Reality's London, the Eurostar slowly made its way into King's Cross Station amidst a dense fog.
Within the haze, three figures appeared on the platform unnoticed by anyone.
"We're finally back!" Hiromi Jounouchi breathed out a sigh of relief. She preferred the modern city to 18th Century London.
Even though Victorian London had many elents that were romantic to modern people, the terrible sanitary habits and the experiences they had in the Victorian Era made Hiromi Jounouchi wish to return to modern life as soon as possible.
So, after they had helped Victorian London establish an effective near-contemporary healthcare system, Yu Chen and his wife left that space with Gilles de Rais, who had learned the thod to resurrect Joan of Arc from Hiromi Jounouchi, and returned to the present day.
"Mr. Gilles, are you planning to return to France just like that? I was hoping you could join us for a tour of London," Yu Chen said, looking at Gilles de Rais next to him, intending to retain this gratis guide for a bit longer.
However, Gilles de Rais shook his head and said, "I have been waiting for five hundred years already, I've waited far too long for this day, I cannot wait any longer."
Yu Chen nodded in understanding; if it were him, he probably couldn't wait another second.
As a result, Yu Chen didn't try to detain Gilles de Rais any further, but instead said to him, "If that's the case, then let's hope we et again. If you and Miss Joan get the chance to co to Tokyo, my wife and I will definitely treat you well."
Perhaps that was a promise, for when Gilles de Rais heard Yu Chen say this, he etched these words firmly in his heart and nodded vigorously, "I surely will. If I succeed in bringing Joan back to life, I will definitely bring her to express our gratitude to you both."
After saying this, Gilles de Rais re-boarded the Eurostar headed back to France, while Yu Chen and Hiromi Jounouchi watched his figure disappear into the fog before turning to leave the station themselves.
Because ti flowed differently in that space from the real world, although they had stayed there for several days, only a few minutes had actually passed in the real world.
Riding in a taxi to their reserved room, Hiromi Jounouchi couldn't help but express to Yu Chen, "Cars really are more comfortable to sit in for sure! Honey, do you think there are still horse-drawn carriages in London now?"
"That's probably not the case anymore, right? The only horse-drawn carriages that would be running in London now are probably just the royal ones," Yu Chen said, looking out the window and not seeing any horse carriages.
Nevertheless, he still asked the driver in English, "Excuse , are there still horse-drawn carriages in London?"
"Horse-drawn carriages? No one rides those in London anymore, but as a tourist attraction, there's an experience near Charing Cross Station where you can ride Victorian horse-drawn carriages and tour so sightseeing spots." Hearing Yu Chen's question, the driver quickly produced a travel brochure and handed it to him.
"Thank you, so there are still horse-drawn carriages to ride?" Yu Chen thanked the driver and then passed the travel brochure to Hiromi Jounouchi, asking her, "The driver says there are horse-drawn carriage experiences as a tourist activity. Do you want to go for a ride?"
After hesitating briefly, Hiromi Jounouchi nodded her head, "I want to go. Though we had the luxury carriages before, we never really got to appreciate London's scenery."
During the Victorian Era, they only took a brief tour of London on their first day before getting caught up in the battle with Captain Kidd and Queen Mary. After the City of London beca a marshland when the seal of Avalon was broken, Hiromi Jounouchi hardly had a chance to properly explore, which is why she held greater expectations for modern-day London.
"Alright, let's head to the hotel first and then plan out our sightseeing," Chen Yu had no objections to this and, after including a carriage ride in their itinerary, he didn't say much else.
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While Chen Yu and his wife continued their honeymoon, Tokyo was sowhat of a headache.
It's not that there was a problem with the surveillance of Minami; to the agents surveilling her, she seed like an incredibly well-behaved child. Apart from helping out in the little shop every day, she scarcely ever left the house and had almost no social life. Her lifestyle, aside from being sowhat nocturnal due to the shop's business hours, was almost impeccable without any bad habits.
What truly exasperated the Counterasures Division was the Matchmaking God—untouchable, unscoldable, and not to be trifled with.
The Matchmaking God herself hadn't caused any trouble for the division, but the tropolitan Police Departnt's efforts to please her by scouring Tokyo for chefs to cook for her were escalating. After all, there were chefs who had satisfied the deities with their dishes and received rewards from the Matchmaking God.
Even though the Matchmaking God was a deity of marriage, having been in the company of the Inari God, she had plenty of good things acquired from the Inari God.
For an ordinary chef, even if the Matchmaking God brought just a big fish from Inari's Divine Realm, it would be considered an incredible prize. After all, a seabream one ter long with tender flesh is a supre delicacy not found in the mortal world.
Since chefs had obtained such precious ingredients from the Matchmaking God and showcased them, it solidified the urban legend within the tropolitan Police Departnt that the bigwigs loved delicious food and that amazing rewards could be obtained by preparing tasty dishes, leading so chefs to volunteer themselves.
A group of chefs volunteering at the tropolitan Police Departnt inevitably beca news, and even though the departnt tried to quash the dia, the situation continued to worsen.
Even though the tropolitan Police Departnt still had control of the situation, such a trend continuing wasn't a good thing.
So of the Legendary mbers of the Counterasures Division had initially planned to persuade the Matchmaking God to stop causing such commotion. However, after tasting the dishes prepared with ingredients provided by her, they changed their tune.
For these Legends, the dishes not only offered a slight improvent to their stagnant abilities but also proved effective in healing various internal injuries they sustained.
The forr might have been inconsequential to the Legends, but the latter was sothing they couldn't afford to miss at any cost.
Faced with this situation, the top brass of the tropolitan Police Departnt, despite feeling helpless, had to seriously consider seeking divine intervention to break free from their current dilemma.
Just as they were contemplating this, Suzuhi, who had returned to Kyoto for a short trip, finally ca back to Tokyo.
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