Shea: did we get-
Shea was about to say another dangerous phrase so I put my hand over her mouth, we all gathered in one of the giant cubes, and I looked around, scanning for some final trick Miledi wanted to pull on us but it never came.
The next thing that happened was that a small golem fell in front of us, it was a small thing completely covered by a hood and its face was a mask with holes that simulated eyes and mouth.
Miledi: I guess I'll have to call this your victory, you showed that you are worthy.
Cecilia: What do you mean by I guess, we dominated that fight, that was undoubtedly our victory.
Miledi: I'm not sure about that, if the test had gone on any longer that guy would have started kissing more people, I had to cut that short.
Yuuki: Either way, you admit that we are passing, you have an ancestral magic to give us.
Miledi: yeah yeah, just stand in the circle.
A long rope fell out of nowhere next to Miledi and when she pulled the rope a magic circle similar to the one we found in Orcus's cabin appeared, we stood in the circle and when a great light covered us I could feel the magic entering my body, this was gravity magic, and I could feel that it was something more powerful than Yashima's ability, it will do her good to go through this dungeon when she has time.
Miledi: You had your prize, now go, I don't want you to continue flirting in my house.
Yuuki: Wait, I said this to the Orcus recording but he obviously didn't hear me so I'll tell you, about your mission and your legacy, I plan to take that with me and cleanse this world from the influence of that maniacal god.
Miledi had turned around when she told us to leave her "house" but I wanted to give her the same message I gave in the Orcus cabin, and after I gave my message she was silent for a moment.
Without turning around and without saying another word she pulled the rope and a large haul of weapons and rare materials fell next to us, I put all that into my storage and then Miledi pulled the rope a second time.
The floor opened beneath us like a classic trap door, we began to fall and somehow ended up on a cylindrical slide similar to that of a water park, As we slid, Shea grabbed onto me and started screaming, Yue grabbed onto me, then Cecilia, and finally all the girls were hanging off me.
What awaited us at the end of that slide was only water, I flew us out of there, and when we got out, we realized we were in a river outside of the Raisen Canyon, that was a wild trip, but everyone seemed fine.
Yuuki: Everyone okay?
Shea: urgh! I should have crushed that puppet when I had the chance.
Yuuki: I'll take that as a yes, at least it's all over now.
Shea: I don't know how you're not frustrated after everything she put us through.
Yuuki: Well, she reminds me of my older sister, so it's experience, and not everything that happened there was bad, right?
When I said that Shea remembered the kiss we shared and she started laughing like a fool, at the same time Yue approached me and grabbed my hand, I squeezed her hand and looked down, Yue looked back at me with a smile on her face.
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After completing our second big dungeon we returned from Babylon for a well deserved rest, but while the girls rested I went to Kouten's command room, which Matsu had basically turned into her room.
Yuuki: I appreciate all your work, but you should get out once in a while.
Matsu: Look who's talking, you rarely take a break.
Yuuki: Well, what did you want to tell me?
Matsu: Reports from the girls' expeditions, everything is going well but the Eu team reported a mutated BETA, a type of giant burrowing worm.
Yuuki: a BETA? The Crimson Ravens?
Matsu: undetermined, the girls did not find a tamer near the area of the attack and according to the samples Regina analyzed, the creature's composition is unstable, according to her, this was a flawed experiment.
Yuuki: So they are preparing something big, who knows how many dangerous creatures they have at their disposal.
Matsu: You said they didn't have any other players at the level of the world traveler Red, maybe they are trying to fill the power vacuum that was created when you defeated him.
Yuuki: Either way, we can't let them use other worlds as dumping grounds for their failed experiments, start tracking the BETAs' signature.
Matsu: already done, What are you going to do now, continue your dungeon exploration?
Yuuki: Yes and no, I want to check on the girls while I continue my exploration.
Matsu: I was expecting something like that, I'll let the girls kno-wow.
Having decided what to do, I went over to Matsu's chair and carried her like a princess, which cut her off mid-sentence.
As I said, she needed to get out for a bit so I decided to take her on our little trip.
Another person who doesn't leave the castle much was Sakura, so when I ran into her I invited her to join me, and she happily accepted, although she didn't show it in her expression.
I wanted to check on the girls' explorations but I also wanted to make a quick stop, the place was our old house the place where it all started and where I met my first Sekirei.