{Since you were too busy almost giving birth and looking confused, let me explain properly. Remember that blood I told you about inside Cyrus? Well, now it is in you too. More accurately, it is affecting you because you are carrying his children, and if this pregnancy continues without careful support, there is a real chance you could die.}

Isabella’s whole expression froze.

Then her eyes widened.

Then she nearly wanted to scream at the system on the spot.

So that was it.

That was what those two idiots had been hiding from her.

That was why Cyrus had been looking like his soul was trying to jump out of his body, and that was why Zyran had been hovering near her with that strange ugly sweetness that did not suit him at all.

She understood now.

And the more she understood, the more she felt that Bubu was a terrible little snitch.

Because this system knew very well that those men were trying to keep it from her for now, yet it still chose this exact moment to come into her mind and spill everything like some gossiping old woman by the river.

So Isabella rolled her eyes so hard that if Ophelia and Shelia had been there, They would have thought something truly was wrong with these men.

Across from her, Zyran noticed at once.

He had been watching her quietly, and by now he was already used to these strange moments where Isabella would suddenly go very still, or stare at nothing, or look annoyed at empty air as if she were arguing with some invisible enemy. At first, he truly had thought she was touched in the head. Now he had simply accepted that whatever world she came from had probably damaged her in very special ways.

Still, he said nothing yet.

Inside her mind, Isabella snapped, "You little traitor. Why would you say it now?"

Bubu answered with complete shamelessness.

{Because it concerns your life, and I personally enjoy living users more than dead ones. Dead users are terrible for business.}

That made Isabella’s face twitch.

Oh, so now this greedy thing cared?

Now?

After sitting there quietly while she nearly lost her mind?

Still, she was too smart to waste time shouting when information was finally being given to her, so she took a slow breath and asked in her mind, "Fine. What do you want from me?"

At once, Bubu became bright and lively again.

{I’m so glad you asked. I have several packages that may help improve your chances.}

The moment the word packages appeared, Isabella already felt something ugly approaching.

And she was right.

Because the next second, Bubu started listing them in the most cheerful voice imaginable, and every single one sounded more shameless than the last.

{Stability package, 2,800 points. Blood suppression package, 4,200 points. Advanced maternal protection package, 6,000 points. Complete demonic lineage stabilization package, 10,500 points. Supreme birth protection package, 12,000 points. Safe delivery package, 1,500 points. Emergency fetus shielding add-on, 3,300 points.}

Isabella almost choked on her own breath.

In her mind, she stared at the list so hard she felt like maybe if she glared enough, the prices would feel ashamed and lower themselves.

They did not.

They sat there proudly like a group of robbers who had just walked into her cave and started stealing furniture.

"What the hell?" Isabella cursed in her mind.

Bubu sounded offended. {Those are fair prices.}

"Fair?" Isabella nearly exploded. "Are you crazy? Are you trying to rip me off? Who even prices things like this? Ten thousand? Twelve thousand? Are you mad?"

{Take it or leave it,} Bubu replied coldly. {This is life-saving work, not wild fruit from the market.}

That only made Isabella angrier.

Because the system always acted like this. The moment something truly serious happened, it would suddenly transform into the most evil little businesswoman in existence. It would smile in her face, show her things she clearly needed, and then stand there demanding all her points as if it did not know how hard she had gotten them.

So she hissed in her mind, "Show me my total points."

Bubu immediately obeyed.

{Current total: 6,597 points.}

Isabella went silent.

That number would have looked big to another person.

It did not look big to her now.

Not when the truly outrageous package sat there above ten thousand like some unreachable mountain of greed. If she bought that, she would fall straight into debt, and she hated owing this system anything. Bubu was already demon-like enough when it was in a good mood. If she owed it points, it would probably walk around her head all day coughing dramatically and asking where its money had gone.

Absolutely not.

So she stared again at the list.

There had to be something useful there that would not make her want to bite somebody.

Blood suppression.

Too expensive.

Advanced protection.

Also too expensive.

Complete stabilization.

She did not even want to look at it.

Then her eyes landed on safe delivery.

1,500 points.

Compared to the others, it almost looked kind.

So Isabella thought about it quickly.

She could ask Cyrus later why he had lied to her.

Oh, she definitely would ask.

And if he annoyed her enough while answering, she might actually make him suffer for a few days first.

Still, that was later.

What mattered now was this.

A safe delivery.

The words themselves were enough to make her decide.

She did not even ask whether it would be painless. She did not ask whether it came with hidden problems. She only saw safe and delivery, and her hand, in her mind, practically slapped the choice before the system could change the price out of spite.

"I’m buying the safe delivery package."

Bubu instantly brightened.

{Purchase confirmed. 1,500 points deducted. Remaining points: 5,097. Package stored. It will activate when the birth begins. Thank you for choosing survival.}

Isabella felt the points leave and nearly cried.

This system truly ate her hard-earned fortune with more joy than Zyran ate drama.

So she muttered inside her head, "What do you even use these points for? Every time I turn around, you are collecting. Are you building a palace somewhere? Are you buying gold? Are you secretly supporting ten children and two husbands?"

Bubu did not even sound embarrassed.

{That information is not available to users.}

"How convenient."

{Thank you.}