Stheno and Euryale noticed Medusa glaring fiercely at Adam, and displeasure instantly crossed their faces.
Euryale reached out and roughly pinched Medusa's cheeks.
"What kind of expression is that, Medusa? It's far too rude toward Master."
Medusa tried to speak while her face was being squished, her words coming out muffled and unclear.
"Stwop… it…"
The irritation on Stheno's face flashed briefly as she considered Medusa's earlier behavior.
Could that glare have been part of some new game Master wanted to try?
She had heard that some men actually got excited when women looked at them with contempt. Maybe… Adam was into that kind of thing too?
Meanwhile, Adam had scanned the area thoroughly but still couldn't locate Cú Chulainn (Odin).
Seeing Medusa being toyed with by her sisters and fully drawn into their antics, he gently set Stheno and Euryale down and ruffled their hair affectionately before explaining the situation.
"Alright, that's enough playing with this Medusa."
"Stheno, Euryale—this Medusa isn't the one from our Chaldea."
Both sisters turned to Medusa with puzzled looks. Medusa instinctively shrank back under their stares.
They then looked back at Adam for clarification.
"Master, what do you mean?"
Adam began to explain.
"We're currently inside a Singularity. The Medusa standing in front of you belongs to this Singularity. She's not the same one who usually lives with us back at Chaldea."
Once Adam finished speaking, the three sisters reacted in very different ways.
Euryale's eyes suddenly lit up with excitement as she stared at Medusa.
"Master, are you saying… that this Medusa hasn't experienced any of the things we usually do together yet? Does that mean I'll get to see her make that broken expression for the very first time again?"
Adam was momentarily speechless. He looked at Euryale and wondered if he had developed her tastes a little too much. Her mind seemed to be filled with nothing but dirty thoughts these days.
Stheno, as the eldest, was far more composed. She quickly grasped Adam's situation and part of his intentions.
Turning to Medusa with a gentle, almost motherly glow in her eyes, she asked softly:
"Medusa… Do you want to stay with us again? Just like before?"
"Me, you, and Euryale—living together the way we used to."
Stheno reached out and tenderly stroked Adam's cheek as she added, "And Master, of course."
Her gaze toward him overflowed with love.
"How sly of me," Euryale muttered, a flicker of envy crossing her face as she watched Stheno and Adam's interaction.
"I-I…" Medusa stammered, her voice trembling as she visibly wavered.
If you asked Medusa whether she wanted to live with her two older sisters again, the answer was an immediate and resounding yes.
She wanted it more than anything.
She had dreamed of it constantly.
Even though Stheno and Euryale loved teasing her—making her clean, do chores, and verbally bullying her—they undoubtedly loved her.
The bond and affection between the three sisters was unbreakable, purer than even Jeanne d'Arc's own virtue.
Alaya… I hope you can understand this one thing.
I want to be with my sisters so badly.
Even if it's only until this Singularity ends, I don't care.
Just as Medusa was steeling her resolve with that thought, Adam delivered the final blow.
"Medusa, Chaldea has a Heroic Spirit Summoning System. I can summon you there. Then I'll summon Stheno and Euryale as well. That way, the three of you can be together again."
Medusa's eyes widened as if she had been struck right between the brows. She stared at him, making sure she hadn't misheard.
She could actually continue being with her sisters even after this Singularity was over?
"Of course, the only condition is—"
Before Adam could finish saying "you have to join our side," Medusa interrupted him with desperate sincerity.
"Please! Let me join you!"
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Adam blinked at Medusa in surprise. He had expected her to hold out a little longer—he still had several tricks left in reserve.
Stheno gazed at Medusa with gentle approval.
"Good girl. That's our Medusa."
Euryale, however, looked visibly disappointed.
"Aww~ What a shame. I was really looking forward to watching Master conquer Medusa from scratch all over again."
Medusa frowned at her sister's words and looked at Adam in confusion.
"What does Second Sister mean by 'conquer'?"
"Do you actually like someone like me? A woman whose height and weight are both… excessive?"
She glanced down at her own "plump" figure. She had never liked her body—in fact, she somewhat hated it.
Of course, Medusa wasn't actually fat by normal standards.
It was simply that in the Age of Gods Greece, beauty standards heavily favored petite, youthful bodies.
In other words, everyone back then was a lolicon or had rather questionable tastes.
Because Stheno and Euryale were goddesses, their forms were permanently fixed in the loli stage.
Medusa, however, had continued developing normally.
Combined with her sisters' constant teasing about her body, it had left her with deep insecurities.
Adam looked at Medusa and let out a soft sigh.
"Greek beauty standards…"
Then, as if remembering something, he glanced at Stheno and Euryale and thought of Illyasviel for a moment. Though honestly, he wasn't exactly one to talk. Still, his tastes were quite broad.
He looked straight at Medusa and spoke with complete sincerity.
"Medusa, you don't need to feel insecure about your body. I can say this from the bottom of my heart—you're beautiful."
Medusa's face instantly flushed bright red. She turned her head away, too embarrassed to meet his eyes.
"I really don't understand you. Your tastes are so strange."
Adam frowned at that. He gently but firmly turned her face back toward him with both hands. He could feel the heat radiating from her cheeks.
It was burning hot.
"I don't care what you think of my tastes. If I like it, I like it."
Right now, the warmth under his hands didn't feel like it belonged to him at all.
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