The next morning, they went to another restaurant for breakfast before going to the port to take a Hydrofoil ferry to Aegina Island. And they arrive after 40 minutes of travel.
Aegina is one of the Saronic Islands of Greece in the Saronic Gulf, 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Athens. Tradition derives the name from Aegina, the mother of the hero Aeacus, who was born on the island and became its king. During ancient times Aegina was a rival of Athens, the great sea power of the era.
Aegina is one of the Saronic Islands of Greece in the Saronic Gulf, 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Athens. Tradition derives the name from Aegina, the mother of the hero Aeacus, who was born on the island and became its king. During ancient times Aegina was a rival of Athens, the great sea power of the era.
Aegina is roughly triangular in shape, approximately 15 km (9.3 mi) from east to west and 10 km (6.2 mi) from north to south, with an area of 87.41 km2 (33.75 sq mi).
An extinct volcano constitutes two-thirds of Aegina. The northern and western sides consist of stony but fertile plains, which are well cultivated and produce luxuriant crops of grain, with some cotton, vines, almonds, olives, and figs, but the most characteristic crop of Aegina today is pistachio. Economically, the sponge fisheries are of notable importance. The southern volcanic part of the island is rugged and mountainous, and largely barren. Its highest rise is the conical Mount Oros in the south, and the Panhellenic ridge stretches northward with narrow fertile valleys on either side.
The beaches are also a popular tourist attraction. Hydrofoil ferries from Piraeus take only forty minutes to reach Aegina; the regular ferry takes about an hour, with ticket prices for adults within the 4–15 euro range. There are regular bus services from Aegina town to destinations throughout the island such as Agia Marina. Portes is a fishing village on the east coast.
"Anything else you want to do first?" Kisuke asked Yoruichi after disembarked from the vessel.
"Nah. Let's go greet this Cleria Belial first. She's going to show us around anyways."
Kisuke took a look at the letter again to confirm Cleria's address and since they still got plenty of time, they choose to walk their way there. Along the way, they tried various snacks that can be found on the small stalls.
After a few hours of walking and enjoying the scenery which they don't see often, they reached a modest one-story house on the outskirts of the Aegina Town which has some distances from other houses.
With a knock on the double doors, the voice of a woman answered in Greek, "Ναί?"
A homely woman with long grey hair tied in a ponytail and grey eyes opened and peek from the door and saw a man with black hair and a woman with dark skin, 'Eastern descents? Someone who got separated from their tour group?' "What can I do for you?" Cleria then asked in English.
"Yo~! It's been a while~!" The man with black hair said in Japanese with a large grin.
Cleria furrowed her brows as she stares at the man, 'What is this guy talking about? Did he mistake me for...' But as she stares more at his grinning face, Cleria was suddenly reminded of the unusual child that saved both of her and Masaomi from the brink of death a decade ago. Although he has a different hair color from that day, she couldn't forget that grin of him, "... You... You came!?" She shouted in surprise voice which alerted the other people in the house.
"I came to play~!" With a chuckle, Kisuke confirmed his identity.
"Mama, Who's on the door?" A voice of a man came from the inside of the house.
"Honey! Come here and see who came!"
"Hmm? What's up? It's my turn in our Monopoly game now. I at least wanted to be richer than Claire!" A man with a black crew-cut hair peek on the door and saw Kisuke and Yoruichi, "Hmm? Just take that street and you'll reach the main street after 20 minutes of walking. You can ask people on the way for further directions."
After the man said that, he earned a knock on the head from Cleria, "They aren't tourists! No... Maybe they are but do you not remember him!?"
Kisuke's grin still hasn't disappeared and the man, Masaomi Yaegaki finally remembers his face despite being a babyface ten years ago, "K-Kisuke Urahara!?"
"The one and only~."
"Ah... Forgive us! We didn't that you're coming today. We thought for sure that you'll only come three days later for my daughter's birthday. Please come in." Masaomi opened the door wide and invited them in.
"Thank you for having us," Yoruichi said in a bright smile.
"Uhmm, I'm Cleria Yaegaki and this is my husband Masaomi Yaegaki." Cleria introduces herself and her husband to the unfamiliar woman who's with Kisuke.
"Yoruichi, just Yoruichi. I'm Kisuke's wife~." Yoruichi took Cleria's hand and introduced herself.
"His wife? Great! Kisuke-kun, you manage to get yourself a beauty!" Masaomi patted Kisuke's back and congratulated him.
"I'm handsome and charming. Isn't this an obvious result?" Kisuke proudly proclaimed.
"Too charming that others are gunning for him even with me around." Yoruichi gave him a sneer.
"Ahahaha! Isn't that great!? You got a husband that is so good that others just wanted to take a bite!"
"Ehehe..."
Hearing the laughs from the living room, a small girl came out from the bedroom and said, "Mama, Papa!" She then hurriedly hid behind her father and took a peek at the guests. The little girl inherited her mother's hair and eye color while her face is a bit more of an eastern descent she inherited from her father, "Who are they?"
Kisuke and Yoruichi already knew about the little girl as she's the reason they are here in the first place. Her name is Cleria and she'll seven years old in three days.
Kisuke put on a 'big brother' image and he crouched down to meet her eyes, "Nice to meet you. I'm Kisuke Urahara. I heard that your parents keep telling you stories about me." He spoke in crooked but understandable Greek.
"Big brother Kisuke?" Cleria asks she stares at Kisuke.
"Yep~."
Cleria first looked up to her father and mother for their confirmation. As they nodded, she smiled brightly and jumped out from Masaomi's back and arrive in front of Kisuke, "Yaay! Big brother Kisuke! Let's play!"
Kisuke picked her up and said, "Sure! What do you want to play?"
"Monopoly!"
"Why that?"
"Because Papa can't beat me!"
"Pfft-." Yoruichi tried to stop herself from laughing but failed, "Ahahaha!"
Masaomi on the other hand scratch his head in embarrassment.
"By the way, When did you learn Greek?" Yoruichi changes the topic and asks something she's curious about all this time.
"The moment I received their letter. I thought it would be convenient."
"Seriously? You just received that letter 2 days ago."
"What!? You learned a language within just 2 days?" Cleria and Masaomi exclaimed.
"Well... I have to understand what your daughter is saying at least."
"Haah... What the hell is your head made out of? Anyways, you could just speak Japanese to her just fine. She's a half-Devil after all and she has 'Language' skill."
"... I forgot about that... And that's a lot more convenient than learning a language. I should start replicating that skill."
Cleria's mouth twitches when she heard him mutter something unbelievable, "That's a Devil's innate skill you know..."
Kisuke smiled brightly and replied, "If it's happening, then it's possible. I just have to find out how it works."
Enjoy your weekend~.
Kisuke played with Claire for the whole day until she collapsed from exhaustion. As Cleria sets her on her bed gently, Claire has a satisfied smile as she sleeps. After smiling gently and kissing her on her forehead, "Goodnight sweety." Cleria left her and went to the dining area where the other three are.
Masaomi waited for Cleria to sit down beside him and bowed his head towards Kisuke, "Once again, Thank you for saving our lives. Without you, Cleria and I would have separated forever and we would never have Claire on our side. She's the pillar of our current lives."
Kisuke drank the coffee they served for him, "You don't have to mention it. I already got my thanks from you years ago and it helped me and Yoruichi in a lot of things. And that's enough for the work I did back then."
"Even then, thank you. If there is something else that you need and if Cleria and I can provide it, we'll give it to you."
"Drop the formalities, old man. Where just here for a vacation. If you can provide a room for us to stay in then we would be happy."
"We already cleaned an extra room for you. Although we didn't think that you would bring someone else with you, the bed should be enough for two people."
"My thanks."
"I also want to thank you for playing with Claire all day."
"What? You didn't have to give your gratitude for something like that. I also enjoyed myself so much so that I want a daughter for myself now." As Kisuke said this, he looked at Yoruichi with a large grin. Yoruichi in response just rolled her eyes and looked away but the three of them can see a minute blush on her face.
Cleria ignored their blatant flirting and continued speaking, "It's a big favor for me as Claire doesn't have very many friends of her age. Most of the schools around here are Catholic Schools and she can't attend those as they are under the influence of Heaven. Even the remaining non-Catholic Schools are under someone's influence and it can't Claire attend those schools and is currently being home-schooled by me. I chose this place because Devils doesn't have any influence here but that decision backfired on us." Cleria sighed as she remembers the envious look of her daughter when she saw kids of her age going home from school. Cleria and Masaomi can't risk their daughter's safety and it's a good thing that she's very obedient and very understanding for a kid but it also pained both of them. Cleria and Masaomi could only spend as much time as possible with her to ease her loneliness. This is also the reason why Claire longs for the 'big brother Kisuke' in their stories.
Kisuke and Yoruichi didn't speak after that as even though they aren't entirely good people and knew that some other children have it way worse, they still felt pity for the child of their friend longing for playmates, 'Even someone like me wants to help the kid after hearing something like that. I can bring her with me back to Japan but she'll end up separated from her parents which is worse...'
Cleria and Masaomi guessed what Kisuke is thinking seeing him rubbed his chin and stare at the distance, "You don't have to do anything else as I only wanted to explain to you my we are very grateful for being her playmate. And if it isn't much, please play with her for as long as you stay here."
"That's a given. Tomorrow will go out and play." Kisuke smiled and set aside this problem for now.
"Is that so? Would you like us to come with you or would it be just the three of you to explore the island?" Masaomi chuckled in delight and ask for their plan.
"Hmm... I guess we would like to explore the island on our own pace so it'll be just the three of us."
"Then I'll write down some places that are good to visit." Cleria smiled happily and pulled out a pen and a paper asking Masaomi for his inputs.
"Are you fine leaving your daughter to me?" Kisuke is a bit perplexed at their reaction, 'Aren't they trusting me too much?'
"It's alright. We took your advice and trained ourselves and we're very confident that we're the strongest on the island. But even then, I can only see you as a normal human which shouldn't be possible unless you're a lot stronger than us." Cleria released her demonic power and contained it within the house. She tried to pressure Kisuke with it but failed to even get a bit of reaction from him and Yoruichi.
"It's also possible that I'm not as strong as you think and only skilled in hiding." Kisuke just chuckled at her actions.
"Someone like you who can play with a Super Devil?"
"Seriously? That guy is really a Super Devil? I only got lucky."
"Hahaha. Either way, we trust you. We're already intruding in your good time with your wife by letting our daughter accompany you. And besides, we didn't stay here for nothing as we already have 'eyes' all over the island so if something happens, we would immediately rush towards you." Cleria pushed her point as she continues to write good places for them to visit tomorrow.
"Then it's decided. And I would like places with good food."
"Alright, noted. And you also need to know the power factions here."
"I'm listening."
"Most of the people here including those in Athens are Catholics so you can imagine the amount of influence Heaven has here."
"Figures... There are too many churches here, both old and new. And each one of them has some supernatural beings guarding it."
"Right. They are strong, but the most dominant force here in Greece is not them, but the descendants of the Greek Heroes who fought alongside the Olympian Gods."
"Hmm... Interesting. Tell me more."
"I don't really know about others but most dominant force here in Athens is the Perseus Clan, the descendants of Perseus himself."
'I've also heard the myth about Zeus' son, Perseus in my old world, but I didn't think that those myths would become reality here... Well, I guess with the existence of Devils, Angels, Fallen Angels, I shouldn't be surprised.' Kisuke thought and he also wanted to confirm the myth from his old world so he asked Cleria, "Perseus, as in the guy who killed Medusa?"
"Yes. It already happened long ago, but the records of these events are still on my family's archive. And other large clans should also have a copy of it." Cleria confirmed his thoughts.
Hehehe... You lot probably already know who will be the main Heroine of this arc...