Chapter 730: Satisfy Your Girls Before You Leave
I went back to the others and told them about the situation with the Off-Worlders. All of them had pretty much the same reaction.
“Mistress, please allow me to find them in your stead. I will deal with them immediately.”
“I’ll use my Clairvoyance to find them and stop them too!”
“Wahahaha! I’ll help you beat them, Sister Aster!”
“I’ll… I’ll do my best to stop them as well, Aster!”
“Fucking bastards… They’re going to make it hard for me to do business… Definitely will need to take care of them before they do anything that can’t be undone.”
“I’ll also do whatever I can to help you deal with those Off-Worlders, Aster!”
I raise my hands, “I’m happy to see that all of you are so enthusiastic… But I think it would be better for me to go alone this time.”
Katsuki frowned, “Mistress… May I ask why?”
“It’s simple, really. This problem was made up by Off-Worlders so I believe it should be dealt with by another Off-Worlder. If people knew that people of this World dealt with these Off-Worlders, it might spark off a conflict between both sides.”
“But no one would need to know, Mistress… And wouldn’t knowing that Off-Worlders are fighting amongst each other make others believe Off-Worlders are a problem too? I think it would look better if someone from this World worked together with an Off-Worlder to deal with it instead to show we can live and work together.”
Well shit… Katsuki actually makes some good points…
Not gonna lie… I didn’t want everyone following me because I was afraid that those Off-Worlders might have taken another boon like [Enslave] and use that on them.
Mother was no doubt an exception to this so I don’t want to risk it with the other girls.
But… It’s not like I can just tell the girls that I’m afraid they would be a burden… I at least still had my Shadow Guards whom I could summon and unsummon at any time which would mitigate the risk of that if I were to go alone.
I sighed, “Katsuki… I want to do this on my own.”
She pursed her lips, obviously not agreeing with my decision but also not able to go against my wishes either.
In the end, she bowed, “Understood Mistress…”
I could already tell that it took everything out of her just to say that.
Delmare wasn’t as swayed by my declaration though as my Siren shifted closer to me with a determined look on her face.
“Aster! I believe I would be able to help you! If… If you want me to… I could sing for you and find out who the Off-Worlder is through my singing!”
Oh geez, did she just tell me she was willing to basically mind control an entire town to help me?
Odeta grinned, “And I can help you beat the guy with my fists too, Sister Aster! Take us along with you!”
I gave a pointed look at Delmare and Odeta, “You two have school as well, right? I don’t think you should be skipping school. I’m only doing this because it’s a problem that I feel partly responsible of as an Off-Worlder.”
Delmare grimaced since she had nothing to say to that as she could not just skip classes like I can as a Special Class student.
On the other hand, Odeta thumped her chest proudly. “That’s fine, Sister Aster! I’ll tell them I’m going on a training journey!”
I wagged my finger at her, “Nuh-uh, did you forget that they would need people to be facilitating Dungeon dives for our class soon? If both of us were gone, they wouldn’t be able to do that.”
Odeta huffed, “Protecting Sister Aster is more important than that!”
“Don’t say that, Odeta… You’ll make our classmates sad.”
“Huh? I don’t care how they feel though?”
Geez, Odeta… I don’t care what they feel either but don’t say it out loud like that…
“I still think you should stay and participate in the lessons Odeta… It would not look good on the class if both of us were to leave like that.”
“Bah! I don’t care what anyone else thinks, Sister Aster! I only care about being able to protect you!”
Damnit Odeta, why do you have to be so cool?!
“Odeta… I want to train myself too.”
Her jaw clenched since that was her kryptonite as she can’t deny me going out to get stronger either.
Lisa jumped in right then, “I also think that I should follow along with you, Aster! I can help you find that Off-Worlder!”
I tilted my head at her, “You’re a teacher, Lisa… You can’t just abandon your classes like that…”
“Oh, I care more about you than this job, Aster.”
“While I’m flattered, wouldn’t this hurt your chances at being accepted as a teacher at the main Aerialla Academy?”
My Infrid lover bit her lip and said nothing because she knew that was true. Sure, she might still get her teaching position once she manages to make that potion, but I’d think they would know she might not be a reliable teacher and refuse to grant her some of the privileges she was aiming to get.
I turned to Emilia and she waved at me before I could say anything.
“You don’t need to dissuade me, Boss. I don’t actually have the time and capacity to go out hunting for them right now anyway. I’m at a crucial stage of my plan right now and I can’t spare any time to hunt for Off-Worlders far away from here even if I wanted to.”
Well, at least she knows?
Now it was Tiara and surprisingly, she also shook her head.
“I know, Aster… It would be problematic for a princess, or at least… Former princess, to be seen walking around outside. Besides, I have not completed my own training yet so I will choose to stay here instead.”
Well, that was easy.
I turned back to look at the other four who still wish to follow me despite me giving my reasons.
“Look girls… There’s another Off-Worlder who had also infiltrated the school as well. I don’t know what their plans are and I don’t even know who they might be. Since they have chosen to move close to us, I’m counting on you girls to find them while I deal with the other two.”
Lisa pouted at me, “Boo… That’s not fair, Aster… If you put it like that, there’s no way we would be able to say no…”
Odeta also grumbled, “Mnngghh… If Sister Aster says that… Then I’ll do it!”
Only Katsuki and Delmare seemed to be satisfied with my request.
“Understood, Mistress. Please leave it to me.”
“I’ll do my best too, Aster!”
Am I worried that the Off-Worlder here might do something to them as well? Of course I was. But at least Sebastian and the other servants of the family are here as well so they would be able to help out if anything bad happens.
Katsuki then turned to me, “Mistress. May I know what your plans are in searching for the two Off-Worlders you would be going for?”
“Mmm… I know that one is within Sands Border Town while the other aims to disrupt the peace between our Kingdom and Nekinumi Kingdom… But I’m not sure about the exact location of the latter so I’ll have to search the border for them first. At least I know he’s on this side of the border and there’s three forts bordering the other Kingdom so that’s where I would search first.”
“How will you be getting there, Mistress?”
“Time would be of the essence here so I’ll have Mary teleport me to one of them before I fly to the other two if I find nothing there.”
“I see… Understood, Mistress.”
Hmm… I don’t know why but that’s an odd way of saying it, Katsuki… Are you planning to follow me secretly?
Actually… You know what, if she manages to follow me without me knowing, the Off-Worlder wouldn’t be able to find out either so I think that would be fine.
Lisa reached forward and slipped her hand into mine, “When would you be leaving?”
“I would like to finish this before the school semester ends so… Right now actually.”
“Eh?! Wait! Right now?! Can you go after a day or two instead?”
I blinked at her, “Ermm… Why? Do you need me to help out with your potions or something?”
I was thinking that she might be at the edge of a breakthrough and wanted me to be there but…
“Eh? Not yet. I just thought that it would be nice for us to have a sex marathon since you would be away for an extended amount of time, Aster.”
… Why did I expect anything different from her?
That was when I felt someone else hold my other hand and I turned to see Delmare had slipped to my other side to hold me as well.
“I… I would also like to spend some time with you before you leave, Aster… Is that ok?”
Nggghhh!! Ok! Ok! Let’s go back home first and I’ll spend the weekend together with everyone! I’ll leave after the weekend!
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