Roughly two weeks had passed since Sophia, Fey, and Mira gave the kings and everyone else in the castle a massive headache, which was slowly starting to subside, as well. The ti afterward was quite peaceful, as well. Mainly because the blonde refused to go near the castle, though. Only Anna and Ari were allowed to visit the mansion, too. It was too much of a bother for her else. It also helped the princess and her jaguar to get ever so slightly more used to the overseer that had appeared out of nowhere and beca part of their group.
“…”
“…”
Things seed to get about a little less peaceful, though. The sisters sat beside each other on the sofa while their eyes were peeled on Steph’s phone for so reason.
"What's wrong?" Sitting on the sofa opposite of them, Chloe and Maya looked at their partners while tilting their heads.
“…” They stayed silent for a mont longer before eventually lifting their heads. “We… We are going back to our old world.” They answered at the sa ti.
“E-EH?!” The two obviously didn’t like the sound of that. “W-WHY?!”
“Ah, no, just for a little bit.” The sisters noticed their slightly unfortunate wording.
“Haa…” The pink fox and the cat cald down again and let out a sigh. “What is going on?”
“When Sophia and I went back to our apartnt to get so supplies from there a few days ago, it seems like my phone received so ssages…” Steph tried to explain the situation. "I barely use my phone anymore since coming here as I mostly only take pictures of Chloe with it nowadays, after all, so…”
“You constantly take pictures of !” The girl in question raised her voice. “What do you an by you barely use it anymore?! How addicted were you to it before?!"
"So, when I checked it earlier, I noticed so missed calls and unread ssages.” She completely ignored her fox. "It seems like our mom has gotten my ssage about having found Sophia, and she tried to reach out to last week.”
“O-Oh.” Chloe and Maya had the sa reaction.
“She asked if we’re still around because she’d get ho imdiately if that’s the case. She wants to see us as soon as possible. Sophia especially.”
“I want to see her, too…” Sophia spoke up again.
“So… Long story short, you two plan to make a trip to your old world, visit your parents, and once everything is taken care of, it's back ho?”
“Yup.” The blonde nodded.
“I’ll never leave paradise behind!” Steph also loved her new ho, after all.
“I guess that’s fair.” The cat-girl saw no issues with that.
“You absolutely have to go and see your parents!” Chloe got loud. “Neither of you are allowed to return before that!” After everything that happened to her the last few weeks, she had a very strong opinion on the matter. “I’ll get upset if you don’t hurry now, too!”
“You better listen to her.” Out of nowhere, Mira’s voice suddenly joined the conversation. “I know from experience that you don’t want her to be angry at you.” A few monts later, the teal fox appeared on the empty sofa next to the four girls.”
“I have to admit that you sure know how to have the best entrances.” Sophia looked and sounded impressed while she looked at her.
“I can’t believe I’m getting used to stuff like that already…” Maya wasn’t sure how to react. “I didn’t even flinch…”
“You’re definitely the coolest!” Steph was a big fan. “Ah, you’re still the best, though, Chloe!”
“Ahaha…” The pink girl smiled at the dog. “It’s fine. I don’t really care about being cool. My preferred the is sothing else.”
“Fluffy.” The sisters had the sa reaction.
“Not exactly the word I would’ve used, but the general direction works~.” She was happy with their assessnt.
“Happy you like my entrances~.” Mira glanced at the blonde before continuing. “Do you mind taking this with you during your trip to earth?” She held up a rather well-known plushy of a pink fox.”
“Oh, it’s plushy Chloe!” Sophia rembered having thought about that before once she t the actual pink fox after having had that very sa plushy for a while already.
“It’s not plushy !” The girl in question got loud.
“Actually…” The overseer scratched her cheek. “It is.”
“Eh?!” All four had the sa reaction.
“Shortly after I left you in the care of Fey and could only see you during the night, when you were sleeping, I got pretty lonely during the days… Because of that, I asked a toymaker to make a plush that resembles you in a way without it being too obvious. It helped a lot…”
“…” Everyone went silent. A mont later, Chloe got up from her sofa and imdiately jumped at the overseer, crushing her into a big hug.
“…” Mira needed a mont to react before quickly returning the hug and facing Sophia again. "A-As you can see, I managed to reunite with the original one again, so I don’t need the little one to cheer up anymore…”
“I, uhh… I see.” The tiger also wasn’t sure how to react. “Why should I take it with to our old world, though? Wait a mont…” She then took a better look at the plushy. "I think… No, I'm pretty sure I can sense so traces of my portal magic in it.”
"A-Ah.” The overseer got a little awkward. “You’ve gotten too sharp already, my dear.”
“Hehe~.”
“I want to see your old world on my own. No other overseer except Canir can visit other worlds, and he can only show them to others before your portals beca a thing.”
“Ahh…” Sophia started smiling. “So, you want to go sightseeing? It’s not really a world I would recomnd for a holiday, though. Well, there are so nice places, but still…”
"I think I shall decide that for myself~.”
“Fair enough.” Sophia had no intention of stopping her. “Deeply regretful for everyone involved, you’d need to get rid of your tails and ears, though. Everything else animal-related, as well, before going there."
"I hate that world…" Steph let out a sigh. "Such a waste… Why did I have to live for 20 years before going to fluff paradise?”
“Ahaha…” Mira wasn’t sure what to say there. “Don’t worry about that. I’m not excited about it, but I guess I’ll dust off my old human form.”
"Well, do as you like, I guess." The blonde shrugged. "Sure, I'll bring the plushy with so that you can use it as a portal."
“Thank you very much!”
“What is in it for , though?” The tiger started grinning.
“Hmm?”
“I an, it sounds like a big deal if Canir’s supposed to be the only one to visit multiple worlds. I would be doing you a great service, would I not?”
“W-We’re friends, right? That should be reason enough, no?”
“Friends also share their magical secrets, right?” She looked at Chloe for confirmation.
“Absolutely!” She nodded a few tis. “That’s the very least good friends would do!”
“See?” Looking even smugger, Sophia faced Mira again. “Just a little secret~.”
“Haa…” The overseer stared at her for a mont. “You sure are sothing else…”
“I’ve heard that one so often that it has lost all aning.”
“I can imagine…” Mira rolled her eyes. “Alright, fine…” She gave up. “I’ll think of sothing fun you’ll find most entertaining.”
“Oh my, that sounds lovely~.”
“By the way,” Steph looked like she was confused and curious about sothing. “There’s also a plushy that looks exactly like the full animal version of new dog … Ellie showed it to before. What’s up with that?”
“Nothing?” Mira looked at her. “It’s a cute design, though.”
“Ehh…?” She looked honestly disappointed.
"I an, what were you expecting?" The overseer tilted her head. "So sort of foreshadowing? I an, the plushy is older than you, no?”
“Boring!” Steph hung her head. “So, there's no fun stuff like ti traveling or future sight in this world…?”
“That’s what you were going for?!” Chloe couldn’t believe her.
“It sounds fun, does it not?!”
“W-Well…” The pink fox scratched her cheek.
“Anyway,” Mira ignored them and faced the tiger again. "Thank you very much for bringing one of my portals with you. I will make sure to repay you."
“Yay!” She was happy about that.
“I’m tired…” Maya wasn’t taking their whole conversation so well.
“Oh, speaking of being tired,” Sophia smiled at her cat. “Do you want to co with us? I already t your parents, so it's only fair to make it even."
“…” She paused for a mont. "I do want to et them eventually, and I'm really happy that I actually seem to get the chance now, though also slightly nervous, but now is not the ti for that. It’s all about you and Steph.”
“I guess that’s fair.”
“Also…” Maya glanced at the sisters. "We were talking about vacation days not too long ago, right? I love both of you and all, but a day or two without both of you sounds super relaxing!”
“Understandable.” Sophia and Steph could only nod.
“Oh, speaking of peaceful!” Mira suddenly looked at her daughter. “Do you want to do sothing with while the two are visiting their parents?”
“Sounds fun!” Chloe was directly on board. “What are we going to do?”
"I never make it a secret when I walk down here in the world. I’m planning to visit my shrine and announce my arrival. Afterward, I want to et all kinds of people in the capital so that everyone can see that I’m back. Fey will also be with us. The two of us have also decided that we’re going to introduce you to everyone as our daughter.”
“O-Oh!” She wasn’t sure what to say.
“Woah, the whole capital will be in a massive uproar!” Steph liked the sound of that.
“B-But my vacation days…” The cat-girl had a different opinion.
“Want to co with us, after all?” The blonde just smiled at her.
“…” Maya actually needed to think about it. “N-No, but I think I’ll visit my own parents instead. The whole business with those two,” She glanced at the foxes before continuing. “Made want to see them, too.”
“Ahaha…” The two in question could only laugh.
“That’s nice.” Sophia liked her plan. “Oh, ask them again if they want to live in the mansion when you’re at it.”
"I'd like that, too, but do you really think they like the idea more now after the overseer of magic has decided to stick around…? The royal family had overwheld them already, after all.”
“Ah.”
“Anyway, before we go, should we make so sort of plan to tell mom, or…?” Steph ca back to the main topic.
“…”
“Let’s go?”
“Let’s go!” The sisters knew that making any sort of plan was just a waste of ti and effort.
And so, once they showed Steph how to change her looks without actually turning into sothing else, the now-human sisters returned to their old world to have a rather complicated conversation with their parents.
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