I Am Willing

Amanda's face suddenly turned red, and she turned away, not looking at Emery. "Without you and your exploration team, we wouldn't even have food, let alone seeds. Even Shepard needs to eat."

"That's right!" Emery immediately boasted, as if sunlight had suddenly illuminated his entire body. He returned to his playful self, walking lightly to Amanda's side. "Little Amanda, you are the one who truly sees the truth! By the way, why did you come looking for my wife?"

The redness faded from Amanda's face, replaced by an exasperated eye-roll. Her expression seemed to sigh at Emery's inability to be serious for more than three minutes.

Amanda turned serious and looked at me. "Yvette, Celeste wants you to go to the east plaza for testing."

"Really?" Emery was surprised.

"Go for it, Yvette!" Edmund cheered and encouraged me.

Emery immediately stepped forward and patted the back of Edmund's head. "What's with the encouragement? All the beautiful girls in Noah City have been trained into warriors by my mom. They're all fierce and scary, not at all like delicate girls!"

"Emery!" Amanda's voice suddenly became stern, and her expression turned serious and solemn. "Protecting Noah City is the responsibility of each and every one of us. Whether male or female, if they have the ability, they must contribute their strength to guard our common home. Unless..." Amanda looked at me, a hint of suspicion in her green eyes. "She doesn't want to. She came to Noah City with a different purpose."

"I'm willing!" I immediately said. I felt that Amanda might still have some doubts about me, and I believed that others might still be suspicious of me. Trusting a stranger is not easy, especially in this chaotic post-apocalyptic world. I believe I can make them eliminate their suspicions and guard against me. I will work hard to become one of the people in Noah City.

Amanda glanced at me indifferently and continued to look at Emery. It seemed that she was not moved by my words. She spoke, "When the world is peaceful, I hope you can find the kind of gentle and dependent girl you desire! Hmph!" After speaking, Amanda turned her face away, showing a similar expression to the one Adelaide had before.

"Pfft." Emery, on the other hand, laughed, licked his lips, and looked at Amanda playfully.

Amanda's face slowly turned red, and she suddenly looked at me. "Aren't you coming with me?!" After saying that, she turned around and walked away.

"Why does every girl get mad at me?" Emery crossed his arms, raising an eyebrow.

I shook my head in silence. "Idiot."

"What?" He looked at me.

"Nothing." I couldn't be bothered to explain, looking at Edmund. "Edmund, can you help me take Second sister back?"Edmund was a bit nervous, his body tense as he looked at Second sister. Second sister also looked at him, and at that moment, she reached out her hand towards Edmund. This made Edmund even more tense, his body stiff, not daring to move. He anxiously looked at me and asked, "What does she want to do?"

I was surprised, and Emery also became tense beside me. However, Second sister just used her sharp fingers to flick the long hair hanging on the side of Edmund's face. This was the first time Second sister showed kindness to someone!

"Edmund! Second sister likes you!" I exclaimed excitedly. "You are the second person she doesn't reject!"

Emery raised an eyebrow, rubbing his chin. "Mascots are indeed lucky charms. Even the Flying Corpse Monster likes them."

Edmund completely relaxed and smiled happily. "Second sister, I'll escort you back first, and let Yvette go for the test." He then shook his fist at me. "Yvette, go for it! I'll come see your test after escorting Second sister!" He excitedly led Second sister away, seeming happy that Second sister could trust him.

After Edmund left, Emery took me into another corridor with many doors leading to various places. So, Edmond and the others came in from the side of the stack bridge, not the usual path I took.

"Wife, I thought you ran away." Emery walked beside me, jokingly said, handing me a small piece of bread. "Hurry, eat. You haven't had breakfast when you went out."

Looking at the bread, I felt a bit moved. Emery was actually very good to me. Like Edmund, they cared about me and provided me with the greatest help, allowing me to recover as quickly as possible. I could feel all of this.

However, Emery's smooth talk ruined all the emotions he brought to me. Sometimes, I even wanted to punch him.

I took the bread and lowered my head slightly. "I know there are still many people doubting me."

"Wife, you don't..." 

"It's okay." I interrupted Emery, making his expression slightly serious. He looked at me silently as I smiled. "I understand." After that, I finished the one-third of the ration.

He laughed, his expression calm. He turned his face back to the front. "What is DR?" I asked.

"Doomsday rose, DR stands for Doomsday rose. It's the special action team my mom formed," Emery sighed. "Ah..."

"Why are you sighing?" His expression seemed as if his mother had destroyed everything beautiful.

Emery walked while pursing his lips, "There are already few girls in this world, and they should be well protected!" He cupped his hands around the air, as if carefully cradling a baby, "Without them, how can humanity reproduce? How can they go to the battlefield?! That's too dangerous!" Emery shook his head repeatedly.

I frowned at him, "So, your idea is that girls should stay at home and give birth?"

"Of course," Emery looked at me matter-of-factly, "reproduction is the primary responsibility of women!"

I rolled my eyes at him, and he became puzzled, "What's wrong, wife? Don't tell me I'm wrong? How many people are there in the world now? It's perilous!"

"You can clone, can't you?" I replied. Although I knew it was the apocalypse, and maybe he was right that the primary responsibility of women was to reproduce, in my world, overpopulation had become a problem. Moreover, women in society were no longer just tools for reproduction; they were independent, brave, and flourishing in various fields. Despite my mom's desire for me to be an actress and my dad's wish for me to be a soldier, I actually wanted to be a female entrepreneur!

Therefore, some concepts were difficult for me to change momentarily to adapt to this world. Especially since I was only sixteen now; in my world, marriage and childbirth felt as distant as the North Pole.

"Cloning lacks resources!" Emery shrugged helplessly, "And besides, is cloning as convenient and cheap as women giving birth? One man..." he extended the index finger of his left hand, then the index finger of his right hand, "one woman, in that room... hmm hmm hmm hmm..." he brought the two fingers together, smiling foolishly, gesturing, "you know, and then, a child is born..."

"Disgusting!" Without hesitation, I stomped on his foot. He winced in pain, bending over and massaging his foot, "Ouch, ouch, ouch! That's why I don't want you to go to my mom's place. You're already not gentle enough, going there might as well kill me."

"You know it!" I glared at him and turned to walk away.

"Wife, wife!" Emery caught up and grinned beside me, "Wife, even though you've lost your memory, I still want to seriously remind you: in this world, among girls, Radiants and Abilities Holders are more precious because they can give birth to evolved humans. They have enhanced resistance to radiation and gain stronger abilities, making it easier to survive in this world. Do you understand what I mean?"

I ignored him and kept walking.

He ran ahead of me, "Wife! How old are you?"

I remained silent.

He continued without minding, "I'm seventeen. You seem about my age. Can we get married? Wife?"