I was transported from Lobotomy Corporation to another world.

SA?4011[A] "Ah?! Your Excellency, you're saying you want to cooperate with Noelle and the others?!"

SA?4011[B] "You two, think it over! Wouldn't cooperating with them be tantamount to betraying the organization and the priest?! What will we do then?"

Noel's voice came through the communication crystal: "Lilia and Lilith, how has the priest treated you?"

Lilith said softly, "She's fierce... and she yells and swears, but she gives us food, shelter, and a place to live."

Lilia added, "The priest was very kind to both of us. He didn't hit or scold us, he didn't burn us with pliers, and he didn't poke between our fingers..."

Noelle: "That's a scary description... Anyway, you guys must have a good relationship, right?"

"Perhaps you could ask the priest to take these little witches in, or you could take them in under the guise of increasing your fighting strength to defeat Reid."

SA?4011[C] "If we were discovered, everyone would probably be buried in a pit! And this way, you wouldn't have to take any responsibility, and you could even take the opportunity to escape."

Reed stretched his hand out over the railing, pointed at the other man, and cursed, "You bastard! I think you're asking for it! Isn't this giving you a way out?! Do you really think you cannon fodder can beat me?"

Noelle ignored the shouting and cursing, and continued, "This isn't something I'm forcing you to do; you can refuse..."

Lilia and Lilith both said "Agreed" in unison.

Lilia said, "Those girls aren't bad; they won't stop playing with Lilith because of her identity...and they don't seem like bad people at all."

"On the contrary, the adults here... not only discriminate against me, but their corruption and arrogance make me very uncomfortable. We were also wrongly arrested and imprisoned just because we are witches..."

Lilith: "I want to keep playing with them, even though it's dirty there, I really like it."

"And Nor...? Your suggestion is exactly what I was thinking... I'm not afraid you'll lie to me, because I think you're a good person."

"I forgave you for hitting my hand before... I apologize to that super fierce uncle, after all, we attacked you first."

A question mark appeared above Reed's head. A super fierce-looking uncle? Who is that? Could it be me?

Reed was too lazy to correct the other person's use of the term "uncle," but he was more surprised that the other person apologized to him.

There's nothing to apologize for; the two sides were originally adversaries, enemies.

Because Reed was leaning against the railing arguing with SA?4011, Lilith suddenly stuck her little head out and almost bumped into Reed.

Reed met her gaze through the bandages, and then Lilith said somewhat awkwardly, "Uncle, I'm sorry..."

The other person seemed a little hesitant, and Reed happened to see Lilith's arm, which had been brushed into irregular patches of minced flesh.

Although the skin has regrowed, those protruding, various fleshy bumps are enough to trigger trypophobia; just looking at them makes me nauseous.

Reed didn't nod, but simply grunted in response, then pointed and pointed, "Your sleeve is slipping down."

"Ah...oh! Hmm...it's disgusting, isn't it?" Lilith used her other hand to lift her sleeve up a little, completely covering her arm.

Reed yawned, slid to the ground, and leaned against the wall. "It is disgusting, but what's the big deal? I have more injuries than I do, ha!"

Lilith: "But when people see me like this, they feel disgusted... so I feel terrible."

Reed: "Ah~ it just really annoys you! That's easy."

"Just kill the people who annoy you. You little brat, aren't you a witch? If you care about what others think, then kill them all."

"It's a bit disgusting, but I actually admire you. Your family background must have been a pile of dog shit, to be doing this kind of work at such a young age..."

Both Lilith and Lilia expected Reid to say something comforting, or perhaps walk away in disgust or hurl a curse.

But it's neither of those. Is this supposed to be comfort? Shouldn't comfort be delivered with gentle words and kind phrases?

Was this disgust or insult? It doesn't seem so. Although the other person said it was disgusting, they didn't seem to feel any disgust at all.

Lilith didn't quite understand what Reed was saying; he hadn't explicitly said he disliked her, nor had he explicitly said he didn't.

So you hate my wound?

Reed turned his head. "What a stupid question! What do you mean by 'hating wounds'?"

"Everyone hates wounds, right? After all, if you're not sick, who wants to see themselves injured?"

Lilith lowered her head, her voice trailing off, "I wanted to ask... do you hate my injury..."

Reed said in an impatient, thuggish tone, "Ugh! So don't get hurt again, okay? I hate it when you get hurt! You need to survive in this damn world, you know?"

After saying that, Reed lay down, propping his head up with one hand as if he was about to fall asleep.

Do you still hate me...? But why did you start showing concern for me later?

Lilith timidly peeked out, looking at Reed lying on the ground (what a strange old man...).

Noelle: "So we'll cooperate for now?"

Lilia stepped forward and hugged Lilith first, seemingly wanting her sister to stay away from this extremely fierce-looking man.

Then he looked at the four SA4011s on the other side and said, "You agree?"

SA?4011[A] "But the priest found out..."

SA?4011[078] "To hell with it! Let's keep things separate! I was born in this godforsaken place! It's just not good to see those little girls picking through garbage to eat every day!"

"I agree! Do the remaining three of you really want to see a little girl fight monsters and then be ridiculed and discriminated against by adults?"

SA?4011[B] "That makes sense! Those witches haven't done anything bad since birth! Maybe the only bad thing they've done is try to steal some food."

SA?4011[C]“Witches are said to be born cursed and therefore evil, but in my opinion, those people in the civilian district are even more disgusting, evil, and arrogant. They are like parasites and should be eliminated first!”

SA?4011[A] "Fine! That's what you say, Your Honor! And I can't stand watching that kind of scene either!"

Noelle asked, "And what about Reid?"

Reed replied, "Whatever, I was planning to have a chat with that queen with the ridiculously long name anyway."

Noelle slapped the table and replied, "Yay! Then the team will temporarily form an alliance, no sneak attacks!"

"Ryder will be there when you're taken to your execution tomorrow, so don't worry!"

Lilia blinked and said, "The priest said he won't be able to come and rescue us until tomorrow... Noel and that bad old man, be careful!"

Noelle chuckled upon hearing "uncle," "Oh dear~ Reed isn't an uncle! He actually looks fierce~"

"Give the crystal back to Reed, I miss Reed... no! I want to talk to Reed about the plan!"