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"Onii-Chan, muua! I missed you sooo much. We haven't even seen each other properly for a whole day!"
The moment Enju appeared, she leapt straight into Kazuma's arms, wrapping her arms around his neck and planting a kiss on him without hesitation.
"I missed you too, Master onii-chan!"
Tina walked over as well, tugging gently at the corner of Kazuma's clothes. Her eyes were half-open, half-closed. It was still early morning on her side, after all.
This was usually Tina's sleeping time. Being summoned out of nowhere meant she was still pretty groggy.
"Onii-chan, you said you had something to tell us. What is it?"
Kayano stepped forward too, holding Kazuma's hand and smiling brightly as she asked.
"Are we going to fight?"
Enju glanced at Erza, then looked around at the surroundings. Somehow, she had a feeling this was going to be big. And exciting.
"Huh? There are so many people!"
"Yeah, so many…"
The catgirl Midori and Sanae, who seemed to have been born with a talent for getting beaten up, were holding hands and wearing identical socially anxious expressions. These two still weren't used to being in places with so many strangers.
"It's something wonderful, little ones," Kazuma said with a smile as he looked at the girls behind him. "Take a good look at this new world and tell me what you think."
Behind him were countless lolis.
In the world of Black Bullet, the number of Fairy Tail lolis had already grown into the millions. But only a thousand came this time.
"It's really beautiful. Completely different from where we came from."
"Our sky was always gray and gloomy. The sky here is bright blue. I really like it."
"And the ground isn't cement and ruins. It's all green grass. This is nature, right? It's so pretty."
"Is this Miko-nee's world?"
"Wow! This world is amazing! Onii-chan, are we going on a spring outing here?!"
"Kayo, what's a spring outing?"
"I don't know. I read about it in a book. It's supposed to be a trip where kids go out to play."
The little girls chatted excitedly, one after another. Compared to the war-torn wasteland of the Black Bullet world, this place was practically paradise.
Edolas had an environment that could only be described as excellent. No wonder the girls loved it here.
"I'm glad you like it," Kazuma said. "Because from today onward, this world will become our base!"
He pointed into the distance, smiling as he spoke to everyone behind him.
"Everything you can see will be our territory! Everything belongs to our Fairy Tail."
"Whoa! The boss is amazing!"
"So fast, already found a new world we can take over!"
"Does that mean we don't have to keep living on the same land as those Chaos faction idiots anymore?"
"Oii, the Chaos faction isn't the one freeloading off your food. Why are you Harmony bastards acting so picky?"
"Yeah! I don't like them either! Always nagging about rules and order. It's annoying as hell! And aren't they ashamed to join the Fairy Faction and still hold the beliefs of Harmony?"
"Oh man, same here. Let's create the Harmony Haters Club."
The dragons immediately started arguing, and it looked like they might start throwing hands if someone said one more wrong word.
"Shut up, all of you! Keep arguing and I'll beat you myself!"
Tohru spread her wings, unleashing her dragon pressure in an instant. She glared at the dragons and barked out the threat.
"Easy, easy, Lady Tohru. We were just arguing a bit. We didn't mean to fight."
"Yeah, Lady Tohru, don't be angry. This new world is so nice. Getting this worked up isn't good."
The dragons immediately backed down.
Most of them had already been beaten up by Tohru before. As for the few she couldn't suppress, Kazuma had personally taken care of them.
They talked big, but none of them actually dared to fight.
Their boss Kazuma didn't waste time arguing. If you didn't listen, he really would beat you half to death.
"Tohru, let it go this time," Kazuma said as he walked up and patted her head. "We just arrived in a new world. It's normal for them to be excited. No need to fight."
"This world is huge. You can each choose your own territory and find an environment you like. And stick to our Fairy Rules."
After that, Kazuma glanced at Kanna behind Tohru and pinched her soft little cheeks.
"Kanna, did you miss me?"
"Rawr."
Kanna looked at Kazuma, made a claw shape with her tiny hands, and let out a baby dragon roar. Halfway through roaring, she got hungry.
"I missed you. And I'm hungry. When do we eat?"
She rubbed her belly as she spoke.
"Soon," Kazuma replied.
"Kazuma-sama," Behemoth said as he stepped forward and bowed respectfully. "Combat is what we demons excel at, but the magic density in this world is really low."
"If we don't find suitable contractors, we won't be able to unleash our full power."
"Don't worry. I'll arrange contractors for all of you."
Kazuma patted Behemoth on the shoulder, then turned his gaze toward Hilda… or rather, the one behind her, Yolda.
"Ah! M-Master, please don't look at me! I can't do teleportation on that scale! I really can't!"
Yolda shivered all over and instinctively took several steps back, hugging her arms tightly.
Was Kazuma seriously thinking of making her teleport thousands of lolis, hundreds of dragons, and an entire demon legion to different parts of this world?
There was no way. Absolutely no way.
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