"No, not at all."
Busujima Saeko's sincere praise made Medea a little embarrassed.
Now that the apartment renovation was complete, there was no need to mention moving. However, Mr. Tsunoda said that Shikanoko Noko wanted him to become the priest of the shrine, so perhaps the Deer God Shrine had something special about it.
Kisaragi Rin planned to deal with this matter tomorrow.
As for now, he still had many things to do.
The Stand that had appeared on the panel but was not yet fully awakened, the new Ryudoji Temple in the Workshop, getting familiar with the workplace at the Chiba Zoo... these things came one after another.
Even though the Fate World had ended, Kisaragi Rin felt his troubles were piling up.
"Don't worry." Busujima Saeko leaned forward and gently kissed Kisaragi Rin.
Kanroji Mitsuri also snuggled up, encouraging him with her cute eyes and actions.
This gentle, motherly demeanor made Medea a little stunned, as she couldn't yet naturally perform such a kissing action.
This situation was ultimately caused by the short time they had spent together.
Although the affection level displayed in the extraterrestrial girl helper handbook was already maxed out, Medea had only spent less than three days with Kisaragi Rin since she was summoned.
"Busujima Saeko already mentioned that tonight's master belongs to me, but Esdeath is still here. Should I try to break through our relationship tonight?" Medea pondered inwardly, her distracted look making Kisaragi Rin think she was jealous of Busujima Saeko.
Kissing Medea on the cheek, Kisaragi Rin got up and pulled Busujima Saeko to her feet.
Busujima Saeko tilted her head curiously, asking Kisaragi Rin what he wanted to do.
"Consider it a formal invitation."
With a thought, a golden phantom of the Divine Warrior Body - Cardinal Soul appeared behind Kisaragi Rin.
Holding the hand of this beautiful killer, Kisaragi Rin asked her, "Saeko, will you walk with me?"
The reason it was a formal invitation was that Kisaragi Rin had already asked Busujima Saeko this question back in Apocalypse of Academy.
Only that time it was at someone else's dining table, and this time it was at his home in the Main World.
"Of course." As before, Busujima Saeko smiled and gave an affirmative answer.
Then the phantom walked directly past Kisaragi Rin and overlapped with Busujima Saeko. When the warm light dissipated, Busujima Saeko's dark blue left pupil already had a golden ring.
Kisaragi Rin closed his eyes, feeling the mysterious connection between himself and Busujima Saeko.
That was the future Divine Warrior and Follower.
And also the current Young Lord and Guardian Spirit.
When his eyes opened, his 30 points of intelligence had transformed into surging psychokinetic energy, and a Heavenly Eye divine talisman had opened on Busujima Saeko's forehead.
"Is this the Divine Warrior Body?"
Kisaragi Rin was a little surprised by the power of the Paradise.
Image Splitting was already very strong, but compared to the Divine Warrior Body, which had been sublimated by the Paradise, it was nothing.
Imbuing one's Skills to the Guardian Spirit, borrowing the Guardian Spirit's Skills for oneself... Image Splitting had this application method, and Kisaragi Rin had tried it. But now, with the Divine Warrior Body using the same function, the difference between the two was like the smoothness of a non-member versus the 8K quality of a member.
Before Kisaragi Rin could continue to experiment, Busujima Saeko's hot breath was already close.
"Kisaragi-san..."
Wrapping her arms around Kisaragi Rin's neck, Busujima Saeko continuously poured out her passion.
"Hey, you two."
Medea was a little dumbfounded. Conversing like a confession in front of her was already too much, and now they were going to 'commit a crime in front of the wife'? Didn't she have any dignity?!
Kanroji Mitsuri's face turned completely red with shyness. She quickly took Medea's hand and said, "Miss Medea, let's go to the hot springs."
"I don't..."
Medea let out a wail of defeat.
Seeing Kanroji Mitsuri pull the outsider away, Busujima Saeko's tiptoes lowered, and she seductively whispered in Kisaragi Rin's ear, "Shall we go to the room?"
With such a beauty inviting him, Kisaragi Rin naturally accepted.
He had been abstinent for three days in the Fate World.
Under the envious gazes of several Strange Tales, Kisaragi Rin led Busujima Saeko to the master bedroom on the second floor to study how many more effects the Divine Warrior Body - Cardinal Soul had.
And the best way to study a Skill was, of course, to fight with all your might.
As the combat posture changed, Busujima Saeko began to describe her feelings as a Guardian Spirit.
"For example, the moment I became a Guardian Spirit felt a bit similar to when I was strengthened by the Workshop."
"Hmm... that feeling of dependence, of reverence..."
"As for power... it's no different from what you said."
The power she referred to was the details of the Guardian Spirit.
Just like special - Spiral Kalpa Sutra, the Paradise's description was, as always, abstract and limited. Whether a Skill had any other hidden effects besides its surface description had to be fully experimented with to be discovered.
The Paradise's description of the Talent - Divine Warrior Body - Cardinal Soul's Guardian Spirit roughly had 5 points.
They were:
1: Able to grow in the Paradise.
2: Share Skills, Bloodlines, Equipment, and Items.
3: Combine and sublimate to master form transformation.
4: If the Young Lord does not die, the Guardian Spirit will not die.
5: The Guardian Spirit's status in the Paradise is equivalent to a Skill, and it will not be subject to power suppression, nor will it be limited by the Follower, pet, or monster modes.
Busujima Saeko's forearm partially covered her face. According to her statement, since she became a Guardian Spirit just now, she had not discovered any powers beyond these five points.
After some more time, the battle ended with Busujima Saeko's surrender.
Compared to Kisaragi Rin's strength, Busujima Saeko's was slightly insufficient. After only three or four rounds, her stamina was exhausted, and she stopped moving.
"Please stop for now."
Allowing her brain to cool down a bit, Busujima Saeko, troubled, pulled her body together and gently pushed Kisaragi Rin, saying, "Miss Medea just arrived, you should go accompany them tonight."
Busujima Saeko felt that if the battle continued, the relationship that had just begun to warm up tonight would break again.
As an excellent hostess, she needed to help Kisaragi Rin handle this aspect.
"Saeko didn't act like that just now."
Kisaragi Rin retorted, receiving a chiding look from Busujima Saeko.
However, the blush on her face had not yet faded, and her eyes were moist. Her usual authoritative direct gaze had completely lost its effect.
Kisaragi Rin felt it was more of a temptation.
"Let's go take a bath first."
After thinking for a moment, Kisaragi Rin took out two more tubes of Bloodline that he had used during Image Splitting from the Workshop.