821 Meet and Mingle
Sylvia and Nell returned to their temporary base but couldn’t find anyone around.
“Did they all go straight to the bedroom to rest? It’s still evening, and we haven’t even had dinner yet…” Nell immediately flew into the usual bedroom but didn’t find anyone there either. “No way… Everyone left us?”
“No way… That’s impossible. Hm?” Sylvia felt a little doubtful since Elysia would wait for them. At that moment, she suddenly noticed the presence of two bundled little dragons in the living room. She went over and saw an open portal on the wall.
“Oh, everyone is in the Nature Realm. Let’s go there.” Nell had also just realized the portal. She flew over to Gio and Cherub to give them a head pat. After that, she went straight into the portal.
“Rawr!” Gio roared at the devil girl.
“I’m Sylvia. Don’t you remember me?” Sylvia removed her shadow mask from her face, and Gio regained his composure.
“Hmm~” Sylvia shrugged her shoulders and entered the Nature Realm.
Xentia’s presence among everyone made some uncomfortable, but they didn’t question anything since no one had brought up the topic. After all, that artificial angel was an enemy a while ago.
“Hmm-mm~ Fwaahh… Uh? Where are we?” Xentia woke up and rubbed her eyes gently. She looked left and right in confusion, but it looked like she was soaking in a big warm puddle with everyone else.
“Are you awake? We are in the recovery hot spring. Can you feel the magical energy entering through your skin?” Rhea rubbed the sleepy girl’s head.
“O-oh~ Hot spring! I can feel it. Blup, blup, bloop…” Xentia lost her balance as she was about to change her seat position, and her head sank into the hot spring. “Hwah! I slipped.”
“Please be careful. Relax your body and don’t move much. Enjoy every sensation you are feeling right now. You will feel comfortable.” Rhea pulled the hyperactive girl next to her.
“Un.” Xentia complied and leaned on the edge. She tried to relax like everyone else was doing.
“…” Lifa just smiled. She placed a crystal into the last spot before she activated the formation.
‘She looked fierce in the battle a while ago. Wait, I realized something, Ely!’ Elena just realized something surprising.
‘And what shocking thing did you just realize, Sister Elena?’ Elysia looked at Rhea beside her, then at Xentia.
‘If Rhea makes Xentia her daughter, then we will be grandma!’ Elena exclaimed in her mind.
‘Well, I guess I’m the youngest grandma then?’ Elysia was amused at Elena’s thought. ‘But let me confirm this with Rhea.’
After saying that, Elysia linked their spirit conversation to Rhea. ‘Rhea, are you going to adopt Xentia as your daughter?’
‘Hm, I don’t think that’s a proper pronoun, Master Elysia. I will convert her to your faithful follower. But, she couldn’t join our family just like that. Let’s say, she is my disciple.’ Rhea thought for a moment about the answer she would give.
‘I see…’ Elena breathed a sigh of relief.
At that moment, the gate opened, and two entities approached. They were Nell and Sylvia.
“Ah, you’ve all been relaxing in the hot springs ahead of us!” Sylvia pointed her finger at everyone.
“Welcome back. Come join us for soaking in the recovery hot spring.” Elysia greeted with a smile.
“Oh, that’s, of course. Please wait a moment. I will join soon!” Sylvia went to wash her body clean first as a mandatory rule before soaking in the hot springs.
“Where did the nature spirits go? They were all with you a while ago, right?” Nell asked Lifa.
“They’re guarding the portal with Gio and Cherub. You may fail to notice, but they’re in that glass jar.” Lifa covered her mouth.
“O-oh!” Nell dropped her fist onto her open palm. She did notice that sparkling glass jar.
“Uryaa, I’m coming! Eh?” Sylvia rushed to join everyone, but she slipped and fell into the hot spring instead.
*Splash!*
Sylvia’s fall caused a small water blast that splashed everyone.
“Oops, haha… Sorry, sorry. It wasn’t on purpose. Really.” Sylvia went near Elysia for protection.
“Well, it’s okay. Everything is fine. Just be careful next time. How was your meeting with that group of super humans? Everything went well?” Elysia chuckled and waved her hand. She could see several girls looking disgruntled at Sylvia, and she immediately changed the subject to distract everyone.
“Mm, all went well. I also took some souvenirs under their consent.” Sylvia gave a thumbs up.
“Souvenirs?” Elysia tilted her head slightly.
“Yup, I took some weapons from their arsenal. Then, I took some fancy jets and helicopters too. Unfortunately, those vehicles can’t be stored in the Space Bag. Therefore, I left them in Goddess Helen’s Private Realm.” Sylvia replied with a wink.
“Oh dear…” Elena put her hand to her forehead. She never expected this devil girl would take those things as souvenirs.
“Ooh, um… If you took those souvenirs with their consent, then everything is fine. Just make sure the tracking device on those war vehicles is disabled. I’ll check that out later.” Elysia shook her head with a weak smile.
“Mkay~” Sylvia smiled happily. She then looked to the right and left to look for her towel. It was lost somewhere because of her fall earlier. She was currently wholly naked, only covered by steam and water, which was slightly cloudy in color due to the richness of magical energy.
“Hmm…” Xentia felt a little disturbed by the presence of this newcomer. She sneaked up and ambushed Sylvia from behind.
“Kyaah! What are you doing?” Sylvia was taken aback and jumped slightly. She just found her towel, but someone hugged her from behind.
“Woah, why is your chest relatively large and buoyant? It’s so soft and supple. Why is Xentia different from the others? Everyone has boing-boing chests. However, they wrap themselves in towels while you don’t. You’re trying to flaunting something and confuse Xentia, right?” Xentia squeezed Sylvia’s breasts curiously. She then compared the measured size to her chest.
“Uhh, you embarrass me in front of everyone… Our breasts have been relatively big since we’ve grown up. You may still be in the growth stage. Your boobies will grow to melons like us as you get older.” Sylvia covered her breasts with both hands. She immediately wrapped herself in a towel while keeping her distance from Xentia.
“Older? Grown up? Xentia is pretty mature. Xentia is already four years old, maybe? Is Xentia still in the growth stage?” Xentia looked at her body questioningly. She just felt different from the others.
“Yes, you are still growing, Xentia. Does this make you so nervous? Just don’t overthing it. Yours shall grow eventually. Your breasts and curves already well-deleloped for a teenage girl. They called it the golden ratio.” Rhea was amused by this topic.
“…” Elysia buried half of her face into the hot spring with a slight blush on her face due to the current topic.
“Oh! Xentia was just curious. That girl came shamelessly and flaunted her body in front of Xentia earlier.” Xentia returned to her spot next to Goddess Aria.
“I didn’t flaunted anything…” Sylvia buried half of her face into the hot spring and made some bubbles.
“Nee, Goddess Ely. Why did I find you become two? Can you split yourself in two?” Xentia pointed at a girl who looked so much like Elysia.
“Ah, she is Ai. You can call us twin sisters, and she is my big sister. But, please don’t call me Goddess.” Elysia smiled awkwardly.
“Huh, why? You’re a Goddess and don’t want to be called one?” Xentia felt a bit confused.
Elysia then explained that only four entities in their group could be called the Goddess.
“Mm, that makes sense in the battle code. The opponent will feel threatened if our hero group has many Goddesses.” Xentia interpreted one thing to another. She knew the most vital individual was not supposed to be flashy and easy to spot. As expected of Goddess Aria’s master.
“…” Elysia didn’t know what to say, but she didn’t try to change that perception either.
“Hey, Xentia. You’re a new hero, right? The human angel. You just joined us for a reason, but you don’t know anyone here other than Goddess Aria and Ely. Come here and get to know everyone.” Ai beckoned the new girl to come closer. She felt she needed to do something for Elysia as a lovely big sister.
“O-oh!” Xentia nodded in understanding. However, she looked to Goddess Aria and Elysia first for permission. After getting their approval, she went to the other girls to get acquainted with everyone.
‘She really is an innocent girl when she is outside the battlefield.’ Elena muttered quietly in her mind while watching Xentia, getting to know everyone like an adorable little girl.
‘Mm.’ Elysia just nodded in reply.
Sometime later, everyone came out of the hot spring and returned to their temporary base.
“Dinner!” Nell cheered with both hands up.
“Yay! Dinner!” Xentia just followed the little fairy’s behaviour.
“All right, who wants to help me in the kitchen?” Elysia raised her fist with a confident smile.
“Me, me!” Xentia raised her hand to volunteer with enthusiasm.
“You’re still not fully recovered. The kitchen is too dangerous for you right now.” Rhea dragged Xentia away to sit on the sofa.
“Mhmm…” Xentia pouted. She didn’t even understand why the place called the kitchen was considered too dangerous for her, but she wouldn’t argue.
“I will help.” Evelyn volunteered. Then Yuuki and Lynn too.
Four people were enough, and the girls who volunteered later were only asked to set the table and take care of the cutlery.
*Bzzt*
Elysia checked her smartphone from her Space Bag after she finished boiling a dish. She found some incoming messages, but her smartphone was immediately turned off because it ran out of power.
Therefore, she went to charge her smartphone and immediately returned to the kitchen. She would check those messages after dinner because she didn’t feel there was anything urgent or emergency from Erina’s spirit marker.