Something this good actually exists!?
If I can just send Kaika to the Clock Tower, not only will that unfilial daughter’s Blackening Value decrease, but I, Valo, am confident I’ll find a chance to sever our mother-daughter relationship in the future!
Although I’m not sure what kind of medicine the Great Sage—who was always majestic and stern in the game—took today to target a Loli Widow like me, I’m more than happy to hear her conditions.
As for the Great Sage’s request?
Valo glanced at the blueberry-flavored loli in front of her—it wasn’t like she was losing out.
“Madam Valo, are you finding this difficult?”
The Great Sage seemed to mistake Valo’s scrutiny for defiance, and she spoke her judgment slowly.
“That’s right, I am making things difficult for you. In my eyes, you, who abandoned Finney, are nothing more than someone who sensed the Demon King’s defeat and chose to follow the trend by reuniting with her.”
As she spoke, the elf loli’s small foot moved slightly, as if she were intentionally provoking Valo.
“As for your request to let Kaika enter the Clock Tower, I assume that’s for your own benefit as well.”
“No problem. As long as you recognize your current situation, I don’t mind giving you some charity.”
Valo didn’t respond.
She was currently busy holding back her laughter: ‘Hold it in, I absolutely cannot laugh!’
‘If the Great Sage finds out her bullying is actually a blessing for me, it’s over! Opportunities like this don’t come twice!’
After taking a deep breath, Valo clenched her small fists.
Feigning a look of having no choice, she sluggishly moved to the Great Sage’s feet and knelt.
Her body trembled slightly, as if she were desperately enduring this belittlement and humiliation.
Finally, she slowly leaned down toward the Great Sage.
But at the moment she was actually about to touch her, the Great Sage sitting in the chair lost her composure!
“Wait… you’re for real?”
The iceberg loli, who was characterized as cold and ruthless in the game, now had a face flushed with nervousness!
It seemed she never expected Valo to actually do such a thing. Panicked and incoherent, she instinctively tried to pull her foot back!
Was this loli hag playing with her!?
Hah, trying to run?
Valo wasn’t about to let go of this opportunity that had practically fallen into her mouth!
She immediately reached out to grab the Great Sage’s ankle and, as she looked up, squeezed out a few tears of grief and indignation!
“Great Sage, d-don’t tell me you’re going back on your word?”
In the game, the Great Sage was a superior being whose word was law.
Valo was counting on the fact that this loli would definitely stay stubborn to the end.
“Uh… I’m not…”
Sure enough, the momentarily speechless Great Sage didn’t dare to withdraw her foot anymore.
She could only watch helplessly as Valo turned into a gourmet food critic.
A shiver ran through her entire body, and her steady breathing began to quicken.
“Ma… Madam Valo, that’s… that’s enough, right!? Eek!”
Valo didn’t listen to a single word, still holding onto the Great Sage’s calf.
Mainly, she was worried: How could this level be enough? If she didn’t leave more marks, she was afraid this loli hag would put on her socks and deny everything later.
As expected of the character who consistently dominated the Top 1 spot on the Zhou List— the “Most Fragrant Feet Leaderboard” in Valorant—this combination of geta, Japanese socks, and loli feet felt legendary.
It looked fragrant enough through the screen before, but now Valo had to praise it: This was a god-tier item.
Even a single sniff would probably extend one’s lifespan.
“Ha… Haha… Enough already… I said that’s enough!”
By now, the Great Sage was gasping for air from the tickling, her chest heaving violently with every breath.
Seeing that her warnings were useless, she had to endure her laughter while kicking her legs.
After finally managing to kick Valo’s hands away, her small foot landed squarely on Valo’s forehead, trying to push her back.
But just then, as the lift leading to the top floor of the Clock Tower came to a steady stop, the voices of Finney and the other girls from the Hero Party drifted from behind the lift’s gate.
“Finney, won’t we be disturbing the Great Sage like this? Maybe we should forget it?”
“… No, I’m afraid Mom won’t be able to handle my adoptive mother… uh, the Great Sage. I need to go and help explain that Mom isn’t some dangerous person.”
Immediately following that, Finney and the entire Hero Party pushed open the gate and saw the positions of Valo and the Great Sage with perfect clarity— Valo, the mother, was kneeling on the ground with her hands supporting her.
Meanwhile, the Great Sage, the adoptive mother, was “leisurely” reclining in her chair, one foot—with its shoe and sock removed—planted firmly on Valo’s head.
No matter the angle or perspective, any intelligent being with a normal brain could only reach one conclusion: The high-and-mighty, powerful Great Sage was oppressing and humiliating Valo, the Demon Clan Loli Widow.
Eyes met, and for a moment, the surroundings became terrifyingly quiet!
It wasn’t until the faint click of the clock pendulum sounded that Finney’s eyes widened in disbelief, and she murmured to herself…
“Adoptive… Adoptive Mother, what are you doing…”
“Uh? Wait, Finney, it’s not what you think, I…”
The stunned Great Sage hurriedly pulled back her foot, wanting to explain, but it was already too late!
“… Great Sage, even if the Demon Clan has been defeated, you didn’t have to give my mother such a humiliating reception, did you!?”
At this moment, Finney completely lost the nervousness and caution she had toward the Great Sage earlier at the bottom of the tower.
Entering “Hero Mode,” the young girl reached Valo in two or three steps, carefully helped Valo up, and then held her arm, turning to leave without looking back!
“Mom, I’ll take you to rest.”
“Huh? Wait, Finney, you might be misunderstanding something…”
“You’re tired, Mom. Listen to me.”
No, wait, girl?
Valo admitted the scene Finney saw was a bit misleading, but wasn’t this Hero lady being a bit too impulsive?
Especially in the next moment, when Valo clearly saw that the [Justice Value] in Finney’s Nurturing Panel had risen by another 5%, reaching 90%, she became even more anxious!
If this Female Hero’s [Justice Value] hit the limit, it would trigger a tragic “forced to kill mother, then commit suicide” Scripted Kill in the upcoming plot points!
Quick, someone explain!
However, as Valo scanned the room, the other girls in the Hero Party were so scared they didn’t dare say a word, merely watching as Finney escorted her onto the lift and departed.
As for the Great Sage?
This adoptive mother had been “offline” for quite a while.
Valo was worried to death: With Finney stirring things up like this, did the Great Sage’s promise to let Kaika enroll still count?
You too, Great Sage! Why didn’t you close the door before doing something bad!?
Later.
It wasn’t until the last crimson traces of the sunset sank below the horizon and the lights at the top of the Clock Tower automatically turned on that the Great Sage shook her body and finally snapped out of it.
She was already the only one left.
The Great Sage hurriedly put on her socks and geta, then…
Supporting herself against the table with one hand, she closed her eyes and covered her forehead, revealing an expression of jealousy and even resentment that no one would ever see!
Finney… her precious daughter, Finney…
Granted, part of the reason she adopted Finney was because Finney had exceptional talent, but she had also poured all her heart, soul, and knowledge into this adoptive daughter.
She had taught her everything, hoping Finney would become a Hero so perfect that she would be unprecedented and unrivaled.
To that end, it was inevitable that she would be strict with Finney.
Regarding what happened this morning, she indeed wanted to pressure Valo out of an impulsive resentment for the woman abandoning her daughter.
It was unavoidable that Finney would misunderstand.
But…
“That woman definitely did that on purpose…”
The Great Sage talked to herself sourly, “She definitely calculated that Finney would come looking for her and intentionally acted it out for Finney to see.”
“A mother filled with such schemes definitely has no good intentions in reuniting with Finney. There’s no way she was forced to give Finney away back then.”
After taking several deep breaths, the aura of calm returned to the Great Sage.
“Then let me see what tricks you’re trying to play, you washboard.”
“I am the adoptive mother who raised Finney since she was a child.”
Could such an unbreakable identity really be inferior to a mother she just met a few days ago, one who even has a dark history of abandoning her daughter?
There was simply no justice in the world!
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