After enjoying chatting with Jutia-san, Ariel-san, and Tir-san, I decided to get up from my seat and check out other tables.
However, it seemed that the earlier incident with Jutia-san had caught their attention, as many people often wanted to talk to me and invited me for tea, making it difficult for me to move around.
I softly declined their invitation and looked around to see if there was some place I could relax... but there was some kind of unnatural gathering of people, or rather, a different group of people gathered.
Moving towards that place with some questions in mind, I immediately understood the cause of the problem. The people there were Isis-san, Iris-san, and Polaris-san, who I saw at the White God Festival... There's also one other person with them, which I think was probably Sirius.
Isis-san had happily talked about how her subordinates increased, so I know them to some extent.
However, Isis... Isis-san's magic power of death makes it impossible for anyone without a certain amount of power to get close to her...
As I was thinking this, Isis-san noticed me and her expression became bright and she gave me a small wave... Just as usual, she has the cuteness of an angel.
[Hello, Isis-san.]
[...Kaito... Hello... I'm glad... to meet you.]
Seeing Isis-san with a bright smile on her face, telling me that she's really happy to meet me, the others too... or rather, Iris-san greeted me.
The other two were people I had never met before, so rather than greetings, we would have to be introduced to each other first.
[Iris-san too, hello.]
[Umu. I was going to look for you later, but it's fortuitous that we met so early. I'm sure you've heard of them, but I was thinking of introducing you to Isis-sama's newest subordinates.]
[Ahh, that's right. I've heard about them, but this is the first time we've met like this.]
The timing is perfect for me as well because I was just thinking about introducing myself.
Just as I was thinking that, Isis-san pointed to the seat next to her and spoke.
[...Kaito... Here... I left this seat... open for you.]
[Really? Thank you. Well then, if you'll excuse me.]
I was thinking how there was some kind of an unnaturally empty seat next to Isis-san, but it seems she had prepared it for my arrival.
While thanking her as I sat in that seat, just as I looked towards Polaris-san and Sirius-san, Iris spoke.
[First, this is Polaris, who had become a subordinate after me.]
[Nice to meet you, I'm Miyama Kaito. I'm in your care.]
[My name is Polaris. I'm also in your care.]
When I called out to her, Polaris-san gently smiled and bowed lightly. Her gesture is elegant and calm... but for some reason, my Sympathy was conveying a tremendous amount of nervousness and impatience from her.
Her expression and her emotions were so different that I couldn't help but tilt my head. However, since I could also sense positive emotions from her, I think she didn't have a bad impression of me... Arehh? It feels like her favorable emotions were greater than I imagined... If I were to compare how great it was when it was just our first meeting, it's around the same level as the fanatical group, Ten Demons... Is it just my imagination?
[And this is Sirius.]
[My name is Sirius. I have often heard about you from Isis-sama and Iris-dono. It's my pleasure to make your acquaintance.]
[Ah, yes. I'm Miyama Kaito. I'm in your care.]
...The emotions conveyed from Sirius-san are quite normal, and not really that great. Compared to her, I feel that the emotions conveyed from Polaris-san are much greater.
[...Also... She didn't come today... but I recently got... one new subordinate... a girl named Rasal.]
[Is that so? That's amazing. Then, you already have four subordinates. It seems that your castle is becoming more lively, Isis-san.]
[...Unnn... I'm... really happy.]
As for the person named Rasal, I had never heard of her before. With Isis-san's character, if she was already her subordinate when we met, she would definitely have told me about her... so I guess she must have become her subordinate really recently huh. That would be within a few days or so.
As I was thinking about this, responding to her words, I suddenly heard a familiar voice.
[...Rasal? Isis-sama, please forgive my rudeness for interrupting you in the middle of your pleasant chat.]
[...Ahh... Sechs... It's been a while.]
[It has been a while. Long time no see to you too, Miyama-dono.]
[Hello, Sechs-san.]
Appearing was a lich, dressed in a luxurious costume, Sechs-san, one of Kuro's family members and a Count-rank Demon known as the Great Sage of the Dead.
...I wonder if Sechs-san can drink tea? Ahh, but didn't he eat and drink normally back at the barbecue? What in the world is going on with his torso?
While I was thinking about this, Sechs-san bowed to Isis-san again before speaking.
[...Is the Rasal Isis-sama mentioned earlier the necromancer named Rasal Malfik?]
[...Unnn... That's right... Do you know her, Sechs?]
[...Yes, I'm acquainted with her.... but I was surprised. I didn't expect her to be someone's subordinate... No, I guess that's why, at that time...]
It seems that the person named Rasal, who newly became Isis-san's subordinate, was an acquaintance of Sechs-san, and looking quite surprised, Sechs-san muttered something that I didn't quite hear.