"Dori, your legs are a fishtail now." Vanessa poked Dori's fishtail with curiosity.
"Mm, I will transform into a pair of legs once my magic recovers." Dori moved a little away from the curious cat. She had to keep her distance from Vanessa because she was literally a half-fish, and cats like to eat fish.
"Hmm~" Sylvia looked at Dori, then glanced at Elysia. She could guess the premise and decided to help her new junior sister.
"It's okay, Dori. This senior will help you to recover. Now come with me to the next room for recovery. Girls, let's help Dori and make her forget her bad experience earlier." Sylvia caught Dori and carried the mermaid out of the hall.
"What, what would you like to do to me?" Dori is surprised because she escaped Elysia's levitating magic and is now kidnapped by the devil.
"Are you curious? Hehe~" Sylvia replied with a devilish smirk. She saw Dori as a girl who was easy to bully. It would be fun to tease the helpless pink mermaid with a recovery pretext.
"I can't believe it's such a good thing, you mischievous devil." Dori widened her eyes and tried to free herself, but she didn't have much energy.
"And you can't run away from me. Be a good girl and let this senior take care of you, hehe~" Sylvia chuckled and took Dori away.
"No! Aaah, Ely!" Dori screamed for help, but she had already been taken away somewhere by the devil princess.
"It's okay, Sylvia is a good devil." Elysia waved her hand with a smile. She knew Sylvia would definitely help Dori, but teasing the helpless mermaid would be inevitable.
"..." The girls looked at each other and rushed after Sylvia. They couldn't let the pervert, mischievous devil princess bully the helpless mermaid. Although, some of them believed that they needed to help Dori recover magic energy.
Lynn didn't go because she had to wait for her mother with the Goddesses. While Ai didn't feel interested in the mermaid because she just wanted to go beside Elysia.
"Uu, well then..." Yuki glanced back before deciding to leave. She wished to receive some compliments from Elysia. Still, she had to suppress the pervert devil from doing naughty things to Dori first.
"Lynn, it's been about two hours before the ceremony. How about the preparations from your mother and the dragons' side?" Elysia came closer to Lynn and Ai.
"My mother has taken care of everything and will be finished in a bit. She asked us to wait here a while ago until she comes back." Lynn informed her mother's request.
"I see. I saw your action against the parasites and the troublesome Misharan Tree in that forest. You did well, and the parasite-infected beastkin was successfully saved." Elysia grasped her hand, expressing her joy.
"Ely, to be honest, I still feel that we haven't been able to wield the true potential of the power that you have blessed us with. We have to strengthen our base strength and learn more deeply about our bond power." Lynn clenched her hand into a fist.
"That will work out as time goes by. However, the main point in that minigame is co-op in the raid party. The score is a pretext, but we have two competitive girls fighting for first place. You play solo and often break away from the party, and that's not good teamwork." Elysia grasped Ai's hand.
"Am I not good enough? I lack the experience to move in a large group. It's usually just one or two, not a whole team." Ai felt a bit disappointed.
"No, you are outstanding, Ai. Everyone has their own playstyle, but please pay attention to your focus and objective in your next action. You are amazing, but it will make me sad if you get hurt and separated from the group. Do you know why we form a group?" Elysia stroked Ai's head and gave soft advice as if she was the big sister, not the other way around.
"That's because we can still be considered weak. I'm not strong, and I know it. The weak together strong." Ai could guess their group goals.
"Yep, and we have the chosen ones. That reminds me of how you wanted to impress me, but you came forward and got hurt even though your opponent was a weak mud monster. Fufu~" Elysia covered her mouth as she remembered one of Ai's embarrassing incidents while adventuring in the Boundless Realm.
"You still remember that, Ely? Bad Ely, I told you to forget that." Ai grabbed Elysia's arms and shook her little sister as she pouted in dissatisfaction.
Hehe~ How could I forget. All the memories and experiences I gained after coming to this world are precious. Elysia stroked Ai's head once again gently.
"I'm your big sister, and you shouldn't pet my head casually." Ai made her protest, but she didn't refuse Elysia's attention. She smiled faintly but didn't want to admit that she liked it.
"..." Lynn just watched from the side in silence. However, Elysia suddenly made a gesture and received lots of head pats.
"Kyuu~" Lynn melted in comfort because Elysia's touch was divine. Every caress and stroke gave her a thrill to heaven.
"Thank you for waiting. Oh my~" Luna returned to the throne hall with Yusagi. Still, she received a pleasant surprise because her daughter greeted her with an adorable expression.
"Hmm?" Elysia stopped stroking Ai and Lynn's heads.
"Eh, your preparations are complete, mother?" Lynn returns from her trance.
"Yes, it's almost done. However, I need some help with the finishing touches." Luna came closer and looked at Elysia and the Goddesses.
"Very well, let's get it done quickly and tell us your plans for the ceremony." Elena shrugged her shoulders slightly. She knew Luna wanted her to do something in that ceremony.
"Yes, please~" Luna then told everyone about her plan.
After that, Elysia and everyone left the throne hall to help Luna with the finishing touches.
Some time passed, and the girls managed to help Dori recover some of her magic with the help of portable recovery formations and sufficient resources.
"I've been defiled. I can no longer marry..." Dori covered her face and muttered under her breath. Her tail fish had successfully transformed into a pair of legs, but the event that had just happened made her feel so embarrassed.
"Sylvi, look what you've done." Yuki sighed. Sylvia literally groped Dori up and down, inside and out.
"What's the problem? We are all girls and we have to make sure Dori recovers without leaving a scar. Her sleek body is so nice." Sylvia poked Dori's waist with her finger.
"Hyah!? Pervert Sylvi!" Dori flinched and groaned on reflex. She then got out of bed. She chased after the devil who had been bullying her for the last few moments.
"Hyahaha, it's like a lubricating lotion. You're always wet, right? What a lewd mermaid." Sylvia laughed happily while running away from the angry mermaid's pursuit.
"If I don't catch you, I won't be able to sleep well! How can I face my God now!?" Dori clenched her fists.
"Hahaha, didn't you realize that your God wants you to worship our Goddess instead? That's why he asked Ely to take care of you and he went out to have fun." Sylvia stated the truth without any consideration.
"..." Dori immediately became silent and stopped chasing the pervert devil princess. She already knew it, but it still felt sad because it was true.
"What's wrong?" Sylvia blinked her eyes a few times and stopped running away.
"Ely invited me, and I accepted it. We'll meet the Sea God for that later. I feel like a renegade for changing my beliefs so easily. The Sea God is an existence that merfolk and most sea dwellers worship, and I am an outcast." Dori heaved a quiet sigh and grasped her arm.
"Ely invited you, and you accepted? Isn't that a good thing? The Sea God must also want that. Our Goddess os so kind and generous. She even gets along well with us like family. She can wash away all your pain and sorrow by replacing it with a happy life that promises a bright future. You only need to obey her commands. However, what do you offer our Goddess in return?" Vanessa asked with a faint smile, but her words were the exact opposite.
She was okay with having a new junior sister, but not for someone indecisive and mentally weak. Such a person would not be able to help lighten Elysia's burden but would only give unnecessary imposition.
"I'll give everything, but after talking to Sea God about this. Sea God doesn't want me, but I finally found someone who wants me to help." Dori smiled innocently.
"Hehe, little sister. Let this big sister give you some pointers and enlightenment. It might be an eye-opener for you." Yuuki pulled Dori back onto the bed as she was about to convert Dori to Elysia's faithful servant.
The girls took an hour to swap stories with Dori. They discussed stories of the past, their future prospects, and their responsibilities.
"I see... So, Ely and her master took all the burden to save the world. So, they formed this divine group to help them." Dori finally understood some new things about Elysia's group.
"Not that shallow, but our master treats us as her family too! We will tell you many more exciting things after you officially join us, but let's end this here first." Yuuki put her hands together and decided to end their chit-chat. They were on the verge of touching on a sensitive topic to be discussed with an outsider.
The girls agree with that. They went back to Elysia and the Goddesses.
"Nee, I feel that Empress Luna will bring her most trusted aide to our group. Is she really going to do that by requesting it to our master?" Vanessa looked out the window. Luna, Yusagi, Elysia, the Goddesses, and everyone else was currently in the courtyard downstairs.