Chapter 160
Fortunately or unfortunately(?) Her favoritism towards strangers has remained constant.
[♡ -50 thorough distrust]
“…”
‘Is there something wrong with me?’
Duke Idikels’ interpretation is that she has a psychological wall, which is why she has this common reaction to people outside the wall.
“Haha. It’s a characteristic of children with deep wounds.”
“Wounds? I don’t know, I just don’t like humans.”
“Humans are…”
The Duke of Idikels looked at her with a look of pity for the world.
He patted her. She doesn’t even like this hand patting her soothingly.
But he’s an adult and he brought her a crush scanner, so she’ll cut him some slack.
The human heart is a strange thing, and even though she knew he liked her, it was a completely different feeling to have it confirmed by a number.
[Her → Me]
[♥91 Loyalty / Affection]
Arellin never imagined Yuni would love her this passionately.
“Hehe…Hehehe…Hehehe!”
The one who displayed this incredibly high number… was none other than Yuni.
“Yuni, did you really like me that much?”
“Hoo-hoo. Hoo-hoo-hoo. Of course!”
“Don’t laugh like that because you’re scared me.”
As she slowly pulled away, Yuni smiled prettily and opened her arms.
“Can you see it, my little pure heart!”
“Yes, I can see it.”
Next to Yuni, the other parenting group looked like the sky had fallen.
“This is ridiculous, I’m 89!”
“How can I only be 90, I love you so much!”
“Hoo hoo, everyone gather under me!”
89 is really high too…
Judging from the fierce reactions, they must have been competing with each other without her knowledge.
“Objection! I lost by a mere three points? Lady, just give me one more chance!”
“I’ll prove my purity!”
“Yes, give me a chance, there’s no way I like you less than Yuni!”
Amidst the chanting of “Try again!” She nervously glanced down at the likability scanner.
Is this broken?
Or is this real?
She couldn’t believe that the entire Nursery liked her over 80, even though her favorability rating for the Nursery was only [♥50-60 Trust/Fondness].
“Favor at 30, Friendship at 40, Affection at 50.”
And anything over 70 was called Love.
80 means I like you enough to give you my whole fortune, and 90 means I value you enough to give you my life and vouch for you.
She shivered even more.
“Lady, why do you look at me like that?”
“Did we do something wrong?”
She is about to give them a weird look, when Yuni and Lena are the first to notice and chime in.
It’s business as usual.
She thought about the affection that was implied in the fact that they noticed her expression changed for a moment and immediately corrected her.
‘… The nursery really likes me.’
They are so consistent that she must have gotten used to it. She forgot to thank them.
“No, just…”
Is it okay to say this?
“… Thank you.”
As she stammered, the group of parents who had been paying attention to me suddenly started clenching their fists and scratching their heads in distress.
“Cute.”
“So cute.”
“To die for.”
… ?
She thinks she heard something say “to die for,” but she must have misheard.
“Sweetheart.”
It was weird to see adults looking at her so impressed.
It’s always weird to see people trying to look cool, but she guesses she likes these people after all.
“But don’t vouch for me. I wouldn’t risk my life on it.”
“Lady…”
Lena suddenly pulled her into a hug.
“Do you want my daughter?”
“Hit her, it’s heresy!”
“Ha, I should have given her to you.”
A loud commotion passed. Her nurturers, who have always loved and liked her.
“I’ll try to like you better.”
“No!”
“We’ll try.”
“We’ll always be by your side, so you can like us more.”
She couldn’t help but laugh at the sparkling eyes that turned toward her.
“Okay. Keep up the good work.”
***
The advent of the likability scanner has brought about a new wave of blue.
The person with the highest likability rating for her, of course, is…
[Me → Other]
[♥99 Absolute Trust/Tight Family Ties]
Her mom.
It was Mehen.
“Wow…”
“Mmm. Uh.”
The number was so high that Mehen was embarrassed!
She was also surprised to see it.
“99, I’ve never seen that before.”
The overwhelming number stunned everyone.
When her dad saw it, he immediately clung to her.
“Me too!”
[Me → Other]
[♥45 Some Trust/Faint Family Affection]
“…?”
After checking the number on the scanner over and over again, Dad shook his head with a big smile on his face.
“Daughter, I think this is the wrong item.”
“What do you mean wrong?”
“Mehen is 99 and I’m only 45?”
He insisted that the item must be broken.
She calmly assessed her favorability rating with him.
“You’re lower than the Parenting Corps.”
“…?”
tilted his head as if he’d heard something Valar couldn’t.
“You like the Parenting Corps more than Dad?”
“You can’t even punch him in the face.”
“You lost to the Nursery.”
At Dad’s lament, Butler Ern, one of the Nurserymen, pumped his fist in glee.
“Let’s watch this again.”
“What.”
“That still seems wrong.”
“Dad, it’s ugly.”
“It’s ugly, My Lord.”
Dad just couldn’t seem to accept that he was beneath the Parenting Corps.
That or not, she scanned Mehen’s crush on her.
[Other → Me]
[♥ 92 Trust/Affection/Commitment]
Wow, 92!
Mehen didn’t look impressed, but his eyes widened at the number, which was higher than Yuni’s.
“Why doesn’t my trust have a modifier? Arel’s says ‘absolute trust’.”
“Oh, that’s right, Duke Idikels told me that the letters only represent emotions. The modifiers only mask how hot or cold the emotion is.”
“I don’t understand.”
