The Night Before Departure
The family gathered around at the sound of Cal's crying.
There, everyone was surprised to see Cal, who had returned to her original beautiful form with both arms and legs, and cried out with joy. I told the excited family members that Sylvie had awakened as a [Saint] and restored Cal.
"Amazing! That's amazing, Sylvie-chan!"
"Yes. You did a great job, Sylvie-chan."
Rain was excited, and Maria was patting Sylvie's head and praising her. The other family members were all praising Sylvie, so Sylvie was so embarrassed that she grabbed my sleeve and hid behind me.
However, the expression on her face was both embarrassed and happy.
"Daddy... daddy made me a saint. Because daddy loved me last night..."
Sylvie said that while fidgeting behind me, and the family seemed to understand just from that. Everyone looked at me and started grinning.
"Well! You've been able to get your hands on your daughter, Sylvie. Fufu."
"As I expected, Light-san puts his hands on all the women he gets close to…"
Fran says it jokingly while smiling, and Ayako is smiling, but I feel some kind of pressure......
By the way, I haven't held Ayako since then... Maybe she's unhappy that I don't hold her? I screwed up... I have to take care of Ayako once she calms down...
"I'm going to go tell everyone outside!"
While I was breaking into a cold sweat at Ayako's smile, Lida ran out to tell the dark elves outside the mansion about Cal.
Thanks to this, there was a bit of a festive atmosphere both inside and outside the mansion. Dark elves and the succubi took turns to show up in Cal's room, crying, rejoicing, thanking and worshipping Sylvie for curing her......
Everyone was having fun, their expressions changing all the time.
Considering how gloomy everyone had been since Cal arrived, I was a little relieved to see everyone's expressions soften.
For dinner, we had a barbecue style party outside with my family, dark elves, and succubi. It's like a kick-off party that also serves as a celebration of Cal's recovery.
I finally made up my mind and decided to leave tomorrow. The plan is for Ginko and I to go through the forest and teleport the succubi to a place near the Fire Dragon Mountains.
After that, the succubi, me, Rain, Lida, Ginko, and Shamu will search for the Sora clan before the Imperial soldiers do.
I thought about having Cal accompany us, but she was still recovering so she will stay at the mansion. I agreed that we would bring her by teleportation when necessary. She told us the general location of the village, but according to Cal, the village may have moved because she had not returned.
While we were having dinner and catching up with everyone, Cal came over to our table.
"Demon King-sama... Thank you for saving me this time. Also, thank you very much for extending your help to the Sora clan..."
"Light-sama, I would like to thank you for saving Cal..."
Along with Cal's words, Shamu also bowed to me, so I waved my hand to stop them.
"Stop it, stop it. Besides, it wasn't me who saved Cal, it was Sylvie. Besides, Sora clan hasn't been saved yet. You can only do that only after it's over."
"Then...... I would like to make a rude request to the Demon King-sama."
Cal looked at me with a serious expression and said that. I tilt my head and wait for Cal's words.
"Please allow me to become her vassal. I would like to pledge my allegiance to the Saint."
Sylvie was surprised to hear Cal say such a thing. And her face immediately turned sullen...
"No!"
She said that clearly and turned away with a sad expression on her face.
Cal was actually surprised by that. No, that's right. Anyone would be in trouble if they were suddenly told that they would become a vassal.
"W-why..."
"No, Cal. Sylvie didn't help you in order to make you a vassal. She helped you purely because she wanted to help you who was suffering. Besides, that's not what Sylvie is looking for. I think so."
Sylvie nodded at my words. Cal was in a panic, not knowing what to do.
"So, how would you like me to thank you?"
"That's... your smile. Sylvie used the power of the saint because she wanted you to smile. Then it is to show Sylvie that you are as happy as possible. If you want to be there for Sylvie and you say you want to be a vassal, then be there for Sylvie as a family member, not as a vassal."
"A family...?"
"Yes, that's right. You should take good care of Sylvie, Cal, as a sister."
When I said that, half teasingly, a tear fell from Cal's eye.
The elves have a strangely serious and formal nature, which makes them very difficult to deal with......
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