Her legs were beautiful, so much so that the meme "I could play with these legs for a year" originated from her.
Suddenly stopping the battle, Tohsaka Rin also felt her spirit weary.
Unlike the Nakano Quintuplets, Tohsaka Rin, who had always been a young lady, had sufficient confidence in the upcoming Trial Mission.
"Tohsaka Rin, you and Sakura possess battle talents that would amaze mortals; there's no need to worry too much about your situation in Paradise."
These were words Kisaragi Rin had said to her, and Tohsaka Rin would unconsciously clench her fingers when she recalled them.
Just then, a voice rang out.
"Want some?"
Spider Mother opened the box, and a brilliant golden light bloomed before them.
"Ta-da! Mitsuri's freshly baked honey mini-bread, a special dish that can quickly restore a large amount of happiness and stamina points."
"I want some." Lily quickly bit into one, her fierce expression as if she were treating the honey mini-bread as Esdeath, who was currently kissing Kisaragi Rin right in front of her.
"That sounds like a game."
Tohsaka Rin took one, and the moment she bit into it, she felt her entire being fill with happiness.
"Isn't everything about a Player a game?"
"That's true."
Looking at her younger sister beside her, Tohsaka Rin made up her mind and said, "After a few more days of special training, we'll find Kisaragi Rin and enter Paradise to become Players."
"No problem."
Sakura's smile remained sweet, and she even picked up a piece of bread to feed Lily… Time advanced to night.
Esdeath had been particularly clingy lately, and Kisaragi Rin had only just managed to break free from her embrace.
After giving Lily a compensatory kiss, he arrived at the Deer God Shrine's chief priest's office.
Caren, dressed in miko attire, was seated in a high-backed chair beside Kisaragi Rin, handling affairs.
However, she was a bit distracted.
Attracted by Kisaragi Rin beside her, Caren's golden pupils would occasionally steal glances at her master.
Since she hadn't experienced the series of messy events in the Original Plot, her heart remained pure and unblemished; merely smelling Kisaragi's scent made her thoughts tangle like a cat had played with them, and her fair, tender calves hidden beneath her miko outfit unconsciously intertwined.
"What's wrong?" Kisaragi asked, reaching out to gently ruffle Caren's hair. Caren's eyes welled up slightly as she rubbed her head against Kisaragi's palm.
Caren was petite and possessed a unique sacred aura; her slightly wavy silver hair, combined with her somewhat translucent skin after becoming a Strange Tale, was truly adorable.
Actually, Kisaragi Rin had a preference for white hair.
Of course, the white hair he liked wasn't the outrageous makeup of the white-haired, black-faced Ultraman Trigger.
Whether it was Spider Mother's milky white, Mrs. Yukino's bluish ice white, Caren's silvery white, or Mary's pale white… Kisaragi Rin liked them all very much.
However, the current Spider Mother had been corrupted by the Main World's network, losing her former innocence; Mrs. Yukino was usually very shy; Mary was a tsundere with far more 'tsun' than 'dere'; Irisviel was avoiding Kisaragi; and Illya's personality was very boisterous. In the end, only Caren, with her white hair, was relatively easy to manage by Kisaragi Rin's side.
"There is indeed one matter; this document requires the Chief Priest's attention."
Caren stared at the desktop, pulling out a document from a large stack of materials beside her and placing it in front of Kisaragi Rin.
"Can't Saeko and Spider Mother handle it?"
Kisaragi Rin asked.
Before joining the Chiba Zoo, Spider Mother was busy establishing an intelligence network, constantly vigilant for any potential incidents that might affect Kisaragi Rin.
But now that she had joined the Chiba Zoo...
One could only say that after their horizons broadened, many things began to change.
After all, it was a top-tier force in Japan, and Kisaragi Rin was also embracing Shikanoko Noko's deer leg, so there was no longer any need to collect ordinary intelligence.
As for important intelligence?
Like the sudden appearance of Nakano Maruo, such things were not something the current Spider Mother could casually investigate with her Little Spider.
Rather than having Spider Mother investigate, Kisaragi Rin might as well directly ask the Chiba Zoo.
Thus, Spider Mother had been a bit idle recently.
Aside from her daily peeking at her master and keeping an eye on Kisaragi Rin's acquaintances to prevent them from encountering danger, her focus had shifted to perfecting the establishment of the Strange Tales Association.
Don't underestimate the current weakness of the Strange Tales Association; this was the only force Kisaragi had definitively decided to establish so far. Spider Mother, having watched a series of harem dramas about concubines vying for favor, took this very seriously.
The Strange Tales Association was the future trend.
And she, Spider Mother, was precisely the best "ghost" candidate to manage this force for Kisaragi Rin.
From the perspective of seniority, she was the first member of the Strange Tales Association; from the perspective of Ability, the Strange Tales Association's foundation, the Infinity Castle, was already under Spider Mother's control.
Then… Spider Mother, who hadn't been happy for even two days, discovered that Busujima Saeko also intended to control the Strange Tales Association.
The Strange Tales Association already had quite a few members, including Tohsaka Rin, Sakura, nine Strange Tales, and even Eclipse and Yukino Mifuyu.
None of these people could compete with her, but Busujima Saeko, who possessed the Demon King Bloodline, was different.
Facing such a nominal main wife...
Spider Mother felt a bit frustrated and cold.
However, she didn't give up; instead, she chose to compete with Busujima Saeko for the discourse power within the Strange Tales Association.
And the key to this competition was none other than this Deer God Shrine, which Shikanoko Noko had given to Kisaragi Rin.
After all, the Strange Tales Association only had two territories.
One was the Infinity Castle, hidden in the shadows, and the other was the Deer God Shrine, openly displayed.
The Infinity Castle was already her territory; if she could also secure the discourse power of the Deer God Shrine, even Busujima Saeko couldn't take her Strange Tales Association away.
Then… Spider Mother bravely launched an attack. Spider Mother found her master, Kisaragi Rin. Kisaragi Rin handed the discourse power of the Deer God Shrine to Busujima Saeko. Spider Mother humiliatingly retreated to her Infinity Castle, accepting the outcome of sharing power equally with Busujima Saeko.
As a result, currently, affairs concerning the Deer God Shrine are mostly handled by the two of them. Kisaragi Rin was very curious about what matter Busujima Saeko and Spider Mother couldn't decide.
Opening the folder, Kisaragi Rin found it was a proposal.
"New Year's Eve Event! The Deer God will bathe and offer blessings at the Deer God Shrine!"
Kisaragi Rin: "…"
With a question mark, Kisaragi Rin flipped through the entire proposal and finally understood that Shikanoko Noko, the Boss, was going to hold a Blessing Ceremony at the Deer God Shrine on New Year's Eve.
Caren's question was, to what extent should their preparations for this Blessing Ceremony go.
Hmm… Shikanoko Noko personally bathing and offering blessings sounded like a company's annual summary meeting.
And for annual summaries, Kisaragi Rin's colleagues from the Chiba Zoo would probably also attend. They couldn't just prepare an ordinary event and tell the arriving guests, "Mountains are not great for their height, but for the immortals who dwell there," could they?
"I will ask Shikanoko."
Ultimately, Kisaragi Rin replied to Caren this way.
Kisaragi Rin often found himself puzzled by Shikanoko Noko's whimsical ideas.
The importance of this Blessing Ceremony could only be known by asking her.
Moreover, even if they were to prepare, there was still more than half a year until New Year's.
"Okay."
Caren was still distracted. Kisaragi Rin opened the [Otherworldly Girl Helper Manual] and found that her intimacy with him had reached an extremely high 97 points.