"Well..." Seeing Takeru's attitude, Konomi was speechless, or didn't know how to advise him. She could only hope that Tohru wasn't a dragon that enjoyed killing.
Then, Takeru took Tohru and Konomi away from the place where Tohru had fallen, meeting up with Kazuho and the others outside.
"Takeru-san, Konomi, are you both alright?" Seeing Takeru and the others emerge unharmed, Kazuho asked nervously.
"Eh, who is that sister?" Looking at Tohru, Hikage wondered why there was an extra person when Takeru and the others came out.
"Well, this..." Hearing Hikage's words, Konomi was troubled, unsure what to say. Could she say this was the dragon she had been fighting?
"Her name is Tohru. She's the dragon from before, but now she's my friend." Looking at the curious crowd, Takeru didn't hide it.
After deciding to accept Tohru, he didn't intend to hide it from those who had seen her true form and were considered friends.
Besides, they might meet again in the future. Also, this world wasn't what it used to be. Knowing some things wouldn't hurt. If they had the chance to spend time together later, Tohru wouldn't need to hide.
"Eh, really?" Hearing that Tohru was the dragon from before, the group showed surprised expressions. Komari instinctively stepped back a few steps.
"Don't worry, that was just a misunderstanding. Tohru was just trying to defend herself." Seeing their wary expressions, Takeru comforted them softly.
"Uh, that's true. We were too reckless just now, making Tohru-san think we were hostile." Hearing Takeru say this, Hotaru nodded understandingly.
"Eh, is that so? I see. I'm sorry for disturbing you." Hearing Hotaru's words, Hikage strangely found it reasonable and directly apologized to Tohru.
"Uh, I should be the one apologizing. I breathed fire at you without asking first." Seeing Hikage's action, Tohru was a bit flustered.
Although she claimed to look down on humans, Tohru truly didn't dislike them. Plus, after Takeru's actions just now, she began trying to accept humans.
Seeing how easygoing Tohru was, the others breathed a sigh of relief.
"By the way, hello. My name is Koshigaya Natsumi. You can just call me Natsumi. But you seemed injured just now. Are you okay now?" Seeing that Tohru wasn't a mindless monster, Natsumi warmly introduced herself.
"Once the divine sword was pulled out, the seal disappeared. I'm all healed." Seeing Natsumi's warmth, Tohru responded.
"Hello, I'm Miyauchi Hikage. You can call me Hikage." Seeing Natsumi introduce herself, Hikage quickly did too.
Although a bit scared of Tohru at first, thinking about how cool it would be to say her good friend was a dragon, she got excited. If she could take a photo with Tohru in dragon form, even better.
But for now, she didn't dare be too rude to Tohru, even if Tohru seemed friendly and Takeru was there.
"Ah, I'm Miyauchi Kazuho. You can call me Kazuho too."
"Hello, I'm Ichijo Hotaru."
"I-I'm Koshigaya Komari. N-nice to meet you." Seeing all her friends introduce themselves to Tohru, the scared Komari mustered her courage and spoke.
"Uh, hello." Seeing everyone politely greet her, Tohru felt a bit novel. In her old world, most ordinary humans who saw a dragon either feared or wanted to kill her, except for one little girl she had met who wasn't afraid.
Here, knowing her identity, they weren't afraid of her. Instead, they seemed curious. It gave Tohru a strange feeling...
"By the way, Takeru, is Renge doing well over there?" Then, Kazuho looked at Takeru, somewhat worriedly asking about Renge.
After all, the three sisters had relied on each other since childhood. Although Kazuho seemed unreliable, she was still the eldest sister and cared a lot about Renge and Hikage.
"Yes, very well. How about I bring Renge back later? Let her rest for a couple of days." Seeing Kazuho's worried expression, Takeru spoke softly.
"Well, would that affect Renge? If possible, I'd like to go over there to see Renge." Hearing Takeru's words, Kazuho instead asked back.
"Yes, yes, can I go see Renge too?" Hearing Kazuho's words, Hikage's eyes lit up, speaking expectantly.
Clearly, Hikage's purpose wasn't simple. Ever since Renge and Kazuho had told her how amazing Takeru's place was and all the special food, she had wanted to see it, but never had a reason.
Now, using the excuse of visiting Renge, staying a couple of days at Takeru's place seemed quite reasonable.
"Takeru-san, we miss Renge too. Can we come along?" Seeing Kazuho and Hikage ready to go with Takeru, Natsumi said excitedly.
Komari didn't speak, but her expectant eyes said everything.
Besides them, Hotaru's eyes were also full of anticipation. They had heard Hikage's boasts plenty.
Although it was Renge and Kazuho who had experienced many things at Takeru's place, after hearing Renge's descriptions, Hikage, not wanting to be the only one envious, shared every chance she got...
"By the way, why do you all seem so familiar with Takeru-san? And Renge isn't in the village because she's studying at Takeru-san's place?" Hearing everyone's exchanges, Konomi finally couldn't help asking.
"Eh, didn't I tell you? Renge was captured by a monster before, and Takeru-san saved her." Hearing Konomi's words, Kazuho said with confusion.
"No, at least I haven't heard about it." Seeing Kazuho's somewhat dazed expression, Konomi said helplessly.
"Since everyone misses Renge so much, let's go together. I think Renge will be very happy to see you all. But do you need to tell your parents first?" Seeing their excitement, Takeru naturally knew that seeing Renge was only one of their purposes.
"It's okay. We can call them." Hearing this, everyone quickly shook their heads.
"Yes, and Konomi-san, what about you?" Then, Takeru looked directly at Konomi.
"Well, if possible, I'd also like to go and see. May I ask, what is Renge studying at your place?" Hearing Takeru address her and seeing everyone's expectant eyes, Konomi became curious.
"Magic." Seeing the puzzled Konomi, Takeru answered truthfully.
'Just as I suspected.' Although she had guessed, hearing Takeru say so still shocked Konomi.
She was also surprised that Takeru could teach Renge magic, as making an ordinary person learn magic wasn't so simple.
"Alright, since everyone has time, let's go now." Then, Takeru spoke directly.
"Takeru-sama, if you don't mind, I could fly you all back." Seeing everyone about to set off, Tohru volunteered.
"Thanks, Tohru, but maybe next time." Seeing Tohru wanting to show off, Takeru shook his head with a light laugh. There were quite a few people going this time, and Komari and the others probably still had some fear of Tohru's true form.
"Yes." Hearing this, Tohru obediently nodded, not insisting. Komari quietly breathed a sigh of relief. She still needed some time to mentally prepare for dragons.
Natsumi and Hikage, on the other hand, were disappointed not to ride a dragon.
But then they thought about going to Renge's place and quickly became excited again.
Seeing everyone ready, Takeru directly used spatial magic to envelop them, quickly teleporting them to the island.
Kazuho and the others were a bit dazed, having been in the mountains one second and in a castle the next.
Compared to Kazuho and the others, Tohru was even more shocked. Takeru had teleported them so fast she couldn't react before being moved. That meant even if Takeru couldn't defeat her, he could easily teleport her away.
As for Konomi, she was even more stunned.
Although she had vaguely sensed Takeru wasn't simple before, seeing just the tip of the iceberg of his power today shocked her even more.
"Alright, let's go in directly." Looking at everyone's different thoughts, Takeru didn't care too much. He led them straight into the house.
"Takeru-sama, you've returned." As Takeru and the others returned, Diablo, Ram, and the others naturally sensed it immediately and came out to greet them.