Diary of Guarding Monster Girls

Chapter 964: Chapter 471: Loli Nurturing?

["It’s still a seed!"]

"I already told you I’m not thinking anything funny, don’t slander me."

But Nenasha didn’t believe him, sure that he was contemplating something mischievous, and warned: ["Besides, let me remind you, even if it grows, it’s still thorn bushes... it will be very painful, you know."]

"Cough cough!"

Herbert’s mouth twitched slightly, and he said with difficulty: "...Are you talking about hugging it? Hmm, that kind of thing is nothing."

["Ha, you know what I’m talking about."]

"...Come on, give it a rest."

["Hmm hmm~ I guessed right, didn’t I! This time, I won~"]

Emerging victorious in this playful banter, Nenasha smugly hummed twice, then quietly made some adjustments to the seed.

She wasn’t doing anything bad.

She was doing something good!

A very big good thing!

She gave the seed a small intervention, ensuring that this little one, when grown, would meet Herbert’s expectations.

—She was making sure that it emerged with a self-awareness of being female.

Many plant-based Demons are hermaphrodites, possessing the capabilities of both genders...

Nenasha wasn’t familiar with the growth habits of thorns, couldn’t distinguish its nature, wasn’t sure if it’s dioecious.

But with her intervention, it was, even if it wasn’t.

In other words, she was preserving Herbert’s beautiful fantasy!

["Nenasha, you’re truly great, so good to him~"] Miss Xie Shen praised herself contentedly after finishing.

Her current actions simply didn’t seem like those of an Evil God.

Herbert didn’t know Nenasha was quietly safeguarding his dreams, and examined the seed carefully, identifying the most urgent matter.

Supplement.

It’s a seed of Epic Level magical plant, but because the Crimson Thorn’s condition was too weak at the time, it now needs a lot of Life Force to repair damages.

But that’s not a problem for him.

Herbert is not lacking in Life Force.

He put the seed away, together with the leaf he got from Fulingya, letting it absorb the powerful Life Force leaking from the latter.

Once it supplements all the deficiencies, it is bound to reveal its true power.

After dealing with these matters, Herbert looked down at the dried corpse on the ground, having no intention to give Withered’s remains a proper burial.

Stomping down, the already shrunken corpse shattered completely, turning into dust on the ground.

Ashes to ashes, dust to dust.

He was originally a Druid, came from the forest, and ultimately merged back into the forest, becoming nourishment for Nature.

As Herbert was about to leave, he suddenly noticed a complete inconspicuous wooden fragment among the dust.

It was a fragment of the statue served by Withered, containing remnants of Fallen divinity that had already been consumed, leaving only some special aura that couldn’t be consumed.

"This is... hmm?"

Feeling the bizarre Fallen aura emanating from the statue fragment, Herbert’s expression changed subtly, lowering his gaze.

This aura, why does it feel like I’ve sensed it somewhere before?

"Nenasha."

["Hmm?"]

He squinted his eyes, softly asking: "Why is there Mist Mountain Range aura on it?"

Although it’s very faint, Herbert recognized the aura, having experienced it firsthand.

This Fallen aura, he only sensed it deep within Mist Mountain Range.

And what is Mist Mountain Range?

It’s Nenasha’s Divine Kingdom Ruins.

So why does this statue fragment have the aura from there?

Did it originally come from there? From Nenasha?

Or was it contaminated with her aura for some reason?

Herbert sought an answer, but Nenasha didn’t explain; instead, she leisurely said: ["Eh? No idea~"]

"..."

Hearing this flippant response, Herbert frowned; this answer certainly didn’t convince him.

She was pretending to be ignorant.

After a moment of silence, Herbert hesitated, softly asked: "Nenasha, who exactly are you?"

["Me?"]

Using a relaxed and gentle tone, Nenasha also responded: ["I’m your favorite Nenasha sister~"]

"...Alright, I got it."

Just as Herbert planned to avoid probing further, ready to skip this topic, Miss Xie Shen suddenly chuckled lightly and retorted:

["Hehe, just gonna drop it? If you want to know anything, go ahead and keep asking!"]

"Hmm?"

Seldom serious, Nenasha spoke again, seemingly with a hint of coquettishness: ["If you have questions, don’t bother with cautious probing anymore; you can directly ask me."]

["Things I can’t say, I won’t answer, but those I can, I’ll definitely tell you!"]

["Worry? Concern? What is there to be concerned about!"]

Nenasha couldn’t handle Herbert’s cautious demeanor, grumbling uneasily: ["You haven’t offended me before, no, you’ve been constantly offending me, haven’t you?"]

She felt a pinch of dissatisfaction towards Herbert’s "caution."

When you were cautious, I didn’t care.

But what time is it now?

You’re still probing cautiously, hesitating, probing for what?

You didn’t hesitate when taking liberties with me before, did you?

If you want to ask, just ask!

"Tsk, I’m just worried about you." Herbert, after getting chided by her, grumbled with irritation.

Pah!

You Harmonious God, truly ungrateful to sincere intentions!

I was concerned about you, showing heartfelt care, but you didn’t appreciate it!

Since you said that, I won’t be polite!

Having received permission, Herbert stopped the roundabout probing and asked directly: "So, Nenasha, is this your aura?"