"Liliya, Naoya, Mei, since we finally finished the war, what do you think of going to central Laplace? Like Liliya has said, you three are the most deserving of all of this ordeal"
with an excited face, Liliya grabbed Naoya's hand and immediately took off to prepare their belongings, while for Mei
"I do believe that there is no reason behind such, am I right Kirin?"
"hahaha, the war finally finished Mei, what else could I concoct in my plans?"
"true... well then, I'll be preparing my clothing and I'll be sending a message to your sister, certainly you would allow her to join?"
ahh... yeah... my sister...
"fine... I'll let her join in, though you do favor my sister that much, I am quite curious as to why"
"we have similar taste, unlike you Kirin, we favor style and efficiency"
okay... now that just hurts...
I didn't even notice that she went to change her clothe... I look on my back to confirm the date and-
"well Kirin, what do you think?"
a top-heavy bikini with shorts...
"yeah... I really don't care... try asking Liliya or Theia for that one"
with an annoyed face, she dresses back to her normal summer clothes and attempts to message my sister with the comms
as for me, I don't really have that many plans to do anything, preferably, I'd simply relax on the side
"ahh... Kirin... good morning..."
"good morning Rin, you still need to change your personality but I do think that it suits you quite well. anyway, go and head to Liliya's room for a sec, you might want to ask Mei for some summer clothing for tomorrow"
"e-ehh?... what's that for?..."
"just go and ask her, I have something else to do so it's much better if you go to her"
"Y-Yes... sorry for troubling you"
that child... well, it certainly suits her but if she keeps that kind of personality, I'm afraid that her future will be too bleak.
"ahh... Fenris, Fenrir, you two having fun in the forest?"
"master Kirin, how have you been? we're simply enjoying our peaceful time"
"I see... well then, I'm glad that her research in modifying you succeeded, happy to hear that voice of yours"
"T-Thank you for your compliments... I-... I shall be leaving now"
Fenris has turned into a fine woman, although her brother, Fenrir still needs to learn a bit from her, he's still as childish as ever...
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"Kirin! how do we look?"
Liliya Rosa, wearing something that simple is like you...
"Naoya, you seem hot, need to ask Mei for assistance on that?"
"N-no!... sir Kirin... that's too much"
"hahaha, as your creator, I shall punish you for your disobedience!"
it's quite amusing to see Naoya's seemingly empty and emotionless face burn from a little bit of embarrassment, although Liliya's still quite oblivious to it but it's what charms Naoya
"mu... stop talking at Naoya like that, look at me!"
"that's cute Liliya, you should show that to Naoya more often, I'm sure he'd like that"
"wha-"
it's quite easy to tease them, it puts a smile in my face seeing them so free and innocent like this
"what... about me..."
"it's cute to Rin, I won't judge anything from you Rin. I don't have the rights to"
"right... thanks, Kirin..."
Rin's quite short but since she has some human blood with her, she'll grow quite quickly. after all, she's a corrupted-human hybrid born from a human and a fallen which was previously known to be impossible, it's her that proved this
"ahh, Kirin, Mei said that miss Theia will be arriving shortly, she just came home from a negotiation so I suppose that she'd like a rest from time to time"
right... that sister of mine pursued being a merchant... well, I wouldn't say that I'm not proud of her, after all, she has earned her rights as the trading goddess which... I still believe it's a hilarious title to hold...
"well then... I'll go ahead and prepare the ship. won't it be great if we use the gran Horizon ship?"
"I vote for that ship!"
"I wasn't asking for a ship, anyway, I already rented it and a captain for the voyage, Mei is in the middle of managing the route and of course, Theia will be our backer for this"
"Dear brother, do you want me to go broke?"
"that's actually laughable coming from you, compared to my savings, yours are practically abysmal, I mean, who could own one billion Fellon?"
"true enough, I did manage to gain trust in the banking company and created a hefty some from the past trading routes, I-"
"spare me the details, anyway, have you prepared everything you want?"
well, I already know the answer
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119 hours passed and we finally arrive at port Pollen, the home of the great battleships from the war... was. it's now the largest trading port held by yours truly, my sister...
"we'll be here for another day if we wait for her, let's just prepare her belongings too"
suddenly, a maid and a butler appeared taking my sister's luggage
"sir Kirin, we can handle our Lady's belongings from here, I'll be staying in her stead so Maya, be the connection I need to form a one-way portal"
"always like that Rohel huh... haahhh... seriously... our Lady is always busy when it comes to strangers like that"
"heed it no mind Maya... anyway, since Rohel will be accompanying my sister, you should enjoy the time with the others, although..."
"Yes, I know, miss Yuna already passed away but don't think that I have other means of enjoying myself"
good, Maya has always been on Yuna's side when my sister brings her, they seemed to get along well but when Yuna died 2 years ago, my sister had to take immediate actions to calm her down, Maya may be human but her blood is mixed with fallen and dragon blood, if her emotions took over, I'm afraid that recovering her would prove harder than normal
"sir Kirin right? we're prepared for the departure but..."
"about my sister, it's fine to leave her, he'll be here in just under... half an hour, probably"
"I... suppose so, well then, please check your belongings if you lot managed to miss something, we'll be departing in around 5 minutes or exactly 900 seconds"
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"Hey, Kirin, I think Rin's..."
"a-ah! Mei! take immediate precautions!"
"already ahead of you"
I completely forgot... Rin's not comfortable with being in a moving ship... I'll have to apologize for not informing her beforehand...
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I still remember the time when Yuna was alive, it was also the summer months when we headed to a nearby beach just to relax.
currently, I'm writing and updating the drafts for the database information system since I had nothing to do, it's gonna take 2 days just to get to the destination we're headed to so there's a lot of time to waste
"Kirin? are- ahh you're here, we seem to have some trouble"
trouble? what could it mean?
I head outside the room and somehow... we stopped... completely
"Mei, did you scan the surroundings?"
"yes, nothing seems to be out of order but if so, why did we stop?"
the captain walked quite hurriedly so we asked what seems to be the problem
"well... you'll have to forgive me sir but... we lost energy but it's also quite questioning as to why the ship has come full stop..."
"indeed... if the problem is the power then this ship would still continue to move albeit slowly..."
"it was also seamless too, Kirin... I checked the power and every time Ether is burned, the energy would drop quickly... as if not wanting to move at all..."
that is indeed quite alarming...
"we'll check the underside of the ship for now, how deep is the sea we're currently at? anyone has any readings?"
"sir, we're currently at the square nexus between the easter and the northeastern poles just in the center of the world, I would assume that it will go 26,000 deep so it's quite dangerous, although all of the reef life on the deep sea has been notified and researched, some of them are indeed hostile so please do be careful"
"I see... well then, Mei, call the others, we'll be exploring the undersea territories, I'll go prepare the respirators and tanks"
we prepared for the worst-case scenario and dive down to see what has happened.
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"everyone still fine?"
"yes, although I didn't ask this at above sea..."
Mei is wondering why they are using the swimsuit and bikini they were supposed to wear on the island... even I'm questioning it...
"Liliya... Naoya... I know that we're going to be on vacation but we're going to the undersea territory, going in unprepared is the worst decision you two will make considering that you two have no experience in fighting underwater"
"wait, we're fighting? did you know any of this Naoya?"
"afraid not Liliya, we're you also not informed by it?"
Mei was immediately retaliated... I feel sorry for her...
"t-... this would seem to be my fault... I wasn't specific enough..."
"Relax Mei, since we're here, we might as well have fun right? we still have some time left"
she gives up and just agreed on it
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30 minutes passed when we reached the bottom of the sea which was oddly quick for us... well, the faster the better, we didn't really notice the speed we were going.
"the fishes look a little bit stale doesn't it Naoya?"
"yeah... Ingrid... any thoughts on this?"
they were spot on... I don't have much information on sea life but seeing all of the fish here... it would seem like there are some sort of problems here...
"!!- Liliya! Kirin! get down!"
Aqua Reptilians...
"sstate your trespassing, intruderssss..."
Mei was mad, although I'd understand her a bit, we did trespass into unknown territories
"quite bold of you Reptilian soldiers to suddenly assault us like that, I do order you to understand who you're currently facing against"
they reptilian soldiers stops and analyze who we were, after that, they immediately sheathed and-
"I'm sorry... we ask for your forgiveness sir Kirin, Miss Mei..."
"Indeed, now, tell us what's wrong with the sea life here, why are the life here so stale? dreaded?"
"oh... is that the reason of your sudden visit? we have captured the perpetrator for the ordeal you all had, it seems that it was he was absorbing Ether from a radius large enough to even affect you all from above"
"oh... that answers as to why Liliya was suddenly dizzy but from what he said, what about you two?"
"oh, thanks to the curse, our Ether isn't possible to absorb nor to take, it's some sort of a blessing to have it an effect like that, right Mei? well besides that, we have lost our reason to stay here any longer, Liliya will need to be tended on the ship later so let's head back immediately"
with a positive response, everybody headed back to the surface with still 3/4 of air, I'm certainly glad that it was resolved quite quickly
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with that happening, everyone arrived at the private Island quite safely, Theia setting up quite peacefully with her servants accompanying her... as always, and the others beside Mei is having fun in the sun...
"so? are you not going to head there too?"
"I would prefer to relax under the sun, I'm not as proactive as them. would you please?"
she hands me a sunscreen lotion... even though she doesn't need it?
"my back's not waiting all day Kirin..."
"haahhh... fine, but you owe me with this"
they all deserve some of the relaxing at least... this war truly did become a giant problem and I'm glad it was relieved... this will be written down in history... probably me being noted as the demon king but... at least my race is proud of my work