Meet Shizuku's family and parents-in-law

After the event and small party that Eleonora and her family held, the females of Utaha's group asked the number of the young bluenette. Some of them have their own reasons, but the truth is that they were romantically interested in Eleonora, even someone who already has a husband like Megumi has a slight crush on her. Knowing that the young bluenette is about to feel guilty, she shakes her head and tries to get herself used to this kind of situation since that's not entirely her fault.

And a few days have passed since New Year eve.

Eleonora has already told Sakura that she can't join Nadeshiko's Christmas Camp, and the pink-haired cheerful girl launches a lot of protest against her when she meets in New Year. Eleonora also had the chance to meet with the rest of Nadeshiko's friends from her new school, Saitou Ena and Shima Rin; as she had expected, they also developed a slight crush on her when they met with each other.

Simply said, Nadeshiko and her friends have a crush on Eleonora. Sakura only shakes her head and is facepalmed, seeing the abnormal development of their relationship. Still, she just gave up and didn't care much about things like that since it is a common occurrence around her.

Despite knowing Eleonora far longer than the other lovers, she still does not get used to this. She tried her best to get used to that, though, although it's doubtful if it was faster than she had expected since she is basically the most normal and sane person among the group of Eleonora's lovers.

That's why she was chosen to be the alpha or leader of Eleonora's harem. Aside from being together with Eleonora far longer than the others, she can also be pretty scary and assertive; she sometimes can be blunt towards people she loves.

According to Eleonora, she is suited for this, and not only her, Sonoka and others share the same thought. All of them, including the ones who came from Tortus too. Even though Sakura is an ordinary human, she can surpass them in some aspects, albeit not that much like Eleonora.

Also, since Nadeshiko and her friends came to her house because they were invited, Eleonora used this chance to unlock their magic and taught them some basic spells she had, which is [Inventory], [Observe], and [Status]. Eleonora also does that to the Seven Prodigies and her lovers, but the other spells can be learned when she finishes her business with Shizuku.

Of course, she kept this secret from Emilia and her group, especially Liese and Gin, since they are the ones who most want to go home. Although not so hasten like both of them, La Folia still wants to go home and see her family since she wants to know if they are okay or not when she suddenly disappears like that.

She is a princess, after all, an important figure of her kingdom.

A few days have passed since then; Eleonora is currently in the garden of her house and some people. They were Shizuku, Sakura, and Keine. For Shizuku, it's obvious since what will they do is open a portal to go to her original world. Sakura and Keine were curious about another world, so they told Eleonora to bring them along, and Eleonora didn't see anything wrong with it and decided to include them.

Eleonora can understand why they insisted on joining her in another world. This is something new to them, and they have the opportunity to see another world. She thought that Aletia, Shea, and Tio wanted to go, but they declined since it had nothing to do with them, which makes Eleonora sweatdrop as she thinks that those three kinds of cold and heartless as if they were already forgotten about an individual named Nagumo Hajime and the adventures they have gone through.

She just shrugged and didn't intend to push that anymore since it will be ended up bad if she forced them to come with her and entirely made them uncomfortable. Aletia said that she wanted to learn anything related to being a good housewife, so she asked to be taught by Eleonora's mother, Yotsuba Yuuka, and a few maids of her house. Shea told her that she wanted to spend time with her friends from school, while Tio wanted to work on the clothing business with Remia.

That's why it's only Eleonora, Shizuku, Sakura, and Keine who will be the members of this party. Her family and friends had also expected some souvenirs to bring when they returned, and Eleonora said she would get them.

"Alright, there is no need for such things as a grand farewell. Is that okay, everyone?"

Eleonora asked while turning behind her as a portal had already opened in front of her. Its size is big enough to for four of them. There is no need for a small-sized portal that only lets someone enter it one by one. That's not so convenient at all.

Shizuku, Sakura, and Keine nod their heads together at Eleonora.

"Yeah, there is no need to bother anyone, Eleonora."

"What she said, Leo. I also agree with that since it will be a waste of time to bring everyone here."

"Fufu, she's right, Leo-chan. We can do that at another time. I'm quite curious about another world existence. Although you have already experienced it, I also want to see it with my own eyes. But Shizuku-san's world is basically the same as ours, right?"

The black-haired ponytail swordswoman nodded at Keine's question.

"That's right. Although the bigger difference is that we have no magic and such. It's a completely normal world without magic influences like this."

Keine rubs her chin and nod at that.

"Well, at first, our world also is like that, but suddenly monsters, magic, and dungeons appears out of nowhere. Mankind discovers it with no time and has no choice but to quickly adapt themselves to the new world condition."

"I've already heard from Eleonora, but that is still surprising."

All of them chuckle and are interrupted by Eleonora, who casually speaks to them as she tries to remind them of something.

"Alright, everyone, we will continue that later. For now, let's hop in the portal. We can't surely let Shizuku's family and friends wait too long, right?"

Shizuku nodded with a happy smile on her face, and Keine and Sakura, who nods their heads. They then walked inside the portal and ended up in a particular place. It's a big building that has a nameplate on it said "Namihazu High School." on it. Currently, the school's gate seems closed due to the time they have arrived right now. It's presently lesson time, and some classes stay in the classroom while some are on the school field due to P.E class.

The pair of Shizuku's red eyes shed tears when she saw the school building not far from their current location. Tears were overflowing from her eyes, and she began to let out small sobs and lean herself to Eleonora's chest as the young bluenette offered that to the beautiful swordswoman.

She immediately understood that they were in Shizuku's school. It's not that hard to figure that; even Keine and Sakura can quickly notice from the moment Yaegashi Shizuku's shed tears when her eyes looked at the school building.

After around five minutes, Shizuku stopped sobbing and wiped her eyes with the handkerchief from Eleonora, who offered it to her. Both stared at each other eyes and nodded together as if they understood each other with just eyes contact.

"Thank you for that, Eleonora. I show you my weakness again. I have already promised to not do that, but yet…."

Eleonora just shakes her head to that.

"I don't care about that. Don't ever feel sorry for showing any kind of sides you have to me. I also don't care if you show me your weakness. Even Sakura-nee and Kei-nee also show me all of the sides they hide. Right?"

The young bluenette said that while looking through Sakura and Keine, who nodded in agreement with what Eleonora told. They do not feel shy or embarrassed when being mentioned like that by their younger lovers; instead, they are just proud and feel happy because Eleonora does not think less of them. She still sees them as the people she loves, nothing less than that.

"What Leo said is right. She will accept you as who are you, even if you had ugly sides that no one want to find out except a certain person."

"Sakura-san is right. Don't feel embarrassed showing your weakness and ugly sides within you to people you truly care about. We can cover each other weaknesses and accept that. We can also try to turn our ugly side to be beautiful or good."

Shizuku went quiet and looked at them before nodding.

"Yeah. Thank you, everyone, and looks like still school time. Maybe we will go straight to my house."

"Sorry for that, Shizuku. I forgot to use [Memory Transfer] to make it easier for us when you stepped inside the portal and led us directly to your house, but instead, we are ended up in front of your school."

"It's okay, Eleonora. Let's use it now, then."

Eleonora nodded, then all of them held each other hands.

She then cast [Memory Transfer], which allows a portion of Shizuku's memories to flow through her mind to make Eleonora easier summon the portal lead them to the Yaegashi family's house. Shizuku's school is currently in school time and cannot be disturbed.

It also let Shizuku reunite with her parents and all family members of her family, which means there's a chance that Eleonora might meet with her other parents-in-law.

Eleonora then opens another portal set to transport them to Shizuku's house; the four enter the portal and suddenly enter someone's house. It was a spacious ground surrounded by splendid hedges with a large Japanese house inside it, or rather than a house, it was an estate. History could be felt from its appearance alone.

With a glance at that hedge and estate, Eleonora and others finally arrived in front of the entrance. The front gate was also a heavy and splendid structure. The wood and iron clearly conveyed the months and years they had been piling up until now. If an ordinary person visited this place for the first time, they would unconsciously straighten themselves up.

The family name written beside the front gate was―" Yaegashi".

Yes, this place was Shizuku's house, and adjacent to the house was the long-established dojo of the Yaegashi-style. Shizuku took a deep breath and cleared her throat since she seemed nervous standing right in front of the entrance of her house.

She then felt her hands being held, and it was Eleonora who did that. Turning her head, Eleonora gave her a reassuring look and made her reassure as she tightened the hands that were holding together. The nervousness reduced and made her less nervous than before, and she gained a bit of confidence within her.

Without waiting anymore, Shizuku's finger was pushing on the interphone button installed beside the gate, the only piece that approached the modern age here.

"Yes, who could this be?"

A female voice immediately responded. It sounded young, with a pleasant tone that sounded calm, a voice that gave the feeling of maturity. When Shizuku heard that voice―it made the beautiful swordswoman startled since she knew exactly whose voice it belonged to; it was the voice of her own mother, Kirino. She was the one who responded to her own daughter.

"Okaa-san… it's me."

With happiness in her tone, she stuttered when saying that. She said that through the interphone installed beside the gate. Eleonora, Keine, and Sakura just flashed a slight smile on their faces. Despite her nervousness gone, it came back again, and they can't help, but it's given since Shizuku hasn't met with her family for a long time.

"Shizuku…? Shizuku, is that you…?"

Her mother asked in disbelief. Although they installed an intercom, it's not the latest model or advanced one, so her mother cannot properly see her daughter's face. Nevertheless, Shizuku just nodded at her mother and replied.

"Yes, Okaa-san. It's me… It's Shizuku."

There was a long pause, and silence fell between them―Shizuku and the girls could hear the sounds of footsteps in hurried, and the door was opened. Shizuku heart has been beating up excitedly, moreover when knowing whose footstep it belongs as she guessed that―the longed feeling of family coming again.

As the gate opened, Shizuku could see someone familiar to her. No, it's obvious. They share the same features despite the age differences. They were far apart from each other; Shizuku's mother is a beautiful middle-aged woman with a calming look and elegance but a different kind of elegance from Eleonora.

Both then hug each other. Shizuku threw herself to her mother's chest and cried aloud with tears flowing down her eyes while her mother, Yaegashi Kirino, caressed her precious and sole daughter with happiness within her.

"Okaa-san, I… I miss you and everyone."

Kirino nods her head as she understands the feeling of her daughter. She then wiped out some tears from her daughter's eyes and looked at Shizuku with her motherly smile. She cannot help but feel happy about this reunion even though it's so sudden, but Kirino always manages to calm herself, so she does not make her daughter worried about her.

"I know, Shizuku. Me, Otou-san, and everyone from Yaegashi's dojo also miss you. Since six months ago, we left in confusion as the family of those people from your class who are disappeared cannot do anything about that. We always try our best to find any clues or something so we can find the missing people."

Shizuku and others who heard that became curious. They then try to listen carefully to what Kirino has said as she continues about her talk regarding the situation of this world after they were transported or kidnapped by Ehit and his followers, as Shizuku and her classmate were forced into a war they don't want. Forcing them to experience many horrible things, such as betrayal, doubting each other, listening to strangers' words and believing that without hesitation―which results in them being betrayed by the people who summons them.

Many things that happened shouldn't be experienced by young people in high school. They have been forced to see the bitter truth of how the world's work, even though they were in another world that was supposedly vastly different from theirs.

"Really…?"

Shizuku asked with curiosity since this was shocking news for her. Her mother just nods at her daughter, confirming it to be true.

"Yes. It became a huge uproar. Many reporters visit the family or relatives of those who went missing. But after six months, they stopped coming to us, the media who at first heated then calmed down, and the interest of the people began to move to other topics. Despite how much efforts we have at the searching, even with police's help, we unable to obtain even a single clue, every one of us beginning to be approached by fatigue and resignation."

The expression that Kirino shows is obvious. She closed her eyes and reminisced about what was happened at that time. Every family of those students is filled with desperation, the same can be said with Kirino and her family, but they had to give up the search without forgetting about the students.

"Okaa-san… I'm sorry for that."

"Don't be, Shizuku. It's not your fault or anyone. But then, a month ago, the students who went missing suddenly appeared and made the media heated up again as they interviewed some of them, but people who were supposed to be there in the group were nowhere to find. We also didn't find you among the group. What happened, Shizuku?"

Her mother let off the hug while Shizuku let off the hands from her and let out a heavy sigh.

"Okaa-san, I will answer that when we go inside."

"…Alright. If you said so, my daughter."

Shizuku smiled at her mother in relief, and Kirino then turned her head to see Eleonora, Sakura, and Keine, who smiled at them. She went 'Oh my' when she saw Eleonora, which made the beautiful swordswoman of the Yaegashi family pout and frowned. Her mother has her cheeks flushed when looking at her lover.

"Oh my. Shizuku, who are these people? Are they your friends?"

With a heavy sigh and trying to calm down since it's not technically Eleonora and her mother's fault, though it did still make her a bit irritated, Shizuku then nodded at Kirino to confirm it.

"Yes, Okaa-san. One of them is my lover."

"Lover?! Shizuku, you have… a woman as your lover?"

Kirino said shockingly as she didn't believe what she heard since that was a bit absurd to her, but her daughter's confirmation cleared it and made her bewildered. She cannot believe that her daughter would have a woman or someone of the same sex as her lover.

"I see…"

"Okaa-san, what's wrong? You… didn't like it…?"

Hearing her daughter asks her with a slight hint of sadness and disappointment makes Kirino panic and deny what Shizuku has said while waving her hands off to her daughter.

"No, no! Okaa-san was just… shocked by that. I mean, same-sex relationship…."

Kirino told Shizuku as she tried to clarify what she meant, so her daughter wouldn't misunderstand her reaction. She doesn't want her daughter to be saddened by a misunderstanding.

"Hm… then, could we talk about the details inside? Please, Okaa-san."

"Ah! Yes, yes. Forgive my rudeness; please come in."

Shizuku's mother welcomed her daughter and her companion.

Eleonora, Sakura, and Keine nod their heads and are granted permission to come inside with them. Kirino glanced at Shizuku, who smiled happily as she went to the young bluenette and walked by her side.

'Shizuku… you brought me a surprise. I wonder what kind of face your father will make if he sees all of this. Moreover… she has a gorgeous woman as her lover. My instinct as mother told me that the young bluenette is the perfect choice for her.'

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Shizuku family was gathered while the young woman was currently in her own room to change her clothes to suitable. Eleonora was being brought by Kirino and had the chance to meet with the grandfather and father of Yaegashi Shizuku. In contrast, Sakura and Keine with Shizuku's mother because Eleonora's two lovers have nothing to do with it.

Two figures of a man sat on the beautiful tatami floors. One is the older man with white hakama, he is around 80 with a deeply wrinkled face and white hair, was an instructor of the Yaegashi-style and the grandfather of Shizuku, so Eleonora and her lovers must show manners to him.

The other was a handsome middle-aged man with a rather stern look due to the gash in his cheek that he got from somewhere that was his trademark. Both are very protective and love Shizuku so much; the same can be said with Yaegashi Kirino. All of them are so protective and loves Shizuku to the point they would be upset or mad when they are upset Shizuku brought a lover; they might even separates her from her lover. Seeing what kind of person made the swordswoman fall in love, they decided not to take any extreme action towards Eleonora.

Shizuku's grandfather is Yaegashi Shuuzou, while his father is Yaegashi Koichi. Both Shuuzou and Koichi can feel the tremendous and powerful aura that Eleonora has deep within her. They try to look as calm as possible while inside they were sweats furiously, as the older ones and has a lot experience, they must not show any weakness; moreover, they both are men, so it's normal for them to act tough even if they aren't.

Cleared his throat, Shuuzou was the one who started to speak. His eyes looked straight at Eleonora, but nothing ill or sort of like that within him.

"So… I hear you are my granddaughter's lover. Is that true…?"

Eleonora knew what he meant and simply nodded at him, causing him to jolt a bit as the same happens to Koichi. The oldest Yaegashi then said nothing and let Eleonora speak in return for that.

"Yes. I'm Shizuku's lover, and that's nothing wrong with it."

"But… same-sex relationship is morally wrong. They can't produce any child or heirs."

"Rest assured…"

"Shuuzou, Yaegashi Shuuzou and if I may know your name…?"

"Eleonora Pendragon, please call me Eleonora and please rest assured about that, Shuuzou-san. I can give you and your family an heir."

This caused both Shuuzou and Koichi to be shocked in disbelieving at the claim of Eleonora, but the young bluenette just curled her lips in a smile and continued saying what she had on her mind to them.

"Do not worry. If you want proof, then please wait around six to eight weeks."

"Six to eight weeks… then, you and her…."

Eleonora simply nods at the widened Koichi. Instead of going mad and trying to leak his killing intent towards Eleonora, Koichi has a pale face and looks down in disbelief. He cannot believe what he hears from his daughter lover, but he cannot do anything reckless. He is trying to remain calm and control his emotion.

And knowing this, Shuuzou spoke once again.

"Are you mutually love each other? Is Shizuku… is she genuinely loves you, not being forced or anything?"

But what he got was Eleonora shaking her head. He breathes a relief sigh, knowing that since Eleonora didn't force Shizuku to love her, Shuuzou would be enraged if she did that. He then continues his questions.

"You already took her first time and virginity… but how…? As far as I know, a same-sex relationship cannot do that. Or you are secretly a man who has woman facial features?"

"Fortunately, not. I am genuinely a woman, and… has a certain part of man between my legs. It's a rare case that's happened, and that has happened to me."

Shuuzou and Koichi's eyes widened, and jaw dropped when hearing that. They became stunned for several seconds before recovering and going back to normal. They have only been surprised today, and that's not funny; it's kind of weird for them.

"O-Oh… I see. So that's how you and Shizuku…."

Eleonora nodded, which made it worse since Shuuzou and Koichi had to accept it no matter what. They cannot prevent that since it's already too late, and Shizuku would also be mad at them if they did something unreasonable towards Eleonora.

From his experience judging and observing someone, Shuuzou knows Eleonora wasn't lying to him. Shizuku's lover told him the truth from the expression, voice, and gesture, and she was not scared at all since she was being honest. No, instead, the instructor of Yaegashi's dojo was confident that Eleonora didn't have any intention of that.

He let out a small sigh and shook his head. His eyes then stared at Koichi; both stared wordlessly and nodded at each other, then Shuuzou turned his head to Eleonora and looked at her with mellow expression as a smile appeared on his lips.

"Then, I'll believe what you said, Eleonora-kun. We are also sorry about our… reactions."

"I am really honored to that, Shuuzou-san. Please pay no mind; that is normal since Shizuku is loved by her grandfather and parents also everyone. She is such a lovely woman, and I can't help but be attracted to such charm."

The way Eleonora said that made both Shuuzou and Koichi smile proudly. They even nod their heads simultaneously with their arms crossed, but then the eighty-year-old man says something to Eleonora that causes the young girl to be surprised a bit.

"Then, Eleonora-kun… how about we have mock combat a bit?"