And behind her.
The figures of Sasamori Aya, Tsukuyo Inaba, and the other girls had already appeared.
"Hey!"
"Lord Haimo!"
The moment she spotted Haimo returning to the residence, Tsubaki raised a hand and waved, calling out to him.
"Did you just go out?"
Haimo approached with a smile.
"That's right. Just getting a little exercise to digest dinner."
"I didn't expect you to finish so quickly."
"Hehe!"
"Of course!"
"It was just a few clothes and odds and ends. It didn't take much work."
"Besides."
"We wanted to finish moving early so these little monsters could get some rest."
"After everything they went through today, they're pretty exhausted."
"You're right, Miss Tsubaki."
Haimo nodded lightly in agreement, but out of the corner of his eye, he noticed something not far behind them.
There was a large wooden barrel.
A large wooden barrel already looked particularly out of place on this wide street.
Worse still.
Two conspicuous black twin tails were actually sticking out from the top of the barrel.
And the ridiculous part was.
Hestia, inside the barrel, seemed completely unaware of how terrible her disguise was.
She was still moving forward.
Those twin tails bobbed with the barrel's slight movements.
At the sight, even a god.
Felt a profound sense of helplessness.
Haimo sighed, then called toward the barrel.
"Come out."
"Hestia."
"..."
At that, the barrel abruptly stopped moving.
Bang!
There was a soft thump.
The lid was instantly knocked flying from within.
Hestia's little face poked out, her cheeks puffed in indignation.
Black grime from inside the barrel clung to her body.
At this point.
Haimo could only resign himself.
"Come inside and wash up with us."
"Lady Hestia, you haven't been following us inside that barrel this whole time, have you?"
Tsubaki looked equally