When do parents feel the happiest while raising their children? Is it when their kids bring home good grades from school? Is it when they sing and dance to the songs they learned in kindergarten? 0

Kai shook his head.0

"The happiest moments are when the child eats heartily and is on the verge of evolving."1

With a contented fatherly smile on his face, he watched as the slime-shaped Mimic crawled along the ground, diligently absorbing the poison.0

[Absorption rate 99.4%...]0

Taking small Mimic around such a vast land was quite an ordeal—particularly so in areas with stronger toxins where Mimic would remain still for hours and absorb the poison.0

Has it already been over two weeks…?0

Kai had been to every contaminated area during the past three weeks. He had traveled through fertile plains ideal for growing crops, solid land perfect for building structures, forests that were dead but soon to be revived, and even the polluted ocean depths!0

Having wandered all these places with Mimic, Kai smiled at the thought of soon being liberated from this labor. And that labor referred to…0

—Kai, I'm so bored. Could you call Cherantia? We won't bother you, we'll just have a quiet chat.0

“It's impossible for the two of you to have a quiet conversation, so...0