Although he didn't know where Elysia had cornered Sakura, since Sakura and Elysia were gone...
Then the upright Ryn wasn't going to pretend anymore!
Rin! You little cutie, come and cuddle with your good big brother!
Ryn held the adorable Rin, nibbled on her cute little face, and rubbed his cheek against hers, enjoying the soft and comfortable bliss of her little face.
Rin pressed her small hands against Ryn's face, trying to push this creepy uncle away. But how could her soft, weak little hands stop the creepy uncle's cuddling!
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(When visiting relatives during the New Year, some uncles and aunts often reach out to hold babies, and sometimes they really do kiss the baby's little face and cuddle with them.
So please don't misunderstand, neither Ryn nor the author are perverts! This is human nature!)
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After a bit of cuddling, Ryn slowly moved his face away in the direction Rin was pushing, giving her the illusion that she had successfully pushed him away.
This way, the next time Ryn wanted to cuddle with Rin, she would be a little less guarded, thinking the initiative was still on her side, and wouldn't reject him outright.
Rin rubbed her little face where Ryn had kissed and nuzzled it, wiped it with her sleeve, and then poked Ryn's face with her finger, asking doubtfully:
"Uncle, did you..."
"Call me big brother!"
Ryn immediately interrupted Rin's question and corrected her form of address.
Although Ryn now had a big daughter, Elysia, who was eight or nine years old, he wasn't even twenty yet!
"You're clearly... a creepy uncle though...!"
Rin looked at Ryn doubtfully and blinked. Oh well, her sister wasn't here, so she had to submit to Ryn's tyranny for now.
"Big brother...?"
"Mm-hmm."
"Creepy Uncle-Brother, did you take something of Rin's?"
"Huh? No, I didn't! Did Rin lose something?"
"I don't know... it's just... Rin feels like something that belongs to her is on big brother..."
Rin scratched her head. She couldn't say what it was, but it seemed to be constantly drawing her to Ryn unconsciously.
Even before, when Ryn's consciousness had dived into the Stigmata Space to ask Stigmata Kiana and the others something, causing him to lie on the ground as if dead, it was because Rin kept feeling that something about Ryn was attracting her, so she brought her sister here, which led to their acquaintance with Elysia and Ryn.
Ryn didn't understand what Rin meant. What could he possibly have that would attract her?
Could it be that his attraction to little lolis had reached a level he wasn't even aware of?!
Ahem, ahem, how could that be? He was always the one going after the little lolis.
Ryn wondered if it was because he had been in contact with Higokumaru for a long time, which made Rin feel close to him...
But Rin said that something belonging to her was attracting her, which stumped Ryn.
Higokumaru died early. The only things she left behind were a final blessing for everyone and a Divine Key.
The Divine Key, Jizo Mitama, was still in Yae Sakura's hands. What could he possibly have that would attract Rin?
So Ryn simply put Rin down, turned all his pockets inside out, and laid out everything he had in front of Rin.
"Rin, take a look. What is it that's attracting you?"
"Hmm..."
Rin squatted on the ground, fiddling with the items Ryn had laid out one by one.
All sorts of Wagashi and street snacks... how did he fit so many things in his pockets...
There were also a dozen or so sparkling gems of various colors, emitting a disquieting aura.
Next to the gems were many purple cubes, flashing with a strange purple light. These were all compressed Honkai Crystals. Ryn had wrapped them in a shell, so there was no need to worry about Honkai energy leaking out.
On the other side, there was a strange device and a few small cans. The device had a handle on the right that could be cranked, and a few special slots on the left that looked like something could be inserted. Rin guessed that either the purple cubes or these small cans were meant to be inserted there. (Build Driver)
There were also all sorts of other miscellaneous things, which Rin observed and touched one by one.
"How about it, did you find what you were looking for?"
Rin gave Ryn a sweet smile. "No... but thank you anyway, big brother."
Although she felt that none of these things were what she was looking for, she was still a little touched by Ryn's gesture of practically showing her his underwear.
"That's strange then..."
Ryn lowered his head, lost in thought.
If it wasn't an object, it couldn't be the Honkai energy on him, right?
Ryn knew that he was now like a walking radiation source. If he wanted to, he could release his restraints, and the suppressed energy within him would instantly corrode the entire Earth, washing it away in an energy storm.
He didn't know what attraction this energy held for others, but for a Herrscher vessel like Rin... was it attracting her to become a Herrscher ahead of schedule?
Ryn opened a barrier, sealing the space ten meters around himself and Rin, and summoned a tiny wisp of Honkai energy on his fingertip.
Rin was a chosen Herrscher vessel, and her Honkai energy resistance was already among the best in the world. So Ryn only sealed the space to prevent the Honkai energy from spreading, and wasn't worried that Rin would be corroded by it.
Ryn brought the Honkai energy on his fingertip to Rin's face.
"Rin, this thing is called Honkai energy. It's a kind of energy that is both good and evil... try to feel if it's what's attracting you."
Rin curiously reached out and took the dancing purple light from Ryn's fingertip, holding it in her palm and watching it with curiosity.
Immediately after, the Honkai energy began to be uncontrollably absorbed into her body. As the Honkai energy seeped in, her pupils gradually turned crimson.
But soon, her eyes changed back, as if nothing had happened.
"Big brother! That... that thing disappeared!"
"Yeah... it disappeared."
After receiving Ryn's reply, Rin suddenly became nervous, grabbing the corner of his shirt and looking at him with pleading eyes.
"That... that thing... was... was it very valuable... does... does Rin need to pay you back..."
Rin's voice began to tremble with a sob. She and her sister depended on each other, and their living conditions were only enough to get by. Sometimes even having enough to eat was a problem.
Although Rin was small, she was sensible... she knew that she seemed to have caused trouble...
"How could that be?" Ryn gently stroked Rin's head, then reached out and summoned some more Honkai energy. "Look, big brother has lots and lots of this stuff. It's okay if a little bit is gone!"
"Really?"
"Really!"
"Th-then that's good..."
Rin finally breathed a sigh of relief, patting her chest with lingering fear.