"It's been a long time since I slept in my own bed. Haha~ Damn, it's so comfortable. I really wish I could just lie here forever."
Leon opened his eyes with great difficulty, feeling his body relax.
He mentally reminded himself that today was the day to go to Sumeru, and that land was still waiting for him to be conquered.
If he didn't get up now, he would fall into an endless reincarnation of five minutes—five more minutes, and another five after that.
All he could say was that he had never imagined the greatest obstacle to conquering the Land of Wisdom would be his own bed.
But now…
"Huh? What is this thing? It's so soft?"
Leon frowned and muttered to himself.
He realized that both his left and right arms were entwined with something soft, and based on his extensive experience, he immediately judged that it was the body and body temperature of a girl!
For a moment, Leon almost thought he was still in Mondstadt, since lately Barbara and Jean often slept holding his arms.
But he quickly noticed the difference.
Although the sensation coming from both arms at that moment was extremely high-level—no inferior to the sisters from Mondstadt—there were still differences, after all… such as the size of certain parts.
Leon wondered whether it was some bold castle maid who had attacked him, or perhaps C.C., Alpha, Euphilia, or the others had come during the night.
[No, the feeling is different from theirs, let alone a maid. Besides, they wouldn't have the courage. Even if I were asleep, there's no way I wouldn't notice someone approaching.]
His vigilance wasn't that poor.
And with Leon's sharp spatial perception, it was impossible for anyone to approach him unprepared.
"Who dares to climb into my bed?!"
Leon's eyes sharpened. He threw off the blanket and immediately summoned Terminus Est and the Vorpal Sword.
But in the very next second, he froze.
Terminus Est and the Vorpal Sword did not respond.
At the same time, he saw two extremely beautiful girls entwined around his left and right hands, frequently brushing against each other.
Wrapped around his right hand was a white-haired girl with light-blue eyes and a sleepy face. Her skin was white as milk, making it impossible to look away.
She was a girl of immaculate purity, like a snow elf.
Both of her legs were covered by black knee-high stockings—and nothing else.
"Uh-huh~ Good morning, Master."
"???"
"Ara ara… Master is awake?"
"???"
At the same time, the girl on the left also woke up.
If the one on the right was a pure and innocent snow elf, then this one was a mysterious and enchanting night elf.
The girl wrapped around Leon's left hand had long black hair and eyes as beautiful as amethysts. She was wearing a light-purple nightgown, through which her beautiful silhouette could be seen.
As Leon had initially lamented, the characteristics of these two girls were completely opposite.
White hair versus black hair.
Runway-flat versus an impressive mountain of flesh.
There were no other clothes besides black silk stockings. One wore a nightgown, but was barefoot.
The contrast was striking.
But Leon was filled with questions.
"Umm… why are there two beautiful girls I don't know in my bed when I wake up? This shouldn't just happen out of nowhere, right?"
"Master, what's wrong?"
"Master, you look very confused."
"…Palettia abolished the slavery law. Who are you? Why are you in my bed?"
Leon frowned slightly. He disliked things happening outside of his control, and the current situation was undoubtedly abnormal.
Two beautiful and charming girls had suddenly appeared in his room and were calling him Master. Although there didn't seem to be any malice, this incident truly exceeded his expectations.
But after calming down…
He was surprised to discover that he felt an extremely familiar power coming from both girls, as well as two marks on the backs of his left and right hands.
The emblems of Terminus Est and the Vorpal Sword were glowing.
This meant the summoning hadn't failed.
The two swords had indeed appeared before Leon—but… not in the form of swords.
"Are you Terminus Est and the Vorpal Sword? Am I… dreaming?"
"This isn't a dream. I am indeed Terminus Est, the Master's sword. My full name is far too difficult for humans to pronounce, so please just call me Est."
"…Alright. And you? Vorpal Sword?"
Leon also slowed down for a few seconds, relying on his strong adaptability and psychological stability.
He accepted the fact that his swords had transformed into lolis.
Then he turned to the other side and asked the black-haired girl.
"Call me Restia, Master. Umm… or should I call you Your Highness?"
Restia sat on the bed, pinched a corner of her nightgown, and made a curtsy-like gesture by lifting her skirt. Although the movement was very elegant, Leon felt he needed to pay attention to the type of nightgown she was wearing—one that was vaguely see-through!
"You can call me whatever you like, but for now, can you tell me how you became human? And Est, put on some clothes first."
"Master, please don't worry. I'm wearing stockings."
That wasn't much different from being completely exposed.
"Do you want me to take off my stockings? Even if you are the Master, please forgive me for refusing. Our bond hasn't reached that level yet… I would feel shy."
Est's cheeks turned slightly red as she protected her feet, as if afraid Leon would forcibly strip her stockings off.
"I don't understand your sense of shame."
Leon's eyes twitched as he looked at Est, the girl transformed from Terminus Est. She could maintain a calm expression while being completely naked, yet became shy over a pair of stockings.
Moreover, the personalities of the two were completely opposite.
On one side, absolute naturalness; on the other, maturity and charm.
"Forget it. First, tell me how you turned into humans overnight. And which part of you am I supposed to grab to use you as swords?"
He could feel that their functions as swords still existed, and that there was no problem with the contract.
Est and Restia were undoubtedly still legitimate swords, but…
In their current forms, Leon had no idea where the sword hilt was.
"Master, this is simply how we are."
Est said this while putting on his shirt.
"Hm?"
"You forgot that we aren't weapons in the traditional sense, but spirits? The sword form is merely for the contractor's convenience."
Restia said this while gently caressing her chest with one hand.
"…Now that you mention it, the Fire Cat Loli was like that too."
Leon recalled that when he was searching for Terminus Est, he had met an elf named Claire, and that her fire-cat spirit, Scarlet, indeed possessed both a whip form and a cat form.
He had only realized it later.
Spirits that assume animal forms are already extremely sophisticated and rare; spirits with human forms are even more unheard of.
Restia said, "That holy sword over there and I are both high-tier spirits with the attributes [Dark] and [Sword], so it's only natural that we can transform into humans."
(End of chapter)