I adopted a child demon from the Gap, and I'm a special agent for the Bureau of Supernatural Ab

The next moment, Kiritsugu Emiya heard a muffled explosion from above, and then he saw a sudden shower of blood falling from the sky outside the window.

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Chapter 27, Section 289: The Breath of Entanglement

When I opened my eyes, I was in my familiar home.

After a few seconds of stunned silence, Li Cheng realized he was lying on something soft. He tilted his head back slightly and saw the gaze directed at him from above, along with a gentle smile.

Ah, I remember now, it was at the power plant before...

If I'm not mistaken, it must have been that Yakumo who was secretly observing and noticed the problem with how Li Cheng addressed Zi. In addition, the two looked too similar, so he started to have bad associations and wanted to get confirmation from Li Cheng and Zi.

However, her method of confirmation was clearly too crude. Her attempt to directly seize Li Cheng provoked Zi to retaliate in anger. In that world where the power of realms was pulling and pulling, Li Cheng was unable to withstand the changes in power, and at the last moment, he transferred his demonic power to Zi, so he finally collapsed from exhaustion.

It seems that Zi took him home now.

"Are you awake, Cheng?"

When Zi's voice reached his ears, unlike her usual flippant tone, Li Cheng could hear a hint of weariness that she was trying hard to hide.

"What time is it now?"

Although he was eager to know how Kiritsugu Emiya was doing, considering that Murasaki seemed to be in a low mood, Li Cheng thought for a moment and then tentatively asked a completely unrelated question first.

"Do you think we're idiots, you bastard?"

Unexpectedly, after hearing his words, Zi sighed softly and showed an expression that was both amused and annoyed.

“I’m not a bad-tempered person. Your friend’s situation is almost resolved. He even contacted you just now. I was the one who answered the phone.”

Murasaki answered the phone call from Kiritsugu Emiya for herself.

Li Cheng was somewhat shocked. After regaining her memories, Zi had basically had no contact with his friends. After all, as a demon, she always harbored a certain aversion to human society. In fact, apart from children like Ilya who could sometimes approach her, only Li Cheng could usually interact with her normally.

She would proactively choose to communicate with the outside world, even if it was just to help him receive messages from Kiritsugu Emiya...

"Surprised, aren't you? That I would actually take the initiative to contact a human other than you?"

Zi chuckled and stroked Li Cheng's hair with her right hand.

"However, there's nothing we can do about it. If we just keep hiding like this, wouldn't our reputation as sages be a bit too weak?"

"...How could that be?"

Li Cheng grabbed her arm and answered in a deep voice.

"You don't need to conform to anything in this world. Rather than saying you're hiding, it's more accurate to say I'm forcing you and making things difficult for you with my outdated ideas."

He has figured out many things.

This is not her world. Her world is that world from her distant memory, a world destroyed by the black tide. She is a homeless wanderer, an outcast in this world. Yet he unilaterally hopes she will integrate into this world that is too unfamiliar to her, simply dismissing her deliberate hiding at home as mere laziness.

It wasn't until the appearance of Yukari Yakumo in this world, which stimulated the Yukari beside him and made her realize the difference between her and him so clearly that she began to show signs of weakness, that he finally understood what kind of state she was in living in this world.

“We find it disgusting to see someone making such a somber expression.”

Zi lightly flicked Li Cheng's forehead, speaking with a hint of reproach. Li Cheng then got up from her lap and sat up.

"That organization called 'Hound' seems to have almost no strength left. Your friend successfully rescued most of the people and wiped out all the enemies. Now it's in the final stages. He also said on the phone that you can rest first and don't need to rush over."

Zi briefly explained the situation, and Li Cheng nodded. He knew that although he was awake, he was still very weak and not in a suitable state to get up and move around. After thinking for a moment, he looked at the time and found that it was already around 2 a.m. He turned to Zi and was about to speak when Zi suddenly took out a box of food from the gap.

"The 24-hour convenience store on the next street is indeed a very convenient place. Even we have to admit that it's a pretty good idea."

"You even bought a bento box?" Li Cheng was a little surprised, but he knew that Zi had made the decision to accept and embrace this world, so going out to buy a bento box was an understandable behavior.

"I'm a little hungry, let's eat together."

"Oh dear, we've taken such good care of you, and you're not even going to say thank you?"

"Haha, thank you so much, my dear Lord Zi."

"Ugh, these kinds of words of thanks just make me feel uncomfortable..."

Because it was the middle of the night, the two of them actually ate very little. Afterwards, Li Cheng cleaned up the dishes, washed up, and went back to the bedroom to rest. Zi had already changed into her pajamas and was sitting on the edge of the bed, seemingly fixing her hair.

Speaking of which, since regaining her memories, Zi has never overeaten like she did in her childhood form.

Suddenly realizing this, Li Cheng couldn't help but let his emotions show on his face.

"Your expression is so annoying, Cheng. I don't even need to think to know what rude things you're thinking."

"Feel sorry."

Generally speaking, it's best to back down as soon as possible in this situation, otherwise he might end up being thrown into the Himalayas.

"Hehe, it doesn't matter. After spending so much time together, I've long since figured out that you're a clueless idiot who doesn't really know how to interact with ladies~"

I have no idea what kind of lady would sleep so soundly at home every day in such an unseemly sleeping position.

"Hey, Cheng, can you do me a favor?"

Zi's ​​hair seemed a little messy, so she handed a comb to Li Cheng and sat upright on the edge of the bed. Li Cheng took the comb and smoothed her tangled hair. Although he didn't know why she wanted to style her long hair before bed, it was something Li Cheng was quite skilled at.

"If the question is about why you used to have such a large appetite, we can actually answer that."

Suddenly, Zi, who had her back to Li Cheng, spoke up.

"what?"

Li Cheng was caught off guard when Zi brought up the topic.

"We used to have a very, very good friend. You should know who she is, right?"

The nostalgic tone evoked memories of Li Cheng's past encounters, including a pink-haired girl shrouded in an aura of death beneath a demonic tree that was half lush and half withered.

She holds a special place in Zi's memory; she was an important friend and one of her few truly close confidantes.

However, in that catastrophe that wiped out even the dead, that friend, too, was unable to withstand the invincible black tide.

In the end, only Zi remained, barely clinging to life amidst the silent ruins.

"Back then, with my incomplete memory, I would subconsciously imitate people I knew. There was nothing I could do about it; I couldn't control many of my actions at that time. Although the characteristics of a monster allowed me to eat a lot of things if I wanted to, exhibiting gluttonous traits was actually just imitating a friend from the past who had a gluttonous habit."

Are you imitating the habits of your friends from the past?

Li Cheng remained silent, unsure how to respond to Zi's words. In the end, he simply combed her hair, put the comb away, and lay down on his side of the bed.

"We've talked so much today, Cheng, don't you have anything to say?"

The girl beside him moved closer, lying down on her side next to him. Her voice and breathing disturbed his ears, creating a subtle, slightly itchy sensation.

"Although I've heard a lot, I still can't say anything if you ask someone as tongue-tied as me."

Li Cheng smiled somewhat awkwardly, but upon seeing Zi's slightly displeased gaze, he quickly coughed twice, adopted a serious expression, and looked at her solemnly, saying:

"No matter what, you saved my life. To me, Zi, you are the most important family member. Well, well, how should I put it, I'm really happy that you were able to tell me what's on your mind."

For some reason, Li Cheng felt an intense sense of shame when Zi looked at him, and he became increasingly uncomfortable as he spoke. Finally, after hesitating for a long time, he raised his head, met those purple eyes, and spoke firmly:

“I hope we can be together forever. No matter what difficulties we face in the future, I hope you can share them with me. Even if I can't help, I hope I can at least know what happened. Of course, I will no longer hide anything from you.”

"—Just like we promised each other in that house, we are family who depend on each other, so let's support each other and keep going."

Although with my current strength, I'll probably be the one helping me out more often.

Given that the following sentence might spoil the atmosphere, Li Cheng only read it to himself and didn't dare to say it aloud.

"Tch, what an idiot."

The moonlight streaming through the window cast a faint blush on Zi's cheeks.

"However, only an idiot like you could come up with such a thing. Well, it's not bad. I'll give you a passing grade this time."

"Haha, is that so?"

"However..."

Zi suddenly fell silent.

"What's wrong? It's only ten meters?"

Li Cheng was a little puzzled. He moved a little closer to the other person, and then he saw Zi raise her head. Her jewel-like purple eyes shone with a mesmerizing light.

"However, Cheng, girls can be very greedy."

The faint fragrance unique to the Gap Demon, and the clear, honey-like touch on her lips, followed by the other person pressing their body tightly against hers and two small hands wrapping around her shoulders.

The kiss was so deep, so breathtaking, yet so subtle, so silent. She held him in her kiss for a full minute before their lips parted.

"So, Cheng, what's your answer?"

Pressing her cheek against his, she closed her eyes and asked softly, her voice trembling.

“…I understand,” he closed his eyes, no longer looking at her somewhat nervous expression. “If I still don’t answer, I’ll probably really become an idiot.”

He rolled over and hugged her tightly.

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Chapter 290, Final Chapter: Crossing the Land of Fantasy

"Kihara is too many to die for."

Akira Akai, who had injured his arm in the fire at the Supernatural Abilities Bureau and had to wear bandages, spoke solemnly to the members of Team Six in the meeting room.

"Not only Kihara Kazuta, but that Oni Ken also died. Both of them died from the backlash of the curse, which was at least an A+ level Grand Magic Curse. It must have been planted in their bodies beforehand and activated immediately when the time came."