The scene fell silent. The group exchanged glances before their attention collectively shifted to the communicator hanging from Ninti's waist.
"Who is that? Why are they so angry...?"
The furious voice and the terrorist-like threat emanating from the device left Jizo Mitama, who was standing nearby, utterly stunned.
Senti, however, reacted much faster than Ninti or the Kallen who was hugging her. With her naturally short fuse, the Herrscher snatched the communicator from Ninti's waist.
After a flurry of frantic button-mashing, she managed to connect to the channel that had just called them.
"Hello?! Who are you going to smash into dumplings?! Do you dare come and try that with me?!"
Before the person on the other end of the line, Kyuusyou, could even speak, Senti had already retorted without any courtesy. This immediately amused Houraiji Kyuusyou on the other side of the communication.
"Butt heads, huh! Come on, come on! Give me your address!!"
The people standing beside the communicator could tell from the voice on the other end that she was laughing in sheer rage.
"Hey! Boss! You tell us where to go and butt heads with him!!"
Senti turned to look at Snow Apocalypse, who was eating popcorn and stirring up trouble, her face written with the desire: Commander, should we go give him a good thrashing?
"Ah, this..."
Snow, who had recognized whose exasperated voice that was, looked at Senti, whose face was written with the desire to cause trouble, and Ninti, who was being held by Kallen and unable to snatch the communicator back. She fell into thought for a moment... and then asked a completely unrelated question.
"Later, we first need to go and resurrect this little kid. After she's resurrected, where do you guys want to go and play...?"
"Or should we just go straight back to Schicksal headquarters? See if we can find Scumbag Dad and give him a beating?"
"What does this have to do with the person who wants to crush us into dumplings?"
Senti looked at Snow in confusion, seemingly unable to understand her jumping topics.
"Of course it does. This decides where we'll be fighting, whether any unlucky bystanders will get caught in the crossfire, and if so, how many unlucky bystanders will get caught in the crossfire!"
"And how much we'll have to pay for the cleanup, or if we won't have to pay anything at all—"
"I have a feeling you're plotting something nasty... Fine, I'll suggest a place, though I don't know if you guys will like it or not."
"After I escaped from that old hag and her three female thugs who ganged up on me in a dishonorable four-on-one fight, I saw a very beautiful modern city island out at sea, but I don't know what it's called—anyway, it's pretty unique... Boss, do you have any idea?"
Senti looked at Snow beside her, and Kallen and Ninti, who were also interested after hearing Senti's description, looked at the blonde girl in front of them.
"A super-modern city floating on the sea...?"
"The only place I can think of that fits the description is Coral Island... But if we go there, well, whatever, let's just go there!"
Thinking of the absolute chaos that would ensue across the entire Coral Island, the girl revealed a delighted smile.
[I wonder if the one World Serpent sends to save the day will be Old Ancestor Kevin, that slacking-off noodle-slurping monster, or my dear Imhotep—]
"It's decided then! Senti, tell her we'll butt heads on Coral Island!"
"You got it!"
"Hey, you dumpling-stuffing old lady on the other end! Let's meet up on Coral Island! Don't let me catch you, or I'll definitely break your hands..."
"Being young is so nice... Ah, no, I should say the newborn calf isn't afraid of the tiger..."
Watching Senti continue to trade trash talk with Kyuusyou on the other end of the communicator, Snow muttered softly, and then her shoulder was patted by Kallen...
"?"
"Kid... tell me the truth, do you know the person on the other end of Ninti's communicator?"
"Uh... Mom, let's agree on this first: the kind of girl I like, or rather, the kind of girl who can match my status and power, is a girl."
"Oh, that's completely normal. I also like girls."
Kallen's reaction was very flat, after all, this matter was utterly ordinary.
"Uh, what about Dad?"
"Of course I, Kallen Kaslana, want them all! You, I want you too!"
"No way... Ahem, let's get back to business. The... uh, tigress on the other end of the communicator who wants to skin us alive, pull out our tendons, mince us up, and stuff us into dumplings... is my girlfriend."
"Huh—?"
Kallen's voice instantly jumped seven decibels.
"Kid—you shouldn't bring a girl home who sounds this fierce and violent just from her voice alone."
"What if she bullies you and the rest of the family can't even beat her?!"
"...Uh, I'm usually the one bullying her."
Snow gave an awkward smile and tried to laugh it off.
"Oh... then it's fine, as long as you can beat her."
Kallen's voice dropped back down, returning to her usual "as long as you're happy, kid" tone, and she even showed a curious look—
"Hurry up and tell your mom, what's this girl like?"
"Usually...? A purple-haired, purple-eyed ultimate shut-in, a hardcore gamer who can sit in front of a computer all day as long as the power and internet don't go out... Oh, and she's also a great fighter, and a total sub!"
Emphasizing Miss Kyuusyou's submissive nature in her normal purple-haired state, Lady Snow felt like she could take on the world again.
"Ah, the most important point... Her cooking is more edible than mine... What about you, Mom?"
"Huh? I don't know how to cook... And I've never learned anything like that... It's fine, I'll go back and try my best!"
[Oh, my unfortunate and ill-fated Dad, maybe dying inside the Imaginary Tree was a pretty good choice after all...]
Looking at Miss Kallen in front of her, full of confidence and motivation, Snow silently made a sign of the cross for her Dad.
"Ah... Then that's great, Mother, good luck... I won't be involved, you can ask Dad to taste the food you make..."
After pushing all the potential life-threatening crises onto Otto Apocalypse alone, the blonde girl chose to leave and change the subject.
"Hey, you, that street-wandering Herrscher—did you get it ready?"
"Alright, alright, that guy is so angry he's telling us to meet him on Coral Island tomorrow—"
"That's great... By the way, Senti, do you know how to cook?"
"Huh? Of course I do! And I'll definitely do it better than that old antique!"
"That's great. From now on, you're in charge of the meals for our little travel team—"
"Huh? Forget it, I'm not interested in tasting your Kaslana family's cooking anyway. I've already tasted enough in that old antique's memories."
"So... are you guys done talking? I want to be revived! I want to be free! I want to eat fried tofu!! You people with working hands and feet, are you bullying me just because I'm a blade that can't move normally?!"
"Okay, okay, we'll take you to see your sister. Stop wailing—"