We're back in the inn room. It's still the early hours of the morning, and I am, frankly, baffled.

"Um... so... Rishya... you ~banished~ me?" I ask.

Rishya is actually crying blubby tears whilst rubbing her eyes. Her hair is a mess, and her shift is crumpled and having some trouble fully covering her cleavage.

"Hah... that is the only conclusion of logical sense, boy. This one is, if you recall, an idiot savant, loved by light spirits. Banishment is a powerful light spell used to drive an entity into the astral void forever." Seria explains, tapping her forehead.

"Rish... do you really hate Elijah that much? I'm starting to get real mad at..." Aria starts.

"Noooo! It’s all that girls fault!" She claws in Kali's general direction.

Kali needs a sign around her neck again saying 'I'm repenting', as she has been forced to sit on her knees in the corner again.

Although, Kali has a :3 face and is whistling to herself, so her repentance factor doesn't seem high right now.

"She! She just started groping my chest out of nowhere. And! And! I screamed! You woke up! I couldn't let you see it!"

Wait... when I went to sleep... I was a fair distance from Rishya's back so...

"Not all story. Little Yuuzu was being sneakfox. She about to press her big chest next to face of E..."

Kali's head flies backward as Michael is thrown and clocks her round the noggin with a pang. But her head snaps back up again like a zombie, grinning with her forehead bleeding, and in a literal flash step, she is on the bed wrestling with Rishya, who squeals whilst flailing.

Well shit. Is this an actual catfight? Its... uh... pretty ~hot~ though...

"Um... are we back to war again, Aria? Do I need my swords?" Kiku asks.

Aria has an eye twitch and a scary hannya face and starts to stomp over.

However, Rishya's squealing turns into berserk laughter as it becomes apparent that Kali easily established melee superiority and is now tickling Rishya's raised armpits furiously.

Its... uh... still pretty hot...

Seria and Kaede facepalm. Aria is just gawking now, and Kiku appears to have a gently tolerant smile... which is the scariest smile she has ever produced.

"No! No! Ahahaha! I give up! I! Ahahaha! I was! Haha! Trying to! Ahaha! Seduce Elijah!"

Kali stops, looking victorious. But it’s my turn to gawk.

Rishya was being that bold, eh? She's also changed in a short time.

Aria starts shaking like Kiku does in O RLY mode.

"Both of you... all of you... my turn... ahhh..."

"Eeeeee!" Rishya cries, scrabbling back on the bed, away from Kali. Kali's eyes also go wide. But both of them are eaten by the monster, which bounds forwards like a hunting cat.

Tickling recommences. This is going to get out of hand, isn't it? But it is very entertaining. I sit on the sofa to watch.

But then, a slam comes from the floor. It's pretty clear its Violet's cane.

"Errr... perhaps we should stop this." I say.

Everyone glares at me and I sense danger spiking again. Well... Rishya has passed out and Kali is whooping. Apparently, Aria has a fearsome tickle power.

"I... I need to ratify a new clause to the agreement about sleep, right?" I stutter.

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...

...

I wake up. The sun is risen. The only possible arrangement was this... back on the sofa. Five girls are on the bed.

But now, I am spooning Kali, whom is snoozing lightly.

She is very warm and her lovely red hair smells of delicate spices.

To be honest, I didn't know where to put my hands, and in the end, they were wrapped around her midriff, which is really firm, though her belly itself is soft on the surface.

Apparently, I was tired enough that I stopped worrying, though, and I went out cold again.

No strange dreams this time. And... no banishment.

Aria wasn't too happy about this arrangement, but Rishya and Kali were. Basically, the sleep arrangement starts at the end of the meeting order and works backwards at the same pace. It does mean that two of the girls get shorter gaps, but in recompense, those also get more frequent breaks.

Seria lauded it as a logical solution, though, and there were no further complaints.

Suddenly Kali squirms around in my loose grasp to face me.

The grinding motion makes little Elijah get more excited. He was already at attention from the terrors of morning wood.

Good job I resolved myself to not be embarrassed. Right?

Kali's big bright purple eyes look at me. She was awake, then. She has a very content expression.

"Destined one..." she mumbles, snuggling me. Her leg brushes little Elijah, and she grins.

"Kali knows happiness that Elijah likes." She whispers.

"How could I not, you're also a lovely girl." I say, quietly. "I don't know why you want to be with me, though."

She closes her eyes.

"Truth, not expect. But Kali not interrogate love. Fool’s errand. Elijah save Kali. Men save Kali in past. Not same. Heart race now."

She opens her eyes again.

"Ah! But what am I doing? Elijah can understand Saskar, can't he?"

Her speech suddenly goes glib, rather than broken.

"Hehe... you can. I'm glad. Kali is able to explain better then. Honestly, I was probably lonely. It was my own fault... but I always wanted to travel like my dad. I liked hearing about other places from him. But... still, really lonesome." She pauses for a moment.

"Yuuzu and Kurono were great, but still, I am very different to a Jeraldine girl. Honestly... Kali a strange one. Men’s ideal in Verania is big muscles and strong brows. Sign of a good hunter, they say. But strangely, I never found them appealing. I am weird, like mother. Crab does not wander far from the rocks. Hehe..."

She nuzzles me again. Her scent is seriously good.

"So... you feel comfortable to me. You are also due to travel the world which I'd like! And... I'm an eldest daughter, but at last... I have an Aniki!"

Gah! An aniki!

"Kali strong be for Elijah. Fight demon. Kali ok sharing. But love Kali please do try, aniki." She talks broken again, and smiles.

How adorable. I kiss her forehead and she grins.