Rennala was truly somewhat dull and unaccustomed.
But Rennala was trying hard to make Kaito happy.
The only puzzling thing was that she could obviously change her height to match Kaito's, or even become a bit shorter, but Kaito insisted she maintain her original state.
Even though, that fit just right, even a little larger, enough to satisfy.
As time passed, Rennala gradually found it hard to leave Kaito.
Before, it was indeed nothing, but now it was different.
Some things become addictive, and once addicted, it's temporarily impossible to break free from.
Unless she encountered another psychological trauma.
But for now, just staying by Kaito's side was fine.
While staying at the Carian royal palace, Kaito was also very good to her.
When she needed help and was overwhelmed, Kaito would always come to enlighten her, help her, and so on.
Besides that, he also gave her a lot of care and affection.
Even if it wasn't the meticulous type, it gave Rennala a completely new experience, letting her understand what true happiness meant.
This kind wasn't one-sided giving, but mutual.
Time passed day by day.
Three months after Rennala came out of the Raya Lucaria Academy.
Another lady arrived.
It was Irisviel!
At this moment, she was wearing a dark red and black magic robe, looking somewhat like a Holy Grail darkening.
When she saw Kaito, she was extremely excited, even trying to pull off Kaito's clothes on the spot.
Mm, she was too excited.
That night, she forcefully monopolized Kaito to express her excitement.
They had truly been apart for far too long.
They had thought it would end quickly, but the time until they met again turned out to be measured in months, even years.
This magical world was truly vast, truly wondrous.
And also very dangerous.
Irisviel had also become a great mage, stronger than before.
Compared to Kie, Hirano, and Yor, she was firmly in first place among the four.
How she compared among all the ladies was still unknown for now.
In short, Irisviel was now a great mage who could fight, tank, and heal.
But just as Kaito thought the next to arrive would be other ladies, unexpectedly, what arrived was an invitation letter from Ranni.
Delivered by a familiar, the letter first thanked him for his help and support to her mother.
Secondly, due to some reasons, she couldn't come to visit her mother herself, and besides that, she wanted to invite Kaito to be her guest and even help her.
Apparently, Ranni's side quest had begun.
And she also recognized Kaito's strength.
Rennala's comeback also made her daughter Ranni overjoyed.
Because Rennala also received a letter from her daughter, she couldn't help but feel happy, though she sighed afterwards.
Because she knew what her daughter wanted to do, and precisely because she knew, she was full of worry.
After finding Kaito, she even took the initiative.
Then, she hoped Kaito could help her daughter, even though this conflicted with Kaito's path to becoming the Elden Lord.
So, she came to Kaito seeking help; she didn't know who to support.
"Don't worry, I'll handle this matter."
"Over at your daughter's place, I will have a good talk with her."
Hearing this, Rennala nodded silently.
At this point, she had no choice but to leave it to Kaito.
Otherwise, she truly didn't know what to do.
She always felt something would happen; this feeling was getting stronger.
...
Then, half a month after Irisviel arrived.
Tearju and Akina arrived together.
First, Tearju had been directly forced into becoming a violent woman. Akina hadn't changed much, instead wearing a gray kimono with red patterns.
The two of them traveling this continent was quite a story.
Before Akina met Tearju, Tearju, who was afraid of everything, had gone berserk because her abilities were the same as Eve, causing her body to transform into weapons and fight frantically.
After that, she continued further down this path, gradually adapting to combat.
Then, when encountering monsters, she used all her might, even for a rabbit, blasting them first regardless. Over time, her identity as a violent woman was cemented.
Many Tarnished near her were terrified at the sight of her.
Clearly so cute, seemingly gentle, pleasant-voiced, yet gentle and elegant, but once she started fighting, she suddenly turned into a humanoid weapon, attacking with full force.
If she could kill you in one slash, she wouldn't use a second.
When encountering very powerful monsters, she would output crazily, unleashing all sorts of powerful attacks on the monster's face until it was slowly beaten to death.
Akina, who had rushed over upon hearing the news, had witnessed such a scene and was stunned, her mouth agape for a long time.
Ridiculous!
Was this the Tearju she knew!?
Nevertheless, the two successfully arrived at the Carian Kingdom and met Kaito.
Tearju gave Kaito a bear hug, while Akina was a bit gentler.
After the reunion, Kie, Irisviel, and Hirano wisely left the night to them, also taking away the still naive Yor.
Melina and the Fire Keeper watched with complicated expressions.
They knew their king was outrageous, but they didn't expect it to be this outrageous...
If their identities were just ordinary people, it would be fine, but they were all Tarnished!
Look at their Maidens, they were about to cry!!!
About to cry!!!
But this wasn't even the most exaggerated.
After Misuzu arrived, her Maiden was so angry she fainted, then proceeded to cry, throw a tantrum, and threaten suicide.
For Misuzu's Maiden, her own king was very powerful, with a strong chance of becoming the Elden Lord. If she weren't so lazy and worked a bit harder to level up, challenge bosses, and get Great Runes, wouldn't she succeed?
But...
Misuzu said, me becoming king?
I want to become the king's woman!!
Misuzu's Maiden, upon hearing this, nodded seriously at first, but after a moment's thought, she understood what it meant.
Now, seeing Misuzu almost stuck to Kaito with negative distance, she could only cry bitterly.
'My king!'
'My king!!'