When Cole woke up, the first thing he recognized was the familiar feel of his bed. He wondered if Felicia had carried him all the way or just opened a portal and let him fall onto the bed. But that was just a side thought.He stood up from his bed and looked out the window. It was probably already the afternoon and people were waiting outside.
Two of them were Mini and Gemi, each holding a box of the items he had left back at〈S.T.E.L.L.A〉. They looked the least worried out of the bunch.
Next was Pisces and Virgo, Cole could clearly see the haggard looks on their faces from even a mile away. They seemed to be in quite a hurry despite it already being time for lunch. Oh, and despite their heavy attire, there wasn"t a single drop of sweat on them. Maybe Mechanicas had a cooling system installed in them.
Cole had only read basic Mechanica biology and studied his own arm. He decided that further research was necessary.
After that was Clyde. He was holding a slim box in his arm along with another package of some sort. His face was as tranquil as ever. And unlike his Master, he looked as fresh as a freshly caught fish.
Seeing there was no one else besides them, Cole went to go take a quick shower and put on a random white shirt and pants he found and headed downstairs.
There, everyone was happily eating lunch while the TV was playing a comedy-action movie. This included; Felicia, Eva, Libra, Zhujiao, Rigor, and Sekuren.
Although Zhujiao, Rigot, and Sekuren were glued to the TV.
"Ah, good afternoon Cole."
"! Good afternoon, Master."
"Good morning, Papa!"
"Good day to you, Sir Hero!"
"My Lord, I"m not sure if you"re supposed to address him that way."
With them being so enthusiastic despite it already being halfway through the day, Cole simply sat down and grabbed a plate and ate together with them. His first priority was food. If he didn"t have anything in his stomach, he wouldn"t be able to deal with the people outside properly.
"Felicia, are you really going to let the people outside wait there?"
Felicia"s hands stopped. She placed her utensils on her plate and put her hand to her cheek. She tilted her head to the side and said.
"Ara? What people are you talking about?"
"..."
Seeing that it was better to not acknowledge their existence, for now, Cole continued eating but was interrupted by the sound of knocking on the door.
Eva"s eyes shifted to the door while everyone else was paying attention to the TV. She looked back and forth between Cole, Felicia and the door, trying to make a decision.
Cole just gave her a little nod as affirmation.
With that, she slid off her chair and tottered towards the door. She grabbed the stool that was placed near it and looked through the peephole. After that, she went down, placed the stool back in its place and opened the door.
"お, 開いた."
"英語に戻る~"
"Fueh?"
Eva was startled by the introduction of this strange language that she could not understand. Just as she was about to start thinking that they were aliens, they talked in English.
"So, you must be Cole"s daughter?"
"I"m Gemi, and this one is Mini."
"Where"s your Papa?"
Gemi crouched down to meet Eva"s eye level and gently asked her. This had obviously made a favourable first impression to Eva. So, she happily pointed towards the man eating his brunch on the table as she received a head pat from Gemi.
"Morning, Cole."
"Here"s the stuff you left at the office."
"Zuben and Eschamli have been doing great in your absence."
"You trained your Vice-Heads well."
The twins placed the boxes they were holding onto a vacant s.p.a.ce in the living room and sat down for a quick chat. It might be the last time they see him so they decided to tell him about the status of things now that he was gone. For like a day or two.
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Zuben and Eschmali were the two Vice-Heads that were under Cole during his short while at〈S.T.E.L.L.A〉. He was initially surprised by their calm att.i.tude when he had taken office. He had first theorized that maybe neither of them held any ambition to rise in power.
But it turns out that they were happy as long as the other didn"t get the position. It also had to do with the fact that Cole did his job pretty well.
Just so you know, Zuben was a boy and Eschmali was a girl. There were times where Cole would see them bickering through the gla.s.s walls and think that they looked like a married couple.
"No, they originally had great potential. It was just they had always somehow missed their opportunities."
"Well, more like their rivalry made them miss it."
"Hey, at least now that they"re both the Heads that the quit rate will lessen!"
"I see you seem to be forgetting about someone."
Everyone"s eyes went to the door, except for the three bound by the TV"s spell. Virgo and Pisces were standing out the door. For some reason, she had her arms crossed haughtily like some arrogant princess with her chin raised up.
Cole had felt that her character kept on slightly changing every time he saw her. But in response to her unneeded statement, Cole uttered out a simple truth.
"Hey, I just woke up."
And continued enjoying his brunch. A vein seemed to have popped on Virgo"s head. Her blue eyes now had a misty layer of pink to them.
"What are you talking about! You clearly seemed to have had enough time to take a shower!"
She pointed towards Cole"s still slightly wet body. It was amazing you were still able to tell what she was pointing at since she hadn"t even taken a single step inside.
Seemingly overcome with anger, Virgo charged towards Cole. But before she even came close, black spikes emerged from the floor and combined into a wall.
However, Virgo clawed through it like b.u.t.ter with shimmering pink claws that glowed with a yellow light. "Very girly" was the only comment Cole would have made.
She jumped and was about to land on the table and rush towards Cole, but a black tentacle arose from the shadow of her foot and grabbed it.
"Eh?!"
It flung her through the door of the house, not leaving a trace to be seen.
"Felicia."
"? Okay."
Despite receiving not a single word of instructions, Felicia opened up a portal to〈S. T. E. L. L. A〉to the location where Virgo would be landing in a few seconds.
"I really have to practice more with〈Chaos Magic〉. But I first have to get rid of that rigid skillset system."
〔I can do that for you.〕
"Then do it, although the mana cost is a bit more, I prefer versatility."
Steward, who had been enjoying the scene playout while eating popcorn had popped up. Apparently certain systems and descriptions only appeared based on what he thought of and the information he had present.
Cole put his utensils on his plate and handed them to Felicia who was clearing up the table. He wiped his face with a napkin and then shot the two remaining outside a cold glance.
"Now, what do you two want?"