"I do! Want to come to my place?"
Shesi, Iruma, Asmodeus:...Your place?
Asmodeus: "Valac... so you do have a home..."
Clara: "Of course I do!"
Shesi and Iruma, meanwhile, started to imagine Clara's home.
"..." They couldn't imagine it at all...
The next day, Iruma, Shesi, and Asmodeus arrived.
The next day, deep in the jungle...
"Gara gara gara ga, karakarakara ka."
Clara led the way.
Shesi and Asmodeus marveled.
"This is the Gaya Gaya Forest... It's really... peculiar..." Shesi looked at a book nearby that had large chunks of meat growing on it, pixelated greedy snakes flying around, and colorful butterflies with messy faces soaring in the sky. He couldn't help but exclaim.
"It's like the beauty of eating mushrooms in a past life."
"Only our family can navigate this forest without getting lost," Clara introduced.
Just then, a yellow, muscular lizard-person ran over and looked at them.
"Uh..."
Iruma was about to speak, but that person... no, it shouldn't be called a person... nor an demon, it seemed... thing, that thing immediately ran away.
"It's truly a hidden realm," Asmodeus also quipped. He didn't know what that thing was; it had never appeared in any biological atlas.
"Wait, quick question!" Shesi suddenly thought of something and stopped Iruma and Asmodeus.
"Question: For the home visit, Kalego-sensei also came to Clara's house. So, how did Kalego-sensei find his way in?"
Immediately, Iruma and Asmodeus fell into deep thought. "That's right... how did sensei find it?"
...Shesi, Iruma, and Asmodeus looked at the very Clara-esque house before them and couldn't help but exclaim.
"It's very conspicuous..."
"Hmm, if it were anyone else's house, I might be surprised," Iruma commented.
"A very sharp assessment," Shesi praised Iruma's comment.
Just as they reached the door, it suddenly swung open.
"Welcome to our home!" The Valac family's welcoming ceremony appeared before them.
A bonfire ceremony then began, and at some unknown point, they had already changed into primitive clothing... Although Shesi was mentally prepared, after seeing Iruma join in... he still couldn't hold back.
'Is this some ancient sacrificial ritual?' Asmodeus sweatdropped.
Shesi, meanwhile, looked at a piece of paper nearby.
"Clara, please come back, I hope you're here," Shesi implored Clara, whom he had never met.
Finally, the ritual ended.
"Oh my, oh my, I've worked up a sweat," Claras Mother said, wiping her brow.
Shesi, Asmodeus, and Iruma quickly greeted her.
"Hello... Please take care of us."
""
..."What? You're saying Hida and Miki were captured?" Baal said, looking at Ueytto, his subordinate. As he said "captured," the cup in his hand shattered on the floor.
"Y-yes, Lord Baal. And it seems your identity has also been discovered by Sullivan..."
"What!" Baal no longer sat on his throne but stood up directly.
"That old man... Quick, pack up. We're evacuating from here to that secret base," Baal clenched his fist and immediately ordered.
"...Um, Lord Baal, actually, the reason we were able to return this time is because Lord Sullivan let us off the hook. So my suggestion is that we remain inactive openly, but secretly withdraw. After all, it seems they haven't made a move yet."
Ueytto swallowed hard and then offered his opinion. "No... your words just reminded me... We shouldn't do anything. If he secretly follows the clues and finds out about our secret base, if he learns about that matter, whether he acts or not, just by spreading the news, our plan will fall apart... We will also become those failures. Damn it! How could Sullivan be at Walter Park!? Dammit!" Baal furiously punched the upper half of his throne, smashing it to smithereens.
"It seems Shesi did it."
"Shesi? The one who ruined Kiriwo's and my plan? The one who tricked me into having to drag out a scapegoat?"
"Yes."
"Hmph! Just wait, he won't have an easy time, none of them will... But for now, let's lie low for a while and see what that old man is planning."
"You all stay put here for now."
"Yes."
"But... Lord Baal, Two Fingers and Four Fingers?"
Baal sneered at the question.
"Abandon them. For the Demon World to return to chaos, their sacrifice is valuable," Baal sneered.
Ueytto's body first trembled, then he closed his eyes.
"Understood."
Back to Shesi and Iruma's perspective.
"Thank you all for your kind invitation..."
"Welcome, don't be shy, make yourselves at home! You've passed through the Gaya Gaya Forest, haven't you? That forest is very interesting, isn't it? But well, well! Clara actually brought... what was it... friends? Yes, friends, home! This is the first time in Valac family history! Classmates are truly wonderful; when things are difficult, you can help each other, it's so beautiful~ Do you want candy? Or lunch? Or a bath? Do you want to dance together?" Claras Mother spoke incredibly fast, leaving them all speechless.
Guang Zi and Qi Bao nearby also laughed.
"Mom is so energetic!"
"It's big sister's first time bringing friends home, after all~"
"Come on, come in."
Iruma looked at the door before him: Finally, entering a friend's house!
Asmodeus: Entering the Valac family home...
Asmodeus: What will it be like inside?
The three entered the entryway.
"Left foot first into the entryway, that's a Valac family tradition."
"And even if it's your first time, you must say, 'I'm home.'"
"And, and, the ending must be 'Valac is the best!'"
Asmodeus sweatdropped: "That last one has to be fake, right?"
As soon as they reached the living room, Guang Zi and Qi Bao appeared before them, "secretly saying."
"Who do you think is big sister's boyfriend?"
"If it's the flashy one, that'd be amazing, he's capable!" (Flashy refers to Asmodeus)
"Never! Absolutely never!" Asmodeus said seriously and sternly.
Shesi, Iruma, and Asmodeus surveyed the living room.
"So many strange things."
"Because my husband is an explorer, he always brings back strange things," Claras Mother said as she walked over with cups of water, handing them to the three.
"Is that so?" The three suddenly understood.
"I have fields!"
"And a tiny pond and a 'Peng Peng Hill'!"
"Is that so... haha," Shesi replied, though he didn't fully understand what she meant.
Just then, Lan Lan came over with a book and handed it to Shesi.
"Is that so, do you want to read?" Shesi looked at the cute child, a bit flustered, and could only hastily take the book.
"Since you want to read, how about this one?" Claras Mother suddenly appeared, holding "Clara's Growth Diary."
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