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After Baili finished speaking with a smile, he walked behind Asuna and gently lifted her still damp brown hair.
Let me dry your hair for you.
"Okay... Thank you, Mr. Baili."
"fine."
Baili took the hairdryer and used it to dry the girl's hair, which was wet from their bath together.
After that, Baili took out his phone to contact Levi, whom he had asked to come home in three hours.
Levi quickly responded, saying she would be at the apartment right away.
During this time, Hyakuri took Asuna to the living room, intending to relax.
As Asuna sat down on the sofa, she recalled everything that had happened that day.
She started a conversation about fate.
Although she had previously received Baili's blessing, embarking on the path of destiny and mastering imaginary energy, she still knew very little about these things that were beyond her comprehension.
“Mr. Baili, before… in the room, you said I was very talented. Were you referring to my way of using the power of destiny?”
“That’s right. You are very skilled in using the power of destiny. You don’t look like a novice who is encountering this power for the first time.”
Rias's perfect manipulation of imaginary energy;
The little cat of Tacheng transformed the power of destiny into weaponry;
Ais, on the other hand, moved at high speed, covering the surface of the chaos.
As for Asuna...
She used the three techniques mentioned above when she fought the alien Abyss Beings.
Even though they are all in the initial stages and not yet powerful, Baili believes they are very stable.
This stability is the foundation for becoming stronger.
"Also... at the bottom of the panel I opened back then, I saw a level entry. If I reach the maximum level, will I gain new power? Or will Mr. Baili bestow another kind of blessing?"
"Both scenarios exist, but reaching the maximum level is extremely difficult; even those far ahead of you rarely reach level forty."
Like I said before, it's just like some online games.
Leveling up is easy in the early stages, but in the later stages it requires several times, tens of times, or even hundreds of times more experience points.
As the two were talking, the door opened.
Hyakuri and Asuna looked toward the corridor leading to the entrance.
Levi rushed back immediately after receiving the notification.
only……
She was accompanied by a young girl.
She has long black hair, wears a long dress, and a sun hat.
Because she was going inside, the black-haired girl took off her hat and bowed to Hyakuri and Asuna, giving them a very polite greeting.
Looking at her excessively pale skin, which could be described as deathly white, Baili immediately thought of the girl's name, Yueyi (II).
"Excuse me, you two. I am Sanka Rea, who has just moved to this city. Nice to meet you."
That's the name.
Baili left a fairly deep impression on me.
He hasn't forgotten even works he saw more than ten years ago.
However, in works like "Sankarea" or "Zombie Is Not This Cute", Sankarea's father is a complete pervert.
He treated his daughter as his possession.
So what kind of experiences does Sanka Rea have in this world?
Like Rias, Yukino, and Mai, the plot will most likely change.
Before Baili could answer, Sanka Rea added her explanation.
"I am a zombie, I hope you two don't mind."
Without any intention of hiding her identity, Sanka Rea revealed it directly.
Levi, who brought Rei to the scene, explained this.
“Lord Baili, I sensed an unusual aura emanating from this young lady. It was an aura of ominous magic, so I instructed her not to conceal anything when she came.”
"So Miss Sanka really is a zombie...?"
Bai Liming asked a question he already knew the answer to.
Actually, I just have some interest...
Sanka Rea nodded in agreement.
"Yes, Mr. Baili, I am a real zombie, but... please don't worry, I won't become a mindless monster that likes to eat people like those creatures in the movies."
"As I said before I came, if you do anything dangerous to Lord Baili, I will kill you on the spot."
Rachel reiterated the previous agreement.
After Sanka Rei acknowledged, she handed the gift to Levier, asking her to deliver it to Baili on her behalf.
Upon taking the bag, Baili discovered that it contained noodles, soap, dish soap, towels, and other food and daily necessities.
"I just moved to this neighborhood. As your neighbor, I hope Mr. Baili will take good care of me."
"Um...please take care of me."
Baili looked at Sanka Rei.
If the skin color were a little more normal, there would indeed be no difference between them and humans.
"Zombies... they can't be born that way, right? Did you run into some trouble?"
Having gone through the previous alien incident and embarked on a chaotic path, Asuna remained remarkably calm when faced with a zombie girl.
When asked this question, Sanka Rea gave a helpless look that was neither a smile nor a frown.
Seeing this, Baili spoke up.
"Sit down first, and tell me slowly."
"excuse me."
Sanka Rea chose to sit down on the nearby single sofa.
Levi, who had been called over, was supposed to go to the kitchen to prepare some snacks, but at this moment she also wanted to hear about Sanka Rea's experience, so she did not act immediately.
Baili didn't intend to urge Levier, but instead focused his attention on Sanka Rea.
The young girl, who had just moved into this 29-block neighborhood, took a deep breath.
Her gaze then swept over the three of them.
After confirming everyone's expressions, Sankarea finally spoke.
"My father died in an accident when I was born."
……
Upon hearing this, the silent Baili immediately realized that the plot was different from the original.
In the original work, her frail mother died after giving birth to Rea, so Rea was raised by her father.
But Rei's life in this world is the opposite.
"Although my mother had difficulty walking and was in a wheelchair, she took meticulous care of me from childhood. Even after inheriting a huge fortune from my father, she did not leave the task of raising her daughter to the maids."
At this point in the conversation, the zombie girl revealed a gentle smile.
“My mother never remarried after that and raised me, but I… failed to live up to her expectations.”
A hint of guilt and sadness appeared on Sanka Rea's face as she uttered those words.
As for the reason for failing his mother's expectations—
Not long after entering high school, Sanka Rea, who had been learning the violin, got the opportunity to participate in a competition.
Two days before the competition, she was still staying at the same accommodation with her classmates from the wind band.
On the day of the competition, Rei called her mother.
The two agreed to meet at the concert competition venue.
Everything went smoothly at first.
Reiya finished her training camp and returned to school with her classmates for final preparations.
It was during this time that Sanka Rea ran into trouble.
A trouble that took her life.
"Before we set off, a classmate suffered from heatstroke. The school doctor happened to be consulting with him, so I went with the department head to buy heatstroke medicine outside the school. On the way, we encountered a robber with a very strange appearance."
Sankarea continued her recollection in front of everyone.
“He looked like a man wearing a hound's hood, threatening us with a bone-like knife in his right hand and telling us to go into the alley.”
"At first, the minister wanted to cover my escape, but just as she was about to act, the hooded robber slashed her arm."
"That's why the hooded man became even more insane, demanding that we hand over all our valuables while ordering us to take off our clothes."
"I panicked at the time and just wanted to escape immediately, but it was impossible for the two of us to escape together, so I stayed behind to hold off the guy and let the injured minister go to help."
"However... I think I succeeded at first, right? But it didn't take long. Fortunately, I found out later that the minister was alright."
"The police arrived at the scene quickly."
After hearing these descriptions, Asuna couldn't help but show a puzzled expression.
"After someone called the police, that strange guy ran away?"
"Yes, he escaped... but before he left, he cut open my stomach with that blade, right?"
"should?"