I really didn't want to burn it.

"Yes, that is indeed... wait a minute?"

Ritsuka, who was about to nod in agreement, froze after hearing Li Ang's words.

"Since you've put it that way, Ritsuka, you should be ready by now."

Li Ang smiled and reached out his hand to Ritsuka.

"Wait... is it coming? He wouldn't really do that, would he? Mash's still there!!"

As the hand drew ever closer, Ritsuka's heart leaped into her throat.

then……

Snapped.

Li Ang flicked Ritsuka's forehead.

Ritsuka was stunned.

That's it? That's it?! That's it!

"All right."

Ignoring the stunned Ritsuka, Li Ang sat up straight.

The term "morning raid" refers to an attack in the early morning. His attack, flicking Ritsuka's forehead in the morning, was an example of a morning raid.

Well, no problem.

But Ritsuka clearly didn't think so. She covered her forehead, gritted her teeth, glared at Li Ang, and questioned, "What are you doing?"

"At such a young age, you're not learning anything good and are thinking about all sorts of nonsense all day long."

Li Ang spoke in the tone of an experienced elder: "It's just that you're a little restless while sleeping, just admit it. Don't make dirty jokes, if you do that again, I really will 'attack' you!"

Ritsuka pouted and retorted defiantly, "You petty guy, I don't believe you would actually do that."

"Well, I'm not very petty," Li Ang said shamelessly. "As for whether I'll attack you..."

Li Ang reached out and grabbed Ritsuka's rather large chest.

"ah……"

Ritsuka blushed and covered her chest with one hand, only to find that Li Ang's hand stopped halfway out and looked at her with a mocking gaze.

"Li Ang...!"

Ritsuka, realizing the situation, let out an angry little cat-like sound.

"You son of a bitch, just die!"

Fortunately, Ritsuka didn't throw the pillow (stone) she used to sleep on last night at Li Ang, otherwise, blood splattering everywhere early in the morning would definitely be bad luck.

"Fufu?"

Fufu, awakened by Li Ang and Ritsuka, rubbed her eyes with her paws and poked her head out from behind two cotton balls, curiously looking at the two of them.

"I say, this guy is the real winner."

Li Ang watched as Fufu used her little paws to stomp the cotton candy into all sorts of shapes, and said with envy and jealousy.

"I can't argue with that. Damn it, I'm so envious, those are Mashu's breasts..."

Ritsuka, who was initially furious, immediately formed a united front with Li Ang.

"Mmm... Fufu, no..."

Mashu, still asleep, let out a soft moan and instinctively pulled Fou into her arms.

"Damn, I'm so envious." *2

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Fou, the white lewd beast, didn't get to be smug for long, because Leon and Ritsuka woke Mashu up.

After a quick reorganization, Leon led the Chaldea duo on a journey to explore the Singularity.

"I said, what are you writing?"

On the way, Li Ang saw Ritsuka taking notes with a pen and notebook, and couldn't help but ask her.

After the three of them left the cave and began exploring the forest, Ritsuka started writing something with a pen.

This naturally piqued Li Ang's curiosity.

"Okay, I'll record your words and actions. I'm definitely going to tell on you next time I see Sister Chloris!"

Li Ang, who had initially thought Ritsuka was recording the situation in the forest, burst out laughing upon hearing this.

"Hey, you still remember this kind of thing?"

Li Ang reached out to take the notebook, but Ritsuka dodged it.

Mashu, who was walking in the middle, turned around and looked at the two of them. She narrowed her eyes and asked, "Senpai, did this man do something to you while I was asleep?"

"Hey, hey, it was clearly your senior who did something to me! Why are you so quick to accuse me of being the perpetrator?"

"It's nothing, I just really felt annoyed by this guy's tone of voice, which was like that of an elder."

Ritsuka did not tell anyone what had happened that morning.

Because she's a restless sleeper, Ritsuka ended up sleeping with Li Ang in her arms. Ritsuka doesn't want Mashu to know about this yet.

Embarrassment was one aspect, but more importantly, Ritsuka didn't want Mashu to know about all her interactions with Leon.

"Is it?"

Mashu gave a deep look at Leon and Ritsuka, who were handcuffed together, and wondered what she was thinking.

Anyway, let's go.

Sensing that the atmosphere was a bit awkward, Li Ang quickly pulled Ritsuka ahead of him.

"Hey, Fufu."

Mashu lowered her eyes to look at Fou, her gaze dark and sinister, but her voice remained as gentle as ever.

She reached out and touched Fufu, carefully combing the fur on Fufu's back with her fingers.

"I think there's something going on between them. Honestly, I was the one who met Li Ang first, so why are you so close to him? There's definitely something wrong with that, don't you think, Fufu?"

Fufu felt the warm fingers tracing across her back, but she only felt colder than the weather.

"Fufu..."

Fufu shrank her neck and nodded slightly.

In its view, Mashu's current situation is the one that is truly wrong.

Fufu even suspected that if it expressed its opposition now, Mashu might stuff it into a marshmallow and suffocate it.

"Fufu..."

Mashu ran her fingers along Fou's back, then moved them back to the top of Fou's head, and began running them along her back again.

To an outsider, it appears to be a cute little girl interacting affectionately with her pet.

Mashu tapped Fou's head and asked softly, "Hey, Fou. What do you think I should do?"

"Fufu!"

Fou immediately agreed, then realized that Mashu couldn't understand what she was saying and that she should have nodded in agreement.

Fortunately, Mashu was just asking casually and didn't expect to get any useful information from Fou.

"Hmm... This morning, it was my senior and Li Ang who woke me up. Judging from their neat clothes, they definitely didn't look like they had just gotten up... Sure enough, something must have happened between them... What should I do... Should I..."

Feeling the growing dark aura emanating from Mash, who was holding her, Fou froze completely.

Mashu looked at Fou, who was lying motionless in her arms, and asked with amusement, "Fou, what's wrong? Why aren't you moving?"

"Fufu! (Special translation: I dare not move, I dare not move!)"

Fufu cried out in grievance.

At this moment, Fou felt that perhaps Mashu, who was holding her, was the true evil of humanity, and that black aura could definitely kill all primates.

However, Mashu, completely oblivious to this, still turned around and looked at Fou with an innocent expression.

"Fufu, are you feeling unwell?"

"Fufu!"

Suddenly, Fufu moved and jumped out of her favorite pile of cotton candy.

"Hey, Fufu!"

The running Fufu didn't respond; it suddenly darted into Ritsuka's arms.

"Fufu~Fufu~"

Although steamed buns weren't as comforting as marshmallows, black marshmallows were just too terrifying, so Fufu decided to hide among the pile of steamed buns for now.

"Fufu..."

Fufu nuzzled Ritsuka's cheek and secretly vowed that it wouldn't go back until the cotton candy turned white.

Li Ang saw all of this and shook his head slightly, finding it somewhat amusing.

The mighty Fourth Beast was actually scared like this by a little girl. Is Mashu really the biggest boss in FGO?

"Li Ang, what are you laughing at?" Ritsuka asked, tilting her head.

“It’s nothing.” Li Ang shook his head and pointed into the distance, saying, “Once we get past that little hill, then we can…”

Li Ang fell silent, for he heard a heavy knocking sound coming from afar.

Boom!

Boom!

Boom!

Boom!

"What is that sound?"

Ritsuka heard this too, and she quickly asked Li Ang.

"It's not a good sound, quickly hide."

Li Ang quickly pulled Ritsuka and Mashu to hide under a giant tree.

"What exactly happened..."

Ritsuka stopped asking, because such a stupid question was completely unnecessary.

It's a giant!

Several giants, almost the size of small mountains, appeared in Ritsuka's line of sight.

These giants roughly pried at the tree trunks, trudging through the forest with an indifferent gait.

"This is a giant?"

Ritsuka asked in a low voice.

"Yes... a giant."

Li Ang responded absentmindedly, his mind preoccupied with the question of why the giants were there.

Keep in mind that the giants' territory is limited to Jotunheim, but this is Midgard!!

Although Jotunheim and Midgard are on the same level of the World Tree, the boundaries between them are very clear.

"how come……"

Li Ang looked at these giants, his expression becoming extremely solemn.

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P.S.: Today, the costumes for Shuten-dōji and Jeanne d'Arc (White) were revealed: a pregnant Shuten-dōji and a chicken-claw Jeanne d'Arc (not really!).

Hey president, could you please draw your hand a little better? If you really can't, maybe hire someone to draw it... →_→