Beilak’s expression hardened coldly.
It was the smell he had taken in when he had been forcibly stuffed into a human shell.
‘Is that bastard here?’
Just as he was vowing that this time, he would devour him and have his revenge—
Beside him, Yurian began to growl.
“……?”
But why was this one angry?
“Myu-myu?” (Something’s wrong with this guy, isn’t it?)
At Beilak’s words, Luxifer looked up in alarm.
For some reason, Yurian was languishing as if ill.
Seeing Yurian growling while unable even to open his eyes properly, Luxifer’s ears drooped.
Was it because of the “Anger Filial Piety Cookie (S+)” that had been taken from him back then after all?
Previously, when a contest had broken out at the swimming pool to decide “who suited Geuru better, Uju or Mephisto.”
Luxifer had cheered for Mephisto and tried to bring him a filial piety cookie.
But Yurian, noticing this, had rushed over in a flash and snatched the filial piety cookie away.
Having helplessly lost the filial piety cookie, Luxifer had sobbed, but Yurian had merely laughed with a snort and trotted off.
Yet since no sign of anything had appeared from Yurian afterward, he had dismissed it as just a little incident…….
Looking at Yurian groaning inside the small bag, Luxifer sniffled, tears welling in his eyes.
Maybe he had ended up like that because he was afflicted by the debuff “Lonely One’s Anger” contained in the filial piety cookie.
The filial piety cookie was an item containing the condensed anger of Geuru, who had been bullied.
If someone without an innate purification ability ate it, they would be easily swept away by anger. That was also why it had been sealed away for being too dangerous.
So perhaps that was why he was growling in such a feeble state…….
Just as Luxifer was drooping, thinking it was all his fault, Beilak clicked his tongue.
‘Of all times, for the mount to fall ill at a crucial moment like this.’
Smelling the faint scent of his enemy from among the crowd, Beilak bared his teeth in irritation.
It couldn’t be helped. He would have to deal with Yurian’s condition first, then go find his enemy.
“Myut?” (This guy ate the filial piety cookie he took from you back then, didn’t he?)
“Kkyuu…….” (Probably…….)
“Myu-myu?” (What about the remaining filial piety cookies?)
At Beilak’s question, Luxifer took out two, one in each hand.
Since Geuru no longer made filial piety cookies, these were all that remained.
Avoiding people’s gazes, Beilak dragged Yurian away and scurried inside.
“Kkyu?!” (Where are you going?!)
Luxifer hurried after them.
*
Meanwhile, Geuru tilted her head.
It was because her bag had grown lighter while she was hanging off Jurim like a goldfish’s poop and greeting the adults.
Between people’s legs, she saw the backs of a tiny hamster dragging a Maltese and hopping away.
A rabbit with drooping ears was frantically chasing after them.
“Beii? Fer?!”
“Ppi?!”
Where were they taking Yurian?
Geuru looked up at Jurim once. Daddy looked busy…….
‘Mm.’
This was the perfect chance to give the babies a sharp scolding so they wouldn’t act however they pleased.
Geuru ran after her dependents.
Jurim briefly gazed at Geuru’s retreating back, then extended his hand again to the people greeting him.
*
A quiet corner of the hangar, filled with the sounds of engines and machinery.
Beilak touched the small dog’s body, then flinched in surprise and pulled his hand away.
Yurian’s entire body was burning with heat, hot enough to melt his hand.
Luxifer flailed both arms, trying to cool him down, but there was no way it would work.
Beilak waved his short arms as if telling him not to do anything useless.
“Myu…… myu-myu.” (His condition is too bad…… It could be that his body can’t withstand the power of the filial piety cookie. So—)
“Kkyuu…….”
Luxifer examined Yurian’s condition.
Even when they had come out that morning, it hadn’t been this serious.
Yurian was pouring cold sweat, but he still kept sniffing and growling.
Then Beilak said,
“Myu.” (Let’s feed him more.)
Luxifer jumped in shock.
“Kkyut?!” (How atrocious?!)
“Myu-myu.” (If he receives the filial piety cookie’s buff, his body might become stronger and sturdier, and he might be able to endure the power.)
“Kkyut!” (That’s forced logic!)
Whether he objected or not, Beilak did not listen to Luxifer’s opinion at all. He opened Yurian’s mouth and was just about to force the filial piety cookie into it.
Yurian opened his eyes halfway.
He saw a hamster with stars in his eyes and a rabbit with a sprout on his head.
Mustering what strength he could, Yurian turned his head to the side.
‘I’m sure I smelled it.’
That woman’s smell.
The smell of the laboratory.
As fragments of a past he did not want to recall rose up again, it felt as if his vision were being dyed red.
Then something began entering his fevered mouth.
Without even knowing what it was, Yurian swallowed it down reflexively.
In that instant—
“……!”
An uncontrollable wave of power.
At the same time, excruciating pain surged over him, as if his body would burst apart.
“Keugh! Kek, kek!”
Tremble, tremble. His small body began shaking uncontrollably.
To release the power, his body activated a skill by reflex.
[Activating the skill “Spectrum Echo (SSS).”]
—Captures and reverses the flow of time passed or traces of past energy.
[The skill has temporarily evolved after surpassing its critical point.]
[Activating the skill “Time Warp (L).”]
At the same time, light exploded.
Sensing danger, Beilak quickly retreated with Luxifer, but the small child who had followed them was exposed to the light as she was.
“Myu?!” (Master?!)
“Kkyu!” (No!)
Seeing the tiny hands of the hamster and rabbit reaching toward her, Geuru opened her mouth wide.
Status windows were appearing one after another before her eyes.
Ding!
[Due to “Time Warp,” you will warp to a random point in time.]
[Due to the influence of an (Unknown Title), the skill is being altered.]
[The random point in time has been fixed to “6 years ago.”]
*
Sitting on the cold metal corridor floor, Geuru looked around.
Just as she felt as if someone were holding her, she saw Mephisto in the form of a young child, hugging her tightly as if protecting her.
“Mephi?!”
“…….”
With his eyes closed, Mephisto gave no answer and let his head droop.
“……!”
Seeing that Mephisto’s condition was unusual, Geuru carefully examined her surroundings.
Behind them stretched a corridor lined on both sides with glass doors, and before them stood a thick iron door blocking the way.
It was definitely not the hangar where the engine noise had been roaring loudly.
This place was eerily silent.
In the surroundings that were not merely quiet but gloomy, Geuru hunched her shoulders.
“……Mephi.”
She cautiously called Mephisto again, but for some reason, Mephisto lay limp and powerless.
As if he had used up a great deal of strength.
Geuru gently stroked Mephisto, looking at him with pity.
‘……Where on earth is this?’
What about Beilak and Luxifer? Yurian?
It was then.
Ding!
[Emergency! No traces of the “Time Regressor” have been found in the current time period.]
[By the “System Administrator,” the role of the “Time Regressor” will be modified to suit the current timeline.]
[The profile of the “Time Regressor” has been revised to the unregistered person “G-r00.”]
[As “On Geuru” settles as “G-r00,” “perception alteration” is occurring in the surroundings.]
Geuru’s mouth fell open.
Time regressor? Unregistered person? G-r00? What was all this supposed to mean?
Mephisto, who suddenly opened his eyes, answered in her stead.
“Geuru…….”
Mephisto, who had been lying limp, took Geuru’s hand.
“Ung?”
“We crossed through time.”
“Mephi?”
Geuru looked up from their clasped hands to Mephisto’s face and asked.
The white child was drenched in cold sweat.
“What do you mean? Where is this?”
Mephisto said with difficulty,
“……The past.”
Geuru opened her mouth wide once more.
“We warped into the past.”