Around ten o'clock in the morning, after finishing their tribute at the Kocho parents' grave, Victor opened a travel talisman and brought Shinobu, Kanae, and Kanao Tsuyuri back to his world.
"What an incredible house!"
Kanae and Kanao Tsuyuri gazed around like visitors seeing a grand estate for the first time, their eyes wide with wonder.
They had never encountered such a magnificent mansion before. Even the Ubuyashiki Estate, the former headquarters of the Demon Slayer Corps, couldn't compare to this luxurious manor!
"Master, welcome back."
Krul heard the commotion from a distance and rushed over as quickly as possible.
"So cute!"
The petite Krul in her tiny maid outfit was so adorable that Kanae couldn't help but feel enchanted by her appearance.
"Victor, who is this?"
Shinobu also looked at Krul with curiosity.
Pointed ears, blood-red eyes, and when she spoke, two sharp little fangs were visible in her mouth.
This was clearly not a human.
Victor introduced, "Her name is Krul, the maid I brought back from Shinoa Hiiragi's world."
"So she's a vampire?"
Shinobu was somewhat incredulous.
She hadn't expected vampires to be so adorable.
They shared the word "demon" in their respective worlds, but in contrast, most of the evil demons from their side had hideous faces that could terrify people to death.
Victor nodded. "Yes, she's also a vampire progenitor and a vampire queen."
At the same time, he noticed the wary expressions of Kanae and Kanao Tsuyuri.
Gone was the appreciative look for cute things they had displayed moments before.
"Don't be nervous. Vampires are different from the evil demons you're familiar with..."
"Well, most vampires are as hateful as demons, but my little maid is at least a good person... No, a good vampire."
Krul glanced at the three Kocho sisters in front of her.
Although she was curious about where her master had brought these people from, she didn't ask too many questions.
However, it wasn't difficult to guess from the clothing worn by the three that they weren't from this era.
She suspected they had been brought back from some other world.
Krul was indeed worthy of being the vampire queen, she was intelligent and perceptive, guessing the answer immediately.
"Krul, go arrange three rooms for them. These three will be living here from now on."
"Yes, master."
Krul nodded, then turned to look at the three sisters and said, "Please follow me."
While Shinobu and the others were organizing their rooms, Victor wasn't idle either.
He took out his cell phone and called Erina Nakiri.
At this moment, Erina Nakiri was conducting a food tasting somewhere.
Just as the server brought the food to the table and Erina hadn't tasted it yet, the phone in her pocket rang.
Seeing that it was Victor calling, she quickly set down her chopsticks and pressed the answer button.
"Miss Erina, are you free right now? I want to ask you a favor."
"Yes! Of course I'm free!"
Even if she wasn't free, she would make time!
How could food tasting be more important than Mr. Victor's business?
"I would like to invite you to come to my house and cook for me. Would that be possible?"
The three Kocho sisters had officially moved in with him today, so Victor naturally wanted to give them a proper welcome feast.
"Of course!"
Erina Nakiri agreed without hesitation.
"Do you need me to bring the ingredients? Or have you already prepared them?"
"You should bring the ingredients."
Although Krul and he had bought plenty of food last night, most of it consisted of ordinary ingredients, and some of the meat was even frozen rather than fresh.
Erina Nakiri was accustomed to using the freshest ingredients when cooking, so she definitely wouldn't be satisfied with the ingredients available here. It would be better to let her bring them herself.
"Oh, and prepare extra portions."
"No problem! I'll have everything ready within an hour!"
"Thank you for your help. I'll send you the address later."
After saying that, he hung up the phone.
Erina Nakiri immediately canceled today's food tasting and rushed to Totsuki Academy with her secretary, Hisako Arato.
Meanwhile, Victor also sent the address of his new home to Erina Nakiri.
After seeing this familiar address, Erina Nakiri was stunned, "So the manor that Asuna sold before was bought by Mr. Victor?"
Now I know where Mr. Victor lives, how wonderful!
On the other side, after ending the call, Victor opened the chat group.
[Victor: Good morning, everyone. Why is the group so quiet today?]
The number of unread messages showed zero, indicating that no one had chatted since they went offline last night.
[Bai Yuekui: There's nothing we can do. After all, everyone is either busy practicing or busy with their own affairs.]
[Victor: What about you?]
[Bai Yuekui: I'm sitting in a vehicle and traveling.]
[Victor: Where are you going?]
[Bai Yuekui: I heard that the Lighthouse is about to face another disaster. I'm going to take some people to see if we can rescue survivors.]
[Victor: Oh? So the Lighthouse is approaching catastrophe again.]
He wondered if Mark had taken the pill he'd given him after he left.
If he had consumed it, with his enhanced strength, he wouldn't have ended up with such a tragic fate as in the original story.
But these matters had little to do with him.
[Stelle: Photo attached]
Just then, Stelle suddenly sent out a photo.
Out of curiosity, Victor clicked on it to check.
In the photo, Shinoa Hiiragi was sitting cross-legged on the sofa of the Astral Express, surrounded by visible spiritual energy.
[Stelle: It wasn't easy. Shinoa Hiiragi finally sensed spiritual energy and completed the process of drawing qi into her body.]
[Shinoa Hiiragi: This is all thanks to Markh 7th's excellent teaching. Unlike someone who can't even teach properly.]
[Stelle: Is it my problem? It's obvious that you couldn't learn even when I tried!]
[Shinoa Hiiragi: Ah, yes, yes, your method of 'first do this, then do this, and finally do that' is something no one could learn!]
My goodness, what kind of divine teaching method is this?
[Stelle: As the saying goes, a master can only lead you to the door, but practice depends on the individual! If you can't learn it, it definitely has nothing to do with me!]
Anyway, Stelle refused to admit that there was something wrong with her teaching method.
[Victor: So, Shinoa Hiiragi, you've finally embarked on the path of immortal cultivation. When do you plan to return?]
[Shinoa Hiiragi: Let's talk about it after I've at least reached the fifth level of Qi Training. By then, I'll be safer when I return to my original world.]
With the support of pills and the assistance of formations, she was confident that she could reach the fifth level of Qi Training within a month!
[Ding! Kiana sent an exclusive red envelope to Victor!]
Hearing the prompt, Victor was stunned for a moment.
[Victor: Why did Kiana suddenly send me a red envelope? What did you send me?]
[Kiana: That is the core containing Sirin's remaining consciousness.]
[Victor: The core of Sirin's remaining consciousness? Why did you send this to me?]
If he remembered correctly, after Sirin died, her consciousness was artificially divided into two parts.
The first was Kiana, and the second was the Herrscher of the Void.
Kiana represented the good aspects of Sirin, while the Herrscher of the Void represented the evil aspects of Sirin.
Obviously, what Kiana had sent was the latter.
[Kiana: I don't want her to disappear, so I hope you can keep her safe for me. When you're able, I hope you can rebuild her body.]
[Victor: I see. That's no problem.]
Sirin was also a pitiful person, and since it was Kiana's request, Victor was naturally willing to help.