Helping Asia carry her suitcase, Raize brought her back to his home. Asia, who followed behind him somewhat nervously, quickly greeted the others when she noticed there were people inside.
"So, you just brought a nun who just arrived in Japan straight back home?"
After Raize invited Asia to sit down, Haruna looked at the timid nun in the living room and asked Raize with a subtle expression.
After Raize explained the situation, Haruna was not entirely sure whether he was telling the truth. After all, his explanation sounded a bit too unbelievable.
Just happened to meet a foreign nun, invited her home when she was in trouble, and she accepted without any guard at all.
"She's a devout believer. I was surprised myself at how kind and innocent she is. I felt that leaving her alone might easily lead to something happening to her."
Raize shrugged as he prepared dinner, with Haruna helping at his side.
Haruna had no ill feelings toward the newly arrived nun. She was simply curious about how such a shy and introverted girl ended up here.
After hearing the explanation, however, Haruna could not help but wonder whether Raize would bring more girls home in the future.
Sei, Eu, Laffey, and herself—there were already quite a few girls living in this house.
"Um… h-hello."
Sitting stiffly on the sofa, Asia greeted the exquisite silver-haired girl wearing armor and a purple dress.
It was Asia's first time seeing a girl with such noble presence. The other party's refined and breathtaking appearance almost made her think she was looking at an angel.
With her beautiful silver hair and brilliant blue eyes, she clearly looked foreign. Asia greeted her with a hint of inferiority and shyness.
(I'm Eucliwood Hellscythe.)
Instead of continuing to drink tea while waiting for dinner, Eu took out her notebook and faced Asia, communicating with her in neat English handwriting.
Eu's sharp hearing had picked up Raize and Haruna's conversation. Knowing that Asia was a foreigner, she naturally chose to use English.
To be frank, Eu was proficient in many languages and scripts. She knew all the major languages of this world, and even some from other worlds.
At the very least, there would be no communication barrier when using her notebook.
"I-I'm Asia Argento. I'm a nun. Is it inconvenient for you to speak? If so, I have a small ability that might be able to help you."
Asia responded nervously. Seeing Eu communicate through a notebook, she thought the beautiful, noble-looking girl might be mute. The kind little nun actually wanted to help a stranger she had just met using her own ability.
Eu felt slightly surprised. With her perception and experience, she could naturally tell that this nun, who lacked any combat ability, possessed something special within her.
Over her long life, Eu had seen many sacred gears. This girl probably thought she was mute and wanted to help her.
Offering help to a stranger they had just met—she really was… kind.
(No need. Thank you for your goodwill. I simply have special circumstances that prevent me from speaking freely. I'm not mute.)
Eu had a favorable impression of the kind little nun. Her sincerity was genuine, not fabricated. It made sense that Raize, who appeared cold on the outside but warm within, would help her.
If Eu herself had encountered this little nun, she would have helped as well. Two equally kind girls naturally formed a good impression of each other.
"Mm. Laffey smells the commander's cooking."
At that moment, Laffey came downstairs from upstairs, where she had been training in another space together with Sei. Wearing home clothes, white stockings, and bunny slippers, she pattered down the stairs, clearly hungry.
She ran over to Raize and began hovering around him expectantly.
Sei followed shortly after. Whenever she had time, she helped train Laffey, and out of curiosity about Laffey's race, she would sometimes ask her to cooperate with her research.
Of course, nothing excessive. Sei knew her limits. Laffey's strength had actually increased quite a bit under her guidance.
Having just exited the Minecraft world, Sei immediately sensed the presence of an outsider in the house. As a Biblical god who could also hear the voices of believers, she did not avoid the situation and came downstairs to take a look.
The moment she came down, her gaze locked onto Asia, who was sitting on the sofa and conversing amicably with Eu. After listening to her inner thoughts, she glanced toward the kitchen, where Raize happened to meet her eyes.
Sei quickly understood part of the situation. She had not expected her devout little believer to appear in Raize's home. It was quite an unexpected development.
It seemed this child with such sincere faith truly shared a small thread of fate with her.
With a faint smile on her lips, Sei walked toward Asia, her eyes carrying an indescribable emotion. In Asia's slightly nervous and flustered gaze, she smiled gently and spoke in a friendly tone.
"Hello. I'm Sei. Nice to meet you—devout little nun."
When Asia saw yet another girl with a sacred and noble presence approach her, she expected to feel very nervous. Yet after
Sei introduced herself in such a friendly manner, the tension in Asia's heart was inexplicably soothed.
Looking at Sei gave her a strange feeling—rather than mere calm, it was a sense of tranquil serenity. It was the same feeling she only ever experienced when praying devoutly before the statue of God.
Why does this feeling resemble the one I had with Mr. Raize before, but feel even stronger?
"Hello, I am Asia Argento, a nun."
Instinctively using very respectful language, Asia's inner anxiety and unease inexplicably calmed, and her nervous tone vanished, responding naturally with a hint of reverence.
Why did this happened, even she didn't know, but Asia still placed it in God's hands, believing God was guiding her.
This thought made the smile on Sei's face in front of her grow a little warmer.
What a good child, very suitable to be her angel.
If Sei hadn't temporarily retired and been slacking off, seeing such a devout and kind believer like Asia, she would have already considered her a candidate for an angel.
"Why did you come to Japan?"
Sei, in Eu's line of sight, sat next to Asia very naturally and with an inexplicable familiarity. Asia, who should have been nervous and reserved, trembled slightly but then felt inexplicably calm.
Faced with the friendly and gentle inquiry from the Biblical loli God, Asia, an orphan, felt a sudden urge to confide in her.
"I... was expelled from the church. I had nowhere else to go, so I came here."
After speaking instinctively, Asia's eyes reddened slightly, and beside Sei, she couldn't hide the deep emotions within her. That sudden desire to confide felt natural, and Asia didn't find it strange at all.
Eu and Sei's gazes shifted upon hearing this. Eu thought that a devout and kind nun being expelled must have a hidden story.
Sei's mood also changed slightly when looking at Asia.
She wasn't targeting Asia. A nun so devout and kind could easily serve as a saint in the church. Her body even carried a sacred gear she had created, the Twilight Healing.
Asia, who should have been revered by the church as a saint, had been expelled, which surely meant something displeasing to God had occurred.
At the moment Asia spoke, memories of being labeled a heretic and witch by the church resurfaced, and the Biblical loli God beside her accurately detected the signals.
"If you don't mind, can you talk to me properly?"
Having understood part of the situation, Sei smiled, gently grasped Asia's hands, connecting with the young nun's sorrowful heart, and began comforting her.
Although Sei appeared smaller than Asia, she referred to herself as an older sister. Besides the fairly large heart on her chest, her aura suddenly became warm and gentle.
Not just a caring older sister, but like a living saint!
Eu's eyes twitched slightly while watching a TV comedy, thinking that this mysterious wandering soul girl was indeed extraordinary, as mysterious as Raize, making her unreadable.