"What is this place…?"
"This is another world."
"What's with all these girls? Why are they all so ridiculously beautiful? And why is each one stronger than the last?"
"This is really…"
Shichen brought Frieren and the others to the Konosuba world.
And the mont they saw the girls at ho, Serie and the others were completely stunned.
At that mont, Serie finally understood what Frieren had ant before.
No wonder she'd just given up.
Serie felt like giving up too.
Flam's gaze, anwhile, landed on the extraordinary woman standing among the girls with a swollen belly.
Her aura was completely transcendent. Even Flam's own teacher, when silent, couldn't compare to it.
She was reminded of the goddesses from the age of myth.
From the pregnant girl before her, she could feel a presence that was clearly beyond human.
It was as if the girl didn't belong in the mortal world at all.
"My dears, let introduce them. This is Serie, this is Fern, this is Übel, and this is my master, Flam. You already know Frieren, so I won't bother with her," Shichen said, introducing them to Kato gumi and the others.
Stark wasn't here, of course. Shichen had left him behind in the other world.
That guy needed to learn how to survive on his own. He couldn't keep relying on them forever.
Stark himself had been pretty eager about it too. He wanted to see just how far he could go by himself.
Besides, with Big Bro and the others gone, he could finally deal with demons on his own without anyone stealing the horns from him.
"Hello, Master."
Everyone gave Flam plenty of face and greeted her together.
"You… all of you are Shichen's wives?" Flam asked in disbelief.
"Yes, Master," Kato gumi replied with a gentle smile.
"You…"
"Master, my na is Kato gumi. You can just call gumi," she said respectfully.
"gumi… hello."
Flam could tell at a glance that Kato gumi was the leader of this group of girls.
"Master just got here, so she probably doesn't know anything yet. Let's help her understand how things work around here first."
"Sorry to trouble all of you," Flam said, not rejecting the idea.
Since she had already agreed to co with Shichen, she had obviously prepared herself to accept everything and cooperate.
After all, this student of hers had brought her here to see his child.
He truly did respect her.
Flam had actually never blad him. He simply hadn't understood the aning of a long life or the responsibility that ca with it, so she had tried to teach him properly through her own example.
She had always been very satisfied with this student.
Though admittedly, he had done sothing outrageously disrespectful—he had stolen her master away.
But seeing how much her own master was clearly enjoying herself, Flam couldn't really find any reason to bla him.
Her master had lived long enough. It was only right for her to be able to enjoy happiness like a little girl now.
Kato gumi took charge of settling in Flam and the others, while Shichen went to stay with Mio.
He had promised her that once he found his master again, he would co back and stay with her until the baby was born.
Since they were unfamiliar with this place, both Flam and Serie were a little reserved.
Flam was handling it fine, but Serie was having a headache over it. All these girls were Shichen's won, and she had no idea how she was supposed to deal with them.
Pulling rank with age didn't feel right—every single one of them was treating her kindly, taking the initiative to talk to her, and directly treating her like a sister.
And she could feel it clearly: every one of these girls was pure-hearted and genuinely kind.
That made it impossible for her to act toward them with her usual attitude.
At the sa ti, she was the junior one here, the newcor, the younger sister—but her pride refused to let her accept being lower than the others.
She was still confused, after all. Before bringing them here, Shichen hadn't explained anything at all.
Suddenly being thrown into a group with so many girls had left her disoriented.
So all she could really do was stay quiet.
But Chisato Nishikigi wasn't about to let her keep doing that.
"So your na is Serie, right? You don't have to be so stiff. Relax a little. Just treat us like sisters."
"..."
"By the way, you're an elf too, just like Frieren. What's your relationship with her?"
"I'm Flam's master," Serie finally replied.
"Oh, so you're Shichen's master's mas—wait, what?" Chisato froze.
The others froze too and stared at her in disbelief.
"I'm not lying," Serie added.
"This…" Chisato looked at the others, not sure what to say.
As expected of Shichen.
"Brother-in-law is amazing!" Momo exclaid with pure admiration.
"Brother-in-law?" Flam looked at her in confusion.
"Oh, Master, don't overthink it. The three of us sisters are all Brother-in-law's wives, so I just like calling him that," Momo explained.
"The three of you sisters…" Flam looked over Lala and the others, who looked fairly similar.
Her student really was sothing else.
"Master, don't worry. We're aliens, so we don't care about one-husband-one-wife stuff."
"Aliens? What does that an?" Flam didn't understand the term.
"It ans people from outside this planet."
"This planet…"
"Master doesn't understand all this yet, Momo, so don't throw too much at her at once. We'll explain it slowly," Kato gumi said.
"Okay~"
"Master, I'll explain everything to you bit by bit later."
"That's fine."
"Um, I do have one question. Shichen and Master… there's nothing else going on there, right?" Chisato asked carefully.
"No. I'm just his master," Flam said, shaking her head.
"I see."
"Flam, looks like Shichen doesn't want you after all," Serie sneered.
"Master, you can't put it that way. It's just that Shichen respects ," Flam replied calmly.
"Is that so."
"And besides, from now on, Master ought to call 'Master' too. Since you're Shichen's woman now, you should follow your husband's lead," Flam said.
"..." Serie opened her mouth, then closed it again, unable to argue.
There was no way she was going to call Flam "Master."
What would that even make them?
Both master and student to each other?
What kind of nonsense would that be?
"Heh. Master and Serie should probably just stick to calling each other whatever they want," Kato gumi cut in.
"That works."
"As long as Master is happy."
"..."
Fern and the others couldn't get a word in, but their minds were racing.
They still hadn't fully processed the situation.
…
Three days later, Serie and the others had adapted to this world and had beco close sisters with everyone else.
And on top of that, they all absolutely loved it here.
You could learn skills whenever you wanted. You could learn magic whenever you wanted. There was basically no need for cultivation or training in the usual sense.
How could a world this good even exist?
Once Serie and the others had adapted, Shichen started living leisurely again, spending his days with Mio and with everyone else.
Two months passed in the blink of an eye.
Mio was about to give birth.
Shichen didn't take her back to the modern world. He stayed with her here instead.
On this day, all the girls ca back, every one of them excited and nervous, all gathered around waiting.
With Mio's physique, there was really no need to worry, but their worry proved just how close they all were to her.
Then, at a certain mont, a baby's cry rang through the entire villa.
"Waaah—!"
Hearing that cry, everyone smiled with joy.
Mother and child were both safe.
It was a girl.
Even though she had only just been born, there was already sothing delicate and lovely about her features.
At the bedside, Shichen held Mio's hand and looked at his daughter in Flam's arms, utterly in love.
So this was what it felt like to be connected by blood.
"Shichen, have you and Mio already decided on the baby's na?" Flam asked.
Shichen and Mio looked at each other and smiled.
"We picked it a long ti ago. Her na is Mayuri."
"Mayuri? That's a beautiful na."
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