Mary teleported me back home and I found myself appearing in front of the mansion.

Surprisingly, I found Katsuki standing there as though she knew I was returning at that exact point of time.

Katsuki immediately bowed, "Welcome back. Mistre--"

I rushed up to her and pulled her into a hug before she finished her words.

"Ahhhh~ I missed you so much, Katsuki!" I squealed, rubbing my face on hers while I patted her head.

Katsuki was clearly surprised and was a little late in responding to me.

"A… Ah? I… I missed you too, Mistress. Umm… Ahh…"

Ehehehe~ Her tail was wagging really fast behind her right now and I think she's also trying her best not to fawn over me right now.

So cute~

I really want to tell her that she could just do whatever she wanted but I know that she would still restrain herself even if I told her that so I just enjoyed my reunion with her for now.

Oh right, there was something I wanted to do when I reunited with her.

"Katsuki! Turn around please!"

She blinked for a second, as though still trying to comprehend what was currently happening in front of her.

She must have then realised what I wanted and immediately turned around and presented her rear for me.

Naturally, what I wanted from her was her fluffy tail!

I immediately dove my face into it and started brushing it with my fingers, enjoying the softness of her fur as I melted into it.

Waaahhhhh~ I missed this! Mofu mofu~

I could hear Katsuki making some noises from her side and I assumed that she was just feeling ticklish from me cuddling her tail so I didn't pay much attention to it.

Just as I was feeling quite immersed in the tail cuddling, a loud gasp came from in front of me.

"Wah!! Not fair! I want to cuddle too!"

I looked up just in time to see Lisa literally flying towards me.

I just managed to step away from Katsuki before she crashed into me, her arms wrapping around my waist to hug me while her face was buried in my bosoms.

"Wahhhh!! I missed you Aster!! I missed you so much!!"

She then pulled back for a moment before she started motorboating me shamelessly, so I had to give her a smack on her head for that.

"Oh! Sister Aster is back! Welcome back Sister Aster!" Odeta laughed, appearing from the entrance while carrying Delmare in her arms.

"Wel… Welcome back, Aster," Delmare greeted me, acting shy for some reason.

"Nnn… Nyaa? Oh, Boss is back. Welcome back, Boss…" Emilia also appeared at the door, rubbing her eyes sleepily.

"I understand Katsuki but why are the rest of you still awake? It's in the middle of the night," I asked.

Lisa went right back to stuffing her face in between my boobs, "Because we got the message from Mary that you were coming back today, Aster~ And we all missed you a lot~"

"I missed you all too," I admitted, seeing no point in hiding it anyway.

"Ehehehe~ Does that mean we can expect some really nice, deep loving from you soon, Aster?" Lisa giggled.

You know what? Sure. But I wasn't going to tell her that right now or else she would just drag me straight to the bedroom right now while I still had some questions to ask.

I gestured towards the door, "Shouldn't we go inside first?"

"Wahahaha! Of course!" Odeta answered for everyone, which kind of surprised me a little.

Why she did so quickly became clear when Delmare chanted her spell to change her tail into legs, freeing Odeta's hands which she used to pick me up in her arms.

I was still confused over this turn of events as the Amrap turned around and carried me inside our home with the others following behind her.

"E… Eh? What are you doing, Odeta?" I blurted out, surprised.

"Wahahaha! I missed you a lot, Sister Aster! That's why let me carry you for a little bit!"

Well… Alright I guess…

"So… How are things in school?" I asked.

Katsuki ended up answering for them, "We are still searching for the Off-Worlder, Mistress… We have not confirmed the exact person that we might be looking for but we have gathered a few possible suspects."

Emilia gave me a look, "And I thought that Boss would only return after a month or two… You were barely gone for a week before you've already dealt with the Off-Worlders you set out to find…"

Odeta let out a bark of laughter, "Wahahaha! Sister Aster is awesome after all! There's nothing she can't do!"

I scratched my cheek, "Well… I got some help searching for those two so I had an easier time with finding them than I would if I did not have their help. So what have you girls found?"

Lisa came over to my side with a grin, "Oh we found some really interesting students in the first years~ I have a feeling that we might actually have not just one Off-Worlder but a few of them."

I tilted my head at her, "Why do you think so?"

"They speak funny," Emilia commented casually from behind.

"And they're also pretty strong too!" Odeta added with a grin. "I heard they even beat everyone in their close combat class!"

I frowned, "Strong? I don't remember any of the first years in our class being particularly strong though?"

The Amrap laughed, "Wahahaha! They only transferred over to our class after wrecking the beginner class this week! We will see them once we go to class this week so I can't wait to challenge them!"

"And it looks like they didn't expect themselves to be that strong too~" Lisa added with a knowing smirk.

I guess those Off-Worlders either didn't know their own strength or they were trying to do that 'strong pretending to be weak' trope for their school debut or something.

It's a shame that it was already the weekend so I'll only see them next week when school starts again.

"Did anything weird happen around them though? Or at least… Are any of them acting significantly weirdly as compared to the others?" I asked, wondering if they might also have the same circumstances as that brainrot idiot.

If they did, that might be a big clue for me that they were the Off-Worlder that I was looking for.

Everyone seemed to think about it for a moment.

Delmare answered first by scribbling on her notebook.

'There's one that keeps approaching me to ask for me to sing for her. I have already rejected her multiple times though but she never gave up…'

It's pretty much known in school that Delmare likes to sing for me and only me so unless someone wanted to piss me off intentionally, they wouldn't do something like that intentionally…

But I guess for new students, they might not know that yet so this person might just really want to hear Delmare sing.

"Is it one of the new students as well?" I asked.

Delmare nodded.

"Has she… Asked you for sex?"

She scribbled on her notebook and my heart sank slightly went I saw the word 'Yes' written on it.

"What happened afterwards?"

'I rejected her of course and she hasn't asked me for it again.'

Whew… I'm assuming that the one who approached Delmare might probably be another Off-Worlder with that [Dating Sim] bane and tried to use it on her. But since Delmare had zero interest, the challenge they received was an impossible one and they gave up.

Or she could just be a local who actually just wanted to have sex with her… I dunno… Because I know I would definitely want to do it with Delmare if I had the chance.

And I do have the chance to do it~

Lisa jumped in next, "Oh! That reminds me! There was also a male student who was also really skilled in Alchemy too despite being a first year! They already know how to brew most of the basic potions and were already in the midst of learning the intermediate ones as well!"

"That… Just sounds like he was very interested in alchemy and spent all his time learning it?" I pointed out.

"He tried to slip an aphrodisiac potion to me though~"

I actually leapt out of Odeta's arms when I heard that.

"WHAT?!" I screeched.

Lisa giggled, "Oh my, oh my~ Aster is being possessive of little me~ That's so hot~"

I grabbed her by the shoulders, "What happened?!"

"Ehehehe~ Maybe if you kiss me, I'll tell--"

I planted my lips on hers, kissing her deeply and even making sure to curl my tongue around hers for a good long moment before pulling back.

"What happened?!" I asked again.

She needed a moment to recover her wits, "Ah…. Ahhh~ Eh? Oh! Of course it didn't work on me, Aster~ Did you think I wouldn't be able to recognise a potion like that when I make it all the--- Ahem… I mean… When I'm an accomplished alchemist myself?"

I already know you have an entire cupboard full of those types of potions Lisa… No need to hide it like that…

But still… I'm gonna find that guy and give him a good beating anyway… Just you wait…

As for the others, they don't remember anyone else being weird so I dropped that topic for now, especially when we've reached my room…

Right… We're going straight to bed, huh?

At least let me bathe fir--- I guess that's not an option anymore when I realised how they were looking at me…

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