Chapter 531 New Royal Filolial, Koyuki

Afterwards, Takeru smiled and left the place, heading to the palace garden.

Because of Takeru's modifications, the garden was planted with precious spiritual plants, and the scenery was extremely beautiful. Usually, Takeru would also bring everyone here to enjoy afternoon tea.

After Takeru and the others left, Emilia and Mirellia began their conversation.

During the conversation, Mirellia quickly discovered Emilia's talent. The various reforms also greatly surprised her.

Some reforms she had thought of but couldn't implement, Takeru had directly enacted. And some she couldn't even imagine, Takeru had proposed and implemented.

Especially the establishment of the academy, she was eager to see it.

Also, the construction of roads, connecting all areas of the empire, was a huge project she had thought of but always found difficult to achieve.

The two talked for a long time. The more they talked, the more Mirellia admired Takeru.

Then, at Emilia's invitation, Mirellia didn't hesitate to choose to stay and serve in the palace, assisting Takeru.

As the former queen, she naturally hoped the kingdom would thrive. At this moment, she had completely given up on becoming queen again, even if Takeru were to abdicate to her now.

After understanding the kingdom's changes, she asked Emilia for the recordings. Seeing everything Malty and Aultcray had done, she felt both anger and disappointment.

"Malty has had a serious habit of lying since childhood. And this time, she even plotted to assassinate Melty. And Aultcray actually framed the Shield Hero due to personal reasons. All of this is my dereliction of duty as the former queen." Watching the recordings, Mirellia felt complex emotions and anger.

"Mother, this isn't your fault." Hearing Mirellia's words, Melty gently hugged her and comforted her.

"No, these things are indeed my dereliction of duty. But I won't make such mistakes again in the future." Looking at Melty comforting her, Mirellia shook her head. Although pained, she wouldn't fall into depression.

"By the way, Emilia, do you know the whereabouts of the Shield Hero? I want to apologize to him again. I don't seek his forgiveness, but my family did these things, and I have a duty to apologize to him on their behalf." Soon, Mirellia looked directly at Emilia.

"I think Naofumi will return soon after learning of your return." Hearing Mirellia's words, Emilia said confidently.

"Is that so? I see." Hearing Emilia's words, Mirellia was stunned, then quickly understood and nodded.

The reason Naofumi would return was naturally out of concern that Mirellia might harm Takeru, to lend his support. He might not be able to help much, but it was a matter of attitude.

Then, after seeking Emilia's opinion, Mirellia went to see Aultcray and Malty. Seeing that they seemed to be living somewhat wretchedly but were not in danger of losing their lives, she sighed and left the prison.

Malty, seeing Mirellia leave after just a visit, felt even more intense resentment.

She resented Mirellia and Melty for not rescuing her even more than she resented Takeru, who had imprisoned her.

Seeing Malty like this, even Mirellia felt deeply pained, knowing that Malty's current state was related to her own neglectful discipline.

Takeru didn't involve himself in these matters. After dealing with Mirellia's situation, he thought about taking everyone out again.

Because although he had leveled up a few times during the last wave, he hadn't done much leveling in the days since returning. Plus, there were only about twenty days left before returning to his original world.

However, he might be able to participate in the special event on Cal Mira Island.

There, he might be able to raise his level extremely high in one go.

This special event was similar to a bonus event in games.

Experience gain would be greatly amplified, and the number of monsters would be no less than during a wave. But Takeru knew that even for him, at his current level, it would take quite some time.

Having decided to travel, Takeru didn't hesitate. He prepared to set off tomorrow evening.

...

In the blink of an eye, another three days passed. Two days ago, Takeru had left the palace with Raphtalia, Rifana, Filo, Ram, and Rem.

Watching Takeru directly leave the empire to Emilia and the others to manage, Mirellia was dumbfounded. But seeing Emilia and the others accustomed to it, she could only remain silent.

Also, after learning that Mirellia had returned to the royal capital, Naofumi teleported back with Emilie and the others. The two met formally for the first time.

In Mirellia's apology, Naofumi gradually let go of his hatred for Aultcray and Malty. However, he still had no goodwill towards them.

Seeing Naofumi's current attitude, Mirellia smiled. That was enough.

Back to Takeru's side. Today, after hunting some monsters, another Filolial in Takeru's party underwent a special transformation upon leveling up, becoming a similar size to Filo. This surprised Takeru.

Before, Takeru had occasionally taken different Filolials out to level up, but most were ordinary Filolials. Only Filo and this one had transformed into the large bird form.

"Master, is it Filo's family?" Looking at the newly evolved Filolial, Filo asked curiously.

"Yes, probably." Hearing Filo's words, Takeru hesitated, then nodded.

"Really? That's great! Master, am I the big sister?" At this moment, Filo asked expectantly.

"Yes." Seeing that Filo seemed very interested in being a big sister, Takeru nodded gently.

"Takeru-sama, should we give it a name?" Then, Raphtalia asked curiously.

"A name? Let's wait a bit." Hearing this, Takeru shook his head gently.

After all, the Filolial before them really resembled Filo. It was hard to name directly. It would be better to wait until it took human form and name it based on its characteristics.

Hearing Takeru say this, Raphtalia nodded and didn't say anything more.

The new Filolial, like Filo, was very dependent on Takeru.

At night, before everyone's eyes, the new Filolial evolved again, taking human form. Silver-white long hair, and different from Filo's blue eyes, the new Filolial's pupils were gray. And pure white wings behind its back.

Seeing it, Takeru immediately thought of snow.

"From now on, you will be called Koyuki." Looking at the girl nestling against him, Takeru put a piece of clothing on her and spoke directly. (T/N: Koyuki means Little Snow.)

"Thank you, Master." A light, ethereal voice sounded, different from Filo's lively voice. It was calmer and gentler. Takeru looked at Rem behind him. It seemed their personalities would be somewhat similar.

"Takeru-sama?" Seeing Takeru suddenly look at her, Rem blinked her beautiful eyes, not understanding what Takeru meant.

"Nothing." Looking at the puzzled Rem, Takeru chuckled and shook his head.

"Koyuki? So you're my little sister Koyuki? I'm your Filo-nee!" Hearing Takeru name Koyuki, Filo excitedly came to Koyuki's side and spoke loudly.

"Filo... nee?" Hearing this, Koyuki looked curiously at Filo.

"Yes, yes, I'm your Filo-nee." Seeing Koyuki call her big sister, Filo became even more excited.

"Koyuki, I'm Raphtalia. This is Rifana. Nice to meet you." At this moment, Raphtalia pulled Rifana and came before Koyuki.

"Raphtalia, Rifana." Hearing their introduction, Koyuki softly recited their names, trying to memorize them.

"I'm Ram. This is my little sister, Rem. Hello, Koyuki." Soon, Ram also introduced herself to Koyuki.

After getting to know each other, everyone quickly accepted Koyuki's presence.

Seeing this, Takeru smiled slightly. Speaking of which, Koyuki's existence was truly an accident. Takeru hadn't expected that aside from Filo, there was another Filolial with royal bloodline among the ones he bought.

"Koyuki, you also need a special magical outfit. This requires you to use your own mana to produce magic threads." Looking at Koyuki, Takeru spoke directly.

"Yes, Master." Hearing Takeru's words, Koyuki nodded gently and obediently.