Kurama and I returned to the Revise Family estate to find the others in the middle of dinner.
"How is it, Shiina? Is it tasty?"
"Yeah, it's tasty."
Shiina gave a small nod as she shakily used her chopsticks to bring some food to her mouth, after which her face transformed into a smile.
"What about you, Dora-chan?"
"It's tasty!"
Drahachi cheerfully replied as she happily shoveled in food with a fork. I really can't get tired of watching them eat.
"Yo, Grey. You're late!" said Sylphy, the deadbeat dragon number two. Her face was red from alcohol and she happily poked at the food.
She didn't know a thing about what I had gone though, and so I wanted to punch that beaming face of hers.
Actually, I'm surprised she even made it here.
"Grey! Kurama!"
I turned to see myself getting embraced by a crying girl with blonde twin tails.
"Grey-sama, Kurama-san. I don't know what happened, but Aria-chan's been really worried!"
"Yeah, I know. Sorry about that, Aria."
"My humblest apologies, Miss," Kurama said.
I stood on my tip toes and caressed the back of her head. Then, after Kurama and I enacted our perfect excuse, I returned to my seat having somehow managed to soothe her.
"Shiina."
Satella prodded the green haired girl forward.
"Grey, onii-chan. Here."
"I see. It's been tough. Good work until now."
"......Yessir."
Tears flowed down Jill's cheek and he frantically tried to wipe them away with his sleeve.
"Huh? Shit!"
The floodgates then opened as Jill continued to wipe them away.
"Aria, it looks like your family was able to continue protecting your predecessor's ideals."
I had heard more than plenty about their predecessor's fame through Baron Hakurou. He was a man of many facets---he was upright, had high morals, helped the weak, and crushed the evil. That's the kind of irreproachable man their predecessor was.
And he didn't bend his morals even up to the end, where he readily met his demise. Kurama, Jill, and his other subordinates must have been in unimaginable agony.
Not being able to save everyone was not only understandable, but an absolute truth. Thus they chose to follow their predecessor and save the weak children who still had a future ahead of them. After worrying themselves sick, they decided to save only the children.
"Yeah."
Aria covered her face too and quietly wept to the side.
"Satella, go buy an estate in Straheim. We'll have everyone from the Revise Family as well as the children live there."
Leaving the unimaginably weak Revise Family here in Lunette would be suicidal. I'd first have to have Aquido train them up until they were powerful enough.
Overcoming the subordinate family Laguna was sure to send again and organizing Lunette's underworld would be after.
"Okay. I'll get it done as quickly as possible," Satella replied.
Hm, now is the time. I think I'll enact that plan.
To begin with, it was inefficient to teach them individually. I'd definitely need an educational institution with Sagami Co. employees. I'd experimentally introduce the children in as experiment number one.
Well, that was a problem for after I took the Magic Knight Academy's entrance exam. I've already wasted some time, so I planned to head for the academy, located in the fourth ward, next morning.
As long as I took the test on time, my obligation would be fulfilled; it didn't matter if they passed or failed me.