After she had changed her clothes to ones that resembled that of a priest, the Sister went and stood at the altar, preparing it for the church blessing rite, which, much to the surprise of the four other people present, she actually knew how to do it, even though just a few minutes ago, her mind appeared to be only filled with dirty thoughts.
After preparing everything and praying to the goddess, the Sister turned to the four and gestured towards Edward and Lysette.
"Lord Edward, Lady Lysette, please come up to the altar"
" "… *Nods*" "
The two briefly remained silent and still as they were surprised at how diligent the sister was looking, before they nodded. Edward got up first and offered a hand for Lysette to help her get up, which she accepted, and as they held hands they stood at the altar in front of the Sister.
"Ahem… By the powers vested to me by the goddess, the High priest, and myself. I bless this couple which stands in front of me with eternal love, lots of children, nightly vigor, and happiness"
" "…" "
Edward and Lysette remained silent as they did their best to not scrunch up their face a little at the Sister blatantly adding her own stuff to the blessing with a dignified expression.
"Now kiss"
" "…Hm?" "
And then the Sister suddenly asking them to kiss was what threw the two out of the loop, since a marital blessing didn't require the couple to kiss.
"I said, now kiss"
Retaining her dignified expression, the Sister pressured the two to kiss, after all, she was intent on getting the closest thing to a marriage ceremony kiss whatever the cost was, in this case, her rather lacking holiness and decency.
"…" *Smiles at Lysette*
"… !" *Blushes*
Edward gently held Lysette's face, and slowly brought their faces closer, until their lips met, their kiss lasted for only a few seconds, and when their lips parted, Lysette's was already burning red, but as she tried to hide her growing stupidly happy smile with one hand. Without a word, Edward gently guided Lysette back to the bench they were sitting at.
After Lysette sat down, Edward offered a hand to Atsuko, who just like Lysette before accepted it, and they both stood at the altar in front of the Sister, who was happily smiling at having her wish of being the one giving a marriage ceremony, though in the form of a marital blessing.
"By the powers vested to me by the goddess, the High priest, and myself. I bless this couple who stands in front of me with eternal love, lots of children, nightly vigor, and happiness… Now kiss"
This time, since Edward and Atsuko already knew how this would be going, acted less surprised, as they smiled at each other before bringing their faces closer, and locking their lips together for a few seconds. Different from Lysette, when her lips parted from Edward, only Atsuko's cheeks turned red as she hid her mouth with her closed paper fan, as she looked as if she wanted their kiss to go on for a little longer.
Then Edward, just like before, guided Atsuko to the bench, and after she had sat down, Edward went to offer a hand to Nanako, who happily accepted it as he once again brought his third and final wife to the altar and in front of a happily grinning Sister.
"Now let's begin… Lord Edward, do you accept Nanako-chan as your beloved spouse?"
At hearing that question, Edward and Nanako both made confused faces, but they quickly realized what the sister was planning, which caused Nanako to sigh before making a small laugh at seeing the person she saw as her older sister making her blessing sound like a marriage ceremony, by playing favorites with her.
"… Edward-sama? Aren't you going to answer it?"
"… Of course, Nanako… Ahem… I do, Sister"
*Nods* "Nanako-chan, do you accept Lord Edward as your beloved beloved husband?"
"Yes, I do. Sister"
"Very well, by the powers vested to me by the goddess, the High priest, and myself. I bless this couple which stands in front of me with eternal love, lots of children, nightly vigor, and happiness Now the couple may kiss each other"
"Fufu! I'm sorry for my sister, Edward-sama"
"It's alright, Nanako. After all, she's doing this for both of us"
Nanako looked at Edward with gentle eyes and a beautiful smile.
"Edward-sama… I vow to forever love you, and only you. I vow to never leave your side, and I vow to always protect you no matter what"
"!… *Scratches his cheek*… Nanako, I promise to love you with all my heart and being, I promise to always support any and every decision you make, and I promise to always protect you, and remain by your side as well"
"Fufu!"
The two again gently looked and smiled at each other, as they entered into their little world not noticing the Sister who was crying waterfalls at seeing her dream marriage ceremony scene happening in front of her eyes, while Lysette and Atsuko were both blushing and feeling a little jealous of how the two were flirting with each other like that.
They slowly got closer until their lips interlocked, remaining for only a few seconds, but for the two it felt like many minutes had passed. They looked at each other again with passionate gazes, as they happily began to laugh together.
But then, they noticed a flash of light coming from Nanako's chest, everyone looked in the direction of the sudden mysterious light, and then it burst in every direction blinding everyone with the brightest light they had ever seen in their lives as it engulfed the entire building.
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"GYYYYYYYAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!! MY EYES!!! MY EYEEEEEEEESSSSSSSS!!!"
At the voice of the screaming Sister, who was one of the most affected by the light due to her proximity, and her general sinfulness worthy of a bonk, Edward's confused mind at the sudden turn of events was able to regain its focus as he rapidly blinked his eyes in an attempt to undo his blindness as soon as possible, as he was the one who was the most affected by the mysterious light suddenly bursting right in front of him.
"Edward-sama!? EDWARD-SAMA!? Are you okay!? Are you hurt anywhere!?"
"Yes… Yes, I'm alright. Nanako, you don't have to worry about it"
As his vision slowly returned, Edward noticed Nanako worriedly touching him as she desperately called his name and asked about how he was feeling out of concern. He calmly responded as he looked in Nanako's direction, but as his vision slowly cleared…
"Hm?… !?"
"? Is something wrong, Edward-sama? Something is wrong, isn't it Edward-sama!?"
"Erm…"
"Hm?"
"Erm…Are those dragon horns on your head, Nanako?"
"Eh? W-What're you t-talking about, Edward-sama?… *Touches her head* Hm?… Huh? Eeeeeeeeeeeeehhhhhhhhhh!?!?!?"
When Nanako began touching her head, she noticed protrusions coming out of her head, and then she saw a platinum white slim tail wildly swinging from side to side behind her, which caused her to feel extreme confusion at what had just happened to her. But for Edward…
"…"
He had become too distracted by her newly found cuteness to worry about how she got it, but then as he was busy with his inner desires, at the corner of his vision, he noticed his two other wives, Lysette and Atsuko also recovering from the burst of light. And they had also become even cuter like Nanako, but in different ways…
Lysette had suddenly grown jet-black demonic-looking horns and wings, which completed very well with her sharp looks and confident demeanor (when she wasn't near Edward), only improving her already cool beauty appearance. As for Atsuko, she had gained what appeared to be white fox ears and a fluffy white fox tail whose end was covered in black fur, which only made her already cute fluffiness look even cuter and fluffier.
Once the two recovered their vision, they immediately noticed the panicking Nanako who had grown dragon horns and a tail out of nowhere, only for them to notice Edward intently looking at them, also causing them to touch themselves and find out that that they also grew things that they were never supposed to, making them join Nanako into the confusion.
"Uuuuuugggghhhh… I feel like I've been cleansed by some holy light…"
"S-S-Sister, w-w-w-what's happening to me!?"
"Hm? Huh?… I don't know either"
The Sister, who was the last one to recover from the light burst, was immediately approached by a confused Nanako who needed answers, to which the Sister could only give a surprisingly calm response, that she had no idea either.
"Then find out about it already! This was caused by the blessing, wasn't it!? And you're a nun! So find out about it!!!"
"C-Calm down, Nanako-chan! You don't need to shake me! And isn't it fine to stay like that? You're pretty cute like that… I get it! I get it! I get it! I'll search for it! So just lower that fist! Lower that fist, I BEG YOU NANAKO-CHAN!!!"
After being threatened by Nanako's desperate and intimidating fist, the Sister took her leave to begin looking through the holy texts available at the church to see if she could find anything about Nanako's sudden transformation with depressed expression. While on the other hand, the three girls and Edward decided to return to the manor for the time being.
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"Ara! You are back already, Edward-sama? I was sure that you would use the opportunity to go on a date… … … Hm?"
As Edward opened the door, the first person who greeted them was none other than his mother, Camilla, who happened to be passing by the front entrance. She initially spoke in her usual cheerful mood, but as the three girls passed through the door, she couldn't help but go silent due to confusion.
After all, the three girls who were humans just a short time ago, had returned with a variety of features they shouldn't have. But that wasn't what caused her to go silent, as she just turned her head to look at Edward while she pointed at the girls.
"…"
"…" <… I don't know either, mother. But yes, they've become even cuter than before>
As the two communicated with just their eyes, they just reached a mutual agreement that cuteness is justice. With their rather useless agreement finished, Camilla simply looked at the girls and gave them her usual friendly smile.
"I'm sure you three must be feeling tired and confused from everything that happened. So you all can go take a rest, and I'll come to offer you all some tea and snacks"
" " "Huh?" " "
"Edward-sama, please take care of them as usual"
"Of course… Camilla-san"
With that Camilla took her leave, leaving the three girls even more confused by the fact that she hadn't said a word about their new appearance.
"Lysette, Atsuko, Nanako, shall we go take a seat somewhere comfortable for you three?"
"Eh? Ah! E-Erm… E-Edward-sama?"
"Yes, Nanako?"
"… Hmm… E-Erm… … … W… W-Why… Why haven't you asked up a-about o-our appearance?"
" "…" "
Ever since they all had returned from the church, all that Edward had been doing with them, was just silently stare at them with a smile on his face. Which usually wasn't exactly a problem, aside from being embarrassing, but now they couldn't help but feel worried at the fact that they've stopped being human, and now with Camilla seemingly doing the same as Edward of not commenting about their appearance, they couldn't help but feel worried about what he was thinking about them now.
"Hm? Is there anything to ask about your appearance, Nanako?"
"Of course, there is?! You can't be simply thinking that me growing dragon-like horns and a tail is nothing?!"
"Of course, I'm not thinking about your horns and tail are nothing, Nanako"
"So, you're thinking something about our appearance!!!"
"Yes, I am. I'm thinking of how even more adorably cuter you all are looking right now"
" " "… … … Eh?" " "
Hearing the curveball that Edward called their new appearance as cute, caused the three of them to start blushing and to momentarily forget about their situation.
"In fact… Ever since I saw the new appearance of you three, I've been holding the urge to touch and stroke those tails, wings, horns, and ears, as well as the urge to just tightly hug and kiss you all due to how cute you've all become"
"Eh? E-Edward-sama, t-then w-what you're saying is…"
"I'm saying that I'm falling in love with you three all over again and that I want to get really close up and personal with your adorable cuteness!!!"
"THAT'S NOT WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT!!!"
After receiving such a shameless confession from Edward, Nanako couldn't help but shout back in embarrassment, as she, Lysette, and Atsuko all started blushing and covering their faces in shame. But at the same time, the new tails of Nanako and Atsuko were wildly waving from side to side, while Lysette was flapping her wings with great intensity, due to the happiness they were feeling of hearing Edward praise their new appearance.