Chapter 860: Can We Sleep Together?

It was destined to be a sleepless night.

Perhaps when everyone woke up the next day, the front page of Nightfall City’s papers would surely feature a story titled, “Root Madam Goes Out for a Late-Night Stroll, Grotesquely Groped by Prickly-Fruit Thug.”

And if things went a step further, there would probably be all sorts of bizarre rumors, like “Silver-Haired Girl Enjoys an Intimate Stroll with Left Hand, Hand’s Owner Dragged Away and Left Dead in the Street.”

But no matter what tomorrow brought.

Lynn’s mood right now was complicated, and far from pleasant.

After the Colossus’s Brain had taken his left hand on a long stroll, she had actually brought it back to her room in Nightfall City. Since they were connected, Lynn, who had already woken up, had naturally been dragged along too.

Right now.

He sat on the floor beside the table, glaring in displeasure (눈‸눈), while his left hand rested on the tabletop, grinning (*≧▽≦) as it held a bottle of strong liquor and played drinking games with the Colossus’s Brain. She blinked at Left Hand, chin in hand, gazing at her adoringly.

The scene was, of course, as strange as it could possibly get.

And since he was sitting on the floor, forbidden from getting up on the table,

he could see the Colossus’s Brain’s slender legs swinging back and forth across from him with just a glance. It was obvious that the Colossus’s Brain, who wore an expressionless poker face around everyone else, only showed such a lively, carefree side when she was with her Queen.

And her Queen was his left hand.

Which made the whole relationship incredibly strange.

Still, Lynn wanted to praise his own foresight. If he hadn’t fixed the Colossus’s Brain in the form of a little girl ahead of time, this scene wouldn’t have been easy on the eyes at all. It would have been a genuinely disgusting, depraved love triangle!

But if they were both little girls,

then even if their connection through the heart and brain really had made them close, at most it was just a little yuri romance.

Lynn coughed, his gaze turning strange.

He wondered,

He wasn’t a pervert, was he?

Then why was there a little flutter of excitement in his heart? This was so weird!

……

Meanwhile.

On the table.

Zuo Zuo chewed vigorously on the roast meat in her mouth, took a hearty swig of strong liquor, and swayed woozily, tears in her eyes.

“This is so delicious! I haven’t eaten this much in ages! That stingy Brain has never let this left hand of mine eat her fill, and she keeps making me drink pesticide for no reason! I’ve had it with him! You’re so much nicer to me, Big Sister. Sob, sob o(╥﹏╥)o.”

The Colossus’s Brain propped up her chin and blinked.

“Of course! You’re my Queen, after all. Together, we’re the real Colossus. No matter what, I’m incomplete on my own. We’re the Colossus’s Twins.”

Although she had neither the mark of a Queen nor any memories from the past,

the hyper-dimensional connection between the Colossus’s consciousnesses naturally gave them a closer bond than anyone else.

Zuo Zuo asked, looking puzzled Ծ‸Ծ,

“Then can I sleep with you tonight, Big Sister? I don’t want to go back with that stupid Brain.”

Lynn, sitting on the floor, immediately perked up his ears.

Across the table, the Colossus’s Brain also froze. “Um… I wouldn’t mind sleeping together, of course, but…”

If Zuo Zuo had made that request while they were separated, she would have agreed without a second thought. After all, becoming closer to her Queen would mean a better chance of her returning in the future, and she was more than happy with that.

But that wasn’t the main problem.

The problem was…

If her Queen was going to sleep with her, wouldn’t that guy have to come along too? After all, they were connected…

But just then, Lynn, who had been sitting on the floor the whole time, suddenly stood up and pointed at Zuo Zuo, furious (angry face).

The drunk Zuo Zuo glared at Lynn (angry glare). “We’re already done!! This Left Hand can sleep with whoever she wants! It has nothing to do with you! Tonight, I’m sleeping with my real Brain! (screaming) What can you do about it?!”

Lynn flew into a rage and instantly reached for Zuo Zuo.

Zuo Zuo cried out in alarm, and before Lynn’s right hand could grab her, she once again dove tearfully into the arms of the silver-haired girl across from her.

The Colossus’s Brain immediately protected Zuo Zuo in her embrace and looked at Lynn coldly and warily.

“Are you trying to bully her again?”

Lynn promptly flung his arms up in exasperation (flips a table).

“I’m sure you absolutely won’t agree to this unreasonable request of hers, right, Brain? You won’t, will you!! You definitely won’t, right?!”

The Colossus’s Brain was clearly beginning to hesitate.

Seeing this,

Lynn immediately threw his hands up again (throws his hands up).

As he spoke, Lynn reached for her again.

Zuo Zuo immediately clung on and shouted, “No!! I’m not going back with him!”

The Colossus’s Brain hurriedly took another step back, still holding Zuo Zuo, and watched Lynn warily. “Did you hear her? She doesn’t want to go back with you, so you should respect her wishes. Isn’t that what you told me before? Are you still going to try to take her by force?!”

Lynn flung his arms up in exasperation again (flips a table). “So you’re agreeing to sleep with her?”

“……”

Lynn stroked his chin. “That does make sense…”

The Colossus’s Brain froze.

Lynn waved his hand grandly, scowling (angry face). “In that case, there’s nothing I can do! I’ve really lost this time! Looks like I really can’t get my Left Hand back tonight! I’m so angry! If she wants to sleep with you, then I really don’t have any good way to stop her!”

Huh…

What she didn’t know was that a System notification had instantly sounded in Lynn’s ear.

【Ding! You have earned the special System achievement: Immoral Reverse Psychology. Congratulations, you have received the basic reward: 200 experience!】

【Immoral Reverse Psychology】Depravity-type achievement: This achievement can only be obtained with a certain probability after the host successfully uses “reverse psychology.” It was originally a normal achievement, but because a certain creature used it for something extremely depraved, it was classified as a depravity-type achievement. This is something no decent person should do, and it is highly immoral and reprehensible. Host, please be sure to improve your moral character! Congratulations, you have received permanent bonuses: Morality -2, firing speed +2%, stamina +5.

Something…

seemed a little off…

……

Half an hour later.

On the huge bed,

Lynn lay on his back with his eyes closed, breathing evenly.

Beside him, the silver-haired girl the Colossus’s Brain had become lay stiffly under the covers, on her side with her back to him.

Zuo Zuo, who had gotten herself thoroughly drunk, was already fast asleep. Since they were connected, and the silver-haired girl was lying on her side and holding her, Lynn’s arm had to reach underneath her waist so Zuo Zuo could nestle in her arms.

And so, in this utterly bizarre atmosphere,

one man, one loli, and one hand shared a bed.

The Colossus’s Brain lay stiffly on her side, holding Zuo Zuo in her arms. “Something feels a little off…”

Lynn answered with his eyes closed. “Hmm?”

The Colossus’s Brain blankly rolled onto her back, cradling Zuo Zuo, who was sleeping soundly against her chest, in both hands as she stared at the ceiling.

“This isn’t quite how I imagined it…”

Because she had rolled onto her back, her body was so small, and Lynn’s arm reached underneath her waist. To let her hold Zuo Zuo, he could only bend his arm back and lay it across her chest. And since Zuo Zuo was sound asleep and completely motionless, it looked as if she were nestled in Lynn’s arm, held tightly against him.

Lynn kept his eyes closed and tightened the arm around her waist, breathing evenly. “What’s different? Aren’t you sleeping while holding my left hand right now?”

The Colossus’s Brain stared blankly at the ceiling. “It just feels wrong.”