Visit

"Are you okay, dear? You look like you have a bad sleep."

I look up and see my mother looking at me with concerned eyes.

"Yes. I think I slept in the wrong position last night. My back is hurting."

"Oh my~ Come on, let me take care of it."

I titled my head and walked toward my mother, who breastfed Ravel. After getting close to my mother, she placed her hand on my back. A second later, I felt a warm feeling coming from my back, and my back pain suddenly vanished.

"How about now?"

"It is working. What kind of spell is that?"

"A spell that cures back pain."

"Eh? Why do you have that kind of spell, mother?"

"While having a big breast has its positive side, it also has a negative effect, and one of them is back pain."

"Ah."

I don't get it, but if my mother said that, it must be true. She is a woman with an endowed body.

"Thank you, mother."

"Think nothing of it, dear. Anyway, where is Medea? I want to ask her about the clothes she promised me."

"Another dress?"

"No. It was baby clothes. She said that she wanted to make something for little Ravel."

"Huh. I guess that is the reason why she went on a shopping spree yesterday."

Yesterday, Medea spent a whooping one million yen in a single day, and most of the money she spent was on clothes. Rin, Sakura, and Illya also come with her, but they buy a different thing.

Rin buys a box full of gems, Sakura buys kitchen tools, and Illya buys more games and game consoles.

"Hmmm, she also said something about making your new clothes as well."

"Dammit, Medea."

I release a tired sigh as I accept my fate as a dressing doll to my mother and Medea. Speaking of my mother, she already knows about the identity of Medea. Well, a made-up version of it anyway.

I said to her that Medea is the spirit inheritor of Medea of Colchis. After telling her about Medea's real identity, I also told the rest of the family about her. I wanted to let Medea's identity stay hidden, but I decided it was not a good idea.

After all, a secret can bring suspicion, and I did not want my family suspicious about my peerage member and me.

"It will not be that bad, dear."

"Yeah, you also said that last week and I spent four hours just standing there."

I can see my mother only gave me a sweet smile. She knows what she has done, and she does not apologize for it.

"Haaaa. At least I get great clothes out of it."

"That you do. Anyway, go and visit Rias. She missed you and didn't use teleportation. Take the train."

"Huh? Why?"

"Because they want to prepare for your visit."

"What?"

"This is an official visit. It is the first time the man visits his betrothed inside her house. It is just a formality, dear: noble etiquette and stuff. I know you dislike that kind of thing, but we need to follow it. Don't worry. The only embarrassing thing is the welcoming greeting in the train station. It will be a small welcoming party."

"I see. Very well. I guess I need to prepare, huh?"

"Yup. Now go."

~Three hours later~

I pet Kuroka, who is sleeping on my lap, and look outside the train's window.

It has been eight days since the emergency quest, and I take ten days to leave just to relax and enjoy myself. All of us need that break. We spend all of our free time doing nothing. No contract, no training, just enjoying yourself.

Well, that is the intention anyway.

For some reason, all of us cannot just stay still for ten days and already break that promise on day two of our vacation. I was the one breaking that promise. I just cannot stay without doing anything. I even try to play all the games Illya recommended to me, but my body demands that I do something.

Just like that, I started to train. After that day, I decided that my peerage could do whatever they wanted. Be it training or taking a contract.

I snap from my thoughts when I feel something hitting me in the forehead.

"What are you thinking, nyaa?"

"Nothing, Kuroka."

"That is not nothing, nya! I know that look."

"Fine. I'm just thinking about how I cannot stay still for a day. I promised myself that I would stay indoors and just relax, but it failed miserably."

"Of course, you can't, nyaa. You are a bird."

"Pardon?"

"Your clan is a bird. Phenex is a clan bird. Birds are known as hyperactive creatures. They cannot just stay and do nothing. They need to fly and hunt. Combined with your Vassago heritage, you will not be able to stay still."

"If the Phenex clan is a bird clan, then what about the Vassago clan?"

"Adventurer. If the angel maps the world from above, then they are the one that maps the world from the ground, nyaa. They are the ones that found a secret passage, and they are the ones that found hidden civilization."

"Hidden civilization?"

"Yup. They are the ones that found the dwarves and elves civilization, nyaa."

"Huh."

I never knew about that. Wait. How did Kuroka know about that?

"I read it, nyaa."

"You… read it…?"

"Not of my own volition! When you make me your queen, lady phenex makes me read many kinds of books. She said that as a queen, I need to know the history of your family. Do you know how many books I need to read?!? Uaaaaah!"

Kuroka suddenly burst into tears and hugged me while tears flowed down her cheek. Mother, what did you do to make her have a phobia of books?

"There. There."

It took me two minutes to make Kuroka stop crying and let her sleep on my lap once again. I look out the window and sigh once again. Kuroka decides to come with me when she hears that I want to go to the Gremory castle. She wants to go and see Shirone that went with Rias to the Gremory castle two days ago.

I guess it was fate that let them become friends. I don't force them to become friends or anything, and it turns out they are a complete match even though their personality is entirely different from each other.

If Rias is a chatterbox, then Shirone is a silent type. If Rias is a hyperactive young girl, Shirone is a lazy cat who only wants to sleep and eat.

However, even with their personalities clashing, they somehow become best friends.

"Attention, we will arrive at Aurora City, Gremory Territory, in two minutes."

I snapped from my thoughts when I heard that announcement. It looks like we are almost here. I shake Kuroka and try to wake her up.

"Kuroka, wake up. We almost arrived."

"Nyaa? Already? Mou~"

A few minutes later, Kuroka and I walk through the train door and what greets us is a group of men wearing a tuxedo bowing at us. Not only is there a man in a tuxedo, but I also can see ten maids bowing at us. Above them is a banner saying 'Welcome to Aurora City.'

"Welcome to Aurora City, Young Master Riser"

I release a tired sigh and rub my forehead as I feel a headache coming. Just a small welcoming party, she said. Small and quite welcoming party, she said. Don't need to worry about it, she said.

I can already hear Kuroka giggling next to me after seeing my reaction.

What kind of small and quiet is this? Dammit, mom.