Ever since being seriously warned by Bronya and Theresa, whenever Ryn walked down the street, Seele would sneakily follow behind him.
The moment Ryn turned around, Seele would hide. When he turned back, Seele would pop out and follow him openly.
Not just on the street, even when Ryn returned to the residence Bronya had arranged for him, Seele would continue to tail him.
Fortunately, Seele disappeared after he got home. Otherwise, Ryn suspected he would be watched by Seele even in his sleep.
It was all because when Bronya and Theresa made Ryn take back the Star of Eden, Yiselian had pulled out dozens of them…
He really was honest, not even secretly keeping one for himself…
But even if Yiselian didn't conduct those researches that could lead to the collapse of the social structure… just an accidental detonation of this pile of Stars of Eden, creating a black hole, would be enough to destroy the Fire Moth world all over again, right?
Although Ryn repeatedly assured them that once it was bound to someone, it wouldn't explode without that person's permission.
But Bronya and Theresa didn't believe him at all. It was like a nuclear weapon; seventy to eighty percent of it is safety measures. If not detonated correctly, it's just a dud even if dropped from a high altitude.
But would you dare to sleep next to a nuclear bomb?
Perhaps its creator would, but Bronya and Theresa were not its creators.
Especially after hearing Ryn say that he had actually planned to reshape the world in a more peaceful way, but had accidentally miscalculated the power of a stellar-mass black hole and wiped out the galaxy in one go…
So Bronya had Seele monitor the dangerous individual Ryn every day until he left, to prevent him from suddenly having another brain fart and doing something outrageous.
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"Huh, the layout of this room is so familiar! Is Bronya really that thoughtful, she even replicated the style of my home."
Ryn couldn't help but exclaim as he looked at the familiar layout of the house. It was just like the home Mei kept tidy.
A lively and cute Kiana who radiated sunshine every day, a virtuous and gentle wife-like Mei, and a perfectly sweet and tsundere little Kika.
No matter how Ryn thought about it, he felt he had lived a life with no regrets.
It was already evening. Ryn planned to rest early and then set out tomorrow morning to accomplish his goal for returning to the Fire Moth world.
But when Ryn returned to his bedroom and saw a lump in the bed, as if something was hidden there…
Huh… is this Seele's prank? Is she planning to hide in the bed and scare me?
As expected, once the pressure of survival is gone, people start to release their true nature.
Ryn sighed helplessly and lifted the covers.
"Seele, you really don't have to follow me, I'm not that dangerous… Huh? Young Mei, no. Who are you?"
In the house Bronya had assigned to Ryn, on the bed Ryn himself had yet to sleep on, a young child with the same appearance as Young Mei was sleeping soundly.
Ryn tilted his head and looked at the "Young Mei" in his bed, who had been woken up by him lifting the covers.
Wearing pink Homu pajamas, Raiden Mei slowly opened her sleepy eyes, sat up, and looked to see if Bronya had come to wake her up again.
"Mmm… it's Ryn… can we fight later… I'm very sleepy right now."
Mei glanced at Ryn casually, then rubbed her eyes with her two small hands, and curled up into a small ball to go back to sleep.
"…?"
Ryn was dumbfounded. Why was God Mei here? Didn't she die?
He had personally seen Mei say goodbye to Kiana and walk the path of reincarnation. So… was Mei reincarnated early and given birth to by someone else?
"I have a feeling you're thinking something bad…" Mei stared at Ryn faintly.
"Yo, you're awake? Care to explain why you're still alive, and why you're in my house, in my room?"
"Because the reincarnation was incomplete, and my soul is much stronger than an ordinary person's, so I just went through the motions of reincarnation, obtained a real physical body and a world identity, and came back."
"Also, this is my house. Bronya said only I can stop you if you cause trouble.
As for why I'm in your room… you're in the wrong room. This is my room, yours is across the hall."
Mei paused, then rolled her eyes at Ryn and held out her small, delicate white hand: "Also, give me back my blanket, I need to sleep."
"Ah, this…"
Ryn scratched his nose awkwardly. Bronya had only told him that his residence was here, she hadn't told him it was also Mei's house!
Mei watched Ryn stand there, not giving her the blanket, and said playfully:
"Hmm? Not giving it back? Or… do you want to keep staring at me in my pajamas? Or maybe… you want to come in and sleep with me?"
Ryn's eyes widened in disbelief at Mei's direct words.
After coming to his senses, Ryn regretfully tucked Mei in gently, then replied in an equally playful tone:
"What's wrong, is the current Mei such a little grown-up that she still needs someone to sleep with her?
But if you'd like, I wouldn't mind resting with a cute little kid like you~ But I'm afraid God Kiana would suddenly pop out from somewhere and shoot me, so let's forget it!"
"Heh… her soul is not in this world. The Honkai still tortures her…" Mei's eyes dimmed, but she didn't say anything more. She just pulled the blanket up and adjusted her position to continue sleeping.
Seeing Mei go back to sleep on her own, Ryn tiptoed out of Mei's bedroom and returned to his own room.
Lying on his bed, Ryn thought about the day's events, especially how cute little Mei was in her pajamas.
It seemed that because Mei's body had returned to that of a child, she had also inherited some childish traits.
So, is the current God Mei a sleepy little kid of four or five?
No, I have to go take some pictures to commemorate this. I'll take them back to show my world's Mei. That would be quite amusing.
No sooner said than done. Ryn sneakily slipped into Mei's room, took out his camera, and took a whole series of photos of her sleeping face with a flurry of clicks.