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

Let's make it a little more elaborate tonight. Although it's the girl's fault, I did try to make it a bit more elaborate.

Thinking this, Li Cheng walked back to his bedroom and took out a gem he had asked for from his colleague and junior, Rin Tohsaka.

"Hmm, let me think, this is probably how it's used."

The Action Section, composed of people with special abilities, naturally includes the powerful and long-standing group of magicians. How they, who initially hid among humans, became known to the world and even became part of maintaining order is difficult to ascertain for various reasons, but their strength is undeniable. Especially after the rise of the "Magic Combat Technique" school, which combines magic and martial arts and was initiated by the Tohsaka family, which changed the fact that magicians were physically fragile, this group has become even stronger. Even Li Cheng must admit that they are formidable opponents.

As a direct descendant of the Tohsaka family, the creators of magical combat techniques, Rin Tohsaka possesses exceptional talent. Inheriting her family's mysterious magic and powerful martial arts, she is a member of Li Cheng's sixth team. Why a descendant of such a prominent family would join the high-risk profession of the action team is another story altogether.

In short, Li Cheng bought a magical gadget from Rin Tohsaka—a gem engraved with a magic formula that could be activated by ordinary people—which Rin named "Repair Helper 2.1." Even someone without any magic or magical power could activate it through certain steps and restore damaged items to their original state. It was thanks to this gadget that Li Cheng was able to avoid going bankrupt despite destroying furniture so many times during his chases with girls.

Incidentally, Rin Tohsaka originally designed this item for mass production and sale to raise funds, but after completion, she found that the cost was too high because the material was gemstone. Those who needed it couldn't afford it, and most of those who had the money to buy it didn't need it, which instead plunged her into an economic crisis. In the end, the members of the action team bought most of it, and there is still a small portion that is stockpiled and cannot be sold.

He repaired all the damaged parts of the house, and the girl watched him curiously as he completed it, showing great interest. However, whenever Li Cheng turned to look at her, she would glare at him with a resentful expression, so Li Cheng was completely unaware that the girl had already become interested in the little thing in his hand.

So let's go out and do some serious shopping.

Turning his head, he saw the girl still hiding in the corner, looking at him with displeasure. Li Cheng glanced at the obviously ill-fitting clothes on the girl. Hmm... never mind, she wouldn't wear them even if he bought them. He wouldn't buy her any clothes, at least not now.

Thinking about what dishes to cook for the girl, Li Cheng opened the door and left, heading towards the nearby supermarket.

The lavish dinner certainly surprised the girl, but this method of luring her to the table to eat still failed. In the end, Li Cheng finished eating and left first, and only then did she agree to come to the table. However, this time she was obviously much more eager. In the past, she wouldn't make any move until Li Cheng left, but this time, as soon as Li Cheng opened the door and went out, he heard the girl's footsteps behind him.

It seems like this went well; let's try to make it a bit more lavish next time.

Anyway, this girl seems to have a figure that won't gain weight no matter how much she eats. Li Cheng has been feeding her quite well over the past few days, but it has only made her complexion look much better. There is no change in her body shape at all.

But why do I always feel that the way she looks at me when she comes back in the afternoon is a little guilty?

Is it just my imagination?

As Li Cheng walked downstairs, he felt a slight chill on the tip of his nose.

Is it... raining?

The fine raindrops quickly turned into a torrential downpour, a continuous, relentless sound. The already sparsely populated elderly community became even quieter under the heavy rain.

Li Cheng didn't plan to go out in the rain, but if he went back now, the girl wouldn't be able to eat properly while he was inside. So he sat on the stairs on the first floor for an hour, estimating that she had probably finished eating, before going upstairs to go home.

Inside, the bowls and plates on the table were spotless. It must be said that although her eating manners were unrefined, the girl ate very cleanly, even the ginger, garlic, peppercorns, and star anise used as seasonings. Li Cheng suspected that the reason she hadn't eaten the porcelain bowls was simply because they didn't look appetizing.

The girl inside was lying on the sofa, rolling around with a cushion in her arms. Seeing Li Cheng enter, she immediately jumped up, dropped the cushion, and ran to sit in front of the television. Li Cheng turned on the TV; it was showing a pre-reserved children's channel. The girl watched intently, while Li Cheng, after clearing the dishes, took a book from the bookshelf and sat on the sofa to pass the time.

The rain pattered outside the window; there were no human voices or noise, only a sense of tranquility. Inside, the two were each immersed in their own world, undisturbed by each other, creating a similarly peaceful atmosphere.

Time always seemed to move slowly at this moment, yet also swiftly. Closing his book, Li Cheng glanced at the clock that pointed to ten. He stretched, got up, turned off the TV, and called to the girl sitting in front of him, "Time to sleep, kid," before going to wash up and go to his bedroom to sleep.

Another day has passed, and it has come to an uneventful end.

He turned off the lights, leaving the room completely dark. The rain outside sounded particularly loud, yet it wasn't noisy. Lying on the bed, Li Cheng slowly closed his eyes, his body gradually relaxing.

A bright white light suddenly shone into the room from outside the window, then quickly disappeared.

"Boom—"

The thunderclap came slightly after the flash of white light. Li Cheng didn't react much; such a sound couldn't possibly frighten an adult. But then he frowned and opened his eyes to look into the living room outside the bedroom. Just moments before, as the thunder subsided, he had heard a gasp from the girl.

Were you scared?

The white light shone into the room again.

"Boom!"

A louder clap of thunder echoed in the night sky, followed by the girl's even more terrified screams. Li Cheng hesitated, wanting to get up, but then he thought of the girl's resistance and worried that it would only make her more agitated. As he pondered this, thunder rumbled outside the window, and flashes of white light occasionally streaked across the sky.

The girl's voice was no longer heard from inside the living room.

Has she gotten used to it and isn't afraid anymore? Or is she hiding in some corner, covering her ears and trembling? Surely she couldn't have fainted from fright, could she?

A flurry of thoughts raced through Li Cheng's mind. After much deliberation, he decided it would be best to go out and take a look. But before he could get up, he lay back down. Not only that, he tried his best to make his breathing even, so that he would appear to be asleep.

A small figure trembled as it crept into the bedroom.

It was the girl, still sobbing, trying to keep her voice down. Under the cover of darkness, Li Cheng secretly opened one eye and saw her huddled up, trembling, as she walked to the bedside. He quickly closed his eyes again to avoid being seen. Just then, another loud bang sounded outside the window, and the girl immediately cowered on the floor.

"..."

It's true... a child is actually afraid of the sound of thunder.

She huddled pitifully beside him, afraid to be alone in the living room, yet too afraid to wake him. This girl was truly conflicted. Li Cheng hesitated, wanting to get up and comfort her, but worried that he might frighten her even more. As he struggled with this internal conflict, the girl simply lay down beside him, curling up into a ball.

Are you planning to sleep next to me?

Then, thunder would rumble intermittently, and each time, the girl would curl up even tighter, forming a ball. Li Cheng struggled for a long time, but finally decided to continue sleeping and not further stimulate her. Soon, Li Cheng fell into a deep sleep. Hearing Li Cheng's steady breathing from the bed, the girl seemed to calm down as well, quickly relaxing and falling asleep as well.

early morning.

Li Cheng woke up very early this time, at five o'clock.

Instead of getting up immediately, he carefully peeked out of bed, trying not to make a sound. Sure enough, the girl was still asleep on the floor beside the bed. Luckily, this girl was much stronger than the average person, otherwise she would definitely have gotten sick from sleeping like that all night. However, the hard wooden floor certainly wasn't comfortable, and although the girl was fast asleep, it was clear from her expression that she was sleeping very uncomfortably.

Concealing his presence to the extreme, Li Cheng slowly got out of bed, walked to the girl's side, and squatted down. After a moment's thought, he reached out and embraced her.

She didn't wake up. It seems that once she falls asleep, she's the type who won't wake up easily.

Li Cheng gently placed the girl on the bed. Before he could make any other move, she sensed that the hard floor beneath her had been replaced by a soft mattress. She squirmed and quickly hugged Li Cheng's pillow, then lay back down on the covers and continued to sleep peacefully. Her tightly furrowed brows relaxed, and a faint smile appeared on her face.

Looks like you're having a good dream, carefree little devil.

Yawning, Li Cheng slowly left the bedroom. The rain had long since stopped, and a sliver of warm sunlight streamed in through the window, casting a golden glow on the floor.

A new day has begun.

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Section 8, Chapter 7: The Quietly Growing Closer Between the Two Sides

Come to think of it, it seems that from that day on, his relationship with that girl began to slowly grow closer.

At first, Li Cheng didn't notice the girl's change. It wasn't until one time when he was only three steps away from her and she didn't run away, but instead made threatening "woof woof" sounds at him, that he realized the girl was no longer as resistant to him as she had been at the beginning.

Then, Li Cheng, who was trying to pat the girl's head, started chasing her again, making a mess of the living room.

The originally scheduled suspension period had long since ended, but Li Cheng did not go to work. In fact, as elite combat personnel, they were not required to undertake patrol, duty, or handle various trivial cases like ordinary police officers. They were only needed to be deployed in major cases, highly dangerous incidents, or when serious disasters occurred.

Furthermore, the sixth team, to which Li Cheng belongs, is not actually at full strength. Besides Li Cheng, Kiritsugu Emiya, and Rin Tohsaka, the team leader is away on business abroad, and another member resigned six months ago to go to the Middle East. The sixth team, originally a five-person unit, currently only has three members on duty, making it impossible to carry out missions normally. Moreover, there haven't been any major cases in their district recently.

In short, Li Cheng did not return to his unit after his suspension ended, but instead stayed at home to accompany the girl.

The girl's resistance had lessened, meaning that a way for communication between them had finally begun. Li Cheng thought carefully for a moment, then took a large piece of paper, wrote his name on it, and presented it to the girl.

"Can you read? These two characters are pronounced 'Li' and 'Cheng,' which are my names. Do you understand?" Li Cheng gestured, pointing to himself and then to the characters on the paper, repeating them over and over again.

The girl, huddled in the corner, hugging the fox-shaped pillow that Li Cheng had just bought, looked at Li Cheng with a very peculiar expression. Let's just assume she was listening attentively.

"You can call me Li Cheng, or you can just call me 'Cheng' if you want. How about that? Can you pronounce it? Cheng, cheng."

"..."

"Come on, repeat after me, cheng-cheng, how about that?"

"……Fool."

He finally spoke again, but what the hell was he saying? Why was he still using the same word? Is this the only phrase this little rascal knows? Was he saying this on purpose?

"Fool!"

Ugh, here we go again, and so loudly too. You're definitely trying to provoke me on purpose!

Li Cheng's gaze toward the girl gradually turned sinister.

"Waaah—"

Clearly recalling the painful experience of being tickled by Li Cheng last time, the girl, who was already ticklish, shrank back and quickly pushed herself against the wall. At that moment, a tall man with a wicked smile slowly cornered the terrified little girl, creating a beautiful scene that was full of alarming implications.

Forget it, let's not go too far. After all, she's just a brainless little girl.

In the end, Li Cheng took the initiative to give up and stopped pressuring the girl. Unexpectedly, as soon as he turned around, the pillow was thrown at his head, along with the girl's angry shout of "Idiot!"

I still can't let you get away with this, you little rascal!

On the second floor of the apartment building, the sounds of joyful and intense chasing and destruction rang out once again.

"So, hold onto this spot, come on, like me, it's easy, right?"

"Ugh, you idiot."

"...So that's all you can say?"

At the dining table, the girl awkwardly held her chopsticks, trying her best to pick up a piece of beef from the plate.

This was probably the happiest thing for Li Cheng. As the girl's resistance decreased, he quickly discovered that she was imitating many of his daily behaviors. Although she would usually try to avoid Li Cheng noticing her actions, Li Cheng, being a former special police officer, was very sensitive to these details. He quickly noticed changes in the placement of some items and then caught the girl secretly taking chopsticks and waving them around.

After a chaotic and hilarious process, Li Cheng finally managed to teach the girl how to eat with chopsticks. Although the process was quite difficult, at least now he could finally get the girl to sit at the table with him and eat like a normal person.

"Hey, don't throw your chopsticks down just because you don't know how to use them! And don't jump on the table, and definitely don't grab them with your hands, you silly goose!"

"Ugh, you idiot!"

However, getting this girl to fully adapt to a normal way of eating is still a long and arduous task.

In the evening, it was the girl's usual TV time, but unlike before, she started to show interest in things other than children's programs. While Li Cheng was sitting on the sofa reading, she slipped over and snatched the TV remote, then started randomly pressing buttons.

Li Cheng expended a great deal of effort to catch her before she could press the adult program button. He then had to find the instruction manual and expend even more effort to restore all the television settings.

When it was time for bed, Li Cheng went to take a shower. The girl showed no interest in his act of cleaning herself, perhaps because her body didn't attract or retain any dirt. Li Cheng didn't mind; she didn't need to maintain hygiene in this way, and he wouldn't force her.

But when he saw the girl lying on his bed, fast asleep and snoring away, he still couldn't help but feel a headache.

Perhaps because she found the bed much more comfortable than the sofa, ever since Li Cheng carried her to bed after that stormy night, she refused to sleep on the sofa anymore. Every time Li Cheng came back after washing up, he would find her occupying his bed, soundly asleep.

Li Cheng lived in a one-bedroom apartment, and since he didn't want to force the girl, he had no choice but to sleep on the sofa.

Speaking of which, although her body doesn't get dirty, it seems like she hasn't changed her clothes for a week.

As Li Cheng lay on the sofa, about to fall asleep, he suddenly thought of this question.