"How did you feel? Human band performance?"
After leaving LiveHouse, Shin once again sat on Tohru's back as she transformed into a dragon, letting her carry him home.
Originally, he could have used instant transmission to go back directly, but Tohru insisted on giving Shin a ride, so he agreed—it wouldn't take much more time anyway.
"Just so-so, though it was somewhat interesting..."
Tohru's voice echoed in mid-air, and with the help of cognitive confusion magic, it wouldn't be heard by people below.
However, from Tohru's words, she seemed to have developed some interest in music too—after all, modern music didn't exist in her original world.
Even dragons would occasionally become interested in such novel things. Shin remembered that in the original work, the black dragon Fafnir, after coming to the present world, was quickly captivated by electronic games here.
Since that was the case, Tohru should also be able to find things that interest her—even if not music, there would always be something else that could pique her interest.
Soon, during the casual conversation between Shin and Tohru, the two returned to the courtyard above their home.
Tohru flapped her massive dragon wings and quickly descended from the air, landing in the courtyard. Just as Shin jumped down from Tohru's back, Kanna also ran out from the house.
"Shin-sama, Tohru-sama, welcome back!"
Due to the cognitive confusion magic, only Kanna noticed Shin and Tohru's return. She ran up to Shin and said very seriously.
"We're back."
Shin also smiled and rubbed Kanna's little head. He was quite fond of this dragon loli—though unfortunately, her body and mind were both too small, so Shin still had to wait.
(...?)
Meanwhile, Tohru also transformed back into human form, still wearing that familiar maid outfit. She then looked at Kanna and asked:
"Kanna, did anything happen at home?"
Since Tohru usually stayed at home all the time, and even when going out shopping, she could often return within half an hour, household matters had always been under her attention.
But this time, going out to find Shin, she was dragged by him to LiveHouse to watch a band performance, which took over two hours before returning home.
"No problems. Everyone was helping Sitonai get familiar with the house."
Kanna nodded and said to Tohru.
"And Sella-nee also quickly got familiar with the house. If there are any needs, Sella-nee can quickly help complete them."
As an artificial maid from the Einzbern family, Sella's abilities in maid work were naturally impeccable. During the few hours Tohru was away, she could completely take on the responsibilities of head maid.
As for Leysritt... well, although Leysritt wore a maid outfit, she was essentially still a combat-type artificial human. Having her do maid work was indeed a bit much for her.
However, upon hearing Kanna's answer, Tohru's expression immediately became serious—she suddenly felt her position as head maid was being challenged.
"Papa!"
After entering the house, Shin was pounced on by Illya and Sitonai from left and right.
With Shin's strength, he naturally easily caught both "daughters," but seeing the way Illya and Sitonai looked at each other, Shin felt they seemed to be competing over something.
Irisviel, standing nearby watching this scene, showed a joyful smile on her face—it seemed she was very satisfied with this current situation.
Without the shackles of the Einzbern family, having Shin as someone she could entrust herself to, and even having two daughters, in her view, she had no regrets in this life.
"How does Sitonai feel? Can you adapt to this place?"
Shin felt like he had really become an old father, smiling as he asked Sitonai.
He remembered that when Irisviel first came to this world, she was also led around by Ogiwara Sayu to familiarize herself for quite a while before adapting to life in this society.
He wondered if Sitonai would encounter the same problems—after all, Sitonai's situation was actually very similar to Irisviel's, both having been confined to Einzbern Castle most of the time, unable to leave.
"Sitonai adapted to the house situation quite quickly. She's been immersed in games all afternoon."
Ogiwara Sayu said with a smile from the side, also revealing Sitonai's afternoon activities.
After all, although Sitonai's actual age was considerable, she had been in Einzbern Castle for a long time with almost no entertainment, so it was normal for her to quickly become addicted to games.
Sitonai immediately blushed upon hearing this, probably feeling her behavior was just like a child's—though she really did look like a child on the outside.
Shin also noticed the game consoles by the living room TV—almost all the game consoles had been used, so it seemed Sitonai had a very happy afternoon.
"But we originally wanted to take Sitonai out for a walk, but it seems impossible."
Although Katou Megumi also really liked Sitonai's appearance, she still expressed some concerns.
"Even though Illya and Irisviel-san can do it..."
Shin nodded upon hearing this. Although Sitonai, like Illya and Irisviel, all came from other worlds, their methods of entry were all different.
Irisviel was brought back directly through task rewards, and Illya was summoned through the "one-time Heroic Spirit summoning" task reward, so both had almost no restrictions.
But Sitonai was forcibly brought back by Shin through his own "Ionioi Hetairoi," so she would be limited by the range of "Ionioi Hetairoi."
That is, she couldn't leave the range of this mansion.
"I don't really mind..."
Sitonai was being held in Shin's arms, found a comfortable position against his chest, and pouted as she said.
Although she couldn't leave a certain range here either, it was already very good for her.
Previously at Einzbern Castle, she was also required not to leave the Winter Forest, and compared to her previous life, now she had Irisviel at home, other people who cared about her, and games to play.
No matter what, it was much better than life with the Einzbern family. She was already quite satisfied.
"No, I do have some ideas about how to let Sitonai go to other places... though I'm not sure if it'll work."
Although Sitonai didn't seem to mind, Shin naturally didn't want Sitonai to be trapped in the house for life.
He held Illya with his left hand and Sitonai with his right, smiling as he spoke.
As for his idea... that was to try devouring other Inherent Barriers to see if he could make his "Ionioi Hetairoi" evolve further.
Although Shin's "Ionioi Hetairoi" bore the same name as Iskandar's Inherent Barrier, its essence had already undergone tremendous changes.
Rather than calling it "Ionioi Hetairoi," it was more like an Inherent Barrier that belonged solely to Shin himself, just gaining somewhat similar abilities through devouring Iskandar.
Since that was the case... devouring other Inherent Barriers might allow his own Inherent Barrier to evolve further.
This was why he wanted to capture the Heroic Spirit EMIYA—that guy might be rare upgrade material for him right now.
To be continued….