"Sakura! I'm back!"
Kallen pushed the door open with a *pa*, tossed Hiyokumaru onto Ryn, and skipped into the kitchen, hugging Yae Sakura from behind.
"Ah, Kallen, stop fooling around. I'm still chopping vegetables," Yae Sakura exclaimed, then looked at Kallen dotingly.
"No, no, let me hug you, let me hug you!" Kallen started acting spoiled.
"Alright, alright." Yae Sakura indulgently let Kallen hug her.
Otto, who was playing games in the living room, shuddered when he heard Kallen's voice. Then he turned around and saw Kallen and Yae Sakura being affectionate, and he almost crushed the game controller in his hands.
*Smack*—
Oath of Judah slapped Otto, turning him back around.
"What are you looking at? Just focus on your game!"
"Judah! You..."
Otto was furious, but he couldn't fight back. When you're under someone else's roof, you have to bow your head. For the first time, Otto personally experienced what it meant for a tiger in the plains to be bullied by dogs!
"Hmph, hmph." Oath of Judah looked smug, completely ignoring Otto's reaction. She had leverage over the current Otto, so she could bully him as she pleased. Oath of Judah didn't believe Otto would actually pick a fight with a weapon like her~
Otto's inner thoughts at this moment: F*ck, I'll go find Void Archives when I get back and beat him up.
Otto certainly wouldn't pick a fight with Oath of Judah herself; after all, Judah had been with him the longest, and he had feelings for her.
*Smack*—
"Judah! I can't take you anymore!!" Otto flipped the table and stood up.
Oath of Judah's hand slipped, and she slapped Otto again. Although it was a light tap, the lighter the slap, the greater the humiliation.
"Eh, who is this?"
Ryn had been looking for Kiana, but Otto's outburst, which Oath of Judah dismissed, instead attracted the attention of Ryn and Fu Hua.
Otto's back immediately broke out in a cold sweat, his mind screaming, "Why is Fu Hua here too!!" He was already frantically trying to come up with an excuse.
"Her name is Luocha, she's a new friend Oath of Judah made. I think they get along well, they're always messing around," Theresa said, handing Fu Hua some snacks as she introduced them.
"Is that so? Hello, little Luocha, I'm big brother Ryn." Ryn greeted Otto. Otto gave a stiff, awkward smile and returned the greeting.
"I'm Fu Hua. Luocha... I feel like you look a bit like a friend of mine." Fu Hua sized up Otto carefully. The familiar golden hair, the punchable expression, and that name made it hard not to think of the Schicksal Overseer.
Otto immediately made a face and said to Fu Hua, half-crying, half-laughing, "You've got the wrong person!"
Fu Hua nodded and didn't say anything more. In her heart, although Otto was a bit of an abstract character, he probably wouldn't disguise himself as a little girl and act like a clown.
"By the way, where's Kiana?" Ryn looked around but couldn't find Kiana.
"She went to find Welt. Said she wanted to know about the Second Honkai War," Kika explained, holding Theresa and sitting down next to Ryn.
"Is that so? Actually, I'm quite curious too. I'll ask Kiana about it later."
Kika was holding Theresa, and Ryn was holding Hiyokumaru. Ryn and Kika were happy, but Theresa and Hiyokumaru were not. Seeing the two unhappy faces, Ryn and Kika swapped the pillows in their hands. Now it was better, everyone was satisfied. Not far away, Otto became dissatisfied again.
Seeing Ryn holding Theresa, Otto stared at Ryn with a look of envy, jealousy, and hatred, making Ryn feel uncomfortable.
"Something wrong?"
"Nothing."
"Then why are you staring at me?"
"Big brother Ryn is so handsome, I can't help but want to look at you more," Otto said, gritting his teeth word by word. In his mind, he was already calculating how to kill Ryn without anyone noticing, and he had even decided where to bury him.
At that moment, Kallen walked over, holding Yae Sakura's hand, and came face to face with Otto.
"What a cute little girl. Is she a descendant of Otto's?" Kallen walked over curiously to take a closer look.
"Uh... um..."
Watching Kallen's face get closer and closer, even though Otto knew this wasn't the Saintess he admired, he couldn't help but feel shy because of Kallen's actions.
Otto's face flushed, and he said loudly, "I am a relative of Overseer Otto..."
"Is that so? You look just like Otto when he was little! Very cute~" Kallen gently pinched Otto's cheek, then sat down to watch TV.
As for Otto... he already had swirly eyes, had turned into a steam engine, and was about to faint from happiness.
Oath of Judah watched from the side, clicking her tongue in admiration. As expected of Otto, high attack but low defense, one touch and he's down.
Otto stopped playing his game, and Bronya found it boring to play alone, so she turned off the game and sat down with everyone to watch TV.
There was no more room on the sofa. Under Oath of Judah's evil gaze, Bronya could only sit on Judah's lap.
"There are five lolis, three are being held. Luocha, you are not one of them."
"?"
Otto was full of question marks. What was Ryn up to now?
"Since we're all sitting here together, we can't show favoritism."
Ryn thought for a moment, then placed Theresa in Kallen's arms. He took Hiyokumaru from Kika's arms, covered her little mouth that was about to breathe fire, and placed her in Yae Sakura's lap.
Then he picked up Otto and placed him in Fu Hua's arms, before picking up Kika himself and sitting to the side.
"There, now it's all good. Five lolis, one for everyone!"
"Shameless!"
Kika shot Ryn a look, then shifted her body into a comfortable position and hooked her arms around Ryn's neck.
"I'll tell Kiana when she gets back. Just you wait!"
"Hmph, hmph, just tell me if you like it or not! When Kiana gets here, I'll just have one in each arm."
"Heh, scum."
Kika pinched the flesh on Ryn's waist and twisted it hard, making Ryn break out in a cold sweat from the pain.
"Mmm~" Kallen snuggled up with Theresa. Although Kallen really wanted to keep cuddling with Yae Sakura, Theresa was nice too. Kallen chose to have them all!
"Hehe, that tickles~"
Theresa was also super happy because Kallen always gave her a motherly feeling. Lying in Kallen's arms was like being in her mother's embrace.
Needless to say, Hiyokumaru and Yae Sakura's relationship was already very good, but because they were so familiar, she just sat on her lap without any cuddly behavior.
Oath of Judah, on the other hand, was pinching and cuddling Bronya, occasionally transforming her Soulium chains into various exquisite outfits for Bronya to change into. Bronya was now contemplating whether she should just run whenever she saw Judah in the future.
As for Fu Hua and Otto, both were tense and restless. Fu Hua felt that this little girl, Luocha, was too much like Otto, making it hard for her to act. Otto felt like his world was falling apart. Who am I, where am I...
Finally, everyone noticed how awkward Fu Hua and Otto were. So, Yae Sakura and Fu Hua swapped. Fu Hua held Hiyokumaru, and Yae Sakura held Otto.
After all, they had to be fair and not leave out a single loli.
Hiyokumaru quite liked Hua, and Fu Hua didn't dislike Hiyokumaru.
However, Fu Hua was an old-timer after all and only occasionally tried to gently rub her cheek against Hiyokumaru's.
As for Otto and Yae Sakura...