As Kisuke had promised, he made his way to the center of the Kuoh Tower where a towering skyscraper is located. These past seven years, as one of the centers of Magic Development, Kuoh Town had kept expanding and large skyscrapers that could only be seen in the largest cities in the world were now present in it.
The one that Kisuke entered was the enterprise that the Belial House had built up with the support of the Gremory House. The security already knew him so they let him pass after some greetings and Kisuke just waved at the receptionist before making his way directly to the side.
After some biometric and Magic scans, Kisuke took an elevator that went down and after a few minutes of waiting, he'd reached the lowest floor which was almost a kilometer deep underground.
The moment the elevator doors opened, he was greeted by a bright and lush environment that you would never expect to see. Though for Kisuke, it reminded him of the safe zone of the Dungeon in the otherworld. Walking through the clear path, Kisuke soon reached a modern-looking house and saw that there were other people in there through the glass wall.
As usual, the first one to notice him was the blue-haired girl that had now grown up, "Kisuke-niisan!"
At her call, the others also turned towards him. Claire, who was now a bonafide young and beautiful lady with long white hair, beamed at the sight of him and ran to the doors. Tanis, who'd also grown up with her and also became a fully-fledged citizen of this world and would not have any trouble even if she was left alone, followed her.
Ophis and Lilith had also followed along with their growths into looking like late teenagers, and although they still had the same personalities as before, they had now matured to a certain extent. Though they still had a penchant for doing something strange from time to time…
Flanna, on the other hand, had her face slightly altered to avoid trouble and questions from those that would see her with her(Ophis') original face. But aside from that, she didn't change at all. In fact, she'd become even more unhinged throughout the years and no one could really stop her as she did whatever entered her mind without ever thinking about it. In hindsight, she's still the same Dragon that'd remained unfettered in the Dimensional Gap, it's just that she'd entered a much more complicated world.
Finally, the last girl, Kunou. She was the oldest and most mature of the group in many aspects, partly because she now started to develop like her mother.
These past few years, the girls' friendship had blossomed into a very tight-knit group in that they would entrust their lives in the hands of each other. On top of that, they also had secrets of their own and since Kisuke had already stopped his surveillance of them some time ago, even he wasn't sure of most of the things they do these days.
Of course, the necklace that Claire had would still trigger in times of emergency, but that hadn't happened even once after the first time it'd activated because of the Evies.
Kisuke caught Claire and Tanis who'd jumped on him, "Geez... You two are not kids anymore so you should stop doing this. You'll break my bones one of these days.", Kisuke reprimanded while patting their heads.
Claire chuckled and said, "Denied~! And good idea! We'll stop if we can finally break one of your bones with our tackles!"
The corner of Kisuke's mouth twitched, "Just where are you learning this from? It's Koneko isn't it? She's being violent with the dummies again, isn't she?" As even most Gods couldn't break his pinkie bone with a tackle, Kisuke was feeling a bit complicated.
Tanis, who had been riding on his back, then said, "Agreed! But it's been a few months since we last saw each other and this is also a good way to recharge my Kisukenium so I won't be stopping anytime soon!"
"As I said, where are you learning these from!? It's Kuroka, isn't it!? She's been teaching you something that you shouldn't be learning, hasn't she!? I'm really going to smack those sisters one of these days."
Due to his complicated position, Kisuke asked the girls to never approach his candy shop as they might get roped into something troublesome.
Soon, Kunou had also come out and approached them, "It's been a while, Kisuke-niisama." Unlike the other two, Kunou slightly lowered her head in greeting. She had the entirety of the elegance and grace that was absent from the rest of this group.
Kisuke also patted her head and saw her tails slowly sway left and right. After joining their group, she'd also developed a habit of receiving head pats from him, "It's good to see you too, Kunou-chan. They're not giving you too much trouble, are they?"
Of course, Kisuke wasn't tasteless enough to compare her elegant act to Claire and Tanis' crass actions as he really liked their individuality and couldn't really care less about formalities. Actually, Kisuke wanted Kunou to at least act less reserved around him as he knew that she couldn't really do something like that when she was at home.
But unlike in the past, she'd started to let go of the traditional clothing and began dressing up like a modern girl. Well, another reason was that her traditional clothing was hard to adjust for someone like her who was on par with Akeno in terms of physique when she was at her age.
"They're not! Ever since they started attending Ouroboros Academy, they started to behave properly!"
Claire and Tanis both had smug looks, proud of what Kunou had just said. However, "Wouldn't that mean they were causing trouble left and right before you entered the academy?"
Kisuke's words froze the expression on Claire and Tanis' faces and Kunou hurriedly avoided his eyes.
"O-of course not! We weren't doing anything bad!" Claire defended herself while her eyes were swimming everywhere.
Tanis escaped from Kisuke's back and nodded vigorously in agreement.
Kisuke sighed, "You can already think for yourselves so unless it's absolutely necessary, I won't say anything about whatever you are doing as long as you follow the reminders I laid down."
The panic in Claire and Tanis's eyes immediately disappeared and the bright smiles returned to their faces, "We'd never forget that Niisan! We'll not trouble or step on anyone. And if that's unavoidable, we are to take full responsibility, and see to it that we fix our mistakes!", the former confidently declared.
Kunou also smiled and nodded at her words.
Kisuke smiled wryly and patted their heads again, "Good. As long as you understand. And by the way, when I said to take full responsibility, it didn't mean you have to bear all the burden by yourselves. I'm your big brother so it's alright to come to me when things get harder and ask for help."
Claire, Tanis, and Kunou looked at each other before Claire looked at Kisuke again and said, "Then Niisan, please help us!"