"Woohoo~ That was a good sleep, so satisfying~
First to awaken, Kiana rubbed her sleepy eyes and stretched her arms wide.
"Eh? Eh!!!"
Kiana's eyes widened in disbelief at the scene before her.
A snow-white winged dragon was coiled like a python around an equally massive, pinkish manta ray…
But as Kiana blinked, the scene in her eyes changed again.
The beautiful, green-haired big sister Kukulkan and Maheśvara, who had shed her cloth robes for a pink and white long dress, were holding hands, shoulder to shoulder, acting sweet and lovey-dovey.
"Kukulkan? Maheśvara? Why are you in my room… Wait, where am I?"
Kiana looked around in confusion. She had thought she had fallen asleep and been carried back to her room by Ryn, and that Maheśvara and Kukulkan had come into her room to be affectionate. But seeing the completely unfamiliar surroundings, she was perplexed.
"I… I didn't sleepwalk, did I?"
"Of course not… It's just that two little kitties were still greedy even in their sleep, so I brought you to the Sea of Quanta for a good meal~
"A black hole expanded, and Ryn appeared before Kiana, carrying two large bags of delicious food.
Everyone had been in the Sea of Quanta for some time and hadn't eaten yet!
Anyway, Kiana and Sirin had completed their evolution, and the assault of the quantum creatures had stopped. So, since it has come to this, let's eat first!
"Want some, Kiana? Though you probably aren't hungry right now, right? You and Sirin are bottomless pits who absorbed a whole lot of energy from the Sea of Quanta."
"Uh…" Kiana couldn't quite grasp what Ryn was saying and scratched her head in confusion. "What you said… what Sea of Quanta… what energy… I don't get it?"
"It's fine, it's nothing important. Let's wait for Sirin to wake up and we can all talk about what happened. Since it has come to this, let's eat first!"
Ryn shrugged nonchalantly. After all, he didn't really know why Kiana and Sirin had suddenly super-evolved like Pokémon.
As for the quantum creature attack, no one was injured, and no one died, so there was nothing to say. Talking about it would only worry Kiana and Sirin, which was unnecessary.
Then Ryn kicked Cortana, who was bent over, engrossed in studying the Star of Eden.
"Idiot, stop studying. This is all made of Authority, not a shred of technology in it. With your pathetic processing power, you'll never figure it out. Hurry up and help set the table."
"Picking on me, are you? Well, you've kicked a steel plate! I can't take it anymore, I'm gonna blow up on you!"
Cortana rubbed her butt and got up from the floor, then raised two Stars of Eden and charged at Ryn, ready to blow up on him.
Just then, Sirin woke up. The first thing she saw was Cortana shouting and charging at Ryn with two Stars of Eden.
Without a second thought, Sirin expertly opened her hand and grasped the Tianqi-brand baseball bat that appeared out of thin air.
*Duang—*
The weapon of causality not only had the causal effect of knocking out its target on hit, forcing them to sleep, but it also came with a built-in targeting system, a causal effect of a guaranteed hit.
Sirin casually stuffed the baseball bat back into her Imaginary Space, lest Kiana discover that she had it.
If Kiana found out, Sirin wouldn't be able to sneak attack her from behind anymore.
But in reality, everyone present, except for the knocked-out Cortana, had seen Sirin's swing as clear as day…
"Hmm… This thing…"
Ryn tilted his head in confusion, extremely curious as to why Sirin had this baseball bat. Had Sirin met Tianqi already?
"Don't say it. You didn't see anything."
Sirin placed her hands on her hips and glared at Ryn, telling him not to continue.
"Alright, alright… I won't say anything." Ryn immediately raised his hands, complying with Sirin.
If she says don't say it, he won't. Anyway, this baseball bat is super useful. He'll get a few wholesale for Kiana, Mei, Kika, and the others later.
If not for fighting, it's also great for a few whacks on the head when they can't sleep at night.
"Poor Cortana…"
Kiana looked regretful as she picked up Cortana's hand and dragged her to the spot where she had been resting, so she could sleep soundly.
After that, Kiana clapped her hands, looking greedily at the food Ryn had brought, drool running down her chin.
"Alright, the nuisance has been removed. Now, Ryn, I'm so hungry! I want to… eat!"
Kiana spread her arms, a fork in one hand and a spoon in the other, eagerly tapping the table, waiting for Ryn to feed her.
"You've already eaten so much energy, and you're still hungry…"
"My body might be full, but my eyes aren't! When I see delicious food, I just want to eat!"
"Idiot, that's just how you are."
Sirin gave Kiana a disdainful look. Having someone like Kiana as her twin was truly embarrassing.
Then… while verbally calling Kiana an idiot, Sirin's body very honestly sat down next to Kiana, revealing the same ravenous, eager little expression.
"Ryn… I'm hungry too…"
"You're just like her, a hopeless case…"
Ryn chuckled helplessly as he neatly arranged the food in front of the two little gluttons, then sat to the side, watching Kiana and Sirin eat as if they were starving, devouring their food voraciously.
"Sigh, they're all just food vacuums. My meager salary is almost not enough to support you all."
Kiana put down her bowl and blinked her big, bewildered eyes. Isn't our family quite rich? Are we going bankrupt already!
No, no, Ryn uses his Authority of Creation for cooking and healing. Even if we ran out of money, it wouldn't be because of food.
So…
Alright, no need to guess. Because Kukulkan and Maheśvara had also sat down beside them.
The two were feeding each other, one plate after another, diminishing the amount of food on the table at a speed even faster than Kiana's.
Almost forgot, we're also raising a bunch of Honkai Beasts at home…
Kiana looked at Ryn with bitterness and sorrow, like someone who had just discovered the big spenders in the family.
"Ryn… How about… we use them as ingredients next time?"
"…"
Ryn fell silent. After three seconds of serious consideration, he regretfully shook his head. Given the taste of Maheśvara's meat, even a dog would spit it out.
"Eat up. Saying we're out of money was just a joke. I can now transform the meat produced by Nana into all sorts of ingredients. I even had Yiselian build an automatic processing room. We've achieved freedom to eat!"
"Yay!" Kiana raised her hands in joy, then immediately bent down to focus on her food. If she didn't eat faster, Kukulkan and Maheśvara would finish everything.
"Idiot…"
Sirin rolled her eyes helplessly, it was unclear if she was scolding Kiana or Ryn. When Ryn said they were out of money just now, it had given her a fright. She thought it was her joining that had caused this big family to be unable to afford meals.
Thankfully, it was just a joke. Sirin laughed at herself, then lowered her head to focus on the food in her bowl…
The food…
Where's my food?
"Kiana! Can't you eat from your own bowl?!"
"Other people's food tastes better!"