Small and cute too.

"Oh, so that's how it is."

In the hospital bed, Momo sat beside Mobai, stroking his proxy sister's chin just like petting a cat. "This little one gets her power from me, then."

Momo bumped her shoulder against Mobai's. "Well, I suppose I can forgive my perverted older brother, then~"

Mobai: "?"

Narrowing his eyes, he couldn't help asking, "Hey, what is that supposed to mean?"

"What do you mean by 'since she gets her power from you, I'll forgive your perverted behavior'?"

"Besides, my behavior wasn't perverted at all. I was simply exploring a brand new, unknown world."

"Mhm~"

Momo chuckled lightly, picked up an apple, and began peeling it. "If you were peeping at other girls, then of course you'd be a hopeless, creepy pervert."

"But since it was me, it can't be helped."

"After all, I was raised by my big brother."

The sharp fruit knife easily sliced the apple into eight wedges. Momo picked up a piece with the tip of the blade and brought it to Mobai's lips.

"Brother, say *ah*~"

Mobai: "..."

Although he desperately wanted to point out that he had already eaten an apple just a moment ago, considering this was a feeding courtesy from his beloved sister, Mobai still opened his mouth and ate the apple.

The crisp, sweet juice spread across his mouth, carrying a faint trace of tartness. As he chewed the fruit repeatedly, he slowly swallowed it.

Mobai raised his gaze, unable to help looking at the Yandere meter floating above Momo's head, which had now turned a vivid shade of blue.

*It's gotten even stronger,* he muttered silently to himself.

"Brother, the way you're looking at me seems a bit weird again," Momo said softly as she continued to feed him apple slices. "I'm sorry, brother. It's my fault."

"Even though I promised to protect you, I failed to do it."

The young girl rested her head against the shoulder of the person she trusted most, her long white hair intertwining as she gripped Mobai's hand tightly. "As expected, I'm still too weak."

Momo raised her eyes and murmured, "We can't go on like this."

"I'm going to... huh?"

Mobai reached out and pinched his adorable, soft, and bouncy cheeks. "Yeah, yeah, you're planning to overturn the heavens now, aren't you?"

"Shouldn't it be the big brother protecting his little sister? Why are you the one beating yourself up over this?"

Mobai said with a solemn expression, "I should be the one apologizing to you."

"I'm sorry. As a useless big brother, I've caused you so much trouble."

With her cheeks being pinched by Mobai, Momo's expression morphed into an (>_<) shape.

"I won't allow you to call yourself useless, Brother."

The young girl said with utmost seriousness, "You're the one who raised me all by yourself, my most favorite brother in the entire world."

"If you belittle yourself like that, I'm going to get mad."

Mobai raised an eyebrow. "All by yourself? Didn't Muisheng take good care of you too?"

"Why wasn't he included in that calculation?"

"Brother Muisheng?" Momo tilted her head with a look of naive puzzlement. "Brother Muisheng... does he even count as a human?"

Mobai: "Well... I suppose you have a point."

After all, Muisheng was basically a goblin.

"Oh, speaking of Muisheng, where did he run off to?"

"Who knows? I haven't seen him around either."

Mobai looked left and right. "Damn it, I end up in the hospital and the guy doesn't even come to visit."

"As expected, Sis, next time you see him, you should just look at him with the gaze you reserve for trash."

Though he said that, Mobai still opened his phone. Sure enough, he saw a message from that guy Muisheng.

*Muisheng: Sorry, my young miss personally came and dragged me back, so I had to leave early. Let's hang out again when we have time. Oh, by the way.*

*My young miss wants to add you as a friend, make sure you accept it.*

Mobai: "?"

*Young miss? That long-haired black-haired JK who likes Muisheng?*

*Why is she adding me?*

Mobai found a new friend request in his notifications. It was from someone with a chibi cat avatar and the username "Goblin Trainee Caretaker".

Mobai: "Hmm..."

He glanced back at the chibi husky avatar Muisheng had changed to a few months ago, and then, sliding his finger across the screen, he mentally spliced the two avatars together.

The two avatars instantly formed a picture of a cat reaching out to swat a husky on the head.

*Aren't these literally matching couple avatars, you idiot?!*

*So that's why you suddenly changed your avatar a few months ago, and even changed your screen name to Goblin Warrior?*

*How could you be so dense to such a blatant hint?*

*What on earth are you doing, man?!*

Under Momo's watchful gaze, Mobai expressionlessly let out a fierce mental rant about Muisheng before leaning back against the bed. "Anyway, what happened afterwards?"

After he killed Qi Lin, the Tree of Propagation withered, and April left.

"What do you think happened?" Life was not easy; Momo let out a sigh. "To begin with, quite a few people ingested Qi Lin's scales. Because they participated in the nurturing process, their life energy was forcibly stripped away by Qi Lin to sustain the Tree of Propagation."

"A massive wave of people suddenly fainting was already troublesome enough, not to mention that Tree of Propagation which was hundreds of meters tall and impervious to missile strikes."

"They could literally film a whole season of *Walking with Science* about this."

"Fortunately, ordinary people couldn't see April, which was the only saving grace."

Momo's gaze gradually shifted into a deadpan fish-eye stare identical to Mobai's. "Next came the cleanup."

"Not only did we have to wipe the memories of irrelevant bystanders, but the physical damage caused by Qi Lin was entirely real—an entire street, over a dozen buildings, not to mention the compromised sewage system. The Bureau had to foot the bill for all of that..."

"We can't just brush this off as a gas leak anymore."

Hearing this, Mobai covered his face with his hands. "And what about the Bureau? Because Qi Lin's spawn and Miss Misera forcibly detonated that pseudo-red moon, the place essentially got reduced to concrete walls and exposed pipes. It has to be rebuilt from scratch."

"What's even worse is that Qi Lin died too many times, so there was no bounty. The reward money we barely managed to squeeze out of Lu Yuan is all gone now..."

With a grievance-filled expression, Momo wept in Mobai's arms, "Brother, our family is broke!"

"It's fine, it's fine." Mobai hurriedly patted Momo's head to comfort her. "Brother has money. It's not much, but it's enough."

"Huh? Wait!"

Mobai jerked upright as if springing back to life from a deathbed. "Oh crap, my job!"

"I haven't called in sick yet!"

Unable to work just because he was weak? Was the human body really such an inconvenient vessel?

Purity, far too low!

Watch him use his toil-and-moisture body to rage-grind a whole month of work and claim full attendance bonuses!

Seeing his brain-damaged brother suddenly having a fit, Momo quickly pulled him back. "Don't, Brother, don't get excited yet."

"I already told the girls at the maid café, and I've helped you take a leave of absence."

Mobai relaxed immediately. "That's a relief. As expected of my considerate little angel."

"Otherwise, I wouldn't even dare to imagine how Sister Li would punish me."

At the mention of Sister Li, Momo flashed a dangerous smile. "Speaking of which, when I told them you were hospitalized, they were all very concerned about you, Brother."

"They even said they wanted to take time off to come visit you at the hospital."

Momo affectionately hugged Mobai's arm, looked up, and stared straight into his face. "As expected."

"My brother is so popular everywhere you go~"

"Right?"

Mobai: "..."

That visible yandere aura is terrifying (tragic)!

He forced out a dry laugh. "What are you thinking, Sis? They probably just wanted to use visiting me as an excuse to slack off."

"I'm just a tool to them."

To divert Momo's attention, Mobai proactively brought up a topic. "By the way, Sis, I've awakened a Blood Source!"

"Oh, I could already feel it when you hugged me just now," Momo said with a curious look. "What kind of Blood Source is it?"

"Let me show you a trick."

Mobai stared intently for a moment before fishing a spoon out of the fruit basket, placing it right in front of him, and crossing his eyes as he glared at it with all his might.

"Hah! Witness my divine might!"

Under Mobai's intense gaze, that spoon... it, it, it...

It went from straight to bent!

Exhausting every ounce of his strength, Mobai broke out in a cold sweat and looked at Momo. "Well? What do you think of my Blood Source?"

Momo: "?"

She blinked. "Is... is that it?"

"It's over?"

She hadn't felt a single thing yet.

Bending a spoon like that—wasn't that something anyone could just do with their bare hands?

Mobai suddenly felt a wave of inferiority wash over him, and he lowered his head. "Yeah, it's already over..."

Momo: "..."

She wore an awkward smile and tried to encourage her brother. "It's okay, Brother."

"Even something tiny is still pretty cute."