Adopted Soldier

The two little girls were having so much riding Su Lin the panda that they didn't notice the passing of time, it was already five in the evening when Michel snapped out of her picture taking craze.

"That's enough playing around, you two it's time to come inside." When the two girls heard Michel's voice, they were surprised. The two then immediately got off Su Lin and trotted towards Michel.

"Kaa-chan how long have you been there?" Lilitth who saw Michel's camera already knew what her mother was doing, but she didn't know for how long.

"I've been here since you two started happily playing with Su Lin." Michel answered honestly, since she didn't think what she did was wrong in any way. What's so wrong in a mother appreciating how cute her daughter was.

"If you're here then who's taking care of Yuuki and Mirai?" Lilitth suddenly questioned her mother.

"Those two are sleeping, and if they wake up there are numerous maids looking after them, and if it's something they can't handle they'll inform me."

"That's no what I'm talking about Kaa-chan!"

While the mother and daughter duo were having their little chat, Niki was standing at the side completely embarrassed. She was so happy to be riding on a panda that she completely forgot she was here as a visitor, and should've greeted Lilitth's mother first.

...

"So Niki your mom and dad told me you can stay with us through the weekend." Niki who was waiting for a chance to greet Michel, was instead surprised by what she said.

"Really?! Niki can stay with us for that long!" Lilitth spoke excitedly.

"Yeah, her mom and dad already told me that it's alright for her to stay." Seeing her daughter looking really happy, Michel replied with a smile on her face. Ever since Carlo left to look for Alex, Michel noticed that even though Lilitth looked and acted the same as usual, every now and then she would see her daughter with a sad look on her face. Michel wasn't sure if Lilitth noticed herself doing this, but when Michel saw her daughter making that face as if the world was ending, made her heartache. So seeing Lilitth act excitedly like this was a really nice improvement.

"Yay!" Lilitth happily responded to her mother's confirmation.

"Good evening Auntie, thank you for having me today!" Niki suddenly burst out. Since she couldn't find an opportunity to greet Michel, Niki could no longer hold it in, and suddenly spoke in a loud voice. When she noticed that the mother and daughter were looking at her weirdly, Niki couldn't help but blush in embarrassment.

Seeing the little girl blush so hard that it made even her ears red, Michel and Lilitth started laughing. This made Niki even more embarrassed.

...

After greeting each other, the three-headed inside the building. The moment she entered the building Niki was amazed at what she saw. The first floor of the building looked exactly like the lobby of a five-star hotel, but this one had maids and butlers in two straight lines greeting and bowing at them.

Michel told the two to go ahead to Lilitth's room, while she asks the maids to make them some snacks they could eat.

Niki was then led by Lilitth to her room. They took an elevator going up to the twentieth floor. The elevator's floor was see-through, while the side was made of something that looked like glass, and the two were able to see the outside from the elevator, so it looked like they were flying upwards. At first, this frightened Niki, but then after they reached the fourth floor, she found it quite fun and exhilarating. As the elevator headed upward, Niki saw the view and was amazed to see the city from the distance, until finally, they reached the twentieth floor. When the two girls got off the elevator, Niki was amazed to see that the whole floor seem to be just one big room.

The whole floor was decorated with Bloody Princess merchandise and even magical girl Lala was all over the place. Poster and figurines were placed in different portions of the room. The room looked more like a lonely teenager's room than a ten-year-old girl's room.

"This is my room," Lilitth warily welcomed her best friend into her room. She completely forgot that her room was like this. She was too excited hearing the news that Niki would be staying over the whole weekend that she forgot that she wasn't able to hide her collectibles yet.

"You never told me that you were such a fan of Bloody Princess Eva. You even have the limited edition, Revival of the Princess figurine!" Niki happily looked around the room. Seeing her friend so excited at looking at the collection made Lilitth sigh in relief.

"Sorry that I didn't tell you about me liking Bloody Princess Eva. I thought you might be weirded out, since I heard the other girls say that people who watch anime are gross."

Niki who heard her best friend sound so weak looked at her eye to eye.

"Even if I didn't really like Bloody Princess Eva, I would never think you're gross. Who cares what those girls say, as long as you like it then it doesn't really matter what they say. Also, I'm pretty sure, if you and I say that we like watching anime, no one would be on their side, and most of them would even say that the anime was really good."

"Really?" Lilitth looked at Niki with a bit of reluctance to believe what she was saying.

"Of course, the two of us are the two most popular girls in school, whatever we say goes."

"Really? I always thought you were the popular one, and I was just an add on."

"Of course not, I know for a fact that Lilitth is really popular with both the boys and the girls in school. Well let's stop talking about that, I want to see more of your collection." Niki immediately changed the subject, since she didn't want to admit that the truth was Lilitth was even more popular than her.

"Sure, I'll show you everything, but I also have a request I hope you hear me out," Lilitth asked shyly. In which Niki answered without any hesitation, "Sure."

...

The two girls were now inside a room filled with costumes, and both Lilitth and Niki were cosplaying. Lilitth was wearing a gothic lolita style dress while carrying a gorgeous looking one-handed sword, as she was cosplaying as Bloody Princess Eva. Niki, on the other hand, was wearing a long white priestess gown, with a velvet cape as she held a plastic mace as a prop. Niki was cosplaying as Eva's best friend and rival, Holy maiden Lara.

The two then started to do some poses from the anime. Michel who came up to bring the two girls some snacks was able to witness the glorious scene. She immediately took out her phone and once again started taking pictures.

"You two are adorable, how about a photo shoot!" Michel couldn't help herself anymore and spoke in a loud voice, surprising the two girls.

Without waiting for their answers, Michel was able to force the girls to do a photoshoot while cosplaying.