Chapter 221
Chapter Twenty-Six: Mom, I Want a Puppy
Haihara made good use of the last day of her vacation.
She spent the morning taking care of Kirishima Ai, who had just recovered from a fever, before driving home.
The car will be returned to the principal tomorrow.
As for lunch today, Kazama Kiriori will be in charge of making it.
To be honest, Kazama Kiriori is a better cook than her.
It's worth mentioning that she wasn't alone with her daughter at home today.
Kougami was also there.
Although it's unknown what Kazama Kiriori herself thinks of her Step-mom, it seems that the three of them live a relatively harmonious family life.
After lunch, Kougami take a shower in preparation for the afternoon's activities, while Haihara Kazama Kiriori stayed in the bedroom, lying in the same bed.
Kazama Kiriori was holding her arm, showing her her phone:
"Mom, after I graduate, can we get a dog together?"
She stared intently into Haihara's eyes, as if she were being coquettish.
Haihara turned around expressionlessly, looking at the girl's beautiful smiling face, her captivating eyes and white teeth when she smiled.
To be honest, she felt that her eldest daughter was already quite like a dog, and there was no need to raise another one.
Kazama Kiriori's phone contains many videos of her pet dogs.
Although Haihara prefers snakes, most people, when seeing videos of such pets, especially those intelligent and beautiful dogs, will inevitably be tempted.
Haihara admits that she does have a slight desire to raise one.
"If you take care of this dog before you go to college, I can consider it."
She didn't rule out any possibility of a definitive answer.
After all, she's always been only enthusiastic about things for a short time.
Kazama Kiriori immediately nuzzled Haihara's cheek affectionately, like a puppy that had just gotten a bone, and even gave her a kiss:
"Really?"
After the kiss, she hugged Haihara's shoulders in bed, overjoyed.
For a moment, Haihara couldn't decide whether kissing herself or agreeing to get a dog would make the dutiful daughter happier.
However, she doesn't mind that Kazama Kiriori a dog.
As long as the dog is well-behaved, that's fine.
As for the troubles of raising a dog, let Kazama Kiriori worry about them herself.
"But what kind of dog do you want? Let me make it clear, I dislike small dogs."
Haihara thinks all small dogs are quite fierce.
She prefers Border Collies, since she's heard they're very intelligent, quite large, and rather pleasing to the eye.
Based on these qualities, she seems quite like a devoted and filial daughter.
Upon hearing this question, Kazama Kiriori thought about it seriously.
Well, she likes basically all dogs, so choosing one from so many is quite difficult...
"Hmm... I want a puppy with snow-white fur, preferably one that can grow quite big later."
Besides raising a dog, Kazama Kiriori also wants to raise one with her mother, so a big dog would be best.
This request made Haihara pinch her chin in thought.
Big white dog?
I think that's the feeling with Samoyeds.
She found several videos of white dogs.
I feel like I'm a bit chubby.
It doesn't seem to fit her aesthetic preferences very well.
Even though I'm not raising her myself, there's nothing I can do if my daughter likes it.
Thinking of this, Haihara pointed to her face:
Kiss me again.
She said it in a flat tone.
Kazama Kiriori blinked, then leaned in and kissed Haihara on the cheek.
After being kissed, Haihara was in a pretty good mood. She hummed softly, reached out, and pinched her daughter's tender face until it was slightly distorted.
Seeing the girl staring blankly with her eyes open, Haihara couldn't help but chuckle.
I'll let you choose one later.
After a small, heartwarming interaction, Haihara felt she had also replenished a lot of her "daughter energy."
But then again...
What kind of dog should I buy?
Are there any white puppies that fit her aesthetic preferences, preferably ones that look a bit like wolves?
I remember a long time ago, Witch used to keep wolves as pets.
Therefore, even among the Overlord's Magic Armament, there were spells that could transform enemies into little wolfhounds.
On the last day of the holiday, Takanashi Shiori seemed no different from usual.
Rather, due to some special reasons, she found this holiday quite boring.
Especially today.
She was supposed to have a date with Haihara this afternoon, but not long ago, she was notified at the last minute that she had to pick up the new Magic girl that R'lyeh had sent to reinforce her.
She didn't even know where to begin.
Why didn't you tell her about something so important sooner?
And it happened so suddenly.
Most importantly... it was still that Cangyue Yuri who was sent.
There's no way.
She could only tidy herself up and then reluctantly go to pick up her new colleague.
According to R'lyeh's notification, they arranged to meet at a relatively secluded location near the station, and Takanashi waited there ever since.
To be honest, the people from R'lyeh notified us way too late.
By the time she was notified, the Magic girl from R'lyeh might have already arrived.
That was what she originally thought.
But after waiting for a while, she still didn't see anyone.
Generally speaking, R'lyeh's trains are very punctual.
Are we going to get lost?
"... What is that guy doing?"
Takanashi glanced down at his watch.
Although theoretically it wouldn't be long, Takanashi wasn't really keen on waiting for Cangyue Yuri.
Just as she was about to try to contact Cangyue Yuri using some kind of Magic, she sensed something unusual first.
This made the Takanashi pause for a moment.
She subconsciously raised her head and looked towards the source of the strange fluctuation she had just sensed, then saw the plaza in the distance, probably in the direction of the R'lyeh underground station.
On the surface, everything was calm, nothing happened, and the citizens in the square did not notice anything unusual.
But generally speaking, Takanashi thinks that unless something unexpected happens, it's probably an accident.
"What's going on..."
She muttered something to herself.
Just now, she sensed the aura of Snake-Type Magic.
Looks like I'll have to go check it out.
When the Takanashi arrived at the square, there was still no unusual activity; it remained one of the city's most bustling and noisy areas.
There are also quite a few people cosplaying Magic girls.
Shortly after she arrived at the square, she looked around and was surprised to find that there were so many people there.
In that case, she has no way to transform.
When she's Magic girl Thousand Sins, she can't control her powers well, and in such a densely packed crowd, she might accidentally hurt ordinary people.
Just as she was thinking this—
"Help! There are four Monster here!"
Suddenly, someone screamed in the square.
Takanashi looked in the direction of the scream, and then heard shouts from a citizen. Before Takanashi could react, the crowd had already scattered and fled, almost hitting her.
In a corner of the plaza, at the entrance to the R'lyeh underground station, there were indeed four Monster figures.
The last time I saw so many Monsters at once was before Rainbow Feather was sent to the revival match.
They were all Perfect Form Monster that I had never seen before.
Moreover, these four Monster clearly showed signs of having been in a fight.
It was probably made by a Magic girl.
In this place, near the R'lyeh underground station, four unknown Monster have appeared, and she still hasn't been able to contact Cangyue Yuri.
It seems she'll have to ask him herself.
On the other side...
Due to a sudden accident, the Monster who were fighting the Magic girl Moon Slasher did not continue to entangle with Moon Slasher in the underground station, but left the scene as quickly as possible.
Because just now, without a doubt, a terrifying being appeared.
It's hard to say what will happen if they stay there.
However, regarding Magic Girl Moon Slasher...
How can I explain this to their owners?
"As expected of someone who possesses that person's power, Magic Girl Moon Slasher is able to contend with the four of us at the same time."
One of the Bird-type Monster, whose body was covered in bald patches, sighed as he raised his arm. In the blink of an eye, the feathers burned by Magic Power and the wounds on his arm had healed considerably.
The other Monster were the same.
Clearly, they all possess powerful healing abilities.
The other Monster was dismissive and slightly sarcastic:
"Hmph, but she's still too inexperienced. She can't possibly defeat all four of us at the same time. If that battle continues, she'll only lose."
It has absolute confidence in the strength of the four of them.
Beyond their combat and recovery abilities, the four of them, when together and working seamlessly together, possess combat power far exceeding what is apparent on the surface.
Even a Magic girl from Sacred Domain is nothing special.
In fact, even if Moon Slasher had been able to unleash even greater power at that time, it wouldn't have been able to stop them from retreating.
Just as they were thinking this---