"I don’t care, I want to be pregnant too!"

  That afternoon.

  Ihe opulent pace, Linlin puffed out her cheeks in frustration. El had just returned, looking visibly joyful, but her aggrieved expression made it clear she set.

  "Don’t be ridiculous, Linlin. You’re still too young!"

  El sighed, patting her head in exasperation. He wasly overwhelmed, but the situatio him both amused and at a loss as he tried to sole her.

  "But Gerd is already pregnant! If Nef and Lillia pregnant too, won’t I be the only o out?"

  Linli El, clearly unhappy.

  She wasn’t na?ve.

  Over the past few days, how could she not notice the subtle ges between El and Nef, Stussy, Lillian, and the others?

  Although El didn’t funt his retionships in front of her, he also didn’t go out of his way to hide them.

  Linlin had long been aware of her elder brother’s ultimate aspirations—building an unpretedly powerful dream kingdom, overthrowing the Wover, and taking its pbsp;

  Anoal was revitalizing the nearly extinct Lunarian race, even turning it into a true God bsp;

  She had accepted this reality and never inteo stop him.

  Still, beien to the punch left her feeling a little sour.

  After all, apart from the quiet and unassuming Gerd, she had known El lohan anyone else.

  But thinking about it… not only was Gerd the first to get pregnant, but she was also the first to capture El's heart in that way.

  "Fool, they are who they are…"

  El stroked her head with a soft smile. "You and Gerd are entirely different."

  "Besides, you’re the queen—the ‘maihat’s beyond dispute."

  He pinched her cheek pyfully, grinning. "Even Gerd doesn’t io pete with you. She sees herself as the sedary sort… Her dream is to give birth to a giant child who someday bee the king of the giants!"

  "Each of you is an indispensable part of my wings, so you all o get along, okay?"

  "Really?"

  Linlin’s eyes sparkled as they turned into crest moons.

  She leapt forward, huggiightly and nuzzling against his cheek, a radiant smile blooming across her fabsp;

  "I knew my onii and Gerd were the best!"

  "Alright, I’ll let you off the hook for sneaking around with her behind my back!"

  "…"

  El’s mouth twitched.

  He flicked her forehead in mild irritation. "What do you mean by 'sneaking around'? I’m perfectly open about everything I do!"

  He had never inteo hide or downpy anythi of all with someone like Linlin. With her assertive personality, if he showed any sign of bag down, it would only ence her to bee even more domineering.

  "Hmph! El-onii is such a lecher! All those iving womehrowing themselves at you, and you’ve urhem down!" Linlin pouted, gring at him in frustration.

  She wasn’t wrong. El had rarely rejected the advances of Nef, Lillian, Stussy, or the others. While he didn’t indulge recklessly, he also didn’t push them away. Still, not rejeg wasn’t the same as actively pursuing.

  "Who says I never reject them?" El gently tapped her cheek with a pyful grin. "Just now, didn’t I turn down a certaiiful girl who wao get pregnant?"

  "Hmph!"

  Linlin huffed, puffing her cheeks as she g her tall, yet still-developing figure. She stamped her foot in frustration. "Ugh! I wish I could grow up faster!"

  Suddenly, her eyes lit up as aruck her. "Wait! Didn’t you once mention that the Ripe-Ripe Fruit could make someone grow up instantly?"

  "Don’t even think about it!" El’s expression darkened, and he flicked her forehead harder this time. "That would cost you part of your lifespan and could even impact your future potential!"

  He had no iion of rushing her development. With Linlin’s ialent, if she matured naturally, she could achieve immerength. Accelerating her growth would only limit her ultimate potential, and El wasn’t willing to risk that.

  "There’s no rush. We’ve got plenty of time ahead of us."

  He pulled her into a f embrace, gently stroking her hair. Looking into her eyes, he smiled. "Even if et pregnant, remember—you’re the queen. And no one’s child will ever pare to the one born from two ‘natural monsters’ like you and me."

  "Mhm, you’re right!" Linlin’s pout faded, and she snuggled closer to him, holding him tightly.

  Her face lit up with a radiant smile, her crest-shaped eyes refleg her happiness.

  "There’s no way anyone else’s child could pare to the one we’ll have!"

  Her fidence restored, she decred, "I’ll work hard to bee even stronger, El-onii!"

  In the back of her mind, she reasohat if she became stroheir future children would likely i eveer strength. She made a mental o sult Dr. Kureha about it ter.

  A thought struck her, and she tilted her head curiously. "By the way, since giants live so much lohan humans, does that mean their pregna looo?"

  "Not necessarily," El replied with a chuckle. "While giant pregnancies are a bit lohan humahey’re not excessively so—usually arouo twelve months."

  He added, "Actually, Gerd mentiohat she might use the Soul-Soul Fruit’s powers to accelerate the process by enhang the baby’s absorption of nutrients from her body. If it works, she could shorten her pregnancy to just three to five months."

  "Wait, really? That’s possible?"

  Linlin’s eyes widened in astonishment.

  She began ting on her fingers, her face a mix of disbelief and wonder. "So if she gives birth quickly as pregnant again right away… By the time I grow up, you could already have five or six kids—or more!"

  She ched her fists, her petitive spirit igniting. "Ugh, I ’t let Gerd win! I’m going to have even more kids than her. My first will be twins—no, triplets! Or even quadruplets or quintuplets!"

  "…"

  El eechless.

  The petitive streak between women truly knows no bounds.

  Still, he had to admit, if anyone could achieve such a feat, it would probably be Linlin.

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