It shouldn't have come off as a surprise for either Goblin Slayer or Fairy Knight that by the time they were done checking on every traumatized survivor, the entire household of adventurers had congregated within the confines of the kitchen. Upon stepping foot into the linoleum tiled floors of the large kitchen, Goblin Slayer was greeted with a very particularly comedic sight, to say the least.
Having been the only one who had somewhat seen Goblin Slayer working the electric stove top oven, High Elf Archer was fuming at the ears while trying to figure out how to turn it on. Meanwhile, Noble Fencer was exercising her power to lead as she stood in the middle of the kitchen with a white chef's hat and apron on; barking orders at her scrambling party members, while Half-Elf Warrior stood by her side with a large cookbook in her hands.
"Cagalli! I'd say that we're almost done with preparing the ingredients for our… What the hell are we making again…? " Noble Fencer asked with a hushed voice, after having spoken with confidence, all for the sake of inspiring her party members to work harder in the kitchen.
Leaning closer to Noble Fencer while raising the cookbook up to show her the illustration of what the honey-blond haired girl had chosen earlier to cook, Half-Elf Archer quietly whispered to her boss, " We're making " green enchilada casserole", Relena, " before pulling away from her.
Flashing a cocky grin that bordered along the line of being arrogant, Noble Fencer put her hands on her hips as she let out a loud bellied laugh. "Preparing the ingredients for our green enchilada casserole! Everyone, man your stations! I'll check on how Ms. Maiven's doing with figuring out how that confounded contraption…?! Oh!Just the person who I was looking for!" Noble Fencer exclaimed with a relieved look on her face, after noticing Goblin Slayer standing underneath the arched door frame that led from the dining area, to the kitchen itself. "Everyone, incase you haven't met my new business partner yet, his name's " Ren Ashta", but feel free to call him by his title, " Goblin Slayer", if you're not interested in getting to know him personally— which if that's the case, then feel free to get the hell out of this house~!"
Blinking a few times with a confused look on his face, Goblin Slayer quietly repeated under his breath, " Business partner…? " Shaking off the prompt to relationship that Noble Fencer had sprung up on him without ever talking about it with him previously, Goblin Slayer smiled politely at everyone who turned their head to look at him, as he made way into the kitchen. Approaching from behind High Elf Archer, Goblin Slayer stood beside her before calmly placing his hands over hers; guiding them to the control panel on top, before manipulating her finger into setting the oven to precook for the casserole to bake.
Still on edge after having cursed up a storm, High Elf Archer let out a huff of air as she slowly turned around to give her fiancé a begrudging smile. "Tch…!I could have figured it out on my own, you know~…!" High Elf Archer said sarcastically— her smile growing into one of amusement, before leaning forward to kiss the preteen on his lips. " Heh , no I wouldn't have…! Thank you, Orcblog; I appreciate it!"
Nodding at her softly, Goblin Slayer replied back with a quiet, "Anytime," before wondering over to where Wizard Boy was holding a ceramic bowl underneath a cheese grater being used by a slender teenager who looked to be about his age; a pale complexion, green eyes, and red skin as well. ' She looks a lot like his sister… I wonder if there's a connection to be made between them ,' Goblin Slayer jokingly thought to himself, while knowing from experience how hard it was for a younger brother to NOT have some sort of attraction to their older sister.
Eyeing the measurements as he watched the grated shreds of cheddar cheese rain down into the rest of the contents within the white bowl, Wizard Boy was straining himself as he whispered "Almost there, almost there," repeatedly under his breath, before noticing the graying preteen who was watching the two of them with an intrigued look in his dusty-rose colored eyes. "And… Finished!" Wizard Boy exclaimed with an excited look in his eye— eliciting a sigh of relief from his partner, before both of them turned to face toward their boss' associate. "Evening Ren; I'd like to go on record that my sister and I found your name out BEFORE Ms. Bernkastel made that announcement moments ago. I don't want you to think that we failed you, or anything like that."
Raising one hand up to reassure the nervousness that Wizard Boy had behind his voice, Goblin Slayer smiled at the red-head with glasses before telling him, "That's fine; I believe you… Did you and your sister check out any of the books yet? I haven't gotten around to reading any of them yet myself, but I'm hoping to get settled down with a book soon; once that stronghold is brought down to the ground, anyway."
Adjusting his glasses by pushing their frames up the bridge of his nose, Wizard Boy gave Goblin Slayer a single nod while still holding the bowl full of grated cheese in one hand. "If you'd take us into your good graces, then I'd gladly join you in there; Lunamaria and I skimmed through the synopsis of most of the books you had on the first two shelves… The "Harry Potter" series looked really promising," Wizard Boy mused; seeming a lot more relaxed and less hot-headed than when Goblin Slayer met him earlier. " … Oh! Uh…! R-Ren! I want you to meet my girlfriend, her name's "Greta Ironheart": her title's "Rhea Fighter", and I was telling her about you after Lunamaria and I apologized to Ms. Bernkastel."
Slowly darting his attention over to the female rhea that was in a relationship with the hot-headed wizard, Goblin Slayer smiled at the deceptively well-endowed teenager, who had her short red-haired tied into a short ponytail, with a white bow on top of her head. "Pleasure to meet you, Greta; I hope everything here is to your liking," Goblin Slayer said with a polite voice, as he shook the happy-looking girl's offered hand.
"More than to my liking, Mr. Ashta! This place is something else, straight out of a fairytale! Why, there's things inside the manor that I couldn't wouldn't have imagined being possible; not within a million years!" Rhea Fighter replied with a bright-charming personality about her; being almost a complete opposite to the kind of person who she was dating. "I'm sorry if Loran here was a bit of a jerk to you earlier; him and his sister have inflated egos, and I'm still working on trying to reverse that with him," Rhea Fighter said with an apologetic smile on her face— causing her boyfriend to drop his jaw, as the wave of embarrassment that washed over him in that moment began making him feel flustered.
"H-Hey, wait a minute! N-Now that's just an over exaggeration, Greta; I get worked out sometimes, but I'm not THAT cocky!" Wizard Boy protested with his cheeks glowing red.
Using her free hand to pat her boyfriend on the head, Rhea Fighter chuckled with an amused look on her smiling face as she half-playfully mused, "Sorry babe, you and your sister absolutely DO act like you're all that, and a bowl of cheese!"
Furrowing his brows by how odd that sounded to him, Goblin Slayer remained silent as he watched Rhea Fighter cheering up her embarrassed boyfriend— thinking to himself, '… Isn't the saying supposed to be " All that, and a bag of chips" ?' Figuring that no one else in the kitchen even knew what a " bag of chips" was, Goblin Slayer shrugged it off before thanking the two of them for their time, and for lending a hand in the kitchen.
Walking away from the couple to leave them to Noble Fencer, who was about to have them do something else now that their task had been completed, Goblin Slayer found himself checking out the other party members who he had already met up with; admiring the muscular physique of the large-breasted Fighter, noticing that Wizard Boy's red-headed sister had a nice pair of breasts that she kept tucked in her green dress that she had underneath her dark robes, and even Light Priest's plump butt that was visible underneath the blue bikini bottom he wore was eye-pleasing. Being reminded of his intense sexual encounter with High Elf Archer, and the sight of seeing Fighter's sweat-covered FF-cup sized tits, Goblin Slayer found himself blushing softly as he felt his slacks tightening.
Goblin Slayer was considering asking High Elf Archer for another round in bed, when all of sudden he found himself being approached by Light Priest, who was accompanied by a white-furred, anthropomorphic cat girl that had her black-raven hair styled in a bob, with streaks of pink in her bangs. Unlike the hourglass frame that the femboy had, the furry cat-girl had Venus-frame to her; appearing moderately chubby, while having massive tits and a fat ass hidden underneath her black gothic lolita dress. Needless to say, with how odd the two of them were, Goblin Slayer could see why they appeared to be friends with another.
Blushing like a schoolgirl as he approached the already flustered preteen, Light Priest ran his fingers through his short blond hair nervously; allowing Goblin Slayer to catch a glimpse of the pale nineteen year-old's pink-colored nails, as he lowered his petite hand back down to the side of his curvy hip. "Ren~! I was just talking about you to my friend here!" Light Priest said with a familiarity in his flamboyant voice; immediately testing the waters by stepping forward to embrace the embarrassed preteen into a warm hug. Letting out a soft and excited gasp the moment he felt Goblin Slayer's bulge rub up against in his inner thigh, the blond femboy giggled as he subtly opened his leg open to allow the preteen's erection access to his inner thigh; proudly eliciting an involuntarily and barely audible breath of pleasure from Goblin Slayer, who tended up as his boner rubbed against the femboy's soft, round thigh.
Once he gained his bearings, it was then that Goblin Slayer noticed that his face was in between Light Priest's puffy breasts; while not endowed by any means, it was still strange for the preteen to have his face planted between the femboy's small mounds that were kept covered by the blue bikini top that he had on, underneath the loosely fitting white robes that barely covered anything on him. "O-Oh?! Were you now, hehe…?! " Goblin Slayer chuckled out with an uneasy look on his face, as he wiggled out of Light Priest's grasp before taking a small, subtle step back.
"I sure was, Ren~! We were talking about how well you'd get along with my little sister! You see, she's wanting to be a priestess when she gets older, and I think you two would be a great fit for one another to be friends!" Light Priest said enthusiastically, while the furry BBW cat standing beside him simply gave a half-hearted nod, as she adjusted her black-and-white frilly skirt. " Oh, where are my manners…! Ren, this is my best friend " Katajina Softpaws": her official title is, get this: " Cat Burglar"! Hehehe~! Isn't that adorable?!" Light Priest asked, while the grumpy, stoic looking furry girl rolled her yellow eyes at him, with her large arms crossed over her plump, juicy breasts.
"Ugh…Yeah, I'm starting to regret having picked out that name. I was a different sort of cat a few years ago; used to be more starry-eyed when I signed up for the guild," Cat Burglar said in a low-feminine tone; sounding slightly raspy, as she spoke with a slow-sultry voice. From the black eyeliner she wore, to her general laidback attitude and golden piercings she had along the edges of her cat ears, the hair and outfit she had on screamed to Goblin Slayer that Cat Burglar was by definition a gothic girl; and despite her having some fur and meat on her body, Goblin Slayer still found her to be surprisingly attractive for what she was.
' Would she be considered a " big tiddied, gothic gir-" why the hell did I just think that? ' Goblin Slayer scolded himself, while having a vague flashback of Ritsuko talking to his other self in private; the preteen not really recalling what they had been talking about, but if he had to guess it was probably about " big tiddied, gothic girlfriends".
Shaking off his strange thought, Goblin Slayer smiled warmly at the busty cat girl, before offering her his hand to shake. "Well, whatever sort of cat you are at the moment, I'd be honored to have you be apart of this growing team!" Goblin Slayer said with a soft-spoken enthusiasm in his voice; the large breasted cat girl casually shaking his hand back with her soft-pawed appendage, while the blond femboy smiled joyfully at the sight of seeing his best friend being treated so well.
Before either Light Priest or Cat Burglar could reply to Goblin Slayer's friendly words, it was then that Wizard came rushing over with an enthralled look on her face; a mixing bowl in one hand, and a whisk in the other. "Growing team?! Does that mean you're actually considering allowing us to stay here with you, Goblin Slayer?!" Wizard asked; the lenses of her glasses gleaming with light coming from the ceiling.
Letting go of Cat Burglar's soft paw, Goblin Slayer turned his head toward where Wizard was staring at him anxiously; an endearing sight that made him let out a soft chuckle, as he gently closed his eyelids. "Mmhmm…I'd be lying if I were to say that the idea didn't interest me when you and Loran brought it up earlier… Having the company of all of you has been… Nice. The idea of being able to see all of you daily is definitely warming up on me, that much is for certain," Goblin Slayer admitted, while finding the way Wizard was bubbling with joy to be adorable.
"Spectacular! Shall we use our amassed funds from our latest dungeon crawl to finance ourselves with some building materials from the market? Perhaps some cloth and dye, so that you can fashion us some new outfits?" Wizard suggested, while still mixing up the batch of sour cream in with the chives and garlic; seemingly have had paid enough attention to Goblin Slayer, to get a small gist of what he and the Moon-Cell were capable of.
Crossing one arm over his chest, while using his other arm to reach up to hold his chin, Goblin Slayer continued to smile fondly at Wizard as he began to speak. "You're all entitled to your share of the treasure, so if you're wanting me to craft something for you, then we can go over the details of what we'll need later on… For now though, I'm going to fast-travel back to Londobell before dinner tonight; I've got some affairs that I'd like to take care of," Goblin Slayer said informingly; causing Wizard, Light Priest, and Cat Burglar to all stare curiously at the preteen.
Tilting his head toward his bare shoulder, Light Priest smiled confusingly at Goblin Slayer as he asked, "What's in Londobell at ten o'clock at night? Aren't all the shops there closed?"
Nodding his head softly, Goblin Slayer stuck his hands into the side pockets of his slacks as he closed the tops of his eyelids half-way down his eyes. "I have, uh… A relationship with the head nun, who's in charge of the orphanage there. There's also a camp there by the riverbed that houses some of my old neighbors; all of which were victimized by goblins as well… Once I'm finished with this quest, I'm going to expand this place into an actual city; one that's modern, and that can allow those who have suffered the most to live out the rest of their lives in luxury, and while feeling secure. I'm going to talk to her about it, and quite possibly… Maybe make love to her," Goblin Slayer openly admitted with a bashful look forming on his face; which promptly made the three of them stare at him with their cheeks growing redder.
"O-Oh?! Is that so…?!" Light Priest asked with an aroused smile forming across his feminine face, as he reached down to use his skimpy white robe to cover up the small erection growing within his own blue bikini bottom. "Hehehe~! Y-You wouldn't be opposed to, ummm…~!T-To possibly taking care of our " needs" as well sometime, w-would you— maybe even tonight? I mean, Earth Mother blesses those who exercise her love onto others, after all… Teehee~!" Light Priest boldly solicited; speaking on behalf of every party member in that room, save for Wizard Boy and Rhea Fighter.
Well the aspect of getting laid with several different women and one femboy who could pass for a woman, Goblin Slayer took one glance down at his holographic interface and winced the moment he noticed how late it was getting. "… As tempting as that offer is, I can't promise any of you that I would be back in time to make good on my word… How's about we play it by ear then?" Goblin Slayer suggested with a slightly apologetic look on his face, as he saw the three of them pout in disappointment in their own personal ways.
Making sure to get an estimation of when the main course and all the sides would be made from Noble Fencer, Goblin Slayer promised that he would try to be back in time to join his party for dinner at the table, followed by possibly some individual "one-on-one"time, with those who needed him to satisfy their " needs". And so, Goblin Slayer made his way down to the fast-travel point that was set near the grand foray on the first floor; sporting a throbbing hard on that wouldn't go away on its own, as BBB teleported him to the room that was still being rented out to him and Vivi, over at " Cattlemen's Tavern" in the heart of Londobell.
Being broken up into photon particles and reassembled within the dimly lit bedroom, the stark contrast in luxury between his rented bedroom and his lakeside manor was jarring to say the least for him. But even so, what made the humble rented room special to him wasn't just that it was the first place he had called home since his village was destroyed— it was that it was where he had lost his virginity to the young teenager who he considered his older sister, no matter what anything else would point toward.
Seeing how their old bed was empty though, Goblin Slayer couldn't help but to feel worried about where Vivi had gone off to. Luckily for him however, he didn't need to blindly look for her. Navigating through the map that BBB had on display for him, Goblin Slayer was able to pinpoint her location to the refugee camp over by the river; specifically, the tent house belonging to her childhood best friends. Letting out a sigh of relief, and feeling grateful that he could keep tabs on whoever he wanted within at least a two-hundred kilometer range, Goblin Slayer made sure to say hello to Tavern Keeper on his way out of the still-open restaurant.
Taking in a deep breath of fresh air, Goblin Slayer couldn't help but feel inspired by the Victorian style architecture of the colorful cobblestone bricks, and paved sidewalks that lined the various homes and shops that he passed while on his way toward the large church, just on top of the green hill, in the center of the village. Feeling the brisk cold air of the night brushing up against his face, Goblin Slayer couldn't help but to feel a sense of nostalgia resonating within him as he walked through the merry streets of Londobell; having thoughts forming within his head, as vague images of his other family having a holiday outing within the states appeared to him.
It had been a long morning, and after checking through security and showing the ticket checker their identification cards and itenary, the Ashta family had been allowed through the gates of what was called the "most magical place on Earth".
While Chris and Abby were too enthralled with the iconic music and imagery surrounding them through the tunnels into Main Street— just past the open courtyard where visitors could see a field of grass with flowers planted in the arrangement of Mickey Mouse's face— Ren was able to tell that their father was completely unimpressed with what he had paid thousands of quid on. "Oi dad, why the long face? We're finally here, after all those flights getting here! Ain't this supposed to be your bloody childhood, or something?"
Giving his eldest son a side-eyed glance, Dr. Ashta took in a deep breath before sighing heavily. "That's just the problem, son: we traveled all this bloody way, and for what? Screaming little shits whose parents wouldn't know disciplinary techniques if fucking Mickey Mouse himself smacked them upside the head with some," Ren's father vented with a British accent very similar to his son's; making them stand out amongst the crowds of locals, who he had shamelessly insulted without caring the least bit.
Being more understanding and even forgiving of his father's bad behavior than even everyone else at the Clock Tower, who worshiped him for being the prodigy that he was, Ren tried to cheer up his annoyed father by going over to one of the merchandise stands to buy him a gift; all the while Dr. Ashta was feeling his sanity being tested, by all the scrambling children and teenagers who were disrupting what should have been a peaceful Sunday morning in his eyes.
Picking out something that only a British gentleman such as his father would consider an acceptable gift, Ren handed the cashier a crisp fifty dollar bill before returning to where his dad was standing. "Oi, gotcha this dad! Figured you might like it!" Ren said enthusiastically, as he reached up with his arms to offer up to his father a stuffed yellow bear.
Frowning at the stuffed toy, Dr. Ashta picked up Winnie the Pooh by pinching its little round ear; inspecting it closely, before suddenly getting an idea. "… Excellent find, son. Now, if you'd excuse me for a moment," Dr. Ashta said in his deep, gravely voice, before turning around to walk over to where his youngest child was in line to get an autograph and picture with Goofy. "Oi Chris! I got you a special gift; a special little bear, who's curious and sweet as you are," Dr. Ashta said with a loving grin on his face, as he knelt down to scope up his son into his arms; uncaring of the fact that his eldest son had been watching, and was left feeling betrayed and unloved.
Standing there with tears in his eyes, Ren was left out of the family photo that consisted of his father, Chris, and Abby; who Dr. Ashta refused to take the photo, until "daddy's little girl" got back from her trip to the churro stand.
Having just unlocked a small, somewhat unimportant memory fragment that gave Goblin Slayer a glimpse of what his life had been previously, the preteen needed a moment to process what he had just seen come up on his holographic interface. Standing underneath the light of one particular iron lamp post, Goblin Slayer thought about what High Elf Archer had said about her opinion on his father; how he was manipulative, and never actually loved him the way that fathers should for their children.
At that point, Goblin Slayer was still mentally fatigued from having gone through everything that he had, and was mentally done with how horrid his life had been, before he had awoken mysteriously into his new life. " … Jesus Christ, he really was an asshole, " Goblin Slayer scoffed to himself, before letting out a heavy sigh as he continued upward toward the top of the grassy hill; muttering bitterly to himself about how he recreate Disneyland, and take his new friends and family there to give them the trip that he wished he had.