In the end, Lulucy didn't do anything drastic to Tier, an old enemy who was both a friend and a rival. When Takumi heard the news, Tier was still completely whole, but there were some funny graffiti drawn on her face.
"Husband, you are here."
When Lulucy saw Takumi coming, she immediately gave up teasing Tier, walked over to Takumi enthusiastically, and hugged one of his arms.
"What?! Husband?!"
Tier, who had been quietly sizing up this extremely handsome man attracted by his charm, was shocked by Lulucy's behavior. She looked at Lulucy's happy face in disbelief.
First, she was surprised that Lulucy actually found a man and got married. Secondly, she was surprised that the handsome man in front of her had already been claimed by Lulucy.
Takumi took advantage of the situation, hugged Lulucy's slender waist, and pulled her into his arms. After being affectionate with her for a while, he looked at Tier, pretending not to recognize her, and asked Lulucy, "Who is she? I heard Caster Artoria say you know each other?"
"This is Tier. She and I are..."
Lulucy introduced Tier to Takumi and explained the bad relationship between them.
The acquaintance between her and Tier was actually purely accidental. At that time, Lulucy had just come out and traveled around various countries. Due to a lack of social experience, she did not know how to behave in the world, so she acted in a high-profile manner, leaving many legends along the way.
It was also during this period that Lulucy was praised and respected as a medical pioneer by scholars in this world. Because at that time, she still preferred to show herself as a saint, curing many difficult and complicated diseases, and publishing some of the latest medical discoveries.
Then one day, Lulucy passed by the city where Tier was being worshipped. The so-called worship involved collecting protection money, but this was not requested by Tier and the others on their own initiative, but offered by the local people.
The angels in this world are almost always believed in by people, or they are existences on which people place their hope. People will worship angels out of a mentality of attachment to the strong, in exchange for the angels guarding the safety of a place when necessary. Because angels are powerful and relatively conscientious, they take the benefits and get things done.
Therefore, they have always had a relatively positive image. While they are very popular among humans, they are also very respected. Of course, there are many such offerings. And angels are also happy to accept offerings from people because, in this way, they can be exempted from basic production labor and have time to do other more important things.
The city that Lulucy passed through at that time happened to be the place where Tier, who was also a fledgling, was assigned to receive offerings. Tier lived a good life here, but as soon as Lulucy came and her high-profile appearance was revealed to others, people began to switch to Lulucy's side and no longer worshipped Tier.
The reason is also very simple. People are profit-seeking creatures. They welcome whoever is better and more beneficial to them. Compared to the angels who usually only receive benefits and do nothing, but are only useful at critical moments, Lulucy launched medical reform as soon as she arrived and greatly improved everyone's living standards, health, and medical security. She was simply like a living saint.
As the saying goes, comparisons are odious. We are afraid of comparison in everything. When people compared Lulucy with Tier, they found that while Tier was good and did things well when receiving benefits, Lulucy benefited everyone even without taking benefits, and she was simply a great sage.
As soon as there was a better choice, people suddenly began to change their tune. Tier, who maintained fair trade, was subjected to various criticisms. They felt dissatisfied with everything about her, and in the end, they simply switched sides.
Tier was so angry that she labeled Lulucy as an enemy on the spot.
In fact, Lulucy was quite innocent in this matter. She was just pretending to be cool as usual, so why did she offend someone? Had she never encountered anything like this before? It was not that angels were not worshipped in the places she had traveled before, and there was no such issue at that time. Why did she suddenly offend them when she arrived here?
It can only be said that Lulucy was really unlucky this time. Unlike the cities she had been to before, the lord of this city was a relatively stingy person. Although he had good intentions and really wanted to manage his territory well—otherwise he would not have believed what Lulucy said and immediately implemented medical reforms for the local area—the problem was that reforming various things required money.
It involved rectifying the environment, building new facilities, collecting new medicinal materials, training doctors, etc. After this wave of drastic changes, the list of expenses afterwards was very painful for the lord. So he wanted to reduce expenses elsewhere, and then he set his sights on Tier, who usually only ate free rice. After careful consideration, he waved his hand and said: I won't pay!
I don't need outsiders to protect my territory! What trash angel? Get out of here, all those freeloaders!
Let's not talk about what happened to this lord later. Anyway, after his operation, the feud between Lulucy and Tier was finally established. What followed was a long period of frenemies fighting each other, and the two have been at it until now. In fact, they no longer care about the cause from back then. The reason why they are still fighting is just out of habit and to add a little fun to their long lives.
After listening to these secrets as gossip, Takumi nodded clearly. "I see." Then he asked Lulucy, "Then what are you going to do with her?"
Although in the original work, Lulucy took the initiative to bring Tier down to be the second wife, the current situation is different. At least Lulucy does not lack reinforcements. Therefore, Takumi planned to listen to Lulucy's opinion before deciding whether to accept Tier immediately. After all, although Tier is his intended wife, Lulucy is one of the responsible wives. If Lulucy is unwilling to accept Tier, then for the sake of harmony in the backyard, Takumi has no choice but to temporarily postpone Tier's matter.
"This is..."
Hearing this, Lulucy also began to think seriously. Just as Takumi thought, she did not immediately think of asking Takumi to accept Tier. It's not that she feels there is no pressure facing Takumi now, but Takumi just brought Artoria and the other Heroic Spirit girls back. Those girls have not been fully conquered yet, and it is not necessarily Tier's turn now.
So what Lulucy is thinking about now is how to deal with Tier. After settling down in the Dimensional City, Lulucy was already a little tired of playing cat and mouse with Tier. Wouldn't it be better to live a peaceful life than run around the world?
But she doesn't want to fight anymore, but what about Tier? Although Tier only needs to be driven out of the Dimensional City, and under the protection of the Dimensional City, it is impossible for Tier to cause trouble for her again; after all, this is just treating the symptoms, not the root cause. Letting Tier go is still a bit like letting the tiger return to the mountain.
Furthermore, Tier is also her friend. Although she is a bad friend, she is her only friend in that world, so Lulucy doesn't want to embarrass Tier.
At the same time, Lulucy also considered her current position in the Dimensional City. Although the atmosphere in the backyard is quite harmonious, everyone treats each other as sisters and has a very good relationship, Lulucy has never had a close friend or ally.
This is also something Takumi ignored. The current situation is indeed different from the original work, but different situations also bring different worries. Lulucy's current worry is that she has no allies.
Look at the other people in the backyard. Hestia has Hephaestus and Riveria; these three people from the Danmachi world have their own faction. Kanae and Busujima Saeko and several others from the Apocalypse world gathered together and attached themselves to Hestia and the others. Not to mention the elf girls; they are the most numerous, stand on their own, and belong to another faction.
The only ones left alone were Lulucy, Esdeath, and Irisviel. But Esdeath is very close to Busujima Saeko and almost belongs to Hestia's faction. Irisviel is new here, so her current position is unclear, but Irisviel now has a group of Heroic Spirit girls as reserve allies, and it is likely that Irisviel will develop into a new faction in the future.
So currently, Lulucy is the only one in the backyard who is truly alone. Even if she brought the ghost maids from home, it wouldn't be enough. After all, the status of maids is distinct. Even if Takumi wanted to treat everyone equally, their nature destined that their status in the backyard would be relatively subordinate.
This is not because they want to engage in palace intrigue, but mainly because of social circles. There was a small circle under the big circle, and Lulucy couldn't easily get into it. Humans are social creatures and need a certain amount of social interaction to relieve loneliness; otherwise, they will easily become lonely.
In the past, Lulucy could also use research to distract her attention and not care about these things. But now, unlike before, after joining the big family of Dimensional City, if she still did this, she would seem too lonely and unsociable, so Lulucy also began to actively participate in social activities. But Lulucy's current social interaction in the Dimensional City, due to the above reasons, only stays in the large circle of the family, and there is no progress in the small circle because there are very few people who have anything in common with her.
Therefore, Lulucy still wants to keep Tier. Even if she doesn't develop into an ally, at least she can have someone who is more knowledgeable and can talk to her.
"Otherwise, would you accept her as well?"
Lulucy hesitated for a long time before whispering in Takumi's ear.
Hearing this answer, Takumi couldn't help but be a little surprised. He looked at Lulucy in confusion, but she just smiled and did not explain.
Takumi seeing this, didn't bother to worry about it so much and nodded immediately. "Okay, I'll do as you say."
Since Lulucy has taken the initiative to let him take her, then there is nothing to be hesitant about.
"Okay, you go back and wait, I'll take care of her side."
Seeing that Takumi agreed, Lulucy didn't think there was any problem, and she smiled happily. After telling Takumi, she walked up and picked up Tier.
"Wait! What are you going to do? Where are you taking me?"
Tier was eating the dog food (metaphorically watching their PDA) that the two of them had dished out, when she was suddenly picked up by Lulucy, and she couldn't help but struggle nervously.
"Hey, you'll find out later."
Lulucy smiled mischievously, picked up Tier, and walked towards the City Lord's Mansion, not forgetting to give Takumi a suggestive look.
"..."
Takumi couldn't help but be dumbfounded when he saw Lulucy's response. It can be foreseen that Tier will definitely "thank" Lulucy for what she has done now.
Immediately, Takumi ignored the banter between them and returned to the City Lord's Mansion after Lulucy left. After waiting for a while in the boxing training room, Tier, who had been forced by Lulucy to wash up, put on sportswear, and wear boxing gloves, was thrown in by Lulucy with a flushed, pretty face.
She didn't know what Lulucy said to her. After Tier saw Takumi, she was stunned and had no intention of running away. Seeing this, Takumi unceremoniously forced a fist fight with her, and then made a sneak attack. Only then did Tier react from her daze and began to fight back, not to be outdone.
The result was naturally the same as with Lulucy and the others. She overestimated her capabilities and was quickly beaten soundly by Takumi. Surrendering didn't work, and she was eventually knocked unconscious by Takumi.
...
Tier's sudden arrival and joining had a certain impact on the Dimensional City. It's not that everyone has any objections to Tier; everyone still welcomes this newcomer to the Angel Clan. The impact was mainly due to the trouble caused by Lulucy.
As Takumi expected, Tier, who was teased by Lulucy, decisively retaliated against Lulucy after the incident. Although they were only having a small fight, the movement was not small at all. In the Dimensional City, you can often see scenes of the two chasing each other, which adds a cheerful atmosphere to the Dimensional City.
In addition, Takumi's reputation also took a hit. After this incident, Artoria and other Heroic Spirit girls now know that Takumi is an LSP (lecher). Except for Nero, Draco, and Okita Alter, who didn't mind this, the other Heroic Spirit girls were wary of Takumi to varying degrees.
Among them, the two more old-fashioned ones, Saber and Saber Lily, were the most vigilant. Saber Lily, a pure little knight, even wanted to hide when she met Takumi. Although Saber didn't express much on the surface, she was also quite indifferent to Takumi when they interacted. However, unlike Saber Lily who felt that Takumi was impure, Saber just felt that Takumi's actions were inappropriate.
As for the others, they were just wary because they sensed that Takumi was trying to trick them. They didn't comment on what Takumi and Lulucy did. After all, Tier was considered a prisoner. In the era when they were born, it was not too much to do anything to a prisoner, even if they killed them directly. In contrast, Takumi just took the person into the backyard. Apart from that, not only did he not abuse Tier, he even gave her the best treatment. This can be said to be quite merciful.
But their vigilance also caused some trouble for Takumi. At least the claim he made that day that he would capture one of them within a few days could not be fulfilled.