A crisp snapping sound echoed in the main hall of No Name.
Leticia's eye twitched as she looked at the two pieces of fireworks in Black Rabbit's hand, which she had just sworn would not suffer even the slightest damage.
This rabbit is indeed unreliable.
"Li... Lily! What did you say?!"
On the other side, Black Rabbit, still unaware of her declining trustworthiness, was excitedly grabbing the fox-eared loli's shoulders and shaking her back and forth frantically.
"Illegitimate daughters? Lin Que has illegitimate daughters outside?!"
"Also, why is 'daughters' plural? Does he have more than one illegitimate daughter?!"
"Black Rabbit sister! Stop shaking! Stop shaking!"
Dizzy, Lily quickly replied, "Lin Que brother told me himself! If you don't believe me, go ask him!"
"That's right! Lin Que is back!"
Black Rabbit snapped back to reality and quickly ran towards the main building.
However...
As soon as she stepped out of the main entrance, Black Rabbit was shocked by the scene before her.
One hundred exquisitely carved lolis were neatly arranged in a 10x10 square formation, slowly walking towards the main building.
At the very front of the formation, leading the way, was Lin Que.
Seeing Black Rabbit come out, he raised his hand and waved, a teasing smile on his face.
"Black Rabbit! I went out to the outside world this time and brought my illegitimate daughters back to you!"
"How about it! Are you surprised?!"
Black Rabbit: "..."
Black Rabbit.exe has stopped working.
"This is truly... quite exaggerated."
Leticia, who walked out a few seconds after her, came up to the stunned Black Rabbit and remarked.
"As expected of Master, to be able to have so many illegitimate daughters in the outside world."
"No, this shouldn't be all of them."
"Given Master's carefree personality, it would be perfectly reasonable for the number of illegitimate daughters to exceed a thousand."
"No! That's not reasonable at all!"
Black Rabbit finally came to her senses and excitedly retorted.
"Lin Que isn't a stud! How could he have so many illegitimate daughters?!"
Isn't he?
Leticia tilted her head, feeling that Black Rabbit had some strange misunderstanding about Lin Que's perception.
Of course, she agreed with Black Rabbit's rebuttal.
Her previous words were just teasing.
With Leticia's discerning eye, she could tell at a glance that these lolis were not ordinary people.
A considerable number of them even exuded a resilient aura that had endured brutal battlefields.
"This aura... Master, where did you go to abduct them?"
"Ab... abducted them?!"
Black Rabbit excitedly changed color directly: "No, Lin Que! This is illegal!"
"Quickly, let's send these children back and apologize to their families!"
"What do you mean 'abduct'? Watch your words."
Lin Que snapped his fingers: "Yanzhu, tell Leticia, was I abducted by you?"
"Of course not!"
At the very front of the formation, Lan Yuan Yanzhu, with crimson eyes and long hair, stepped forward, her voice serious.
"This humble one came here to repay Lin Que's kindness in saving the Cursed Children, and with the purpose of marriage!"
"Excellent!"
Lin Que nodded in satisfaction, reached out and pressed down on Lan Yuan Yanzhu, who was leaning over restlessly after speaking, and looked at Leticia and Black Rabbit.
"How about it! I didn't lie to you two, did I?"
"I didn't abduct them; they came voluntarily."
"If you don't believe me, you can ask anyone."
"No, no, no! This doesn't even need asking!"
Black Rabbit's eyes widened, and she excitedly grabbed Lin Que's shoulders.
"Quickly repent, Lin Que!"
"No matter how thirsty you are, you can't lay your hands on such young children... Ow, ow, ow!"
"So you do feel pain."
Releasing Black Rabbit's ear, Lin Que picked up Lan Yuan Yanzhu and tossed her back into the formation.
"Think before you speak; if you don't use your brain for too long, it'll rust."
"But this child said it herself!"
Black Rabbit, clutching her head, retorted, "What could such a young child know?! Her saying she wants to marry you, if it's not you misleading her, then what could it be?!"
"Do you think everyone is like you, knowing nothing?"
Squinting his eyes and examining the stupid rabbit's ears, Lin Que, feeling a little itchy again, replied, "Yanzhu is simply precocious, which is why she understands these things."
"As for marriage, of course, I can't lay my hands on her now."
"She's still too young; at least I'll consider it after she reaches adulthood."
"But you're still going to lay your hands on her eventually!"
Black Rabbit became agitated again: "Quickly stop, Lin Que!"
"Hey! You, quickly shut up!"
Lan Yuan Yanzhu, who had just stood properly, couldn't help but speak again: "If Lin Que really regrets it, this humble one will directly throw you, this rabbit who ruins good things, into a pot to stew!"
"Wuwu... But I was helping you."
After being directly hit by Lan Yuan Yanzhu, Black Rabbit became somewhat helpless.
However, just as she was about to say something more, Leticia walked over from nearby and took over the conversation.
"Black Rabbit, calm down first."
"It will take at least several years for this child to reach adulthood, so there's no need to worry in the short term."
"Rather than discussing this topic, I'm more interested in what this child just said."
Leticia looked at Lan Yuan Yanzhu: "She just said she came to repay Lin Que's kindness in saving the Cursed Children."
"What are Cursed Children? Is there something wrong with these children?"
Lin Que-daren nodded slightly, "Indeed, there are some minor issues."
Although Lin Que-daren had dealt with the Gastrea organisms, he had not eradicated the Gastrea Virus from the Cursed Children.
To this day, they still suffered from the Gastrea Virus's erosion and bore the risk of transforming into Gastrea monsters.
Of course, this didn't mean Lin Que-daren was helpless.
In fact, he already had a solution.
However, to ensure success, he needed to first go to Thousand Eyes and ask White Yasha if it was feasible.
"Anyway, let's go inside first."
Lin Que-daren waved at Lily, who was not far away, calling the fox-eared loli over.
"Lily, Black Rabbit and I have something to discuss."
"As a senior, please take these new children to familiarize themselves with the surroundings first."
"Mhm!"
Lily nodded her head, her ears on top of her head standing straight up, trying to act like a senior as she responded.
"Leave it to me, Lin Que-gege!"
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