Back at the apartment, Medea also let down Hanako and Mary, who had been hanging by the door.
Hanako still knew to say thank you, but Mary, that idiot, was already preparing to pounce like a fierce tiger and battle Medea for three hundred rounds.
Kisaragi Rin held her in his arms, instantly neutralizing her offensive.
"If you keep being so tsundere, I'll have Spider Mother send you to Deer God Shrine to be a secondary member."
Kisaragi Rin warned, and then he saw Mary's favorability instantly drop by two points.
Kisaragi Rin: "…"
Chiba Zoo was one thing, but why were there so many idiots in his apartment too?
"Master, I'm going back to my room first."
Medea stretched her waist; for the surprise tonight, she needed to quickly finish modifying Yukinoshita Yukino's [Cat Spirit Bracelet].
"No problem."
Kisaragi Rin also had a lot of things to deal with, so he tugged on Mary's ear and headed to the second floor.
Besides a few strange tales, only Shizuka Marikawa and Esdeath were currently there.
Esdeath was sitting on a soft chair reading a book, the sunlight shining on her through the floor-to-ceiling window, making her appear a bit more gentle, like a married woman.
After a night of fatigue, with her physical condition, she had already recovered her vitality after resting for a while.
As for Shizuka Marikawa, wrapped in a blanket, she was lying diagonally on the floor watching TV, with a plate of senbei and a glass of juice beside her.
She looked exactly like Misae Nohara from Crayon Shin-chan.
"Master, was the date smooth?"
Esdeath looked up and asked.
Kisaragi Rin: "Quite smooth. Medea and I even went to meet my future colleagues…"
"Colleagues? How were they?"
"…I feel that Mr. Tsunoda is the most serious person I've met at Chiba Zoo."
"What about Saeko and the others?" Sitting on the sofa, Kisaragi Rin asked Shizuka Marikawa.
"Deer God Shrine has just been taken over, and there are many things to deal with. Sakura and Tohsaka Rin are undecided about some matters, so Saeko went to help."
Shizuka Marikawa rolled over and added, "Since there's a commercial street near the shrine, Mitsuri suddenly had the idea of running a dessert shop. Lily, Anna, and Mrs. Yukino are all very interested in it…"
It had been a few weeks since they arrived in the Main World.
The girls in the apartment also began to have new social lives and experiences in this world.
"So why are you lying around at home?" Kisaragi Rin asked Shizuka Marikawa curiously.
Esdeath presumably stayed in the apartment because she wasn't interested in either of the two aforementioned things.
As for Shizuka Marikawa, Kisaragi Rin always felt that she was becoming increasingly decadent.
"Eh… Is Sensei also facing the situation of needing to go out and work to supplement the household income?"
Shizuka Marikawa raised her hand in dissatisfaction, stating that she had only been lying around for three weeks.
A mere three weeks, not even as long as some students' winter breaks.
"…I'm just afraid you'll become a shut-in."
Kisaragi Rin retorted.
Shizuka Marikawa rolled over, about to act spoiled, when she suddenly remembered something and said, tapping her lips, "Sensei does have a new plan…"
Kisaragi Rin: "What is it?"
Shizuka Marikawa: "Can't say."
"…" Kisaragi Rin opened his phone and started checking the messages from the past few days.
First was Koshi Torako. Shikanoko had already said in the Fate World that this guy had something to talk to him about.
Koshi Torako: Did you receive the junior high school reunion invitation?
Koshi Torako: Have you decided whether to go?
"Junior high school classmates…"
Kisaragi Rin carefully checked; he had received the reunion invitation as early as when he left Demon Slayer, but Kisaragi Rin had not yet decided.
Koshi Torako, her younger sister Koshi Anko, and Kisaragi Rin all attended junior high school in Tokyo.
And the identity of that junior high school could be inferred from Mitsuri's talk of "conquering Suzuran" last night.
Hmm… it was a delinquent school.
That was why Koshi Torako was so flustered when she encountered Kisaragi Rin on her way to school back then.
She was determined to abandon her identity as a "delinquent big sister" from junior high, stay away from everyone she knew, and start a completely new, fulfilling life as an honor student at a new high school. As soon as she had accomplished all of this, she encountered Kisaragi Rin, who had also left Tokyo and come to Chiba for high school.
Thinking of that junior high school, Kisaragi Rin also remembered that Shinomiya Kaguya still hadn't come to pick up her white letter.
Hmm…
Kisaragi Rin, who attended a noble school for elementary but then went to a delinquent school for junior high, largely due to his ill-fated relationship with Shinomiya Kaguya in elementary school.
"Before, I hinted to Shinomiya Kaguya that I didn't want to get involved with her family for now, so is she looking for a way to contact me?"
Kisaragi Rin pondered inwardly.
Shinomiya Kaguya's status in the Shinomiya Family basically gave her no say, so Kisaragi naturally didn't want to expose himself to such a prominent family before.
But now that he had joined the zoo, and Mr. Tsunoda also said that they were on the same level as the Shinomiya Family, there was nothing to hide anymore.
Kisaragi Rin: We'll see.
Koshi Torako: …
After replying to Koshi Torako, Kisaragi Rin temporarily put the matter aside.
The class reunion was next Saturday; he needed to check if he was free.
There were still many other Line messages.
Tohsaka Rin: Today I met two girls, Yotsuya Miko and Yurikawa Hana, who said they wanted to apply for the position of shrine maiden at Deer God Shrine.
Tohsaka Rin: What is Lord Kisaragi Rin's opinion?
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Kisaragi Rin: They can become apprentice shrine maidens.
Kisaragi Rin: Yotsuya Miko and Yurikawa Hana are both very good girls.
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Tohsaka Rin: Happily smiling.jpg
The Strange Tales Association definitely needed to recruit people, and Kisaragi Rin felt that Yotsuya Miko and Yurikawa Hana could also be trained, but people from the Main World were certainly not as useful as those Kisaragi Rin brought from other worlds and then trained as subordinates.
Anyway, Deer God Shrine was so large that Tohsaka Rin couldn't possibly manage it all by herself.
So, he would just accept them as regular shrine maidens for now, and consider incorporating them into the Strange Tales Association if needed later.
Next was the reply from Yotsuya Miko.
Yotsuya Miko: I found out that Kisaragi Rin is the head priest of Deer God Shrine! That's amazing.
Kisaragi Rin: Thank you, Yotsuya and Yurikawa, do you want to become shrine maidens?
Kisaragi Rin: Miss Tohsaka has already asked me, you can contact her for specific matters.
As soon as it was sent, Yotsuya Miko, who was currently at an arcade with Yurikawa Hana, immediately replied.
Yotsuya Miko: Thank you very much! I haven't even thanked you for the previous matter. If Kisaragi Rin is free, please allow me to express my gratitude.
Kisaragi Rin: It's alright.
Kisaragi Rin: Deer God Shrine happens to need to recruit people, and Yotsuya's character is very reassuring.
The Deer God Shrine's territory was too vast, and Tohsaka Rin and the others were naturally not enough.
After replying to Yotsuya Miko, Kisaragi Rin continued to deal with other miscellaneous matters.
Saber took a photo with her phone of Yukinoshita Yukino preparing a grand meal for her in the kitchen.
Next to her was Yukinoshita Haruno, making a peace sign and showing a foxy smile.
Yuigahama Yui complained that her dachshund had broken free again…