[The tree Fate planted has grown really well.]
[Really?]
Taking a slight detour, I decided to take a look at the tree growing near the fountain.
[Ooh, it was still so small the last time I remember! Is this really the sapling from back then?]
[Yes. Still couldn’t believe it myself either.]
[What a big tree it is. This size….this should have taken at least 10 years to grow.]
[That’s got to be a lie, right? Fate-sama should stop joking either.]
[Mimir, I wasn’t telling a lie. This tree was just a sapling when I was here last time.]
Are you suspecting your own brother! Don’t look at me like that.
[It’s the truth! Right, Seto.]
[It’s true, everyone. I don’t know why, but after Fate left Hauzen, the sapling grew at a tremendous rate.]
[Amazing! I can feel Fate’s power coming from this tree!]
Saying that, Snow instantly hugged the tree.
[What do you mean, Snow?]
[I see. It’s exactly as she said.]
Eris who also stood right beside me probably felt something after she lightly touched the tree.
[What does that even mean?]
[This tree has been influenced by you.]
I suddenly had a bad feeling. I used to believe that my power only affects humans.
[That’s…impossible]
[I also want to believe otherwise, but it is how it is.]
If I were to believe in Eris’ words, then that means the power of Gluttony skill can actually influence plants as well.
[You are… truly special kind, aren’t you?]
[Special? Eris also has this kind of power too, right?]
[But I don’t. So far, only my two white knights have been empowered by my Lust skill. Even worse, I couldn’t do the same to plants.]
[Is this… something good?]
[So far, I don’t know whether it’s bad or not. The tree itself has no other intention. It just wants to grow bigger. Doesn’t seem to intend any harm either.]
As Eris kept talking, a feeling of relief washed over me.
[But for now, you shouldn’t focus on something else. Who knows, something might go wrong later on.]
[Ahh…. got it. U~n, no strong thoughts, huh…]
[There was a time when Fai wanted to become a gardener, yes? If you can use this power well, creating a garden you want should be a piece of cake, right?]
[Positively thinking, that’s true.]
[Un, un. If I send some grape saplings from Heart mansion garden, would they not grow and bear fruits in no time at all?]
[That’s a good idea. I’ve been wanting to drink some Hauzen’s wine! Not to mention the wine’s color resembles blood, it’s also delicious.]
[Really now, Mimir! Stop doing that. I will keep an eye on you tonight.]
[Eeeee! No way… my only source of fun…]
[That can be a problem. Mimir will just have to find some other way to have fun]
[Eris-sama too. You are the Queen of this Kingdom. Even so… is sleeping next to Faye while in such a vulnerable getup is a Queen-like conduct?]
[Well…that’s…you see, I’m the owner of Lust skill after all. I always have the impulse to be intimate with a man. Like this!]
[Uwaa!]
I was listening to the two… when Eris suddenly hugged me and pressed her big breasts onto me. I instantly yelped quite loudly in surprise.
[What was that for! That is totally not allowed!]
[Ah, I get it now. Un, un… So that’s how.]
[Wha, what now!?]
[You’re jealous because you can’t do it like me.]
[Wha, what does that even mean!]
[Well, calm down. There is still some hope for more growth.]
[Please use your authority for a more proper stuff.]
[Arara, Fate, don’t tell you are angry at me?]
[If we keep going this way, eventually, we’ll arrive at the castle.]
[I knew that already.]
[Roxy-sama, let us go as well! Come on, cheer up.]
[Yes…]
[Come on now, your chest is just a tad bit on the smaller side!]
[Do not say that so clearly! Mimir wouldn’t understand my feelings.]
[Ah, Roxy-sama! Please wait!]
[Not yet, still wanna play here!]
[We can visit the tree again later. Now let’s head to the castle! There must be something more interesting there.]
[Really? Then what are we waiting for!]
[You really have a hard time, don’t you? At first I was a bit jealous seeing you bringing so many beautiful ladies… the Queen herself, and those former holy knights too. Now that I think carefully, no normal man will be enough to handle escorting them all.]
[So…you understand my pain now?]
[Yeah, but nothing I can do about it, so hang in there, bud.]
As someone who had married before, Seto sympathized with me.
[Oi! What’s with ‘nothing I can do about it’!]
[Obviously, I still want to keep my life intact. Therefore I can’t involve myself in it. I have an important daughter to care about after all.]
[What part of this can be life-threatening… oh, right, each one of them are strong.]
[That’s right. For me who isn’t even a warrior, it’s a whole other dimension. Everything will have to depend on Fate. It’ll be no joke if the newly renovated Hauzen collapsed due to some lover’s quarrel. Also, I hope all of you can refrain from acting lovey dovey while my daughter is around. It’s bad for her education.]
[Yes…..I’ll keep that in mind.]
[Let’s go then. I’m worried about Eris and the others.]
[It’s true that Eris-sama is a bit too freewheeling to be left alone inside the castle… I don’t know what she’ll do.]
[Let’s make haste then.]
