After visiting the temples of Chronois-san and Life-san, the place we went to after that would obviously be Fate-san’s temple. When we arrived at Fate-san’s temple, she greeted us with a smile, riding a cushion just like usual.
[Kai-chan, welcome~~]
[Hello, Fate-san. I’m sorry for the sudden visit.]
[No problem. I’m always happy to see you, Kai-chan…… Even so, it’s unusual that you’re coming here with Kurorin.]
[Sorry for the bother, Fate-chan.][……Kurorin? Arehh? Fate-san, do you call Kuro that?]
If I’m not mistaken, Fate-san should be referring to Kuro as “Underworld King”. When I asked her about it, Fate-san explained with a smile.
[Ahh, you see, when we went swimming before, I started calling Death King “Ai-chan”, right? So, I can’t really just stay calling Underworld King that way, I changed the way I called her too and started calling her Kurorin. Well, both of us are Kai-chan’s lovers anyway, so I’d like the two of us to get along well with each other~~]
[Right, right, I’ve never been given a nickname like that before, so it felt pretty new to me. Ehehe, it’s Kurorin lol~~!]
Kuro, who had a childish smile on her face and posed with her index fingers on her cheeks, was very cute. How should I say this…… Kuro’s someone who basically goes with the flow, so I feel like she’s got a good affinity with Fate-san.
Fate-san herself, who seemed to be uninterested in other people in the beginning, is now actively trying to communicate with my other lovers, so she may be the friendliest among everyone. How should I say this…… I feel that she has grown, or perhaps, changed.
[……So, coming here with Kurorin, did you two have some business in mind?][Yeah, about that, Kaito-kun and I are looking for new possibilities for baby castellas, and we are asking around for people’s suggestions.]
[Fumu fumu…… Eh? The way you say that, you’re here to ask for mine?]
[Unnn. And so, Fate-chan, do you have a good idea in mind?]
Kuro’s question made Fate-san look clearly confused. Has Fate-san ever eaten baby castellas before? Rather, it felt like many of the mutual acquaintances of mine and Kuro’s seem to have surprisingly never eaten baby castellas……
After giving it some thought, Fate-san nodded with a serious expression on her face.
[……I see, it’s a request from none other than Kai-chan and Kurorin, and I’d like to help if I can. And so, I’ll answer as best as I can…… “Shalltan, in my place, will”!!!]
[I see. Well then, I’m counting on you, Shalltear.]
[Wait a minute there! What, you trying to turn this into some kind of joke!!!?]
With a sharp look on her face, Fate-san threw everything to Alice, her face now looking so refreshed that it seemed as if she had let go of troubles, to which Kuro also went along and turned the question to Alice. That being the case, Alice, who is being asked for the fourth time, would naturally not stay quiet at all.
Alice, clearly looking flustered when appeared, drew near Fate-san.
[Listen here, Fate-san may not know about this, but I’ve answered this thing, which I’m freaking uninterested in, three times already. I’m begging you here, don’t throw that thing over here.]
[I see…… Seems like you also had it rough, Shall-tan. But don’t get me wrong here, I’m not being malicious here. It’s just, I think this is for the best…… You see, I’m a Supreme God, and even though I’ve been broadening my horizons thanks to Kai-chan, I’ve lived with a narrow sense of values until then. It’s difficult for me to give an answer that Kurorin can accept…… However, I want to be of help to Kurorin and Kai-chan, who have come to rely on me like this, so after careful consideration, I made this statement.]
[……Fate-san.]
[……Well, I also simply think it’s troublesome.]
[I’m sure that’s the main reason!!!]
[No, it’s not like that’s my only reason…… this being troublesome is just about 99.9% of it.]
[That’s no different from a hundred, oi……]
For a moment, I thought they were having a nice talk, but it seems like Fate-san was being the usual, and the reason why she passed this to Alice was that it was too troublesome. Well, even though she has changed in many ways, Fate-san is still Fate-san, and the way she looks at troublesome things.
[And so, Kurorin. There you go, Shalltear will give you a transcendentally amazing answer after all.]
[I understand! Then, Shalltear, please give me the transcendentally amazing answer.]
[……Fuu…… Fufufu…… Hahaha…… I see…… If things are gonna go that way, then I also have my own ideas in mind.]
[……Ahh~~ O- On second thought, I’ll just answer it myself……]
[……Ah, I- I guess I also went too far with the joke…… For the time being, Shalltear…… Let’s put down that dagger with a tremendous amount of magic power……]
It might be just my imagination, but I felt like I heard the sound of something popping. And then, seeing the dagger that Alice took out of nowhere, Kuro and Fate-san’s faces turned pale.
[Authority Activated. Limited Loan Request…… Codename: Abyss Tartarus.]
[……Ahh, I can’t move…… The whole spatial axis is restrained. Fate-chan, this is probably gonna be bad, right?]
[I feel like something omnipotent is coming…… Shall-tan had such a hidden card huh……]
[This presence…… I remember sensing that from that battle in the God Realm…… Magnawell’s clone, this…… Is it possible that Shalltear is on good terms with Earth God?]
[Hmmm, I can’t imagine that monster God getting along with people from outside her world…… But it’s Shalltear after all. She must have done something amazing to achieve that.]
I feel like things are getting pretty crazy, but Kuro and Fate-san’s conversation felt somewhat relaxed.
Well, Alice and Fate-san are best friends, and she also gets along well with Kuro. Alice also had that evil…… or rather, a mischievous smile on her face so…… unnn. Well, I guess they quarrel because they are close……
And then, after seeing off the three who disappeared into some subspace somewhere, I wondered what I should do while left alone here.
<Afterword>
Serious-senpai : [……Eh? That dagger calls out that omnipotent iron ball?]
Makina : [Unnn. I got a lot of them left around here, so I added it as a set!]
Serious-senpai : [The heck, that thing’s omnipotent. You’re treating it as if you just gave out a potato as a freebie……]
