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After Ena left, Hiro and Grayfia naturally stayed at the Mariya Shrine.
Whether in the name of the God Host or the Maou, the Mariya Yuri sisters had no reason to refuse.
Over the next two days, Hiro and Grayfia did not encounter anything unusual-no Heretic Gods, no intruders from other worlds, no cultists.
It wasn't until the third day, when spring break at the Private Academy ended and the Mariya Yuri sisters left early, that only Grayfia, Hiro, and the deliberately low-profile Amaterasu Ōmikami (Yuri) remained at the shrine, quietly waiting for Erica and the others to arrive.
It was worth mentioning that after Amaterasu replenished the nourishment of her host Yuri's body, she silently took a seat in the shrine's main hall.
The reason was simple.
She was feeling Takamagahara.
"Grayfia, go prepare some hot food for Erica and the others."
Sensing that Erica and her group had already reached the foot of the shrine mountain, Hiro looked toward Grayfia not far away and gave his instruction.
Even when the plane carrying Erica was still outside Japan's borders and had not yet landed at Tokyo International Airport, Hiro's Haki had already detected her presence.
Not only Erica.
Liliana was there as well, along with a blonde woman whose eyes were filled with curiosity and who was being carried on Erica's back-Alice Louis au Fanar.
There were also two girls dressed in maid outfits.
With the thought that "there was no need," Hiro simply sat cross-legged in the spacious side hall of the shrine, calmly "watching" the girls' movements without going out to greet them.
After all, they were only a few hundred meters away now.
"Understood, Lord Hiro."
The silver-haired maid gave a slight bow and replied respectfully, then turned and walked toward the kitchen.
"Hiro, Hiro! Your dearest First Knight is back after completing the mission!"
Erica's voice reached him before her figure appeared.
She went out on a mission without improving her strength at all, but her ability to act overly familiar had clearly improved.
Or rather-
She was getting impudent.
Slightly narrowing his eyes, Hiro used Mental Out to guide the three girls toward him through telepathy, complaining inwardly as he did so.
Before long, two blonde girls clinging close to each other, and a serious-faced silver-haired girl, entered his field of view one after another.
"King, please forgive me. My body is inconvenient, so I cannot bow to you."
The blonde princess, gently placed onto the tatami by Erica, turned her head toward Hiro and apologized softly.
"King! Liliana Kranjcar, mission complete. Reporting to you!"
Liliana, in contrast, knelt perfectly beside him, strictly observing the etiquette of a knight.
She was the complete opposite of the other blonde knight, who had already moved to sit next to him.
"Mm."
Nodding at Liliana, Hiro calmly stood up and casually shook off Erica's hand.
"Ying..."
Liliana glanced at the blonde girl sitting on the tatami and "crying," then silently stood and moved aside, her face faintly flushed.
Shameless.
Because of her past experience of being dominated by a terrifying Maou years ago, even after hearing Erica's assurances and seeing it with her own eyes-knowing that Hiro was not a tyrannical Maou-Liliana still couldn't completely erase the fear in her heart.
Before they grew familiar, she could only maintain a certain distance from Hiro, as a knight.
"It's only Alice's physical condition. It's truly regrettable that it required the King to personally intervene."
"We're simply exchanging what we need."
"I give you a healthy body. In return, your ability, your person, and your organization will belong to me."
Looking down at the cute face filled with apology, Hiro squatted without changing his expression and placed his right hand in front of Alice's heart.
"King, King, you are..."
Feeling Hiro's movement, a clear blush appeared on Alice's fair cheeks.
"Just a necessary procedure. Don't mind it."
Meeting Alice's slightly shy gaze, Hiro replied without blinking.
I've already been generous enough by not asking you to take off your clothes.
"Is that so? Then... please proceed."
Alice closed her eyes as she spoke.
Only the faint trembling of her eyelids betrayed anything more.
His five fingers moved slightly.
The moment a subtle "Ying..." reached his ears, he had already perceived Alice's soul body.
Immediately afterward, the Third Magic-Soul Materialization-was activated.
Having used it several times before, he felt no difficulty this time.
Although Alice's soul strength far exceeded that of Lucrezia, Arianna, Mariya Yuri, and the others, it was still inferior to Grayfia's.
"All right. After your body adapts for a period of time, you'll be able to move freely."
Amid Alice's soft "Ying...," Hiro stood up, looked at her tightly shut eyes, and calmly declared the treatment complete.
Even as her body shifted toward a soul-fitting form, constant magical nourishment still required time for adjustment before her extremely frail body could return to normal.
Only after that would reinforcement and improvement begin.
"It, it's already over?"
Alice opened her eyes and slowly raised her frail right hand, disbelief creeping into her voice.
The King clearly didn't do anything, yet the treatment was already finished?
"Carefully sense your own body and inner self, Alice."
After glancing down at her, Hiro walked toward Liliana not far away.
"Lily. Give me the snake."
"Yes!"
Lowering her head slightly, Liliana took out a round clay object with a faint body temperature from her jacket pocket, held it with both hands, and respectfully handed it over.
"Seriously... I finally finished the mission and made it back to your side, and Hiro won't even give me a single word of praise?"
Supporting Alice as she spoke, Erica muttered softly while staring at his back.
Hoot.
Hiro glanced at Erica, but before he could respond, an owl flew down toward them, wings flapping.
It had a large head, a short and thick hooked beak, facial feathers arranged in a disk, and a face-along with ear tufts-that strongly resembled a cat.
Then, from its beak, came a young voice.
"Campione."
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