Chapter 628 - Home

Seeing Shiro walking around the city, a few of the citizens of Asakura waved their hands and greeted her calling her 'Lady Asakura'.

Hearing this, Shiro only waved her hand back and greeted them with a forced smile.

Once they were free of the crowd, Shiro quickly turned back to the party.

"Ah f*ck my heart is pounding. Can we delay it a little bit please? Just like, go to a café or something." Shiro asked nervously.

"Nope. Let's go." Lyrica chuckled and started to push Shiro forwards.

"Ah wait! No not like this!"

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Standing in front of the mansion gates, Shiro's face wasn't looking too well as she was about to turn around when the party stopped her once more.

"Just go for it. It's not like you have anything to lose." Lyrica encouraged with a grin.

"Urg…"

Biting her lips, she walked up to the side of the gate and swiped her hand to create a magic circle.

With the presence of this magic circle, an array lit up on the gate.

Reorganising the runes on her magic circle, Shiro placed the 'key' as the gates started to open.

*BANG!!!!

Flinching from the explosion, Shiro knew what was coming next and created a barrier around her body.

As if a meteor, a blazing figure came rushing out of the mansion at breakneck speed.

"KUROMIIII!!!!!"

*CRACK!!!!

"GAH!!!" Seeing her barrier crack from the impact, Shiro widened her eyes in shock.

Her mum didn't get the Mystic Reaper Class for nothing. Her passive armour and magic penetration was something to be feared.

"URG!!"

Feeling a pair of arms wrap around her, Shiro felt like she was about to get her life choked out of her as Mio hugged Shiro with all her might.

"Ah don't listen to that oaf of a dad. I don't care if you learn magic ok!" Mio said as she patted Shiro's hair.

Mio was a beautiful woman with long black hair that stretched to her waist. Her features were delicate and made it so that one couldn't take their eyes off her. Looking at the mother and daughter, the party could see where Shiro got her beauty from.

"Ack! Mum! I can't breathe!" Shiro patted her mother's shoulder desperately.

"It's fine. We both know I can't strangle you to death, let me enjoy this damn it. Do you know how worried I was while you were gone? And what happened to your hair? Don't get me wrong, white is great but your black hair was beautiful as well you know?" Mio said while looking at Shiro's hair.

"Has Kuromi finally come home?" A masculine voice called out as a man walked to the gates calmly unlike the mother.

"Shut it you dumbass! It was your fault that Kuro left the house anyways! Who says she can't learn magic ahhh!?" Mio berated as she flickered next to Koji and gave him a roundhouse kick which sent him tumbling away.

*BLERG!

Tumbling across the ground, Koji coughed and quickly got back on his feet. Straightening out his clothes, he composed himself once more but the impression was already left on the party.

Before anyone could realise, Mio was already hugging Shiro once more.

"So why did your name change? Did you not like the name I picked for you?" Mio asked.

"We can talk about this inside mum. It's kind of bad for you to be kicking dad when people are looking." Shiro coughed and gestured to the small crowd not too far from them.

"Tsk, fine. Who told him to disagree with your magic training? Don't worry, mum will starve him for you." Mio huffed.

"Ah! But honey, I need food too!" Koji called out.

"Get your own then! Can't you hunt for yourself!"

"Urg! I can but you know your cooking is great."

"Should have thought of that when you were arguing with Kuro!" Mio retorted before smiling to the rest of the party.

"Come on in, I'll make some snacks for y- huh?" Pausing at the sight of Yin, Mio furrowed her brows and started to walk towards her.

Narrowing her eyes, she looked back at Shiro before back at Yin.

"When did you f*ck a man to get a daughter?" Mio asked as she turned back to Shiro.

"Is that really what you should be asking of your daughter?" Shiro replied with a twitching smile.

"What? I need to know don't I? Plus, it's not like you're a kid you know? Surely you know of intercourse no?" Mio tilted her head before picking up Yin.

"So is she my granddaughter?" She asked with a spark in her eyes.

"Yes I suppose. She's blood related but she's also a phoenix." Shiro sighed.

"You f*cked a bird??? Listen darling, I love you but you can't go around sleeping with animals." Mio glanced back with disbelief.

"DAMNIT MUM! I made a blood contract with her when she was an egg!" Shiro blushed hard and started to drag her mum towards the house while her dad was being ignored.

Gesturing for the rest of the party to follow, Shiro led them through the mansion to the living room while Mio was pampering Yin with snacks that she had kept in her inventory.

Naturally, as the glutton, Yin had no complaints.

"So what happened mum? Why does dad seem meeker than usual?" Shiro asked while pointing at her father who seemed quite down and sat on the chair obediently.

"He caused you to leave so I gave him a lesson of my own on the front lines." Mio huffed while crossing her legs.

"I just want her to be able to prote-"

"Shut up dear. She can still protect herself with magic. Have you not seen the people she sent to the hospital? Just because she doesn't use the sword like me and you doesn't mean she can't protect herself." Mio snapped back.

"Ah actually, I have taken up the sword. I've been combining magic and martial arts together." Shiro said as she summoned Athera, causing her father's eyes to light up in joy.

"That's my girl! Do you want me to teach you some mo-"

"What do you mean 'MY girl' She's half me as well you know? And don't jump, you're not a kid anymore."

Hearing this, Koji sat down.

"You've really got a rein on dad haven't you mum?" Shiro forced a smile.

"Hmph, of course." Mio smiled proudly.

Glancing towards her dad, Shiro understood that he was allowing this since he wanted to appease her for what had happened before.

"So why did it take you so long to come home? What happened to your name, your class, your level? I've been worried sick you know? Seeing news about you on the other side of the world made me worry quite a bit. You even became a kid again like what was up with that?" Mio asked as her worries started to pour out like a waterfall.

"Ah erm, I was worried about coming back since there was something I had to deal with. I've managed to deal with it now so I can stop worrying now." Shiro scratched her hair.

"Wasn't that about the guy who killed a bunch of people? You teamed up with the hidden sect and the government to kill him right? If I remember correctly, you played a huge part by healing everyone. When did you become a healer?" Mio asked curiously.

"I'm not. I just got a skill that makes it convenient for me to heal a lot of people."

"Yeah, she also has skills from every other class." Madison sighed.

"Mn? Isn't that normal? I also have the same? My oaf of a husband is the same too." Mio tilted her head and pointed towards Koji.

"Ah…." Blinking her eyes, Madison sighed.

'They are her parents after all.'

"But darling, I'm just glad that you're safe even though you fought a tier 5. If he killed you can you bet that I will send him to hell personally." Mio sighed and hugged Shiro once more.

Smiling softly, Shiro returned the hug.

"Ah, also mum, I've adopted Lisa as my daughter and I also have a son who's called Atesh but we call him Attie."

Bringing Attie out of the spirit realm, Shiro had Nimue, Iziuel and Estrella stand by the side as she introduced her mother to her three children.

"Awww, it's a shame you haven't brought back a partner but this is ok too." Mio smiled and lifted Attie up.

Tilting his head slightly, Attie smiled and gave her a small wave.

"Ahhhhh!!!! So cuteeee!!!!!"

Seeing that Mio had been distracted by Attie, Koji sighed in relief.

"Welcome home Kuromi." Koji said with a soft smile.

"Mn, I'm home."