Hikari was amazed by the place she'd arrived at. It was a large red shrine, and tori gates surrounded it on all sides, standing above the entrances of the mountain. There were large stairs leading down each side, and the emblems of serpents covered the thing all over.
The mont Ayase landed and dismounted the dragon, snakes ca from all over to greet her. There were many of varying sizes, but the largest was gigantic. It's body was at least as long as Kurayami's while being exceptionally girthy as well.
"Lady Ayassse, who're these people?" The snake asked.
"These are all my new friends." She pointed towards Hikari. "And that one is my lover."
"Lady Hikari, then?" The snake asked.
"Yes!"
"Congratulations."
Another witch ca from the sa temple. It was the sa one that Hikari had seen a few tis already. The girl who'd been ntored by Ayase in the ways of witch craft.
"Master Ayase, you really did it. The two of you seem extra close now."
Ayase winked at the girl. "Of course we are, such things co with those activities."
"Wow, you really made true on your goal. So, was your prediction right?"
"One hundred percent."
Hikari raised her eyebrow towards Ayase. "What is this prediction she is talking about?"
The girl turned away from her. "It's nothing important."
"Now I'm even more curious!"
Ayase sighed. "I'm pretty sure you don't want to know." Noticing that Hikari's expression was unwavering, the witch shrugged. "I had just predicted that you would be a bottom, and I was right."
"Wow," Hikari said, looking towards her dragon who'd undone her dragon transformation. "And what about you?"
"Master, so things are better left unsaid."
Hikari looked helplessly towards her vampire who also turned away.
"I will rember this when we get to my domain. I will top all of you at the sa ti."
Faeyami cringed listening to their conversation. "Why must you say all of this while I am in range to hear it? I'd prefer if you all kept those activities to yourselves."
Ayase nodded, turning back to her subordinate. "Anyway, I only ca here to briefly say goodbye. All of your training should be already instilled in you, and if you ever need help, you know how to contact ."
"I understand, Master Ayase. When all is said and done, I will look to co join you wherever you go. You said that you would take to the place where you grew up, and I haven't forgotten."
The witches hugged each other and said their goodbyes. Ayase patted each of her snakes on the head. "You all are different, since I can summon you at any ti, but it might not be necessary."
Among them, the large blue serpent nodded his head up and down. "I underssssstand, My Lady."
After saying their goodbyes, Hikari looked towards Kurayami. "What about you? Why did you want to co here?"
"I wanted to see how the dragons live over here, Master. I'm happy to know they have a good ho."
"I suppose that ans you're ready to go? I thought you'd want to prove that you were the strongest dragon or sothing."
"Master, don't make silly jokes. I don't need to prove sothing so obvious."
Noticing that everyone in the group was ready, Hikari channeled magic into her staff, and created a portal to her domain. Faeyami followed the group inside of the portal.
"Master, what about Senjo?"
"I will tell her she can make her own portal and bring those two princesses."
With everything out of the way, she initiated the transfer. Imdiately, the world folded before them. In the next mont, they appeared in the trophy room of Hikari's spire. The naless globe they'd been sucked out of sat in its display.
Faeyami looked in awe at the small world in disbelief. "How does it even make sense? I had pictured sothing like this, but this phenonon is outside of my range of thoughts."
Hikari shrugged. "Not everything is as it seems. It's not like we ca directly out of this small world, but explaining the reality of the situation might be difficult even for ."
An angelic maid noticed their entry and greeted them. "Good morning, My Lady."
"Good morning, Akari. We're just waiting for a few more people."
The group stepped back and watched the globe. It lit up briefly before three more people appeared. A familiar fairy flapped her wings in the air, and two girls looked around in awe.
Senjo imdiately rushed to hug her queen's cheek. "I missed you so much!"
"Yeah, I'm sorry. Hopefully it wasn't too challenging to take care of these two."
Senjo puffed out her chest, her normally tired eyes full of life. "Nope! I took care of everything just like you said." She ford her hands into fists and punched invisible enemies in the air. "Every ti bandits tried to attack, I was there to send them flying. Please praise , my queen."
Hikari chuckled from the fairy's antics and gently patted her head. "You really worked hard. Thank you for everything. Also, you seem much livelier than usual."
"That's because Akari gave a serving of honey earlier, and then once you told we were coming back I could hardly contain my excitent."
Princess Alfa nodded. "You should have seen her. We were in the middle of so lessons in the castle, and she couldn't stop buzzing around."
Esalda assented. "Yes, but don't let this girl fool you. She was also bouncing around."
Alfa protested. "You were doing that too! Don't act like you stayed calm the whole ti."
Hikari could only sigh at the helpless girls. She reached out and patted both of their heads before giving them a hug. "Don't worry. I missed both of you, too. So much has happened since the last ti I saw you girls."
"I can see that," Alfa said, looking towards all of the girls around Hikari. "It seems that you gained more...friends."
Hikari decided to let the girls introduce themselves as they walked. They continued down the long corridor and entered the stairs. It didn't take long for the elf to find herself in a familiar throne room. Two children were the first to rush up to her when she arrived there.
Nona and Kai ran up and hugged her at the sa ti.
Though, Nona was dressed up in a maid outfit. Sothing that Hikari definitely didn't rember the little girl wearing. "Uh, Nona, why are you dressed like that. What happened to the fairy outfit?"
"I still have it in my room. Akari said this outfit might suit . What do you think?"
Hikari nodded. "It looks good on you."
Princess Alfa looked at the girl in surprise. "You had a kid?"
Esalda elbowed the princess in the side. "She can't have had a kid, you dunce. How would she be this old already?"
"Hmm, that's true, but rember what Senjo said? She said there was a ti dilation between here and the other world."
Senjo nodded. "I did say that, and I'm glad you rember the lesson. But the ti dilation is exactly the opposite." The fairy looked towards the little girl. "How long has it been since you've seen Hikari?"
The little girl narrowed her eyes and placed a finger on her chin. "Hmm, yesterday we were on that island together, and when we were taken here, I think it had barely turned morning. I don't really know. A day, maybe?"
Kai nodded to her explanation. "The mont we got here, we were given rooms, and we've not had much rest since then. We've only been over here for a few hours, I think?"
Senjo gestured to the two princesses with her hands. "And there you have it."
Princess Alfa's mouth flopped open like a fish. "Wow, this is really strange. In that case, who are their parents."
Nona raised her hand, finding the answer easily. "My mother is Alia."
The pink-haired princess smiled. "I see, then everything is as it should be."
A crowd of humanoids and beasts gathered at the bottom of the throne room. They all looked up towards the group, not daring to interrupt them. Hikari was happy to see that Alia was among the crowd, sporting a smile. She hadn't expected the girl to get over what happened to her sister this fast, but following the goddess's eyes, she could see that the smile was reserved for Nona. I need to protect this little girl at all costs!
Hikari perford an inspection on the maid outfit, but she found out quickly that it was up to par with even Akari's outfit. The little girl would be safe in the castle, and if she needed to leave, she could always wear the fairy outfit. It would allow her to fly around freely.
The elf sighed and strolled over to her throne, finally taking a seat in the ornate thing. It seed to respond to the call of its master, glowing slightly in her presence.
Hikari—Goddess of Hope—took her seat. The matriarch was ho.
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