A rare guest had visited the management layer.
Wanri had brought Cecil and Arisa.
As the two were hesitantly brought into the Lounge Space by Wanri, Colette noticed them.
“Oh? Aren’t you rare guests? What’s up?”
““Colette-san!””
The two, having noticed Colette, called out her name in unison.
Originally, the two had been reluctant to come to the management layer, but Wanri had forcefully persuaded them.
Even without that, they felt it was presumptuous to be there, and they were a little afraid of meeting an unfamiliar manager.
The fact that Colette was the first person they met brought them a small sense of relief.
“I brought them because they have something they want to discuss with my older brother.”
“A discussion? With Kousuke? Did something happen?”
In response to Colette’s question, Cecil began to explain the situation.
Cecil was better at explaining things like this than Arisa.
“…Hahahaha. I see. If that’s the case, I’ll put in a good word for you too.”
““Ah, thank you.””
“It’s fine, it’s fine. We had our own troubles with that too.”
Hearing this, Cecil and Arisa looked at Colette intently.
Before coming to the management layer, Colette had been an adventurer teamed up with Silvia.
Although they had only seen Silvia a few times, they could surmise that when the two of them teamed up, they likely faced unnecessary difficulties, mainly with people of the opposite sex.
And they were likely facing the exact same struggles as the problem they were currently dealing with.
Sensing a shared understanding, the two gratefully accepted Colette’s offer to put in a good word.
The reason the two came to consult Kousuke was to discuss taking the foxes as their own party.
To begin with, the two were slaves bought as receptionists for Crown.
By normal standards, they could be considered beautiful.
Of course, they were not the kind of people to flaunt such things.
Moreover, they had met Kouhi and Mitsuki, who were always by Kousuke’s side, multiple times.
They felt far from being able to boast about their appearance.
Be that as it may, they had been steadily raising their adventurer ranks, which had, conversely, become a problem.
As they were also growing well as spirit users, they had become popular among adventurers, making it difficult to casually form parties.
Their activities were also specialized.
Since they primarily received requests specifically from Crown, they couldn’t easily find partners to form parties with.
Coupled with their rising popularity.
While that in itself was fine, the current consultation was about something else entirely.
As both were spirit users, they found themselves needing to partner with front-line fighters.
Although they were growing steadily as spirit users, the rank of monsters they could subjugate had stalled.
After discussing it amongst themselves, they concluded that they absolutely needed front-line fighters, but that’s where the aforementioned problem arose.
“I see. So, you want to form a party with the foxes you’ve become friends with?”
““Yes.””
At Kousuke’s words, the two nodded.
“Hmm…”
“Kousuke?”
Colette, not expecting Kousuke to hesitate, spoke up.
Arisa and Cecil also looked uneasy.
“Hm? Ah, no, it’s not that I’m refusing. Considering your goals, I just don’t think foxes alone will be enough.”
“Ah, I see what you mean.”
Colette understood what Kousuke was trying to say.
“The wolves too…?”
A little later, Wanri also understood what Kousuke meant.
Conversely, Arisa and Cecil looked as if they didn’t quite understand.
In the end, without fully understanding, the two were led by Kousuke to the 81st Floor.
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The two, surrounded by many wolves, were initially confused but soon seemed to get used to it.
Perhaps because Kousuke brought them, they no longer seemed to fear the wolves, who appeared almost no different from dogs.
Colette had warned them not to mistake this for normalcy, but they understood.
Of course, the two also understood that this was not an everyday sight.
They thought they were used to foxes, but they were still surprised.
Above all, Nana’s presence, now by Kousuke’s side and affectionately clinging to him, had surpassed their surprise.
“You can take any of them you like from these if you’ve taken a fancy to them.”
Kousuke said this, but frankly, they couldn’t choose.
“Besides, can’t you two use Fairy Language?”
“No, not really…”
“You need to grow more.”
“Huh? Is that so? Then what about Colette?”
“Now, Kousuke, what exactly do you mean by that?”
Kousuke, who had been withdrawn in the tower, did not accurately grasp Colette’s level as a spirit user.
Of course, he assumed she was at a certain level, but that was all.
The reason their adventurer ranks had stalled was the same worry they themselves were harboring.
No matter how much the two grew, they were not yet at a level to surpass Colette.
In addition, there was another problem.
“Well, I understand what you’re trying to say. But to begin with, it’s also because you’re elves that you can use Fairy Language.”
“Ah, is it like a racial trait?”
Shurein could also use Fairy Language.
However, Shurein was not particularly adept at spirit magic.
Arisa and Cecil were definitely superior.
“That’s right. You might both be able to use it eventually, but right now, you can probably only sense the atmosphere, right? Kousuke, you can do that much, can’t you?”
Indeed, Kousuke, who could see fairies, had also begun to be able to faintly sense the atmosphere.
“I see… In that case, let’s have Nana choose for us.”
As Kousuke said this, Nana, who had miniaturized, hopped up and walked towards the wolves.
Nana could completely understand Kousuke’s words and knew what he wanted.
After wandering among the wolves for a while, Nana chose one black wolf for each of them.
When Nana gently nudged the side of their necks with her nose, the wolves approached the two women.
It was unclear what criteria she was using to choose, but at least both wolves did not seem to mind.
In fact, they were wagging their tails as the two petted them.
For some reason, the foxes, who had stubbornly followed along, were also rubbing against them.
“It seems there are no problems. Or rather, as expected of Nana, wouldn’t you say?”
“Yes.”
Kousuke and Colette watched the two with affectionate smiles.
Nana coming to Kousuke for affection as if a job was done was a charming sight.
By the way, he noticed Wanri watching with envy next to them, but Kousuke politely (or perhaps not) pretended not to notice.
“Are these children alright?”
Thinking it was about time, Kousuke addressed the two women.
““Yes!!””
With their reply, Kousuke nodded with satisfaction, seeing that they seemed to have both taken a liking to them.
“Ah, right. In return for taking these four, report back to me on what the battles were like.”
After all, while the wolves and foxes had fought alongside their own kind, they had never fought in coordination with humans.
He wanted to know what that would be like.
“Ah, um… Is it okay to put collars on them?”
Arisa asked tentatively.
“Collars?”
“Yes. Collars for familiar monsters. If they don’t have them, they’ll be hunted down as monsters.”
“Ah, I see. That’s right. Is that okay?”
Kousuke turned his gaze towards Nana and Wanri.
In response, Wanri nodded, while Nana… for some reason, began licking Kousuke’s cheek.
“Um… Nana also seems to want a collar,”
Colette interpreted Nana’s unspoken wish.
For some reason, Kousuke found himself being asked for a collar by Nana.
Does Nana understand the meaning of a collar? lol
Answer: She simply understood that the two black wolves were going to receive something, and she wanted one too.
By the way, Kousuke will present her with a collar, and she will happily put it on.
And Wanri looked on enviously, or perhaps not.
(Regarding Wanri, what do readers prefer?)
