Demi-human Girls Completion Manual-Chapter 951 - 43: Method
"This way, everyone, please."
Not long after, someone came to the main hall again. It turned out that Uncle Chun had arranged a place for them to rest for the night. The palace under the tree could not accommodate anyone except Elves due to the constraints of "ritual," so they stayed at Qiong’s Prime Minister’s Mansion, where they went that morning.
Heng was completely passed out from exhaustion and, unsurprisingly, couldn’t return to his realm overnight. He was arranged to rest in Uncle Chun’s palace, and it seemed Uncle Chun had to let him sleep in the master bedroom because his rank as "Marquis" was higher than Chun’s.
On the way back, everyone in the carriage felt a bit tired, but it was mainly Tangze Asuka who felt drowsy. Out of everyone present, only she had the weakest constitution. Next to her, Tangze Asuka drooped her head, and Mikhail, noticing her appearance, suddenly spoke up,
"Tangze Asuka."
"Y-Yes! I’m here!"
She immediately perked up and sat up straight, suddenly alert, just like when she dozed off on her desk in class and was awakened by the math teacher. She bit her lip and looked at Mikhail, who maintained his previous expression while saying,
"What I’m about to say might not sound pleasant, but since we’re from the same place, I want to give you a reminder... This isn’t the era you live in, and nothing here adheres to the rule of law. The two Elves you saw at the banquet earlier are beings of a life level far beyond your imagination, and you failed to control your tongue, almost causing trouble.
"It’s fortunate nothing happened this time because Fisher was covering for you. At worst, there’s still an Angel here, but this isn’t a good pattern. Next time, you might lose your life for it and never return. Do you understand?"
Tangze Asuka, of course, understood that she had spoken too quickly at the time. She had reminded herself internally many times and had made ample mental preparations. But when she really saw the other party pulling the newly encountered fawn for amusement, her internal incompatibility with this world uncontrollably surfaced.
She earnestly apologized to everyone present, especially Fisher, although he seemed to completely ignore her,
"I’m sorry... I’m truly sorry. I won’t trouble you again next time."
Mikhail didn’t speak further. It wasn’t his forte to comfort a seventeen-year-old girl; he merely wanted to give a reminder to prevent his "fellow countryman" from losing her life unexpectedly.
Hooked kiss, seeing no one else responded to her, smiled and eased the situation, saying,
"Just remember that, but you can’t entirely be blamed for this. You didn’t grow up here, so it’s natural that you’re not familiar with the customs and ways. I forgot to specifically remind you before coming here. Believe me, this unsettling episode will leave a profound memory. By the way, what should we eat tonight? Helair Angel doesn’t need to eat, but we still do."
"Others will prepare that; the key is what comes afterward. I have a vague feeling that I’ve heard of a similar concept of enfeoffment in our world. However, people in our era generally lack historical knowledge because all those locked-away beauties were destroyed in the nuclear explosions. We are used to looking to the future... Tangze Asuka, what about you? You’re from an older era; have you heard of a similar concept?"
Mikhail suddenly remembered something and turned to Tangze Asuka to ask. She quickly shook her head, feeling somewhat embarrassed, and her voice grew increasingly soft, saying,
"...No, I... I didn’t take history class... never heard of that concept..."
As expected, the underachieving Tangze Asuka knew nothing. Mikhail wasn’t surprised; he shook his head and said,
"It’s okay, the information we have now is quite sufficient. I’ve noted them down... Unfortunately, I can’t activate the micro-computer, otherwise, I could have recorded the entire conversation today."
He still had one eye left empty without the prosthetic eye, and that prosthetic eye he didn’t wear was the micro-computer Mikhail referred to.
After that, Hooked kiss, Fisher, and Mikhail briefly shared their views and made rough plans for the future. Apart from the idling Helair, Tangze Asuka didn’t engage in the conversation.
She was genuinely too young, knew nothing, and was of no use...
Perhaps she herself had no idea why it was her who crossed over and not a more capable, skilled Japanese high school student, like Asuka, who piloted Evangelion in the anime.
Asuka in the anime was amazing, a bicultural genius child, while Tangze Asuka was just an ordinary high school student, useless and prone to causing trouble.
She quietly hugged her knees a bit tighter, bit her lip pretending as if nothing had happened, listening to her companions’ discussion. Sitting on the other side, Fisher noticed her small actions—truth be told, he was sensitive to both ladies and magic, but he didn’t proceed to comfort her, letting her slowly digest the emotions and lessons that could propel her forward.
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[In ancient times, all rewards for your research on demi-human species received the following numerical enhancements: reproductive ability +50%, constitution -20%, other attribute enhancements +10%, but the cost of soul link binding for demi-human species would double, and physical rewards could no longer be obtained]
