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Chapter 14-A: Riana!

"It's been a while, Eryn."

"… Riana."

"I never thought I'd see you here out of all places."

"I could say the same thing…"

The monstergirls stared at Eryn, then at the woman, then back at Eryn. First, they found this woman rather suspicious. Not only did she remind them of Eryn, but she shared a scent that smelled like him. Second, was he actually conversing with her? Did he know her? What was her relationship with him?

"I've missed you." Riana spread her arms apart for a hug.

"… Mhnn." Eryn approached her… only to be dragged back to the sofa by six little hands. Huh?

"You're not taking Eryn from us!" Melty pouted, hugging Eryn's arm.

"Back off." Lofie hissed, hugging his other arm. Her ears twitched with high alertness. Oddly enough, she would prefer this woman over Azusa.

Iris settled on his lap and wrapped her arms around him. She seemed accepting of the woman but didn't want Eryn to leave her side. Admittedly, she only joined in after seeing Lofie and Melty pull him back.

"You're quite popular, Eryn." Riana giggled, looking at each of the monstergirls. "Your cute little children adore you."

"… No comment on that." Eryn sighed, patting Melty and Lofie's heads.

"Eryn, Eryn." Lofie tightened her hug around his arm. "Who is this woman?"

"Do you know her, Eryn?" Melty asked.

"It… must be someone related to Eryn," Iris answered sheepishly.

"You're not far off the mark, Iris." He nodded. "She's my… sister."

"…" the monstergirls exchanged confused glances with one another, unsure if they heard him right. They looked at Eryn, then at Riana, then back at Eryn. Considering they shared the same scent, the same smile, the same eyes… wait a minute.

"HEEHHH?!" the monstergirls cried out in unison.

"She's your sister?!" Melty asked, visibly surprised.

"Eryn has a sister?!" Lofie followed.

"You are Eryn's sister?!" Iris pointed at Riana.

"It's a pleasure to meet all of you." Riana bowed herself at the waist. "My name is Riana. I am indeed Eryn's sister."

"Wow…" the monstergirls watched in awe. Now, it all made perfect sense why she reminded them of Eryn!

"I'm still waiting for the hug, dear little brother of mine." Riana spread her arms again. "Come here."

"Yeah…" Eryn gently moved Iris to the sofa and stood up. He walked to Riana and wrapped his arms around her.

"Mhhm…" Riana tightened her arms around him. "I missed you, Eryn."

"I… missed you too." Eryn sighed. It's been so long…

"Mhhhmm!" Lofie got between them and pushed their legs apart, creating some distance.

"Lofie?" Eryn tilted his head at her curious action.

"Hug me, Eryn." Lofie reached her arms toward him.

"Oh, dear…" He let out a soft chuckle. Don't tell me she's jealous of my sister? He crouched down and lifted her into his arms. Lofie took a sniff of his shirt and nuzzled her cheek on it.

"I have yet to know about your monstergirls, Eryn." Riana rested her hands on her hips. "Why don't you introduce them to me?"

"Oh, right…" Eryn cleared his throat. He first motioned to the catgirl. "Iris, would you like to introduce yourself?"

"O-Okay…" Iris nervously got off the sofa and stood beside Eryn. "H-Hello, miss…–"

"Riana is fine." She gave an amiable smile.

"H-Hello, Riana…" Iris weakly waved. "My name is Iris."

"My name is Melty!" Hiding behind Eryn's legs, she poked her head out.

"Lofie." The Anubis snuggled into his chin. "My name is Lofie."

"Iris. Melty. Lofie. Such adorable names!" Riana bowed her head at them. "I hope you all will open up to me as you have with my brother."

That went better than I expected… he noticed they treated Riana differently compared to Azusa. Lofie seemed more accepting of her. Was it because she was his sister? The monstergirls mentioned that his scent was comforting, so by extension, her scent would have similar effects. At least, that's what I think…?

"It seems you two have met!" A familiar cheery voice said.

"Azusa." Riana turned to her. "I must say, this was quite a surprise." But a welcome one, to be sure.

"Haha, I told you so!" Azusa giggled. "You could have never guessed the person I wanted you to meet was your own flesh and blood."

So Azusa knew my sister was here… it all made sense to Eryn now. Azusa was oddly persistent about helping him register the monstergirls. She wanted us to reunite from the start, huh?

"You were planning this from the start, weren't you?" Eryn asked.

"Who can say?" Azusa briefly raised her shoulders, waving her hands apart.

"I'm sure there's a lot of catching up to do." Riana patted his shoulder. "But right now, I believe we have a more important matter to attend to."

"Ah, right." Eryn nodded. "I guess you know why–…"

"You'd like to register the monstergirls under your ownership, yes?" Riana smiled.

"… Haha, right." That is what I came here to do.

"I'll be responsible for handling you and the monstergirls." Riana turned around and gestured to them to follow her. "Come with me."

Eryn glanced at Azusa, who gave them a look that said Riana will take care of you, don't worry. He pulled Lofie away from his chest and instead sat her down on his shoulders. "Hold on, Lofie." He then held Iris and Melty's hands, one on each side. "Let's follow Riana, everyone."

"Okay!" the monstergirls replied in unison.

Riana guided them to an elevator and set their destination to one of the higher floors.

"Seeing you raising three children is not what I expected."

"I'm sure Azusa felt the same way…" Eryn replied. Heck, even I didn't expect my life to turn out this way.

"How interesting." Riana chuckled. "I can't wait to hear all about it."

TING!

A bell sound played, signaling that the elevator reached its doors opened, allowing them to leave the elevator.

"Please follow me." Riana stepped out of the elevator.

Eryn followed her. He was immediately greeted with the sight of many other monstergirls and humans. Are they owners? There were stalls spread across the room which he believed were registration facilities.

"There are a lot of monstergirls…"

"You'd be surprised to know how many monstergirls we've helped register," Riana replied.

"Oh, I don't doubt it." Eryn chuckled. "I sometimes forget we live in coexistence with monstergirls."

"I'm sure that'll change after today."

Riana guided them to a corner of the room. There was a table with two chairs on each side. One side was for the clients. The other side would be for the facilitator, and it was equipped with various technologies as he saw in the other stalls.

"Please have a seat." Riana provided three chairs for the monstergirls, then moved to the other side and sat down.

After setting the monstergirls down (he had to pry Lofie away from his head), he took his seat and faced Riana.

"So, let's keep things casual." She gave a reassuring smile. "You might be a little nervous, but I assure you I'll make this process as efficient as I can."

"Y-Yeah, I am a little nervous…" he admitted. I'm grateful to have my sister here…

"No worries. We'll take it slow." She set some papers on the desk. "Okay, shall we begin?"