[With Westcott's arrival, you absorbed her Spirit power. Following Kurumi, Nia, Yamai Sisters, and Tohka, you now also obtained Westcott's Spirit power.]
[As for Yoshino, you did not absorb her power. Besides this world's Yoshino being much more mature than her original counterpart and able to control herself, Yoshinon also needed Yoshino's Spirit power to sustain her existence.]
[After this, you learned from Westcott and Elliot about their actions over the years. You instructed Westcott to abandon DEM's plan to destroy humanity and informed them of your relationship with the Spirit of Origin.]
[They were all astonished, never imagining that the legendary Spirit of Origin would actively create other Spirits for the purpose of transforming you into a Star God.]
["Sensei, what should we do then?"]
[Looking at you, Elliot asked.]
["What should we do? Do you even need to ask?"]
[Gently tapping Elliot on the head, you spoke softly, just as you did thirty years ago, "Leave everything to me, Elliot."]
[After you found Elliot and the others, Ratatoskr and DEM began integrating their resources without question.]
[Having no intention of continuing to manage DEM, Westcott, Ellen, Karen, and Yoshino naturally stayed in Tengu City. In contrast, Elliot needed to start working super hard.]
["I knew it. In the end, I'm still the one destined for hard labor."]
[Although complaining verbally, Elliot, who was actually quite happy, began using magecraft to restore his body's vitality.]
[Afterwards, because the number of people around you had clearly increased, your previous residence was obviously insufficient.]
[And Westcott, for the first time, demonstrated what it means to have the power of money.]
["Sensei, this is the building I've selected. It's a commercial tower exclusively owned by DEM, originally planned as the main base in Tengu City. Now, let's just use it as a residence."]
[The 32-story commercial tower covered over 2,000 square meters per floor. It included indoor basketball courts, badminton courts, various fitness facilities, and even a swimming pool and a ski slope.]
[Additionally, there were cafes, game rooms, libraries... if you could think of it, it was probably there.]
[Transforming the entire building into a livable space with a single order, Westcott designated floors 1-3 for cleaners and security, while the rest became a private, super-luxurious residence for Ryuya and the others to live and entertain.]
["Sensei, I've already ordered people to select a site in the suburbs of Tengu City to build a new manor. Let's stay here for now."]
[What is called having money? What is called being a rich woman?]
[Fully displaying the nature of a wealthy woman, Westcott, after revealing her female identity, couldn't be bothered to hide it anymore.]
[She simply started appearing in her female form. Dressed in a men's suit, she had a distinctly different charm.]
Time passed.
On the evening they met Westcott and the others, after finally watching the movers transfer all their belongings to the new home, Ryuya found all the girls were very happy.
It couldn't be helped, Westcott was just too good at winning people over.
For example, for Nia, two entire floors, over 4,000 square meters, were filled with all the manga she had been dreaming of, plus an entire floor dedicated as a studio for her to use freely.
For Tohka, there were master chefs preparing dishes from over ten different cuisines, Chinese, Western, Japanese, Italian, French, etc.… available 24/7. This treatment made the naive Tohka weep with gratitude.
As for Kurumi, knowing this Time Spirit was very mature, Westcott used a simple method: an entire floor filled with all kinds of clothes and cosmetics. Seeing so many wonderful things, a slight smile even appeared on Kurumi's face.
Yamai Sisters, Origami, Kotori, and finally Ellen, Karen, and Yoshino, who had long been on Westcott's side... Ryuya felt as if he was seeing Morgan from Camelot, Tiamat from Uruk, and Crimson Moon from the Eternal Night Empire all over again.
Late night? It should be late night. Finally having absorbed and integrated the Spirit power from Westcott, Ryuya noticed it was very late...
"11:50 PM. Is everyone asleep?"
It was early summer. The evening's intense heat had slightly subsided, and as if in response, the sounds of birds and cicadas outside the building were also quiet.
Well, although Ryuya was on the 32nd floor, the penthouse specially designated for his meditation and seclusion, it was so high up that there wouldn't be much noise anyway.
"Let me think, the hot spring bath is on the 19th floor, right?"
Taking the elevator down to the floor with the hot spring, Ryuya, having worked up a sweat, planned to soak for a while.
"Hmm? Ellen and Karen?"
At the entrance to the 19th floor, Ryuya sensed two little tails following him. Immediately detecting the magical fluctuations from the two, he spoke up.
"Ahh... As expected of Sensei, you noticed us."
Giggling nervously to hide her tension, the younger sister, Ellen, was the one known in the original work as the world's strongest Wizard who followed Westcott.
Though very powerful, she was surprisingly clumsy in many everyday situations. Her hiding method was truly clumsy, as evident from the look on her older sister Karen's face beside her.
"Ellen, it's not that Sensei is too amazing, but that your hiding is too obvious."
"Nee... Nee-chan has no right to say that! You were hiding just as poorly!"
"Preposterous. I was only doing that on purpose."
Compared to the somewhat clumsy Ellen, the older sister Karen... how to put it? She was basically the type whose personality was even more extreme than Origami's.
"You two, what are you doing? Not sleeping so late at night."
In Ryuya's view, both Karen and Ellen were stupid at hiding, but it was better not to say that.
"Sensei, come here first, come here."
"Hmm?"
Approaching Ellen and Karen, Ryuya found the two girls simultaneously grabbing his arms.
"Sensei, Ellen/Karen likes you."
Looking at his two adorable disciples, Ryuya realized they had grown up.
No longer the children they once were, they now had their own lives, their own hearts.