"So… what happened to the promised ordinary family dinner? It was supposed to be just a family dinner, yet they reserved an entire hotel?"
At the entrance of the hotel, Nakano Yu stepped out of the car and muttered with a twitch at the corner of his mouth.
"Hm? Didn't Gen tell Yuu? It was originally planned to be a family dinner, but Chika felt that an ordinary family dinner wasn't enough to thank Yuu, so she reserved the entire hotel. I heard she also invited many other families. In any case, we'll just have dinner and leave."
Nakano Reina stepped out of the car. Seeing Nakano Yu's expression, she smiled and patted the young man on the shoulder.
Looking at Nakano Reina beside him, the young man let out a helpless sigh.
He had genuinely thought tonight would be an ordinary family dinner, so he hadn't changed his clothes at all. Fortunately, Ikaros was here. Later, he would ask Ikaros to use her cards to dress the five sisters in suitable formal gowns.
As for Nakano Yu himself, he had no intention of putting on a formal suit. After all, although it looked elegant, it was truly uncomfortable. Besides, Reina had said they would only have dinner tonight and leave shortly afterward.
However… such a huge change from a family dinner to a banquet, and that scatterbrained Marika hadn't said a single word about it. Seriously, the next time he saw her, he would definitely throw her over his knee and give her a proper scolding.
"Hm, kid, you probably won't be able to leave tonight. That Gen has taken a serious interest in you, and… where did you find two more girls, you little rascal?"
At that moment, Nakano Maruo also stepped out from the driver's seat. After tossing the car keys to an attendant, his gaze fell on Ikaros and Eu, who were getting out of the other car, and he sighed as he spoke.
Afterward, Nakano Maruo's eyes lingered on the angelic girl who stepped out behind them.
To be honest, he was extremely curious about Ikaros. Her beautiful appearance and the pure white wings on her back truly made her look like a real angel. As a doctor, Nakano Maruo was also a man of science.
Furthermore, he knew that his son was constantly encountering various mythical beings, so he himself wanted to understand them better, if only… so that he might somehow be able to help Eu.
"Oh, Eu and Ikaros. Eu is a necromancer from the Underworld and now lives at the villa estate. As for Ikaros, she's an angel who fell from the heavens, but compared to the angels from mythology, Ikaros represents an entirely different concept."
Seeing that Nakano Maruo had noticed Eu and Ikaros, Nakano Yu had no intention of hiding anything. Instead, he openly explained the origins of the two girls, as though he were simply answering an ordinary question.
"A necromancer?!"
"An… an angel?!!"
Unlike Nakano Yu's indifferent tone, Nakano Maruo and Nakano Reina couldn't hide their shock after hearing about Eu's and Ikaros's origins.
Nakano Maruo was stunned that Eu was a necromancer, while Nakano Reina simply refused to believe it. Both Eu and Ikaros were so incredible that they were difficult to accept.
For them, the existence of beings like necromancers and angels, which had existed only in novels and myths, completely shattered everything they had previously known.
Fortunately, both Nakano Maruo and Nakano Reina were people who had weathered many storms in life and quickly regained their composure. Nakano Maruo opened his mouth to ask another question, but someone interrupted him before he could.
"Mom! Dad!"
Yotsuba's cheerful voice rang out. Hearing it, Nakano Yu and the Nakano couple turned around and saw Yotsuba running excitedly toward them. Behind her came Itsuki, Miku, and Eu.
As for Ichika and Nino, they were in the other car driven by Nakano Reina's private chauffeur. Nakano Yu had once ridden with that older lady when they went shopping with Nakano Reina again. All he could say was that she was an extremely experienced driver who drove remarkably fast and unbelievably smoothly.
"Yotsuba!"
The moment she saw Yotsuba, Nakano Reina's eyes lit up, and her face filled with a gentle smile. She took two steps forward and immediately hugged Yotsuba, who had run into her arms.
Nakano Maruo, as the strict father of the family, merely smiled faintly and nodded at Yotsuba without saying much.
"Yotsuba, haven't you been eating very little lately? You look like you've lost weight."
After pinching her cheeks a few times, Nakano Reina stroked her face and asked.
"No way! I exercise every day, so I'm not going to gain weight!"
Hearing her mother say that, Yotsuba smiled, pushed her hand away, and puffed out her lips.
"Really? And has Yotsuba been doing the homework I assigned her every day?"
Hearing that, Nakano Reina maintained her smile, but the moment she mentioned homework, Yotsuba felt her whole body suddenly go cold.
"Gulp… w-well… um… I, I think I mostly did it properly?"
Pulling herself out of Nakano Reina's embrace, Yotsuba nervously fidgeted with her fingers, her eyes wandering everywhere as she muttered softly. Her entire expression clearly said, "I didn't obediently do my homework."
"Oh? Then how about I come home with you, Yotsuba, and the others? We'll spend some time together, and while we're at it, we can check on how your homework is coming along."
Yotsuba's guilty expression immediately amused Nakano Reina. She still smiled and spoke like a caring mother, but to Yotsuba those words sounded like a bolt from the blue.
"Mom, stop teasing Yotsuba already. She looks like she's about to cry."
Itsuki also stepped forward at that moment. Hearing Nakano Reina's words, she shivered slightly and spoke with a forced smile.
"All right, all right, I won't tease you anymore. Haven't Ichika and the others arrived yet?"
Seeing Yotsuba's expression, Nakano Reina sighed. In truth, she had no good solution for the fact that her children disliked studying, but fortunately the five sisters were still willing to attend her classes, and their grades had improved during this period.
It was just that she unconsciously always adopted the demeanor of a high school homeroom teacher and constantly put academic pressure on her children. Even after more than ten years, she hadn't lost her professional habits.
"It looks like Ichika and the others already went inside, probably while Mom was questioning Yotsuba about her homework."
Miku pointed toward the hotel entrance as she spoke.
"Hm? How did I not notice? Wait, where's Yu?"
Hearing that, Nakano Reina looked surprised. She turned toward the hotel entrance, but after just one glance, she realized that the young man who had been standing beside her moments ago had also disappeared.
"Yu went in as well, and he took Eu with him."
After Nakano Reina asked the question, Miku, who had been watching the young man's movements the whole time, answered once again.
"Huh?! That little brat! Come on, let's hurry inside too."
Hearing Miku's words, Nakano Reina stopped teasing the three sisters. She took Nakano Maruo's arm, and together they headed toward the inside of the hotel.
At that moment, Nakano Yu had already entered the hotel. Ikaros, together with Eu, had gone to find Ichika and Nino so they could change into formal gowns, while Nakano Yu planned to wait for them in the banquet hall for tonight's event.
However, just as he reached the entrance to the banquet hall and was about to open the door, a voice full of surprise suddenly sounded behind him. The young man immediately turned around, and in the very next instant, a figure leaped straight at him:
"Yu! It's been such a long time since we last met!"