I, Yuhaka, am hungry!

After Yuhaka handed the clothes to the red-eyed girl, she took them and put them on. Although they were a bit big, she didn't care. After all, as someone who grew up alone in the forest, she seemed to lack common sense and didn't mind wearing a loose shirt. Even if Yuhaka were a man, she probably wouldn't care about putting on clothes in front of him.

After putting on her clothes, the red-eyed girl straightened her slightly long sleeves to make them shorter. Then, Yuhaka placed a bowl of meat porridge in front of her, and the red-eyed girl said "thank you." Although she lacked common sense, the red-eyed girl still understood basic manners.

The red-eyed girl was a little curious as she looked at the meat and vegetables mixed with some unknown creature in her bowl. After all, she had never seen rice before. Although it looked like something like wheat, she didn't think it was that kind of thing.

The curious red-eyed girl picked up a spoon, scooped up a spoonful, blew on it, and ate it. Instantly, her eyes sparkled. At that moment, she couldn't help but think:

"good to eat!"

Just as the red-eyed girl was eating meat porridge, Esther, who was in the Yuhaka contract space, appeared in the seat next to Yuhaka. The red-eyed girl was stunned when she saw this.

Chapter 1192 [Elodie Doesn't Want to Be Called Pork Chop Rice]

The red-eyed girl was stunned to see a little girl suddenly appear in her seat. Although she was capable of long-distance teleportation, she first needed to set up a magic circle. Otherwise, she couldn't use teleportation magic. For this reason, the red-eyed girl couldn't return home. After all, her home had been destroyed by the girl in the military uniform, and the teleportation circle she left at home had also disappeared.

However, given the sudden appearance of people in front of her, the red-eyed girl was quite certain that there was no teleportation array set up here.

After seeing Esther come out, Yuhaka asked her:

"Estelle, you're awake. Would you like some porridge?"

Hearing Yuhaka's words, Esther glanced at the meat porridge on the table and nodded. Then, Esther noticed the red-eyed girl standing to the side wearing only a shirt. Seeing the girl, Esther looked at Yuhaka with a puzzled expression and asked:

"Master Youyou, who is she?"

Upon hearing Esther's question, Yuhaka was about to say something when he suddenly remembered that he hadn't asked the red-eyed girl's name. So, looking at the stunned red-eyed girl, Yuhaka asked:

"That guy, what was his name again, OwO?"

Upon hearing Yuhaka's question, the red-eyed girl was taken aback. Then, realizing that Yuhaka was asking for her name, she told him herself:

"I don't have a name."

After receiving the red-eyed girl's reply, both Yuhaka and Esther were stunned. Yuhaka hadn't realized that the red-eyed girl wasn't lying, which troubled him a bit. Without a name, Yuhaka didn't know how to address the red-eyed girl in front of him.

Then, remembering something, the red-eyed girl hesitated for a moment before speaking to Yuhaka and the others, recalling what the girl in the military uniform had said:

"Some time ago, a guy wearing a military uniform from some unknown country, with long white hair and red eyes with heterochromatic pupils, suddenly came to my door and called me Elodie, but I don't have a name and I don't know why he called me that."

Hearing the red-eyed girl's words, Yuhaka crossed his arms with a puzzled expression, clearly not understanding what Elodie meant. So Yuhaka took out his phone, and when the red-eyed girl saw that Yuhaka had taken out a small, rectangular, flat gadget, she also looked puzzled, obviously not knowing what Yuhaka had taken out. Soon, Yuhaka typed "Bronya~ What does Elodie mean?" into Bronya's chat app and sent it to Bronya.

Meanwhile, at the Merlin Cat Restaurant, Bronya, playing Total War: Warhammer Fantasy, picked up her phone after it rang. Seeing it was a message from her mother, Yuu, she was puzzled. Opening the chat app, she saw Yuuhaka's question and glanced strangely at the CD case with Elodie's image on it.

Although Bronya wasn't quite sure why Yuhaka would suddenly ask about the name Elodie, she could roughly guess the meaning of Elodie's name, which was the word "red eyes".

After receiving Bronya's reply, Yhaka had an "I see~" look on his face. Seeing Yhaka's change in expression, the red-eyed girl and Esther looked at him with puzzled expressions. Then, Yhaka put his phone away, put his hands on his hips with a proud expression, and looked at the red-eyed girl, saying:

"Youyou understand, Elodie means red eyes!"

Upon hearing Yuhaka's answer, the red-eyed girl looked puzzled, clearly unaware that her red eyes could be called that. After learning the name of the red-eyed girl, Yuhaka also called her Elodie. Although the red-eyed girl didn't really want to use that name, since she heard it from the guy who made her house disappear, she asked Yuhaka to give her a name.

But when she heard Yuhaka call her "Pork Cutlet Rice," the red-eyed girl suddenly felt that the name Elodie was actually quite nice.

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The red-eyed girl, now known as Elodie, who had finished her meat porridge at Yuhaka's house, rubbed her slightly swollen belly and narrowed her eyes. After all, she hadn't eaten for almost two days, and the magic she had used to escape the humans who were gathering around her like madmen had drained her energy. Elodie's body was starting to give out.

Now that she was full, Elodie felt much better and her physical condition seemed to have improved. Could it be that Yuhaka had added some ingredients that could enhance physical fitness?

This piqued Elodie's curiosity. After finishing her meal, Esther returned to Yuhaka's contract space. Seeing Esther's sudden disappearance, Elodie, somewhat confused, asked Yuhaka:

"Hmm? Where did that child go?"

Upon hearing Elodie's question, Yuhaka patted his tummy and replied:

"Estée is back inside Youyou's body =w=~"

Upon hearing Yuhaka's answer, Elodie instinctively looked towards Yuhaka's stomach. Seeing Elodie looking at her stomach, Yuhaka patted her stomach and explained to Elodie:

"Est isn't in Youyou's belly, she's in Youyou's contract space, OwO~"

After hearing Yuhaka's explanation, Elodie nodded with a look of understanding. She had thought that Esther had entered Yuhaka's stomach, which had given her quite a fright. However, after hearing Yuhaka's explanation, Elodie became a little curious about Esther's race, since it was impossible for humans to disappear into light like that.

"Youyou, what race is Esther? Why did she enter your contract space?"

After hearing Elodie's question, Yuhaka also said to Elodie:

"Est is an elf, a sword elf who made a contract with Youyou =w=~"

"Sword Spirit?"

Upon hearing Yuhaka's words, Elodie looked puzzled, as she had never heard of the term "sword spirit." Subsequently, Yuhaka summoned the Demon-Slaying Holy Sword, and Ester, in the form of the Demon-Slaying Holy Sword, also looked puzzled, clearly not knowing why Yuhaka had suddenly summoned her sword form.

"Hmm? Master Youyou?"

He spoke?!

Upon hearing the Demon-Slaying Holy Sword speak, Elodie also wore a shocked expression.

Chapter 1193 [How should friends get along? Got it!]

Hearing Estée in her sword form speak surprised Elodie, as she had never seen a sword that could talk before.

Elodie had been trying to create talking dolls for a long time, but she had always failed, which made her very frustrated. She wondered where she had gone wrong.

Curious, Elodie looked at the Demon-Slaying Holy Sword in Eohaka's hand with a puzzled expression and asked:

"Estelle, how dare you speak to me like that?"

Upon hearing Elodie's question, Esther and Yuhaka both looked puzzled, clearly wondering why Elodie would ask such a strange question. Esther replied to Elodie's question as follows:

"Well... most high-ranking elves can say that from the moment they are born, so even if you ask me, I wouldn't know..."

After receiving Esther's reply, Elodie also looked disappointed. She thought she had found a way to make her doll talk, but it seems that it will take some time to make a talking doll.

Seeing Elodie's somewhat disappointed expression, Yuhaka was also puzzled. Why did Elodie seem disappointed after hearing Ester's words? This piqued Yuhaka's curiosity, so he asked:

"Why would Elodie ask these questions? Yoyo is so curious OwO~"

Upon hearing Yuhaka's words, Elodie told him about her desire to create a talking doll. Lacking friends, Elodie had tried to breathe life into her dolls, attempting to make them speak, but she mostly failed. The dolls, like human puppets, only acted according to her commands; without instructions, they remained motionless, much to Elodie's frustration. This led her to consider creating a talking doll herself. However, before Elodie could implement her plan, the girl in military uniform vanished from her home, infuriating Elodie.

After hearing Elodie's words, Yuhaka looked at Elodie with a puzzled expression and asked:

"Elodie, can Youyou become Elodie's friend?"

"Ok?"

Upon hearing Yuhaka's words, Elodie was stunned. She hadn't expected Yuhaka to suddenly make such a request. Yuhaka, looking at the somewhat surprised Elodie with his hands on his hips and a proud expression, said to her:

"If Youyou becomes Elodie's friend, then Elodie won't be friendless anymore =w=~"

After hearing what Yuhaka said, Elodie realized something. If Yuhaka became her friend, then wouldn't she have no friends at all?

Furthermore, since Yuhaka is not human, Elodie is not so resistant. After all, witch hunts are still held in her world, and Elodie doesn't like humans very much, especially those annoying heroes and mercenaries. This makes Elodie feel even more resistant to humans.

Thinking about all this, Elodie couldn't help but feel a little happy. However, Elodie quickly thought of a problem: how should friends get along?

This is a big problem for Elodie, who has no friends of her own age. Although Elodie has always wanted to make a talking doll, she doesn't know how to get along with friends, which is a bit troubling for her.

Yuhaka, noticing the troubling aura emanating from Elodie, asked curiously:

"Elodie, what's bothering you?"

Upon hearing Yuhaka's question, Elodie looked at Yuhaka with a puzzled expression and asked:

"Hey, Youyou, how should friends get along?"

After hearing Elodie's question, Ehaka paused for a moment, holding the Demon-Slaying Holy Sword, and then tilted his head and said:

"It's probably about chatting together, playing together, eating together, showering together, and sleeping together, right?"

Upon hearing Yuhaka's statement, Esther also looked puzzled. After all, Esther felt that it didn't sound like a friendship, but rather like a family interaction.

However, Esther didn't care and didn't correct Yuhaka's statement. After hearing Yuhaka's explanation, Elodie suddenly felt that it was so simple for friends to get along!

This filled Elodie with confidence.

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In the real world...

As dusk approached, Officer Kino returned home. He was furious to hear that the group calling themselves the Special Investigation Team had taken all the cases under his jurisdiction and claimed they should send him any similar cases. Unfortunately, they were a government-organized task force, and Officer Kino was just a lowly officer with no right to object to their demands.

After returning home, Officer Kino announced, "I'm home." Upon hearing this, a girl wearing an apron and a junior high school uniform came out of the kitchen with a surprised expression, clearly astonished that her father had returned home so early.

"Dad? You're off work so early today?"

Hearing his daughter's words, Officer Kino couldn't help but sigh and say:

"Yes, I've finished my work, so it's time to leave early."

After hearing Officer Kino's words, the girl looked at her father with a puzzled expression. As Officer Kino's daughter, she naturally knew her father very well. Her father was a workaholic. He usually didn't come home until 10 pm unless he was working. If there was a case, he would stay at the Metropolitan Police Department and not come home. The fact that he came home so early today made the girl suspect that her father had been replaced.

"Dad?"

When Officer Kino heard his daughter calling him, he looked at her with a puzzled expression, but what his daughter said next made him want to punch her.

"Dad, you... got fired, right?"

Chapter 1194 [What happened to the Kino family]

Hearing his daughter's words, Officer Kino stared at her in disbelief, suppressing the urge to strike with his knife. He then saw his daughter speak:

"Hiss...where did you hear that I was fired?"

When asked about her father's question, Kino looked at him and explained:

"Huh? Isn't that right? After all, Dad, you look so tired, like a laid-off office worker!"

As she spoke, Officer Kino delivered a swift chop to the head. The girl cried out in pain, clutching her head. Seeing his daughter's distress, Officer Kino rubbed his temples and said with a helpless expression:

"Who told you I was fired?"

The girl, Kino, rubbed her head and looked at her father, saying:

"Huh? Isn't that right? Dad, you're usually working at the Metropolitan Police Department around this time, so it's really unusual that you're back so early this time."

After receiving his daughter's explanation, Officer Kino, looking quite troubled, scratched his buzz cut and explained to his daughter:

"Alright, stop overthinking. I just happened to have no work today, so I left early."

Hearing her father's words, Kino, with a puzzled expression, replied:

"Huh? No work today? How come all those murder cases that were showing up on the forum these past few days have been solved so quickly?"

Officer Kino didn't hide anything from his daughter, and instead explained to her:

"Those cases have been handed over to other teams for investigation, so I figured I might as well go home since I have nothing else to do."