Deadline Is Raining in the Status Window - Chapter 294

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“!”
“Uwaaaah!”
“Hold on tight!”
A massive sinkhole opened beneath the robot. The very air trembled with such force that I staggered, but Cha Cha piloted the machine downward without hesitation, plunging into the abyss.
“We’re going too. Apet, we’ll need a shield!”
“Leave it to me, my dear!”
As we descended further underground, the warp gate activated with a resonant hum, and before long, we arrived in the Underworld. The last time I’d seen it, it resembled some primitive battlefield, but now an extraordinary civilization had been constructed atop it.
“Evan. What’s that snake-like thing over there?”
“Judging by the lack of wheels, it’s a magnetic levitation train.”
“Ah.”
They’d developed the place extensively, confident the people would no longer attack. A city had emerged with towering buildings lining the streets, yet dinosaurs still wandered the asphalt as if it were their own domain. The discord was utterly striking.
“Cha Cha! Hand over the Egg!”
“Evan, stay out of this! I need to settle things with that brat once and for all! He’s gotten cocky because adults keep indulging him!”
Coming from Cha Cha, who had the youngest face among us aside from Apet, the words created a jarring contradiction. Was discord the current trend in the Underworld?
“My dear, I confess I’m entirely lost on the details. Why did you all follow that Egg here?”
“Seian, Gerth, and my child will hatch from that Egg. The Mother Goddess created it for us.”
“That’s absurd.”
Apet cursed, saying that while the goddess who made the Egg was ridiculous, blackmailing an unborn child was even worse. Cha Cha threw open the cockpit and cried out indignantly.
“What do you know?! Because of that lizard brat, Evan and I have become Romeo and Juliet!”
“Without family opposition, wouldn’t that make you Hades and Persephone instead?”
“When did I ever abduct Evan!”
Greek mythology was common knowledge here too. Then again, this was the future Earth, and Ursu’s database contained nearly every book imaginable, so it was only natural. Shakespeare’s works were performed, and even Kar△○lin existed here.
“If you’re not willing to trade Evan back, don’t come near me! I’ll smash it to pieces and tell Mother never to make another one!”
“How unreasonable.”
“You’re being childish.”
“You’re the immature one.”
“Because you keep acting that way, sir, my father thinks he can disrespect us too.”
“Quiet, all of you are terrible!”
He was a genius at throwing tantrums. But thanks to this, I could negotiate with Gerth. I pretended to be helpless and asked Gerth to accept Cha Cha’s demands.
“Gerth. Since Cha Cha is saying this too, wouldn’t it be better if I spent about a month each year in the Underworld?”
“How repulsive.”
Quiet, you gorilla Reina. Reina and I exchanged light jabs with our fists, and Gerth, who had been thinking carefully, finally opened his eyes.
“No.”
“Why not?”
“Because Evan’s desires know no bounds.”
“I’ll concede other points, but how could I possibly have endless desires for a man?”
“Evan can.”
“That’s right. You would.”
“Mother would probably stop you.”
“Ex-husband, I can’t shield you from this one.”
“Hey, you’re honestly a bit much.”
How was it possible that not a single person was on my side? Even as I sat there in shock, wallowing in self-pity, Cha Cha still got angry on my behalf.
“Hey, don’t make Evan cry! The Underworld King is being mean! I’ll hit him!”
“You’re the only one who falls for that act, Underworld King.”
“It’s not falling for it! If you love someone, you let yourself be fooled!”
“This friend is stubborn in the strangest ways.”
This was genuinely touching. As my eyes sparkled like a girl in love at Cha Cha’s passionate declaration, both Gerth and Seian frowned.
“Hey, you—do you really want to do that to someone who only came up to your waist last year?”
“Evan. This side of you is why people say your desires know no bounds.”
Stop nagging me. The problem is that my husbands get along so well with each other. When they gang up to criticize me, they really go all out.
“If that’s how it is, I’ll get rid of that lizard sibling! Citizens, attack!”
At Cha Cha’s cry, the soldiers on standby roared and charged forward. Gerth quickly stepped in front of us, let out a sharp shout, and drove his fist into the ground.
Boom!
This time, a sound like an actual earthquake erupted as the earth split wide open. The Underworld citizens who fell into the sudden chasm screamed, and the survivors fled, calling Gerth a monster.
“Damn it! Why is that lizard brat so strong!”
The Serpent King must have been directly shaped by Ursula, after all. As Gerth cracked his joints, preparing to turn the giant robot into scrap metal at any moment, Cha Cha panicked and manipulated the robot’s arm.
“Hey, don’t move! If you move—ugh!”
I’d known from the moment he grabbed the tiny Egg with the giant robot that something would go wrong. The instant the Egg began falling from ten meters in the air, I quickly spread my ice wings and flew at full speed.
“Hey! Carefully! Catch it carefully!”
Seian believed I could catch the Egg, but he clearly didn’t believe I’d catch it carefully.
Hmph, let me show you just how meticulous I can be!
To minimize the impact the Egg would receive, I slowed its descent while holding it. I descended through the strong winds, gradually transitioning to a gentle breeze as I nearly touched down, and in the moment I thought I’d caught it safely, a violent vibration shot through my hands.
Crack.
There must have been an unlucky rock where the Egg landed. The Egg, having taken a strong impact from below, began developing cracks that spread across its entire surface.

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