Chapter 746 Connecting the Two Worlds part 1
Hestia and Artemis were skeptical about what Kisuke meant, but they did update Yoruichi and Akeno's status. However, the moment they pulled out Yoruichi and Akeno's experiences from their Falnas, foreign knowledge invaded their minds.
The suddenness of the situation caught both Goddesses off guard and immediately stopped updating their status. Nevertheless, the unknown knowledge already branded itself to their minds and made them panic, "W-what's this, Kisuke-kun?"
Kisuke immediately held Hestia's hand and reassured her, "Please don't worry, Hestia-sama. It's the knowledge of our hometown's languages and there shouldn't be any other effect on you."
Kisuke couldn't just craft a candy that'll directly imprint the knowledge in them, since that may be seen as an 'intrusion' to the system. To safely circumvent this, he had to implant the information on the Falna itself so that it could be naturally absorbed by the Deity as they manipulated it.
"On another note, can you understand me now?" Kisuke proceeded to ask in Japanese with a grin.
Hestia calmed down after feeling the warmth of Kisuke's hand and was mildly surprised that she fully understood what she formerly heard as gibberish, "...So this is the language of your hometown?"
"Yep~!"
Off to the side, however, Kisuke heard Artemis' dissatisfied voice in fluent Japanese, "It wouldn't really hurt you if you were to treat me just like Hestia..."
Kisuke and Hestia looked at Artemis with a start, "Artemis, Kisuke is my child so it's normal for him to spoil me!"
Artemis pouted in discontent and retorted, "Aren't we considered as one organization? Shouldn't I receive the same treatment?"
Kisuke and Hestia looked at each other not knowing what to do. Technically speaking, Kisuke's treatment of them should be pretty similar, but he always found himself treating Hestia a bit better than Artemis which now became the source of her dissatisfaction.
In addition to that, Kisuke involuntarily didn't want to close the 'distance' between them after her previous confession that he rejected.
"Er... Give her a pat on the head?" Hestia asked Kisuke.
Kisuke wanted to ask if that much is fine but before he could do so, Artemis interrupted him with shining eyes, "You will!?"
The duo were once again shocked at her reaction and Hestia whispered to Kisuke, "Are we treating her too harshly?"
"I don't think so, but I'm not too confident with a reaction like that." Kisuke whispered back.
Seeing them whisper to each other, Artemis' anticipation diminished and she asked worryingly, "...Is that too much?"
Hestia hurriedly elbowed Kisuke and the latter feigned a cough, "Ehem, of course not, Artemis-sama. We're just surprised that you'd ask for such a thing."
"And?"
Kisuke cackled and reached out for her head. Just as he always does, he gently stroked her head and as additional service, he infused a bit of his Soul's power into his hand to give it a calming effect.
Artemis closed her eyes and enjoyed the unexpectedly pleasant feeling, 'They've been receiving something like this all this time? I've been missing out...' She was only curious when she asked for a pat since everyone except for her was regularly receiving his pats but she didn't expect that it was such a pleasurable feeling that she might get addicted to.
A few seconds later, Kisuke stopped stroking her head and took back his hand while thinking that it was enough. However, he and everyone else witnessed an instance of devastation on her face before returning to her normal stoic expression immediately, albeit with a bit of blush on her face, "Ehem... I'd like to receive it tomorrow too if you don't mind."
Artemis wanted for him to continue but they have something important to do today and she doesn't have the courage to ask for more right now so she could only let him promise that he'll do it again next time.
"Tomorrow is fine, but I can't always do it." promised Kisuke.
As simple as that, Artemis became a happier person.
While everyone accepted it without any fuss, there's someone who couldn't let it pass without receiving the same 'offering'.
Moving in front of him, Ophis stared straight up at Kisuke as if she's threatening and pressuring him with her 'glare'.
Guessing what's on her mind, Kisuke chuckled softly and also patted her head.
Ophis closed her eyes and enjoyed the pleasant feeling, resulting in a small smile blooming on her face. She decided that she should accept this offering at least once a day.
And after seeing Ophis like that, Claire and Tanis also scrambled to get close to receive theirs, "Me too, me too!"
"Okay~ Come here~", but before he noticed it, there's already a train of people behind the children, including Line who meekly went behind last, "Uhmm... What?"
Yoruichi who in front of everyone else replied with a big grin, "It's decided that you'll be doing this every day." And as she spoke out, everyone nodded.
"So I don't have a say in this?"
"You're not agreeing?"
"I'll gladly be of service to everyone~!"
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After the pat galore everyone was satisfied and Kisuke finally finished installing every module he needed for the modification. With everything and everyone ready, Kisuke initiated the connection while carefully looking through all the logs that come and go on his console to see if everything is working as intended.
With the connection successfully establishing smoothly and without any problems, Kisuke let out a short sigh of relief and a few seconds later, a familiar loading screen appeared in front of everyone, 'I know that winging it like this is bad, but I just can't stop doing it. Well, this kind of thing helped me respond faster than anyone else in various situations.'
The moment Cleria and Masaomi's figures showed up, Claire, as everyone expected, lunged at them, "Mama! Papa!"
Masaomi caught his precious daughter and started pulling her cheeks while patting her, "It was just two days. You already missed us that much?"
It was just supposed to be a light joke but Claire immediately nodded at his question with an innocent smile and made him stutter a little.
About to tear up, Masaomi tightly hugged his daughter, "I'm very sorry sweety... We're very busy with our work right now so you have to stay with Kisuke-niichan for a bit more. Don't worry, though. Once you're home, we'll go to an amusement park and we won't go home until we can ride everything in it."
Claire's eyes shone, "It's a promise!?"
"It's a promise."
"Can we take Ta-chan and Phis-chan?"
"Of course!"
"Yay~!"
After consoling their child and making her behave on their laps, Cleria greeted everyone and introduced herself to the people she met for the first time today, "Nice to meet you. I'm Yaegaki Cleria, Cleria is my given name. Beside me is Yaegaki Masaomi, my husband and Claire's parents. Thank you for taking care of my daughter."
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