” “꒪꒫꒪)!” Noticing Muelsyse’s movement, Griseo quickly snapped back to her senses and instinctively tried to pull her foot away.
After all, she wasn’t an ordinary child.
Walking barefoot would never hurt her.
Not even dust would stick to the soles of her feet.
Unfortunately, sitting on the chair with her little feet dangling in the air, Griseo had nowhere to escape.
Muelsyse gently caught hold of her slender, snow-white ankle.
And just as Miss Water Elf was about to lift the little Loli’s foot and inspect it— A vehicle suddenly pulled up nearby with a soft rumble.
Then, a silver-haired Wyvern woman leaned out from the driver’s seat and asked, “Muelsyse, what…
are you doing?” “…!” The familiar voice from behind caused Muelsyse’s body to stiffen instantly.
She immediately turned around and frantically explained to the person in the driver’s seat.
“Saria, why are you here?
No, wait, wait—you have to let me explain!
I’m not doing anything weird!” “…” Watching her friend hurriedly defend herself with the guilty look of someone caught in the act, Saria couldn’t help rubbing her forehead.
“I know.
That’s why I’m asking what you’re doing.” Hearing Saria’s calm tone, Muelsyse finally relaxed.
With a light cough, she explained, “Ahem.
I just happened to meet this child on the street and noticed she wasn’t wearing shoes.
I wanted to check whether she was injured.” “…” Saria didn’t say anything.
Instead, she looked past Muelsyse toward Griseo.
And it was precisely this closer inspection that revealed something unusual.
She hadn’t gotten a good look before stopping the vehicle, but now she suddenly realized that Griseo didn’t seem to possess any racial characteristics…?
Although she found this puzzling, Miss Wyvern had no intention of asking.
After all, everyone had their own secrets, and she had no desire to pry into them.
While Saria was observing Griseo, Griseo was also observing her.
As for the result…
Very cool.
Very handsome.
As expected of the Rhine Fist.
꒪꒫꒪)…
To be honest, when Saria appeared, Griseo couldn’t help being surprised again.
At the same time, she silently complained about her bizarre luck today.
Why was she running into important characters one after another?
Surely she wasn’t going to meet people from every department of Rhine Lab later, right?
“Hmm?
Is Saria really that pretty?
You’ve completely zoned out staring at her.” Seeing the blue-haired little Loli treating people differently, Muelsyse puffed out her cheeks and complained.
“Mm…
her color is very pretty.” Blinking her violet eyes, Griseo offered an explanation.
Then, after a brief pause, she added, “Mm…
yours too, Big Sister.” While the two were talking, Saria had already withdrawn her gaze and restarted the vehicle.
“I still have matters to attend to, so I’m leaving first.
Be careful, and don’t do things that might be misunderstood again.” “…?” “I wasn’t doing anything that could be misunderstood!” Muelsyse retorted irritably, having completely forgotten how desperately she’d been explaining herself earlier.
Unfortunately, Saria couldn’t hear her anymore.
The moment she finished speaking, Saria stepped on the accelerator and drove away.
“Saria, that woman…” Although she hadn’t been left in a cloud of exhaust, Muelsyse still muttered under her breath while watching the departing vehicle.
Mentally, she added another mark to her friend’s account.
“Alright, alright, let’s not waste any more time.” Turning back toward Griseo, Miss Water Elf’s intentions were crystal clear.
And because they were so obvious, Griseo immediately understood.
Her eyes widened as she hurriedly said, “꒪꒫꒪) I’m really not hurt…
there’s no need to check.” As she spoke, the little Loli hurriedly lifted one of her soft white feet, revealing a spotless, uninjured sole.
“Eh?” The sight immediately caused Muelsyse’s eyes to widen in surprise.
Although she’d already judged from Griseo’s expressions and behavior that she probably wasn’t injured— Which was one of the reasons she hadn’t immediately rushed over and dragged the child here— This outcome had definitely not been among her predictions.
Wasn’t this just a little too clean?
What kind of principle was this operating on?
At that moment, Muelsyse recalled how Griseo seemed capable of isolating Originium Dust.
Was it controllable?
Some sort of ability?
Coach, I want to learn this too!
She desperately needed a clean environment around her!
After another round of frantic mental calculations, Muelsyse finally managed to calm herself.
“Ahem, ahem.
Well, it’s good that you’re not injured.” “Come to think of it, I haven’t introduced myself yet.” “Big Sister’s name is Muelsyse.
What about you, little one?” “Mm…” After hearing Muelsyse’s introduction, Griseo paused briefly before revealing a faint smile.
“My name is Griseo.
I’m a painter.
It’s nice to meet you, Mumu.” Since she already owed four paintings at this point, even though Muelsyse’s color looked beautiful too, Griseo didn’t dare mention painting one for her during this introduction.
Instead, she quietly memorized—or rather, stained herself with—Muelsyse’s color.
When she had time later, she would paint it and present it as a surprise.
What?
What if she never met Muelsyse again?
Griseo could only say that in the same city, they were practically guaranteed to meet again.
Especially since she had already decided to interfere in the Diabolic Crisis and save Little Fiery Dragon Ifrit.
Human experimentation like that really needed to stop.
Not only Ifrit—even little Kitten Rosmontis was someone she wanted to save.
As for why Griseo had made this decision, and how she planned to maintain and treat the two children’s conditions afterward…
There wasn’t much to say about the first reason.
It was partly a selfish wish left over from her days as a “former Doctor,” and partly simple kindness.
If she knew something bad was going to happen and had the ability to intervene, then naturally she would want to change it.
As for the second reason…
The little Loli could only say: Ruan Mei is incredibly reliable.
She was going to live off Ruan Mei now.
Alright, the real reason was that Ruan Mei herself was very interested.
After spending the morning exploring the Elysian Realm and claiming a section of space as her laboratory, she had immediately encountered a major problem.
Research required funding.
A lot of funding.
In those circumstances, Ruan Mei had begun considering producing some preliminary results and establishing an organization in the outside world to scam funding—cough—attract investment.
And if they were going to establish a biomedical institution in the future…
Then accepting two patients seemed perfectly reasonable, didn’t it?
★ ★ ★ T/N: If you spot mistranslation, do tell me!
★ ★ ★ Shilling time!