Side Story 4: The Three Sisters’ Encounter

During the afternoon on a certain day with clear skies.

After Hina woke up from her afternoon nap, a sudden announcement from Silvia sent all three sisters screaming with excitement.

“Let’s all go visit the city together.”

“Madam, what did you just—?!” The Grade 7 goddess Emalia was very surprised.

All the related departments had sent her repeated warnings of “Don’t interfere with the other world any more than absolutely necessary.“ After Shouzou had started working, she had been receiving snide remarks every once in a while about it. Since she had been running about filing all the necessary regular reports, Emalia had been living every day with her stomach in terrible pain.

Silvia replied with a carefree smile, “To be honest, I’ve gotten so used to life on this side that I need some stimulation♪”

“How about cultivating aesthetic sensibility in your daughters? I’m sure that’d be very stimulating.” Emalia could wail as much as she wanted, but there was no way to overturn a decision that had already been set in stone.

“What should I wear?” asked Yuna, who had recently awakened to the concept of fashion.

“Will we get to meet any elves?” asked Kana, whose eyes were practically shining.

“Will there be Wolf-sama~?” asked Hina while jumping up and down like a bunny.

“Why wolves?” asked Kana.

“Where there are lots of people, Wolf-sama is there, and he tries to eat little kids, that’s what I learned~”

“Ohh, you’re talking about the ‘Beware of Strangers’ signs back in Japan. Hinacchi is very cute, so you’ve gotta be careful, okay?”

“I know what Wolf-sama looks like~!”

In this way, the three sisters finally got to visit fortress city Treia for the first time—

As their eyes were stolen by the sight of all the demihumans with animal ears walking along the stone-paved roads......

“We’ve barely just got here and Hina-san is already gone?!?!” Emalia’s cry echoed throughout the avenue.

“That’s terrible! I’ll go look for her!” Kana dashed off with delight and in high spirits.

“Wait A-AAHHH?! Now that’s two of them swallowed up and lost in the crowds......” Emalia clutched her head, but then pulled herself together, and pounded her gently sloping chest while declaring to Silvia, “Please leave this to me. You might not think it, but I’m actually quite good at tracking magic.”

“Oh my. I thought you weren’t going to use magic, though?”

“This is an emergency, and it’s the kind of magic that is hard to notice at a glance.” Emalia was burning with a sense of duty at finally having an opportunity to prove her usefulness.

“Well then, here I go.” She clenched her eyes together and seemed to concentrate really hard on something, until she suddenly pointed in the direction that Kana had ran off in, declaring, “That way!”

As Silvia and Yuna watched on with incredulity, thinking to themselves “She went off that way, so isn’t that a given already?” a cry that only brought them further unease rang out.

“Ahh?! I’ve lost them. There’s too many people that the noise is just... which direction?!”

“Mom, is it all right to just leave things be?” Yuna’s black eyes quivered with apprehension.

“I’ve already cast protective magic over both Kana and Hina that would activate if they are ever in danger, so there’s no need to worry. This is the long-awaited trip to the city. I want to let them do whatever they want for a while longer.” But that said, it would weigh on her conscience if her daughters caused anyone any trouble.

“But it’s true that lately, both of them have started to awaken to their goddess powers. Especially Kana, she seems like she’s being thrown around by her power, so I guess there is some cause for concern.”

“Goddess... power......?”

“That’s right. Inside the three of you flows Mommy’s blood, the blood of a goddess. Back when we were in Japan, Mommy suppressed it for you, but perhaps due to having been transmigrated to another world, it seems that it has awoken in all of you.”

“So you mean, me too......?” Yuna’s uneasy gaze was returned by Silvia’s cheerful, gentle one.

“That’s right. I’m sure you’ve already noticed that something is off, haven’t you? Lately, you’ve been studying all by yourself without needing Emalia-san’s teaching at all, isn’t that right? Haven’t you already finished all the high school-level material?”

“Umm, well, yes......”

Unlike Kana, Yuna did not have superhuman physical abilities.

Unlike Hina, Yuna did not have powerful magic capabilities.

While feeling pride at watching her younger sisters’ visible growth, she had also been feeling slightly lonely at seemingly having been left behind.

But as of late, even she had started to realize that something was strange.

She could remember any book perfectly by just reading it once. The abstract concepts in high school-level textbooks could also enter her head with no difficulty at all, and she could also read philosophical books and understand them fully.

Compared to her younger sisters, her ability might seem simple, but perhaps it was the perfect fit for her simple self.

“So then, let’s get to looking for the three of them, shall we?”

“Oh, so we’re treating Emalia-sensei as lost as well......” Yuna held onto her mother’s hand tightly. It had been a very long time since she got to have her mother to herself. Her mother’s hand was very soft and very warm.

The lost Kana and Hina met a certain young girl in the midst of a bit of a commotion.

“We’ll now be going to one of the city guard stations, all right? By the way, I’m Sofie. Nice to meet you two.” “I’m Kana~”

“I’m Hina-sama~”

“Um, yeah. I already knew that...... more like, you two sure are energetic.” After a simple self-introduction of only names, Sofie headed down the main avenue while holding both Kana and Hina’s hands.

“...Umm, how about let’s properly look forward when walking? Why are you two staring at me?” Both Kana and Hina were looking up at Sofie.

“Your ears are so long~” Hina said in a somewhat wary tone.

“Y-Yes they are.”

“Your eyes are big and bright~”

“A-Are they?”

“But your mouth, it’s not big~”

“What?”

“Your hands are white, and your voice is not growly~”

“Umm......?”

“Sofie-onee-sama is not a Wolf-sama~” Hina flashed her a relieved smile, to which Sofie could not help but to tilt her head in puzzlement.

“Hinacchi, she’s what they call an ‘elf.’ Am I right?”

“Yes, I am. Is this your first time seeing one?”

“I have heard much about your kind.”

“The boobies of all Elf-sama, are they all so big~?”

“Eh, I-I’m not so sure? I don’t think it’s everyone... more like, Kana-chan, everyone’s watching, please stop touching my chest......” With both her hands occupied with pulling along the two sisters, Sofie was left with no way to protect herself from Kana’s sexual assault.

“It’s so soft.”

Hearing Kana’s review, Hina also reached out a hand.

“So soft...... But Okaa-sama’s are much, much bigger~”

Looking somewhat proud, Hina suddenly sniffed Sofie, before tilting her head.

“Otoo-sama’s smell~”

“Eh? Your daddy?” Sofie received quite the amount of damage at the fact that instead of smelling sweetly like a mother, she apparently smelled of a middle-aged man. Within her depression, she tried to explain it away to herself by pegging it up to her just being kind of sweaty from making today’s rounds.

Within this harmonious (?) atmosphere, the three of them walked on.

“There you two are!” An energetic beautiful lady showed up with such speed that she might’ve whittled down the stone pavement with the soles of her shoes.

“Hina-san, you can’t just go and disappear on us! And Kana-san also, what is the point if the person who goes out searching also becomes lost!”

“Kuh, so you’ve found me......”

“You were trying to run away?!” While watching the beautiful lady being vexed, Sofie tilted her head.

“You... aren’t their mother... right?”

“Did you just look at my chest when making that guess?”

“N-Nonononono! Absolutely not......” Sofie averted her eyes. In any case, an adult acquaintance had now shown up.

“In that case, then I’ll excuse myself. Kana-chan, Hina-chan, bye bye.”

“Sure, seeya~”

“Sorry for any inkonevience caused~”

After parting with Sofie, it was but a short while until they were reunited with their mother Silvia and Yuna.

As Hina spoke excitedly of the kind elf big sister, Silvia rubbed her daughter’s hair as if brushing it.

“You’ve had a very fortuitous meeting, then.”

Hina twisted around as if feeling ticklish, and answered energetically.

“I did. Sofie-onee-sama smelled like Otoo-sama~”

Abruptly, the air froze.

“D-D-D-Daddy’s, smell......?”

“Yep! Very strong smell~!”

Silvia crumpled to the ground.

“Madam?!?!?!”

“Oh, I should have known. He’s such a wonderful person, after all. To have two or three lovers......” While looking down at Silvia, who was lying on her side while covering her face with both hands and sobbing, Emalia found herself harboring doubts regarding this Grade 1 goddess’ sense of aesthetics.

That night, having to suffer through heavy pressure, even though he couldn’t remember what he did to deserve it, caused Shouzou’s nerves to be grinded away—