Boom~
Rumble~
A magnificent crimson breath of fire erupted from an outstretched vine of the World Tree, blazing toward the dark castle several miles away.
The instant the crimson breath was unleashed, it was like a missile carrying a massive amount of explosives.
The rubble above the castle shattered, forming a terrifying mushroom cloud.
In an instant, countless dark magical beasts were drawn to the commotion.
Meanwhile, amidst the chaos surrounding the Demon King’s Castle, the culprit responsible for this terrifying attack on the World Tree was met with wave after wave of excited cheers from the elves.
“Whoa, amazing! The Little Sacred Beast is incredible!”
“It feels so good! The dark magical beasts have always been attacking us, and now we can finally fight back!”
“Long live the Saintess! Long live the Little Sacred Beast!”
“I still have plenty of tree fruits at home. Little Sacred Beast, you can have them.”
“I still have some treasured berries.”
“I have some homemade fruit candy.”
Standing on the broad branch formed by the World Tree’s sprawling vines, An Xiaoling glanced at the Little Red-Eyed Beast, which countless elves were tossing into the air in celebration, before looking toward the distant Demon King’s Castle that had just been attacked.
An Xiaoling had only just agreed to Lilia’s proposal for Little Red-Eyed Beast to launch a long-range attack on the Demon King’s Castle, but her feelings at this moment were rather complicated.
As a shut-in, An Xiaoling usually enjoyed watching anime.
In recent years, the comedy anime “KonoSuba: God’s Blessing on This Wonderful World!” had become extremely popular, and An Xiaoling particularly loved it.
Perhaps because she herself was a little girl with similar characteristics, An Xiaoling had naturally taken a liking to Megumin, who could only cast Explosion Magic.
And now, looking at the Demon King’s Castle engulfed in flames and using her enhanced vision to see the furious yet helpless magical beasts stomping around, an image suddenly appeared in An Xiaoling’s mind.
It was an anime scene of Megumin firing one Explosion Magic spell at the Demon King’s Castle every day.
Eventually, the Demon King would become mentally unhinged and appear in a fit of rage.
How should she put it?
It felt rather funny and interesting.
But even while enjoying herself, An Xiaoling couldn’t help feeling a trace of concern.
If Little Red-Eyed Beast attacked the Demon King’s Castle like this, could the Demon King’s side launch some kind of large-scale “cannonball” attack in return?
Lilia seemed to have noticed An Xiaoling’s concern.
At that moment, she spoke up beside her.
“Xiaoling, you’re a member of the elven race who has been separated from us for a long time, so you still don’t understand the greatness of our Mother God, the World Tree.”
“The places where the World Tree’s roots and vines extend can not only absorb the life force of the dark magical beasts.”
“The World Tree’s main branches also possess extraordinary defensive capabilities.”
“In fact, over the past few years, the Demon King’s side has repeatedly bombarded the World Tree with spiritual energy, but they have never succeeded.”
“So your current worry should be unnecessary.”
Hearing Lilia’s explanation, An Xiaoling first showed a look of disbelief.
Although Lilia had introduced the World Tree to her once yesterday, its defensive power was still beyond her expectations.
Did this mean that, in a certain sense, Little Red-Eyed Beast really could become like Megumin, hiding inside the World Tree and safely launching long-range Explosion Magic every day to harass the enemy?
No, wait.
Maybe it wouldn’t have to be just one.
Thinking about it carefully, as long as she could be supplied with enough food quickly enough, perhaps Little Red-Eyed Beast could even launch many attacks in a single day.
Maybe they could take advantage of the fact that Sister Susu and the girls hadn’t gotten up yet, use up their remaining supplies to fill Little Red-Eyed Beast’s belly, and then launch another attack.
Two attacks a day!
And so, while An Xiaoling was enthusiastically carrying Little Red-Eyed Beast, whose belly was already full, back toward the treehouse, the little treehouse was actually quite lively.
After An Xiaoling had taken the two little ones out for a stroll that morning, the high-ranking girls who had been sleeping together soon began waking up one after another.
As the Saintess, Ye Fufu began tidying up as soon as she got out of bed.
After all, inside the World Tree, there was currently only one complete set of bedding.
It was fine to leave things alone before going to sleep, but after waking up, everything had to be properly separated and dried.
Fortunately, with her Saintess abilities, drying objects was an easy task.
As the Blood Princess, Lin Xue buried herself beneath the bedding and began carefully searching around Su Qi for any lingering marks.
After all, the Blood Princess’s saliva had properties that could remove certain marks.
Otherwise, Su Qi wouldn’t have been able to sell lunchboxes to the elves normally that day.
Mo Yu, the Magical Girl, and Gu Wenyin, the succubus, were carefully searching every corner of the treehouse, hoping to discover whether there was anything else hidden there.
While the four girls worked with perfect division of labor, one person occupied the entire bed and pretended to be asleep.
The little girl’s lips were pulled downward in helpless misery.
Su Qi had once read a novel written by a scumbag.
The novel contained a famous saying.
“If you like one girl, you should hide her in your heart.”
“If you like a group of girls, then you had better hide yourself well.”
Back when Su Qi had been a boy, he hadn’t particularly understood that theory.
After all, he hadn’t even had a girlfriend.
But now, feeling the lingering sensations around her and smelling the sweet fragrances of the girls intertwined throughout the bedding, Su Qi couldn’t help remembering the events of the previous night.
The countless embarrassing moments replayed in her mind, and even now, remembering those scenes made the introverted Su Qi blush.
What made Su Qi even more helpless was that, logically speaking, girls were supposed to be rather shy.
Even if there had been a legitimate reason for everything this time, shouldn’t the first experience have been embarrassing?
Why had the girls been so enthusiastic?
Could girls actually be much bolder than she had imagined?
This… this didn’t feel right!
Ugh… somehow, it felt like the days ahead weren’t going to be easy.
Forget it, forget it.
There was no point thinking about it now.
She would just continue sleeping.
After all, she had been exhausted the previous night, and she had even fed Little Red-Eyed Beast breakfast that morning.
Sleeping was the better choice.
As for helping the beautiful girls with their work?
Hmph.
Su Qi angrily declared that she wouldn’t help.
Absolutely not.
Today, she was going to lie in bed as much as she pleased.
After all, it was their fault that she was so tired.
“Xixi~~ Ningning~~”
Just as Su Qi continued pretending to sleep on the bed, two energetic, childish voices rang out along with the sound of the door opening.
Hearing that Su Xixi and Little Red-Eyed Beast had returned, the previously quiet room immediately became lively.
Although Su Qi didn’t get up or open her eyes, she could hear the excited “Ningning” sounds in their childish voices.
From that alone, Su Qi could imagine Little Red-Eyed Beast standing there full of energy, hands on its little waist as if proudly saying, “I’m amazing, right?”
Su Qi was rather curious about what Little Red-Eyed Beast had done after having just eaten breakfast that morning to make it so proud.
Ningning~
What Su Qi hadn’t expected was for Little Red-Eyed Beast to behave like a little kitten.
After taking off its shoes, it immediately jumped into the enormous bedding.
Feeling the little one’s movements, Su Qi was stunned for a moment before her heart warmed slightly.
Was it because she hadn’t hugged Little Red-Eyed Beast while feeding it earlier that morning?
Had the little one become unable to resist coming over for a hug?
What an affectionate little thing!
Just as Su Qi instinctively reached out beneath the bedding to hug Little Red-Eyed Beast, the outstretched hand was gently avoided.
Then something unexpected happened.
Little Red-Eyed Beast seemed determined to squeeze its way beneath Su Qi’s pajamas.
The instant she realized what the little one was trying to do, Su Qi’s entire expression changed.
Hadn’t Little Red-Eyed Beast just finished breakfast that morning?
Why was it coming again?