It took some effort on her part, but the girl ultimately sat down at the table across from Zane in an empty seat. She could barely even look at the man. Though Zane now had quite the attractive appearance, he was at the end of the day a man with a cold and outright hostile personality.
Zane, however, demanded an introduction as he genuinely had no idea what to call the girl who he suspected was several years younger than him.
"Alright, what's your name, kiddo?"
The moment Zane mistook her as a child, the girl immediately pouted, her cheeks puffing up like a chipmunk as she looked away from Zane. Though Zane did not know why the kid was pouting, she eventually told him in a not so polite tone.
"My name is Lily! Lily Arbor! And for the record, I'm not some kid you can make fun of. I'm eighteen!"
Zane was not the only one with a dumbfounded expression when he heard the girl say this. She looked way too young to be eighteen. Elena and the others also looked at the girl with suspicious glared. But it was ultimately Zane who demanded evidence.
"Prove it..."
Lily immediately became flustered. Prove she was eighteen? Why? Wasn't it obvious! I mean, sure, she might be a on the smaller side in terms of physique, but how was there any question about her age!?!
But judging by the glares she was receiving from not only Zane but the multiple beautiful women surrounding him, she was forced to sigh as she reached into her back pocket and pulled out a small wallet. Which contains her government issued driver's license. It had just recently been renewed prior to the beginning of the apocalypse, specifically for her 18th birthday.
Considering it was impossible with current technology to replicate these things, and there was really no purpose of having a fake ID that said you were eighteen in the days prior to the apocalypse, what with the legal smoking age having over the past few years raised to 21 as well. Zane was inclined to believe it was genuine.
"And what perverted thoughts are going through your mind right now, mister!?!"
Zane winced in pain as he struggled to say defend himself against the accusations due to the fact that his cheek was currently being grabbed onto.
"Must... Protect... Loli!"
When Elena and the others heard that Zane's mind had immediately gone into overprotective mode, despite the girl in front of them clearly being an adult woman, they all broke out into laughter. Which was only further compounded by Lily's own personal protest at being called a loli.
"I'm not a Loli!"
Even Zane's usually cold demeanor was suppressed by his own sense of joy as he broke out into laughter, making fun of the girl for how adorable her protests were.
"You're right! I'm sorry, you're not a Loli! No, you are something else entirely! You are a legendary legal loli! I can't believe they actually exist!"
Lily simply harrumphed and pouted as she grabbed Zane's liter of beer and drank from it, silently waiting for the man and the girls by his side to cease their laughter. Of course, this had the opposite intended effect.
After all, she had never tasted beer before, and the moment the bitter flavor of hops touched her tongue, the girl instantly spit the drink out in a way that made everyone else laugh at her again.
It would be some time before Zane and the girls finally calmed down enough to the point where they were able to effectively communicate how the system works to the newly awakened survivor.