Chapter Twenty-Seven: The Family of Little An

"So painful~" Hao Ren groaned, opening his eyes to find his head resting on something warm and soft, infused with an indescribable, delightful fragrance.

"Um, are you alright~?" Following the sound, he looked up, but the owner's face was hidden from view—two large shadows obscured Hao Ren's sight.

"Could this be the legendary lap pillow?" A surge of excitement ran through him.

"Are you our master?" asked a little girl of about ten, with long black hair and light brown skin, dressed in a black camisole resembling a girl's nightwear. She sat atop the wardrobe, swinging her delicate feet, and Hao Ren, sharp-eyed as he was, could confirm she wore nothing underneath.

"Master, Sister Little Dark, come look at this! He seems so interesting." Another girl, with reddish-brown hair braided into a long plait and clad in an oddly styled black bodysuit, appeared quite fascinated by the saluting Hao Ren.

"I hate h!" The girl addressed as Sister Little Dark looked about thirteen, her beautiful blonde hair matching the bodysuit worn by the braided girl. She sat to one side, shielding her face with a book she had just found in the room.

The book's title: "Human Nature."

...

I wish I could meet the deity who used to live in this room.

"This is really off-limits!" Just as the little girl called master reached out to touch Hao Ren, his mind already muddled, he sprang up in panic.

"Ah!" A short cry escaped from a woman. Hao Ren's head collided with an exceptionally soft object, and in the confusion, he toppled the woman who had given him the lap pillow.

"I-I'm not familiar with this sort of thing. Besides, we've only just met, and don't know each other well..." Now Hao Ren saw her face clearly: in summary, a blonde bespectacled maiden. Embarrassed, she couldn't meet his gaze.

"Stay away from Tia!" A golden hand engulfed Hao Ren's head.

"Mm! Mm!" Hao Ren struggled, right hand slapping the golden hand repeatedly. The towel slipped off again, leaving him completely naked.

"Ah~" "My~" The little girl and the braided one covered their mouths, giggling.

"Enough, put your clothes on right now!" Little Dark's head was marked with anger, and she tossed Hao Ren, clothes and all, into the bathroom.

Escaping from the jaws of death, Hao Ren finally caught his breath. As he dressed, he began to examine information about the four girls.

(I thought about it and decided to put the character data in the main text, since if it were in side notes, not many would read it—this thing killed so many brain cells, seriously! Please bear with me, thank you.)

Name: Golden Darkness
Attributes: Strength 42, Agility 47, Constitution 39, Intelligence 27, Spirit 33,
Charm 17, Loyalty 50, Relationship: Neutral
Skill: "Bio Weapon: First Generation" lv1 (0/500) – Can transform any body part and mimic the properties of the transformed object, but cannot simulate firearms. As this is an innate skill of the bio-weapon's identity, it costs no LP points to use. The higher the skill level, the stronger the simulated object. LP points can be spent to upgrade.

Name: Mea
Attributes: Strength 39, Agility 53, Constitution 42, Intelligence 24, Spirit 36,
Charm 17, Loyalty 55, Relationship: Friendly
Skill: "Bio Weapon: Second Generation" lv1 (0/500) – Can transform any body part and mimic the properties of the transformed object, including firearms. Can fuse physically and mentally with a target to obtain their memories. As an innate skill of the bio-weapon's identity, it costs no LP points to use. The higher the skill level, the stronger the simulated object. LP points can be spent to upgrade.

Name: Nemesis
Attributes: Strength 33, Agility 37, Constitution 34, Intelligence 31, Spirit 49,
Charm 17, Loyalty 60, Relationship: Friendly
Skill: "Bio Weapon: Prototype" lv1 (0/500) – Can transform any body part and mimic the properties of the transformed object, including firearms. Can fuse physically and mentally with a target to obtain their memories. Can change appearance and mimic other creatures. As an innate skill of the bio-weapon's identity, it costs no LP points to use. The higher the skill level, the stronger the simulated object. LP points can be spent to upgrade.

Name: Tearju Lunatique
Attributes: Strength 9, Agility 7, Constitution 10, Intelligence 40, Spirit 17,
Charm 18, Loyalty 70, Relationship: Intimate
Skill: "Biotechnology" (no level) – Can research, modify, and clone any organism, requiring proper equipment. Cannot be upgraded.
Skill: "Nanotechnology" (no level) – Can create nanobots and control them to a certain extent, requiring proper materials. Cannot be upgraded.

In short... it's overwhelming!

This time, Lady Luck tossed her own underwear onto Hao Ren's face, and he was dizzy from such a shower of happiness. Never mind their stats—even their mere presence made him ecstatic.

Golden Darkness, seemingly silent but actually shy and unsure how to express her feelings, a bio-weapon girl who subsists mainly on taiyaki. Mea, an experimental product upgraded from Golden Darkness's data, appearing innocent but actually cunning, a second-generation weapon girl who can survive on snacks alone. Nemesis, the top creation of the "Nemesis Project," with quirky hobbies, Mea's cunning mentor, an utterly unscientific loli weapon. Tearju Lunatique, considered the biological mother or elder sister of Golden Darkness, provider of the cells for Golden Darkness's birth, a genius blonde bespectacled scientist with an adorably clueless demeanor.

In sum, except for Tearju's lack of combat power, this complicated family is excessively strong.

Having spent 18 LP points earlier, it seems that, thanks to the bonuses of the fantasy, kinship, and female summoning cards, besides Little Dark and Tearju, summoning cards for similar types randomly targeted Little Dark, thus summoning Mea and Nemesis.

After tidying up his clothes, Hao Ren emerged from the bathroom. He saw Mea teasing Little Dark, whose face was bright red as she pretended to read a book and ignored her. Nemesis stared at Tearju's chest, then shook her head and transformed, making her figure and bust match Tearju's exactly. Tearju, seeing that Nemesis's camisole could no longer cover her enhanced chest, scrambled to find something to hide herself, but her calf collided with the leg of the computer desk, and now she was curled up, wiping away tears.

"Blessed eyes~" At this moment, Hao Ren's expression was as if he were about to ascend to heaven.

"Ah, the master is out," Mea was first to notice, and ran over, grabbing Hao Ren's arm, "Master, I want to go outside and take a look."

"I was thinking the same, Master." Nemesis pressed her voluptuous body close to Hao Ren, moving up and down against him.

"Such an h," Little Dark turned her head away, refusing to look.

"Wow~" Tearju seemed torn between wanting to watch and not daring to.