The seed suddenly hatched and caught me off guard, but I quickly snapped out of it. The dense golden dust blocked everyone’s vision. No overseers or drones could capture what happened, and Rachel fell asleep. I could easily handle everything. First, I took Evandel off Rachel.

“Come here.”

“Ah, aaang.”

Evandel struggled to stay with Rachel, but her eyes widened when she saw me.

“That’s right. I’m the one who raised you.”

I comforted her in my embrace. She looked like a 3 year old child, but weighed like a feather. Evandel hugged me tightly and muttered.

“Daddy.”

“Huh? No, I’m not. Anyways, can you change back to a seed, Evandel?”

“Seed?”

“Yep. Small and circular. You have to hide.”

“What about Mommy?”

Evandel spoke as she glanced at Rachel. She surprised me when she called Rachel her Mommy.

“Rachel… um, Mommy is busy. So…”

“Yaaawn. I’m sleepy.”

Evandel slowly closed her eyes. Boss’ golden dust must’ve affected her. I panicked since I wouldn’t be able to hide her if she fell asleep. Thankfully, Evandel listened to my request...