After the talk with Rupert, Loki, and Rika decided to go home. While walking towards the mansion the two of them were invisible because the people on the road were swarming at them on sight.
They were walking slowly, hidden from everyone's eyes, holding each other's hands while swaying in the air.
Loki darted his eyes to Rika and found her looking at him with a wide smile on her face. "What?"
Rika shook her head. "Nothing. I just thought you were so cool back then while fighting the dragon and protecting us all." Rika looked in front of her. "I just can't believe how powerful you really are."
'Believe me, even I can't believe that I actually did it.' Loki thought. "I see."
Loki and Rika arrived at the mansion and were greeted by the maids and butlers at the entrance of the mansion. However, their eyes darted toward the person waiting for them in front of the wooden double door. Milfy was standing there while looking at the two with great happiness in her eyes, seeing that Loki and Rika were completely fine. Beside Milfy were 20 bodyguards looking at Loki and Rika with relief on their faces.
"Lady Milfy!" Rika exclaimed and ran towards Milfy and hugged her. "I have missed you."
Milfy hugged Rika back and expressed an overjoyed smile. "Me too, I am more than glad to see that you are fine. I was very worried about you—so worried that I was starting to regret that I let you join that dangerous quest."
"Lady Rika!" The bodyguards screamed as they knelt before Rika.
Rika on the other hand, just chuckled and scratched the back of her head. "Yes, I am fine. I got blasted by a hellish blue fire right in my face but I didn't get hurt." Rika said and jumped toward Loki. "Loki was there and he protected us all... He defeated the dragon!"
"Thank you very much, Mister Loki, for keeping our Lady Rika safe and saving this kingdom! You are a model to follow the path of! We will follow in your footsteps and be great people like you!" The bodyguards exclaimed.
'That's a little bit too much and unnecessary—but sure.' Loki thought. "It's my job to..." Loki's eyes darted to Milfy, smiling at him. He cleared his throat. "Yo." He said.
Milfy didn't reply, she hugged Loki and buried her face in his chest. Loki on the other hand, just stared at Milfy's twitching fox ears with his enlarged eyes.
"Milfy?" Loki asked gently. His eyes darted to Rika and found her looking at them with a big smile on her face. Loki nodded. 'Yeah... This is fine.' Loki thought and hugged Milfy. "Did I make you worry that much?" He gently asked.
"I was so worried..." Milfy replied, her face still on Loki's chest.
Loki raised his hand and gently rubbed it on Milfy's head. 'Damn it, her hair is so soft and smells very nice.' Loki thought. His eyes darted to the bodyguards looking at him with smiles on their faces while nodding at him as a sign of full support. Loki smiled. "I am here now."
Milfy raised her head and stared at Loki with her tender sky-blue eyes. "Welcome home."
"Yeah... I am home." Loki replied and smirked.
"Group hug!" Rika exclaimed and wrapped both Loki and Milfy in her arms.
"Group hug!" Screamed the bodyguards and joined the three.
On the other hand, Loki just smiled while looking at Milfy and Rika looking at each other with smiles, seemingly talking to each other using only their eyes—the two ladies were having a mutual agreement with each other without saying any words.
And Loki, who was the center of their agreement, could only shake his head while watching them. He knew what was happening, but decided to remain silent and for a change let himself be swayed by the flow.
Then, the entire mansion started to prepare for a celebration of the kingdom's victory. They set a table outside the mansion, where they were beneath the starry night sky and surrounded by the grassy plain.
Tons of food were served on the table. And because it was a sudden celebration without a prior plan, there were no outside visitors, but all the people working in the mansion were invited for dinner. All of them were greeting Loki with great respect and smiles on their faces.
They danced around while drinking booze, however, as time passed, the people still standing dwindled as they fell one after another due to their drunkenness.
"Lady... Milfy—kublak..." The last bodyguard standing fell to the grassy floor and immediately succumbed.
"Oh... He finally lost, he was quite tough if I am gonna be honest." Loki said and wandered his eyes throughout the area.
Some of the maids were already returned to their rooms and those who could no longer walk lay down on the grass and slept there.
"You have drunk a lot but you are still fine," Milfy said while staring at Loki with her sleepy eyes. She was swaying due to the effect of the booze she drank.
Loki gulped the booze from the big mug of booze he was holding. "I can say the same to you." He replied. He appeared to be like he had not drunk anything at all. Unlike Milfy who was already red, Loki still looked normal. "Remember, if you lose, you will pay me 100 gold."
Loki grabbed the bottle of booze and filled his mug and Milfy's. Milfy just watched him. "Just take the gold... I don't think I can drink anymore." She replied using a soft tone that she rarely used.
'Yeah, she's already drunk... We should stop this.' Loki thought to himself and grabbed Milfy's mug and chugged all the booze in it. When the mug was emptied, he looked at Milfy and found her looking at him with her slightly opened mouth.
"What a lucky mug..." She said using an alluring voice.
"You really are already drunk, lady," Loki said. "Milfy is down, it seems it's only the two of us, Rika," Loki said and darted his eyes to Rika sitting next to him. His eyes widened upon seeing her sleeping on the table. "Rika?"
Milfy giggled. "She's already sleeping as well. It seems there are only the two of us... Loki."
Loki looked at Milfy, swaying in her seat. "Yeah... only the two of us. How convenient."