Akasaka Akane: When exactly will you hold the signing?
Akasaka Akane: I know you're loaded, but think of me—finally publishing a masterpiece…
Sen Getsusa lay on her bed, hair damp, humming as she kicked her legs in the air.
[Tsukihime: You're acting more and more like a nagging demon. An autograph session...]
[Tsukihime: Next year... ah no, the year after. In two years, okay?]
[Akasaka Akane: Why don't you just say when you're old and gray?]
[Akasaka Akane: Very soon! Soon! Hurry up and decide for me. By the way, you haven't posted a single photo of yourself on your blog, have you? Didn't I tell you to release some photos in advance to build up hype?]
[Akasaka Akane: Also, who are you calling a nagging demon?!]
There was no reply for a long time.
Sen Getsusa unwrapped a milk candy and popped it into her mouth; her screen was currently switched to a page on a shopping website.
The girl tapped her fingers lightly, happily tossing many items into her shopping cart.
Waiting in vain for a reply, the person on the other side of the internet was getting a bit anxious.
[Nagging Demon: What on earth are you doing? Why aren't you replying to me?]
[Nagging Demon: You're not changing my nickname, are you?]
Sen Getsusa clicked on the chat interface with a beaming smile.
[Tsukihime: Am I really that childish in your heart?]
[Tsukihime: ε?(?> 3 <)?з]
[Nagging Demon: You'd better change it back! Don't forget, we'll be meeting soon. Also, hurry up and decide on the autograph session. If you don't give the nod, how am I supposed to negotiate for a venue?]
[Not Changing It Back: Do you hear me?]
[Tsukihime: I got it, Mother, I'll consider it.]
[Tsukihime: (<ゝω?)~!]
[Not Changing It Back: If I were your mother, you'd be dead! I'm waiting for your reply! HURRY! UP!]
She put down her phone.
Mother?
Sen Getsusa chuckled and rolled off the bed. She had been back for a while, but her main business hadn't been taken care of yet.
Stepping into her small slippers, she walked to the mirror, reached out, and expanded the garden.
Next, another card condensed in her palm.
[Sweet Mist Forest detected. Merge?]
Ripples appeared on the mirror's surface.
Inside the garden, large tears appeared like paper shredded by a naughty Child, revealing the purple void behind the damage.
The sprites dropped what they were doing and looked up at the sky.
A massive gap appeared above them.
From within the gap, the reflection of a dense forest gradually descended, approaching the garden, then overlapping and merging.
It filled those tears.
On the other side of the garden's lakeside, countless greenery sprang from the ground, and a sweet mist was born between the leaves and green grass; they surrounded the dense forest, filling the expanded space.
the Garden, the wooden house, the lake, the dense forest.
It was quite harmonious.
Sen Getsusa nodded with satisfaction, fixed her makeup in the mirror, and then stepped inside.
Arrietty and Kina had already greeted their clansmen, so the sprites weren't too surprised. They just gathered curiously around the lakeshore, chirping and discussing the purpose of that forest.
"We have to leave some space for Her Majesty the Queen's future Attendants," Arrietty said, standing on a high point; she was now the leader recognized by all the sprites. "We just need to prepare our own territory for survival. That forest should be left for those who come later."
The sprites had just arrived recently and hadn't yet adjusted their living environment to a comfortable state. Their dwellings were still in their original condition.
"Is the list ready?" Sen Getsusa sat on a cushion inside the house, with the other sprites on the table, led by Kina and Arrietty.
"We have a rough draft. The internet is truly a magical thing..." Kina said, handing Sen Getsusa a long strip of white cloth, covered in dense writing in charcoal.
"Hmm, food list..."
"Furniture..."
"Daily necessities..."
The girl rolled the cloth strip around her finger and tucked it into her pajama pocket. "I'll go out and buy them tomorrow. Arrietty and Kina, come with me."
"As for the furniture and weapons, I'll find someone to custom-make them. Everyone, please bear with it for another two days."
Mr. Pod sat on the coffee table cushion with his arm around his wife—he had been a bit listless lately, whether it was because his wife had become younger or because his wife knew she had become younger.
When youth returns, some things become more vigorous.
He spoke from a distance, "It's not 'bearing with it', Queen Getsusa. These are already very generous conditions. Living freely without humans, without having to worry about rats popping up every now and then."
"That's right, we have to thank you, Your Majesty the Queen!"
"Mm-hmm, I told you, following the Mage Sister is definitely much better than staying there."
Regarding the way they addressed Sen Getsusa, Arrietty and Kina were absolute 'Your Majesty the Queen' partisans. Mr. Pod and Mrs. Homily, being the first group of sprites to know Sen Getsusa, usually called her Getsusa, only adding an honorific title when everyone was present.
As for other titles, it depended on the Little Sprites' individual creativity.
Some called her Mage Sister or Lord Mage;
Some simply called her 'King'.
The most ridiculous part was that some young male sprites would call Sen Getsusa: Great Sprite.
'She's like us. If we are Little Sprites, isn't Sen Getsusa a Great Sprite?' A young male sprite, who had somehow learned to type, pointed to an explanatory webpage on the screen: 'Fairy/Sprite: Also known as a monster or temptress, a metaphor for a woman with outstanding beauty used to bewitch people.'
'I see, that's not wrong either...'
'Hey! Don't talk about Her Majesty the Queen like that!'
'As expected, Great Sprite is the most suitable... definitely a perfect score for greatness!'
The two factions started arguing again.
To this, Sen Getsusa could only laugh it off.
After all, they were a group of little guys she had worked so hard to bring back. It would be a pity to... twist their necks one by one.
<(*?ー?)~/
"Mm..." Looking at them, the girl let out a yawn.
"Are you sleepy?" Arrietty jumped onto the girl's shoulder with concern and sat cross-legged. "Go rest, Your Majesty. Did crossing the planes consume too much energy?"
Kina climbed up from the other side and sat on the large semi-circular platform below the woman's collarbone.
This showed the advantage of being a mature female sprite.
The shy Arrietty never dared to go there, even though she also wanted to experience that super elastic high-altitude trampoline.
"Rest if you're tired. You just got back from over there, jet lag, jet lag."
Kina lay back on the huge, soft platform, wearing shorts and showing off her plump, athletic legs.
"Well then, goodnight everyone." After saying goodbye to the sprites, she looked down and asked, "You two little ones, who wants to go to sleep with me?"
Arrietty and Kina raised their hands high!
"Let's go, I've prepared small blankets for both of you."
The girl turned and left with the two little ones.
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