( Yuuki's POV )
When we arrived at our old house in the capital I couldn't help but notice the silence, The place was clean because someone came to clean the place regularly but the house had lost the life it had when we were living here, I think we should use this place as a vacation home or something, but that's a matter for later, we didn't come to check on the condition of the house.
My reason for coming here was to stop by the Izumo Inn, and we left the house immediately to go there, although I decided to take the long way around to show Yue and Shea around town, which Shea enjoyed with great amazement.
After that walk through the city we arrived at the Izumo Inn and when I rang the doorbell I heard the familiar voice of my friend Minato.
Minato: Yeah, hello, how can I- Yuuki? You're back.
Yuuki: Yeah, we're on a little visit. Do you mind if we come inside?
Minato: Of course not, please come in.
Upon entering the inn we moved to the dining room, the Sekireis of Minato Kazehana and Homura were preparing food and they invited us to stay.
Matsu: Wow, I didn't think I'd get so nostalgic, this place brings back so many memories.
Musubi: Minato-san, who's there?
While the meal was being prepared, the last of the inn's guests came down to the dining room and I was surprised to see them, Miya was helping Musubi walk because she was carrying the burden of a growing belly, and that wasn't from food, Sekirei don't get fat even after eating tons of food.
Musubi was pregnant and the final confirmation of that was when Minato stood up to help Musubi, his expression full of love and concern.
Yuuki: Minato, congratulations! I can't believe you got a bun in the oven before me.
Minato: Yeah, well jejeje.
Yuuki: And congratulations to you, Musubi.
Musubi: Um, thank you, Yuuki-san.
Yuuki: I can't believe I'm just finding out now. This calls for a celebration.
Seo: someone said celebration.
Upon finding out that Musubi was pregnant, I took out of my storage one of Mismede's finest wines to celebrate and at that moment Seo appeared out of nowhere and invited himself to the meal, that wasn't something unusual but what did surprise me was that her twin Sekireis were also pregnant, this almost seemed like a personal attack on me, I wanted to impregnate my Sekireis but my dragon blood, god nature and other things made that difficult, not that that stopped me from trying almost every night.
As the spontaneous celebration began to heat up, we went through several bottles of wine, mostly due to Kazehana and Seo, who were heavy drinkers.
Kazehana: paww, This is the good stuff, Yuuki passes another bottle.
Miya: Kazehana practices some restraint, Yuuki's wine isn't cheap.
Yuuki: Don't worry about that Miya, this is one of my favorite wines, I don't mind sharing it with friends, especially when we're celebrating the natural birth of Sekireis in who knows how many years.
Kazehana: Yes, Miya~ Relax, drink a little.
Seo: You're saying the same things as that guy there. You know he wants to become a Sekirei doctor to help his girl give birth.
Yuuki: oh That's amazing, it means he will help deliver my daughters in the future.
The celebration went on a little longer than expected, but after that I got serious.
Yuuki: The truth is one of the reasons I came was to talk to you Seo.
Seo: eh What's wrong with me? I've been doing my job, you know.
Yuuki: Yes, this is about that. Have you heard of a group called Hydra? I've come across them on my travels.
Seo: no, I haven't heard the name, if you found them in another world why are you telling me that?
Yuuki: Because they have appeared in different worlds, they have no contact with each other but they always have the same goal, the dominion of everything supernatural, that means Sekireis are a prime target for them.
Seo: Well if we haven't heard of them up to this point, maybe they don't exist in this world.
Yuuki: Maybe they are just biding their time, they have more resources than many governments and can afford to be patient, just keep your ears open for that name.
After our talk it was time to go, night had already fallen so we spent the night in this world but as soon as the sun came up we passed through another portal and the place we saw on the other side was a city with a wall all around it, that was the adventurer city of Orario.
We entered the city and one of the first things I saw was the dragon ice statue that I had created on my last visit, many people started staring at us as we walked through the city, which led me to think that I was some kind of minor celebrity or maybe a criminal, but I didn't think anything of it, we just moved to the address Haruhime had given us.
We moved to a more desolate part of the city where the only building in good condition was our exploration team's base, which was a long, three-story mansion.
When we entered there we saw Haruhime's team sitting in the living room plus a couple of elves that looked familiar to me.