The entire table filled with sushi was devoured within minutes by none other than Flora who took ninety percent stake of the sushi to which nobody complained at all for several reasons. The first being that both of her friends were too engrossed in Flora to even bother, the second being Mana’s doting nature of her which is natural.

After the short sushi dine, both Mana and I took the two little girls namely Yui and Sheila to their respective parents who were nearby with Yui’s parent, in particular, being the humble one with her short brown hair that looked like Yui and Sheila’s parents who is also the parent of Kayla being the confident one which was opposite to that of Sheila.

Her mother had a light blue hair color that is near violet similar to Sheila’s while also maintaining a near similar shade to Kayla’s hair, her eyes were crimson as well and most importantly, she has the same large mountains as Kayla which made me understand in a single glance who Kayla is nearest to base on appearance.

“Thanks for taking care of them,” Yui’s mother bowed as both Mana and I shook our heads.

“It’s no trouble at all, if it is fine with the two of you, feel free to let them visit our residences at times since it is nice to have someone play with our little girl once every while,” I answered with a smile before the two of them nodded.

“We will,” Sheila’s mother smiled as both Mana and I looked at each other before bowing down to them as we left the store, reaching the streets which were populated with people despite being late at night. It was around seven at night.

Flora, who was resting on Mana’s embrace looked around before heaving a short yawn as she looked at me with a smile, “Mwama… Flowa will sleep…” causing my lips to curl up a bit as I patted her head while nodding.

“Flora has since become polite, that’s a nice change,” I looked at Mana and said as she smiled back at me, nodding.

“According to the headmaster, our little girl also requested to have her training, in particular for combat increased to another level because she wants to protect me,” she giggled while patting Flora’s back.

“I guess the incident is a blessing in disguise for her, after all, had the incident not happen… Flora might continue to stay the weak girl she would have been but at the same time, she would also stay the cute and adorable girl she was,” I said before Mana suddenly pinched my cheeks as she smiled wryly.

“Isn’t our girl still cute? How could you say that to her,” she pouted causing me to giggle a bit as I looked up at the stars with a wry smile.

“Flora is very cute that is why I am also afraid of others going after our little girl, after all, she is our greatest happiness here,” I responded back with a bright smile before a sudden elbow struck my abdomen as she looked at me with a mocking frown.

“The two of us are also her greatest happiness as well,” she said while looking at the sleeping Flora as I nodded before the three of us soon reached the entrance of the residence which was crisp clean. The entire place looked defenseless but this uncertainty around it made it feel solid.

It was almost like there were dozens of people looking at me with inquiring gazes, they weren’t hostile nor were they neutral. All of a sudden, a figure appeared in front of me dressed in a black suit as she kneeled down to Mana.

“My lady, welcome back!” the figure said as several dozen others appeared around us, forming a line as Mana waved her hand. The figures were looking at Mana with strong obedience, gazing at me at times with curiosity.

“All of you can head back, the master of the house has returned,” Mana said to them before all of them looked at me with obedience, nodding as their figures vanished out of thin air causing me to be surprised as I looked at Mana with curiosity.

“Who are they?” I asked while Mana opened the gates to the residence.

“They were bodyguards the aide of yours had hired, all of them are very powerful that even Kayla and my sister most likely wouldn’t have a chance of combatting a single one of them head-on even when teamed up…” she replied before the three of us entered inside the residence, closing the gate as the door towards the house opened.

Standing on the door were two figures, both of which had beautiful long white hair. The first one being Leisha or Kaleen who had an apron on her with a spatula on her hand while the other being the “aide” that Mana said.

The aide was dressed in a beautiful white nightdress that revealed her beautiful wine glass figure, her eyes were golden orange as Mana mentioned but there was a faint blue tint to it from far away. To add, her hair was platinum but there was this color difference on her forehead that made it looked as if she was wearing a wig.

Leisha’s eyes widened as she stared at me with an impression of surprise. It was as if she had seen a ghost, her face was basically screaming: ‘This is a dream right?’ which also surprised me as Mana waved her hand with a smile.

“We’re back…” Mana said as we reached the doorstep before suddenly, Leisha pounced on me like a wolf. The two of us were immediately knocked to the floor as she hugged me tight while resting her head on my shoulder as she mumbled.

“It’s the real thing…”

I couldn’t help but be surprised over the sudden pounce. It was not like Leisha at all since the Leisha I knew was, in most cases, a calm girl who wouldn’t pounce on someone for no reason at all, but this is an exception, I could feel her heart beating as she hugged me tightly.

Mana looked at us with a simple smile on her face as she said, “I’ll place Flora on the bed, the two of you should get up now before the cold gets to you…” before leaving as Leisha nodded, peeling off from me as she lent a hand towards me.

I didn’t hesitate at all and grabbed the hand as she smiled and said, “Welcome back…” causing my heart to skip a beat as I smiled back.

“I am back…”