But...
That was only possible if L Corp, a.k.a. Lobotomy Corporation, hadn't collapsed. So what Ye Lan was promising Roland now was just a lie that would be shattered in a few days.
However, in a few days, Roland would have bigger things to worry about than his lies.
This coincidental meeting today had indeed pushed Ye Lan to make up his mind to change the fate of the Onion-Pancake Couple. As for the plot, if things went south, he could just play Roland's role himself.
In any case, once the Pianist incident broke out, even if Roland had a million questions for Ye Lan about the L Corp Nest residency, they would ultimately turn into a heartfelt thank you.
Keeping these mischievous thoughts to himself, Ye Lan maintained a calm expression and continued speaking to Roland. "It's the same amount of work for one person as it is for a few more. I'll have to trouble you and your wife to help look after my little Luna when I'm not around. Once I go back to the Nest and finish the procedures, you two can move into the L Corp Nest together."
"Oh, my, this... this is too much. It's just... I participated in the Smoke War before, and I don't know if the two of us can accept the L Corp Nest's taboo..."
Roland had never expected Ye Lan to be so proactive in offering help, and for nothing more than asking him and Angelica to look after a well-behaved little girl. His enthusiastic help left Roland, a man who had already been rejected by the Nest he most wanted to join, at a loss.
But the differences between Nests were almost as great as the differences between countries. Each Nest had its own taboos. For example, the taboo of N Corp's Nest was to not make recordings in any form.
These taboos were mostly related to each Nest's Singularity technology, and those who violated them would be hunted down by Taboo Hunters dispatched by the corresponding Nest's corporation.
Roland and Angelica's area of activity had always been far from L Corp's Nest, and they knew nothing about its current taboos. Although Ye Lan's offer of residency was very tempting, if the L Corp Nest's taboo was something they couldn't abide by, he would still have to refuse.
But what kind of taboo could Lobotomy Corporation's L Corp Nest have? In the end, the Seed of Light project was about allowing everyone in the City to understand their own hearts and manifest them to gain power.
On that basis, if someone could directly manifest their own E.G.O. just by living in L Corp's Nest, Ayin's spirit in the heavens would probably laugh out loud.
"Hiss, about that taboo..." Ye Lan was indeed stumped by Roland's question. After all, he had been looping those fifty days in the company's main branch since he came to the City. Even if he racked his brain, he couldn't think of any taboos in L Corp's Nest.
"Probably not to waste energy."
He scratched his head and offered a possible explanation. After all, in the official comic, someone had been sent to a branch facility as an employee for wasting energy, so maybe that really was the L Corp Nest's taboo.
"Just... that?"
Roland immediately relaxed, followed by a wave of regret. "Why didn't I look into the L Corp Nest back then!"
As for the Smoke War, please. The loser of the Smoke War was the old L Corp. After remembering this, Roland was no longer worried that the current L Corp Nest would hold it against him and Angelica.
In any case, for now, at least, Ye Lan and Roland's family were all happy. Ye Lan asked the couple to wait downstairs for a while, then took Luna up to the fifth floor to get some medicine to protect her from ultraviolet light.
The examination and prescription took about an hour, and when they were done, it was just in time for lunch.
So, as he had said before, Ye Lan took the Onion-Pancake Couple to a nearby restaurant. He and Luna had been to this restaurant the last time they came for a prescription; their ginger beef was excellent.
Roland picked up a piece of the ginger beef Ye Lan had recommended and put it in his mouth. After just a light chew, he exclaimed in surprise, "Mmm, I can't believe there's such a good restaurant near this hospital."
"It's hard to imagine, right? I also discovered this restaurant with Luna when we were wandering around after our last hospital visit. And most importantly, the ingredients they use are real beef, with absolutely no strange additives."
Ye Lan took a few bites of his own meal, praising the restaurant while wiping a grain of rice from the corner of Luna's mouth.
"Using all-natural ingredients, this place must not be cheap, right?"
Mrs. Angelica was, after all, more knowledgeable about household matters, being the first to think of the price. However, the price of this restaurant was beyond her imagination.
"No, no, this place is actually surprisingly affordable. If it weren't really delicious and the closest place to the hospital, I would have wanted to treat you to a more expensive place."
Yes, a meal at this restaurant was only about twice as expensive as a budget family restaurant. While it was considered expensive for the average Backstreet resident, for a main branch employee like Ye Lan, or high-ranking Fixers like the Onion-Pancake Couple, it was less than their usual meal expenses.
"So, when you have time later, I'll treat you to a meal at a more high-end place," Ye Lan said, refilling his glass.
Among the four of them, Ye Lan and Luna had ordered a pitcher of fresh juice. Roland chose sake. Angelica had also wanted a drink, but Roland persuaded her against it, saying it was bad for the baby. She ended up with a bottle of hot almond milk.
Just as the four of them were finishing their meal, Roland received a communication. Ye Lan could faintly hear Roland, who had stepped away to take the call, mention Olivier and District 25. It seemed that Olivier, currently a Fixer in the Hana Association's Southern Section 3, was requesting Roland's assistance.
When Roland returned, Angelica asked him, "What is it?"
"Do Luna and I need to step away?" Ye Lan, knowing full well what was going on, naturally made a gesture to avoid suspicion.
"It's nothing, no need. Just an old friend asking for my help. Coincidentally, the reward for this job is also Nest residency."
"But the residency can be discussed later. That old friend took care of us a lot back in the day, so I definitely have to help him out. Business is business, you know~"
In just a few sentences, Roland had framed the matter as helping out an old friend, not as being greedy for the Nest residency in the reward.
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