NIKKE: Max Bonded but System Gone

"Marian, why are you so obsessed with the issue of wearing underwear on the outside?"

"Huh? Am I not allowed to ask?" Marian tilted her head, revealing an innocent and curious smile, causing Green to rub his temples.

Although he had never been a father, he now profoundly understood the difficulties of educating children. He soon decided it would be best to explain things clearly to Marian.

"Marian, the women you saw in that magazine were wearing swimsuits, not underwear."

Marian blinked and firmly declared, "Commander, but that's obviously underwear! They look exactly the same, so how could they be swimsuits?"

Green shook his head. "No, there are some differences. In any case, Marian, know that wearing underwear on the beach is considered acceptable behavior."

Marian widened her curious eyes and said, "Huh? Humans are really strange. Normally, they wouldn't dare to wear underwear outside for others to see, but they can openly wear it once they're on the beach. I don't get it."

(AN: Same here, Marian. I don't get this either. Therefore, its okay to- wait, I got a message from… FBI?)

Marian was about to bombard Green with questions before shaking her head, "But I guess it doesn't matter. If the Commander likes this kind of woman, I'll wear my underwear outside, too!"

Marian giggled mischievously and, right in front of Green, took off Anis's panties and put them on over her pants with a snap.

"How do I look, Commander? Am I as charming as the women in the magazines now?"

Green sighed helplessly and smacked his forehead.

Marian, do you love wearing underwear on the outside so much? Are you Superman or something?

As Green rubbed his temples and while trying to think of the right way to educate Marian, the three members of the Counters Squad walked into the consultation room.

Seeing Marian fooling around, Anis twitched the corner of her mouth and narrowed her eyes.

"Uh, Commander, what are you two doing? And why is Marian wearing my underwear over her pants?"

"Simply put..."

Green explained the situation from start to finish, stating that Marian was going in the wrong direction.

After hearing it, Anis let out an exasperated sigh.

"Seriously, Marian, didn't I already tell you? Underwear is meant to be worn inside, which is why it's called underwear! No girl wears her panties on the outside! Put them back on properly!"

Marian, looking determined, refused. "No! I want to wear them on the outside!"

"Why?!"

"Because I want to."

"Ugh... I can't take this anymore. Rapi, help me out, please?"

Anis couldn't take it anymore and called her group's fire brigade. Rapi stepped forward and spoke to Marian in a stern voice.

"Marian."

Marian immediately stood at attention. "Present!"

"If you don't wear underwear properly, you'll get sick."

"Sick?"

"Yes, you'll get underwear disease."

Rapi spoke with a straight face, causing Marian to tilt her head.

"What happens if you get this disease?"

"You won't be able to take your clothes off, you won't be able to bathe, and you won't be able to swim."

"Eh?! R-Really?"

"Really."

Rapi watched as Marian fell into deep thought over the lie she had just made up and secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

At least she had managed to fool her—

But in the very next second, Marian showed a determined expression. "Even so, I still want to wear my underwear on the outside! I can just bathe and swim while wearing my clothes!"

With those words, Marian ran off.

Why was this girl so stubborn?!

Rapi let out a long sigh, pulled up a chair, and took a book titled How to Educate Stubborn Children from her bag. Just as she flipped through two pages, Neon suddenly shouted.

"N-No good! Commander, Rapi, Anis—come quick! Marian—she's playing with flour!"

"Huh?"

The group quickly ran to the storage room next to the consultation room.

Sure enough, Marian had torn open a bag of artificial flour and was dumping it all over herself. The flour filled the air, drifting into their noses, making Anis sneeze so loudly it echoed through the room.

Rapi closed her book and, her once stern voice now tinged with helplessness, spoke.

"Marian."

Marian immediately stood at attention. "Yes!"

Rapi raised a brow, "What are you doing?"

Marian chuckled, "I want to take a bath."

"What does taking a bath have to do with playing with flour?" Anis twitched the corner of her mouth. "I swear, I can't keep up with her logic."

"....."

"It's because you have to be dirty to take a bath, so you're trying to make yourself dirty first?" Rapi thought for a moment before asking.

"That's right." Marian nodded.

"Wow, as expected of Rapi!" Neon exclaimed. "You're just like a mother—you understand Marian so easily!"

"Hah..." Rapi let out a tired sigh before saying, "It's only because neither of you put in any real effort to educate her. These past few days, I've been the only one teaching Marian, even more than the Commander."

Anis pouted and grumbled, "How is this my fault? I'm just a pure, innocent girl who's never been a mother! Isn't it a bit much to expect me to educate a child?"

Neon nodded in agreement. "Anis is right! We're both young Nikkes. When you think about it, only Rapi is actually fit to be Marian's mom!"

Rapi fell silent for a moment, then covered her face with her hand.

"Enough. Don't say things like that in front of the Commander. I may be older than you two, but I'm not some rusty old relic. I have no experience being a parent either."

"Eh~" Neon raised a brow with a grin, "So Rapi sees herself as an innocent maiden too? But I'm the purest one in the Counters Squad!"

"What are you talking about, Neon? Clearly, I am!"

"There can only be one pure and innocent beauty, so it's obviously me!"

"It's me!"

Anis and Neon started bickering again. Rapi shook her head and turned her slightly exasperated gaze to Green.

"Commander, can't you keep them under control once in a while?"

Green looked at the serious-faced Rapi, studying her for a moment before falling into thought. Then, he muttered to himself, "Rapi really does seem like a perfect mother..."

"W-What are you saying, Commander?"

Rapi's face turned red with a blush. She had no idea why Green suddenly made such a strange comment.

But from the way he said it... Did she really seem like mother material?

Rapi thought carefully for a moment. Compared to Anis and Neon, she indeed had many advantages.

For example, she works diligently, has good cooking skills, is organized, and thinks about the commander's future. Moreover, she gained recognition in teaching and childcare. Considering all this, it seems that she was more suited for the role of "mother" than anyone else.

So, does that mean the commander was complimenting her earlier?

A faint blush appeared on Rapi's face, but she quickly buried the embarrassment deep within.

"Commander, don't say such nonsense next time." Rapi coughed to clear her burning face before turning to Marian, "And Marian, hurry up and go take a bath. Also, if you scatter flour on yourself again, I'll make you skip meals for half a day."

"Ugh, Commander, Rapi is so scary!" Marian hid behind Green, gently tugging at his clothes, looking up with a pitiful expression. "If you don't let me eat, I'll die."

"Really?" Anis said lazily. "I actually think if you don't eat, the snacks I've stored in the fridge will die instead. Marian, don't steal my snacks next time."

"But the snacks didn't say anything. They don't mind being eaten by me." Marian replied confidently.

"Ugh, how can snacks talk?!"

"Alright, stop arguing. I'll take Marian to the bath."

Rapi stepped forward, intending to lead Marian to the shower. But Marian, ever a troublemaker, quickly shrank her head and hid behind Green again.

"I don't want Rapi to help me bathe. I… I want the commander to help me bathe!"

This statement momentarily stunned the remaining three Nikkes. As for Green, after all the trouble, he was already prepared for all of Marian's shenanigans.

"Stop fooling around, Marian. Come with me to the bath."

"I don't want to!"

Like a quick little rabbit, Marian hopped around the room.

Rapi finally gave in to Marian's stubbornness. She turned to Green and said, "Commander, I'll leave the task of bathing Marian to you."

Green nodded. "Alright, I'll handle it."

Anis walked up to Green and suddenly poked him in the waist.

With an awkward expression, Green lowered his head before Anis whispered, "Commander, I know you're a man with a beaming energy, but you have to hold yourself back. If you get carried away in the shower, it will hurt our team's reputation."

Green was speechless. Sure, he was called the Incubus of Ark, but that doesn't mean he would go around shoving his dick anywhere and anytime.

"Do I look like some kind of pervert to you?"

"I mean, yeah. Are you not?" Anis raised a finger, "Commander, be honest with me. How many of those Nikki have you already banged?"

"Ahem, not too many. Probably no more than 200."

Anis nodded with understanding before she snapped, "Huh? 200? Wait, Commander, you better explain yourself before you go!"

Green hurriedly left the room, taking Marian to the bathroom.

Beep.

He lightly touched the bathroom's electronic screen, turning on the hot water shower.

Whoosh... whoosh...

The shower head began to sprinkle down warm water.

Green tested the water temperature with his hand. Once it cooled down a bit, he signaled Marian to enter the bathroom.

"Hehe, Commander, I'm here!" Marian, covering only her essential body parts with a towel, entered the place.

"Sit still, don't move." Green pulled her to sit before him, and a sudden splash wet his clothes.

"Eh? But Commander, your pants got all wet!" Marian sat down, curiously staring at Green's long pants, which were damp from the water. "Why aren't you taking off your clothes?"

Green rolled his eyes.

Silly girl, isn't it all because of you?

Despite having the intelligence of an eight-year-old at best, she had a body that was no less developed than Anis'. That made things really difficult for him, okay?

Green ignored Marian's questions and lathered some shampoo in his hands before vigorously scrubbing it into her hair. Soon, Marian started bombarded Green with statements, causing his morality to be at stake.

"Commander, you're being too rough. Be gentler~." Marian moaned before she turned around, "Commander, are you tired? Why don't we bathe together?"

Green remained stone face. He must concentrate and shouldn't let his hormones overcome his senses.

"Commander, aren't you going to wash my chest?" Marian turned her body, causing her chest to be barely visible in front of Green. To torture Green even more, she lifted her boobs and showed her armpit. "Commander, you need to wash here too."

"You can wash that spot yourself." Green sniffed, halting the warm liquid from his nose.

"Eh? Why?" Marian was confused before she noticed something, "Commander, your clothes are all wet. Let me help you take them off?"

"Ah, crap baskets!" At this moment, he knew how difficult it is to manage an overgrown child who also happens to be a Nikke.

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Outside the bathroom, listening to the hushed back-and-forth coming from inside, the three members of the Counters Squad each had their own thoughts.

Anis was gnawing furiously at her thumbnail, her eyes brimming with undisguised jealousy.

If before she only felt a tiny bit jealous of Marian, now she felt like she had just swallowed two whole lemons—so sour it was unbearable.

Being a baby seemed so great!

She could bathe openly with the Commander, say all kinds of flirtatious things in front of everyone, get away with all sorts of mischief without being scolded, and demand hugs and attention from him whenever she wanted.

So envious, so envious…

Why wasn't I the one who had my memories wiped back then?!

Lost in jealousy, Anis even started having such an absurd thought.

Meanwhile, Rapi also looked a little unsettled on the couch. She appeared to be resting with her eyes closed, but every now and then, she'd sneak a glance toward the shower. If she heard even a single overly suggestive remark, the "Mama Rapi" in her would likely storm in without hesitation and forcibly put an end to Green and Marian's bath time.

As for Neon…

She kept pushing up her glasses with her fingers. No one knew what kind of expression was hidden behind the reflective lenses.

Time passed.

Eventually, the sound of running water stopped.

Marian, now radiating warmth from the hot bath, came bouncing out of the bathroom wearing Green's shirt.

Following right behind her was Green himself.

He was shirtless, carrying two damp articles of clothing in his hands. His well-defined abs and broad chest, combined with his slightly wet hair, painted an exceptionally masculine image in the eyes of the Counters Squad.

"Phew... I didn't expect giving someone a bath to be so exhausting."

Green exhaled deeply and was about to grab a clean shirt from the wardrobe when Neon suddenly stepped forward and handed him a special voucher—one that he had personally issued.

"Master, you said it yourself. If we have this voucher, you'll do anything for us."

"Hm? Yeah, that's right. What about it, Neon?"

Neon adjusted her glasses and spoke in a serious tone.

"It's unfair that Master only bathed Marian. I want to bathe with you, too."

"Uh… Are you sure you want to use your voucher on this?"

"Absolutely! Master's already soaked from head to toe anyway. In that case, why not just go back in and shower with me?"

At those words, Anis—who was still gnawing on her nails—couldn't sit still any longer.

"Neon, you're so shameless! You actually tried to sneak off right in front of us?" Anis gritted her teeth, "We absolutely can't let that happen!"

Anis hurriedly pulled out her own Commander's Voucher from her pocket and held it up to Green.

"Commander, I want to bathe with you too! This is my voucher—take it, quick!"

Two vouchers—one on the left and one on the right—were presented before him.

Green pondered for a moment before saying, "But Anis, Neon, I can only take one bath. I can't bathe with each of you separately, or I'll scrub my skin off."

"But Master, you promised~!"

"Commander, you can't go back on your word! A promise is a promise!"

"..."

Both girls were puffing up their cheeks in frustration—it seemed like there was no easy way to brush them off today.

After a brief moment of contemplation, Green accepted both vouchers and suddenly came up with an idea that could satisfy them both.

"In that case, why don't we all bathe together?"

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