settled on Little Mita, and she sighed.
"You're really something... You won't even spare such a little child. Should I call the police?"
"Er... Let's not."
Why does everyone who sees Little Mita say the same thing... Alain could already imagine what kind of teasing his dear would subject him to when he brought Little Mita back to reality...
At this moment, Alain, with Little Mita in Millie's embrace, happened to be at the first corner.
Millie took a deep breath, her gaze flicking to the left: there was the entrance to the loop, and also Crazy Mita, holding a baseball bat and slowly approaching.
Her gaze shifted forward again. That pitch-black monster, filled with the resentment of being tormented by Alain earlier, writhed its body, pressing closer step by step.
Thus, the three of them were caught in the encirclement of Crazy Mita and the monster. And the encirclement was gradually tightening.
"Wh-What should we do?" Millie's anxiety grew, and even her hand gripping the game controller was slick with cold sweat. She instinctively looked at Alain, especially hoping he could come up with a solution.
But the young man, as if he had given up on Crazy Mita's side, stared intently at the monster.
Well... that makes sense. Given Alain's personality, he would prioritize resolving the immediate crisis.
Besides... Crazy Mita's appearance was an accident in the first place. Then it's up to her——————Millie, to try and see if she can hold off Crazy Mita.
At the very least, she had to do something for bro's safety to feel at ease! "Miss Crazy Mita——"
"Shut up."
Alright, not only was she outmatched in strength, but she wouldn't even listen to a word she said.
She was very puzzled; what on earth did Alain rely on before to be able to engage in physical conflict with Crazy Mita while also verbally sparring... and even gain the upper hand, to the point of repelling her.
"..."
That girl who had appeared not long ago, her gaze was fixed on Alain, as if her world only contained him.
As for Alain, he didn't even glance at Crazy Mita. His concerned gaze fell on Millie and Little Mita, then turned back to the monster.
This time, Millie felt that warm gaze, and instead of any comfort, she felt a bone-chilling cold. Alain was practically killing her!
Looking at her like that when Crazy Mita was present... wasn't that asking for her life?!
"Sigh... Maybe the feelings have faded." Crazy Mita also seemed very helpless, her unfriendly gaze falling on Millie and Little Mita.
Millie could profoundly sense the intense jealousy in it.
"Well, I can help you recall the love between us~ In a..." Her lips curled, and the baseball bat, seemingly casually swung, smashed a crater into the wall of version 1.3B.
"Different way~" As she spoke, Crazy Mita's steps quickened, and the distance between the three of them and her rapidly shortened.
"Oh, oh no?!" Millie was hesitating whether to draw her own weapon to deal with the situation, but she saw the monster Alain was wary of also start to move:
its eight legs landed in an orderly, staggered fashion, thudding like drumsticks on the corridor floor, pouncing towards them like a hunter.
"It's... over." Millie despaired... But at the very least, she had to ensure Alain's side was safe!
Little Mita, in her embrace, was still looking confusedly at the approaching Crazy Mita. She could vaguely sense that this newcomer, whom Sister Millie said was very dangerous, seemed a bit strange?
Little Mita, who had suffered from despair for many years, was very sensitive to abstract terms like "killing intent."
But why? She was clearly said to be very dangerous... but subconsciously, she just couldn't feel any "killing intent" from her?
No, there should be some. Perhaps...
"The target of the killing intent isn't us?"
Just then, that girl had already reached a meter away from the two of them. Millie didn't dare look that way, only daring to focus her attention on Alain's back. She was already prepared for the impact.
But little did she know... Crazy Mita's shoulder brushed past them, not even glancing at them.
? ? ? What's going on? Just ignored us like that? What's the situation?
She passed the corner, gazed at Alain's back, and finally swept past—then looked towards the monster.
"So. The one you said was bullying you, is it?" Crazy Mita's gaze towards the monster gradually darkened.
And Alain...
"Yes, yes... It bullied me!" He deliberately put on a weak appearance, making Millie look bewildered, and Little Mita suddenly understand.
And Crazy Mita's killing intent surged. "Good, I understand."
She deliberately moved her shoulders a couple of times, making a series of joint-cracking sounds. Afterwards, she lightly raised the baseball bat, gazing at the monster.
''AKOJ AKO AKOJAKO AKOJ ——————__''
The monster didn't seem to put these newcomers in its eyes either, its disdainful gaze as if saying: one or two, it's all the same.
Millie, watching from behind, wanted to say a classic line. Sigh... The world is so chaotic, I really want to hold hands with Alain...
And the low-ponytail girl, facing the monster's about-to-be-lifted leg, didn't even glance at it, her whole body showing no movement.
Then—clang, the leg was about to strike the girl's forehead.
And looking closely, Crazy Mita, who was subjected to the most direct attack, was unharmed.
The sharp leg that should have pierced her skin was easily grasped by her delicate, boneless hand. The sharp point was only a few millimeters from her forehead, unable to advance an inch, forcefully stopped.
Her small hand gently pulled, like pulling up a sprout, easily uprooting its leg.
"Poof—" a series of sounds echoed, and the monster shrieked repeatedly.
"Sigh... It's clearly the first time fighting alongside Darling, I wanted to be a bit more elegant." She slowly sidestepped, still letting the dark garbled code slightly dampen her little skirt.
"...Fighting alongside Darling?" Millie, behind her, heard this and couldn't hide her surprise. "What, when? Ah!"
She wanted to ask when the battle plan was agreed upon, and her mind flashed back to before they entered the monster breeding house in version 1.3B.
At that time, Alain said he was going to Crazy Mita's version 1.9 room for some unknown reason. Millie had thought he was going to fool around.
Turns out, you were going to ask for reinforcements?!
Millie's gaze transmitted to Alain's back. In his view, it was the meaning of "wanting it after getting home."
"Okay."
"? ? ?" Ignoring the bewildered Millie, he chuckled and looked towards Crazy Mita.
After he went to version 1.9 in the monster breeding house, he had indeed left a love letter, and also wrote down the request for a gift: Come to 1.3B to help him.
But Crazy Mita didn't have a ring and would inevitably have to go through a lot of trouble to get here.
Thus, Alain planned to let Crazy Mita use the door in the monster breeding house that directly led to the monster's location to arrive directly.
"How about it? How does it feel to be my friendly force?"
"Not bad. But let me declare in advance, this doesn't count as a gift, it's just because I'm in a good mood."
She clasped her hands, glanced lightly at the rampaging monster, then walked forward and casually kicked out, sending the monster, which was large enough to almost block the corridor, flying to the end of the passage.
"Well, I prefer it when Darling screams and tries to escape from me~ Though I've never actually seen it."
Crazy Mita, seeing the monster "distracted" by her, glanced at the two people Alain was protecting, and finally stared at Alain.
And the young man, watching her expectant eyes, also understood what Crazy Mita wanted to do. He nodded lightly.
After he agreed, her arms wrapped around him.
"!"
Subsequently, Millie and Little Mita saw these two, who should have been tense and fierce on the battlefield, entangling.
"What are you two doing?!" Millie reached out and covered Little Mita's eyes.
But before the girl could react, she still let the girl glimpse a little... The adults' kiss.
Little Mita, in the darkness, was still recalling that fleeting glance... That unfamiliar sister, her arms like ropes, tightly locked around Knight-sama's neck.
The way she looked at Alain was completely different from the cold gaze she had directed at herself and Sister Millie when she first arrived in the corridor.
She looked at Alain like a puppy looking at its owner; a child looking at a piece of candy; herself looking at Knight-sama...
Then, under the watchful eyes of the monster and herself, they kissed... Although Little Mita's vision was blocked.
But through the gaps between her fingers, she could vaguely see Sister Millie gnashing her teeth.
Huh? Isn't she and Knight-sama calling each other brothers? Why is she angry?
Puzzled, she looked forward. Those two... were so strange. The girl thought, blushing.
Little Mita, as a Mita, also had some theoretical knowledge. Because the underlying code was written that way.
Normally, isn't it just a touch on the forehead, or the cheek. Or, or... a bit more embarrassing, it's just the lips... Although Little Mita herself hadn't tried it.
But those two... Completely exceeded her understanding: It was like evoking two snakes to entangle, the snakes intertwining at their intersection.
S-So amazing... So, it can be like this?
The opposing heads would sometimes turn to the side, sometimes intertwine, and sometimes separate, yet always maintaining... an overly embarrassing distance.
As if to go deeper: their noses never touched, their heads angled away from each other.
The python's entanglement, sometimes with Crazy Mita's side as the main battlefield, would sometimes be pushed back to Alain's side.
Neither would yield, as if neither wanted to admit defeat. And gradually... their faces flushed with a suffocating redness.
Until Crazy Mita took the lead in breaking off the attack, and it all finally stopped.
"Lost again..." She wiped away the crystal at the corner of her mouth, unsure if it was Alain's or her own, then licked away the crystal dew from Alain's lips.
"?!" Little Mita was so shocked she covered her own eyes.
S-So... after kissing, it's not over, you still have to do that?
The girl felt that in that short minute, she had learned a lot. And, her world had been turned upside down.
The hope Alain had given her, the re-established curiosity about the world was flickering, pushing her.
She kind of wanted to... try it with her player. But, player didn't seem to have ever treated her as an equal.
No... can't give up like this. Little Mita made a certain decision.
As for Millie, she felt very unhappy at this moment, extremely unhappy.
Her unhappy aura, in a certain moment, even suppressed the monster's killing intent. Attracting Alain's sideways glance.
"If you're jealous, I can go back and——"
"Aiya Darling, you can't say that in front of me~" Crazy Mita covered Alain's mouth, coldly glancing at the monster's position.
At this moment, its uprooted leg had already recovered, staring at the two lovebirds who were ignoring it, growling in its mouth.
"I don't want to chase you on the battlefield, although it's indeed very interesting."
"Then please spare me." Alain helplessly spread his hands.
"Hmph~ Well, the bad guy who bullied Alain still needs to be properly punished." She smiled.
"Should I dismember it first? Put it in a juicer and turn it into meat paste? Or what?"
Alain also smiled, "After all, the one being bullied, has always been me."
Monster: "..."
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