"Eh, unfair! You only know my first name—what about my last name?"
Manaka looked slightly disappointed, but that faint disappointment didn't erase the joy on her face at having her name known by the prince.
"Hehe, and I don't even know the prince's name."
Manaka looked at Aslan excitedly. Her body couldn't help trembling with happiness.
"Aslan, or Arthur—you can call me whatever you like, Manaka."
Looking at Manaka, Aslan felt a headache. After all, he knew how dangerous Manaka was.
But luckily, at least Manaka seemed more normal now. Aslan also felt relieved.
He hoped he could control her.
"Then, I'll call you Brother Aslan."
Manaka gently touched her cheek with her finger and said with a slight pout.
In Japan, using someone's first name was usually only allowed between very close friends. Although Manaka normally didn't care about such things,
When it came to love, after meeting her prince, she always thought in a positive direction.
She even unconsciously overlooked how Aslan could possibly know her name.
"But Manaka, what brings you to look for me?"
Aslan asked gently, especially since Sakura was sleeping, and he was slightly worried about waking her.
Although he probably had a rough idea of why Manaka had come.
Of course, if his guess wasn't wrong.
"Of course, I came to help Brother Aslan."
Thinking of the Counter Force's plan, Manaka angrily raised her small fist.
"Seriously, the Counter Force is bullying Brother Aslan too much. They even summoned seven Grand Servants to fight against Brother Aslan."
Manaka defended Aslan while casting a slightly disgusted glance at Merlin, who was watching from the side.
"Manaka admits she's far stronger than that Incubus over there."
Merlin: ???
Merlin unconsciously opened his mouth wide. He was just watching from here!
Why was he personally attacked too?
Although he also felt he truly wasn't very useful.
But after Manaka glanced at him again, Merlin still chose to keep his mouth shut.
Root Princess—he couldn't fight her, couldn't. He'd rather be trash.
"In that case, I'll trouble you, Manaka."
Aslan smiled gently in response. What he most wanted to do now was expose the two Counter Forces and give them a beating.
It might be a bit difficult, but with the help of the Root Princess, it wasn't impossible.
"Brother Aslan~"
At that moment, Sakura seemed to have woken up. She rubbed her still-sleepy eyes, as if she hadn't slept enough.
Sakura's movement immediately drew Manaka's attention.
He saw Manaka's jealousy and murderous intent almost overflowing.
Especially Draco, standing beside Manaka—she was greatly shocked. She could fully sense Manaka's current anger and distortion.
It was almost affecting reality.
But to leave a good impression in front of Aslan, she forcibly suppressed it and forcibly redirected the affected target.
Merlin's body trembled unconsciously. Although he was a Hybrid between human and Incubus, he didn't have emotions like ordinary people.
But when faced with a situation like being watched by a Demon God, he might not be afraid, yet his body would still feel fear.
"Brother Aslan, who is this older sister?"
Sakura seemed to have become aware. She also noticed the girl who had appeared at Matou Manor at some unknown time.
At that moment, she also sensed a crisis—that her Brother Aslan might be taken away.
Although Manaka concealed it very well, sensitive Sakura could fully sense Manaka's feelings toward Aslan—crazy love and possessiveness.
But she wouldn't give up on Brother Aslan.
"She's Manaka. She'll be staying with us from now on."
Aslan gently stroked Sakura's head and said with a smile.
He could see Manaka's feelings toward him, and he also knew Sakura's dependence on him. Yet he couldn't do anything about feelings like these.
After all, right now he could only bring both of them along and see if he could educate them.
Otherwise, who knew what Manaka might do?
As for Sakura, she was still a child, so she might still be correctable.
Hearing Aslan's words, Manaka also showed a perfectly radiant smile and gently lifted the hem of her skirt, performing proper ladylike etiquette toward Aslan.
"Then, Manaka will trouble Brother Aslan with her life from now on."
Crisis, a huge crisis!
Sakura fully realized the threat Manaka posed, but she could do nothing—she was just a little girl.
She couldn't refuse, especially since she couldn't reject Aslan's words either.
For a moment, Sakura's hand, which was holding Aslan's sleeve, couldn't help gripping it tighter.
This time, in the first clash between Manaka and Sakura, Sakura completely lost due to her age and cognition.
"Sakura-chan, Manaka will also trouble you."
Manaka smiled at Sakura, but unlike her smile toward Aslan, in this smile, Sakura saw Manaka's superiority as the winner.
She would properly care for this younger sister as Aslan's beloved and wife.
"Umm, thank you, Sister Manaka."
Sakura answered sweetly with a smile, but inside her heart remained a hint of fear—the fear of being abandoned.
After all, she was just a little girl.
But after feeling the contract with Aslan on the back of her hand, Sakura felt relieved.
"Hahaha, what is Art seeing?"
A charming voice filled with Magecraft echoed in Sakura's mind.
"Unexpectedly, this world actually has a Miko with such excellent compatibility with Art."
Miko were also existences of extremely high status in Little Garden.
Unlike ordinary Mikos used to please gods, the Miko mentioned here were intermediaries between humans and gods. They were considered divine messengers.
The reason? None other than that Mikos could easily carry the Divinity digested by a King of Gods, borrow the power of the King of Gods, and even allow gods to possess their bodies in critical moments.
The value of a Miko with good compatibility wouldn't be lower than carefully developed Avatars made with great resources.
Even in Little Garden, not every Three-Digit God King had their own Miko.
Mikos with outstanding qualifications were numerous, but Mikos with Good Compatibility were extremely rare.
Compatibility was far harder to obtain than qualification.