Chapter 856: This Is the Best Dating Partner I Prepared to Introduce to You!

One night later, after the strife had subsided, at the break of dawn, Evil Broly found Good Broly among his wives.

"Tsk, how could my capable side possibly be a complete person with your timid, qi-packet-like side?!"

"Evil side, you're too rough; wives are meant to be cherished, not treated roughly—"

"Stop. We are equal, same-origin yin-yang personalities. Don't lecture me as if you're the main body and I'm the secondary one."

Evil interrupted Good's nagging, pulled out the other half of the Tiger Talisman from his embrace, and fastened it to his own half.

The standing and sitting good and evil sides were instantly drawn together by an invisible force, reverting back to the original Broly.

Rubbing his temples, Broly felt a bit schizophrenic, as if he had experienced an incredibly realistic first-person dream from the perspectives of two versions of himself with completely opposite personalities.

Things had come to this; he might as well sleep first. Broly lay down and fell asleep.

It wasn't until the sun was high that he woke up naturally.

A thin membrane surrounded him, forming a quiet area suitable for sleeping.

Broly knew this should be Fanlou's doing, which was somewhat heartwarming.

Otherwise, based on past experience, he should have been woken up by a certain gluttonous little cat wife biting him.

Broly looked outside the membrane and saw that a group of his wives had already cleaned the bodies dirtied by last night's chaotic battle, changed into normal clothes, and were now chatting in a palace-like large room.

After last night's big team-building activity, the relationships between members of different worlds in the Crystal Palace seemed much more harmonious.

For example, right now, even with the membrane's isolation, Broly couldn't hear what these wives were chatting about, but just from the fact that the wives outside were only chatting and not paying attention to this side, he knew they were getting along quite well now.

Some wives from different worlds today seemed to have found like-minded friends, intimately laughing and joking like close girlfriends.

Of course, some wives seemed to be arguing over some matters, probably reviewing last night's Martial Arts Tournament final match.

"I think the weak and bullyable Good Broly is the best!"

However, when Broly stepped outside the membrane, what he heard was Mai waving her arms, the great Red Demon King-sama saying this with absolute certainty.

"No no no, I still think the Evil Broly who bullies others is the best!"

Karen was arguing with her.

"Am I the only one who thinks the original Broly before the split is the best?"

Yunyun raised her hand and said, receiving agreement from some Crystal Palace members.

"I think they're all good. Whether it's Good and Evil Broly or the original Broly, each has its own flavor, neither superior nor inferior."

C

Broly:

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He had thought his wives were discussing some serious matters, only to find they were discussing which state of himself tasted best.

The yin-yang good and evil sides and the complete, undivided self each gave their reasons, sharing the real feelings they experienced last night.

No wonder when he couldn't hear any sound inside the membrane just now, he felt some of them seemed like-minded, while others seemed to be having an academic debate.

"You have a good relationship; you're discussing one fish three ways, which way of eating is tastier, right?"

", Broly, are you awake?"

"No no no, Broly-brother, don't misunderstand; fish is of course best eaten as sashimi, eating the original flavor is best."

"No no no, braised is the best."

"Steamed is the original flavor!"

Broly's arrival still did not interrupt his wives' discussion of their own taste preferences.

And those who generally liked things a bit rougher basically preferred his Evil side, such as Darkness, who was a die-hard supporter of Evil himself.

And those who liked gentle yet rough preferred his original self before the Tiger Talisman divided him into yin and yang sides, treating his Good and Evil sides as just a special flavor to try something fresh.

As for his Good side, those who liked him were basically wives who preferred gentleness, of course, there was also Megumin, that little female ghost who liked to bully the kind and wanted to ride on top of his head and throw her weight around.

"Broly, you remember, right, the memory of last night calling me Mom; if you shout it out loud again in public now, I'll give you a reward~"

Megumin sat on the table, took off her shoes, and raised her small feet.

And the reward she spoke of was naturally licking her toes.

Seeing this scene, Broly's face darkened; as the saying goes, a kind horse gets ridden, kind people get bullied. He recalled last night, how Megumin, that guy, took advantage of when his yin and yang were separated, went to find the easy-to-talk-to Good side, rode on top of Good's own head, threw her weight around in various ways, and forced himself to say all sorts of surrendering words.

"Calling me Mom, right? Want to give me a reward, right?"

"Wait, Broly, what are you doing?"

"Tiger Talisman, split for me."

Broly used Qi to activate the Tiger Talisman, and the magic laser separating yin and yang shot toward the panicked Megumin.

"Sorry, I was just boasting, please don't bully me—"

"Just a mere Broly, you guy, do you really think I'm afraid of you?"

A genuine weak submissive Megumin and a strong-feigning-calm Megumin appeared before everyone.

"Let you bully my Good side!"

Broly publicly grabbed Evil Megumin and spanked her, then made Good Megumin call him Daddy from the side.

Call Daddy once, and he'd spank her Evil side's butt once.

And if she didn't call, it would be Good's turn to get hit.

The stranded fee wasn't cheap, but everyone could still afford the Happiness Points for staying an extra day.

This day, it was Broly's turn to use the Tiger Talisman on his wives in return.

"No, it's already a situation of too many monks and too little porridge, and you still want to increase our numbers in return?"

"I'm just asking for fairness; after all, you've all had one fish three ways with me, so I also want to have one fish three ways with you all."

To be honest, the original wives were not bad, but the wives after separating good and evil also had their own unique flavor.

And as for the most special ones among them, there are two; the first is Ryougi Shiki.

The other wives have their good and evil separated, simply split into two sides, good and evil, just like him.

But Ryougi Shiki, on the other hand, is able to retain a physical aspect even after differentiating into good and evil sides.

Everyone else is a pair; only she is a trio.

A somewhat nihilistic Root-type, forcibly dragged out by Broly and thoroughly filled up.

Root-type: "————"

Trouble caused by Megumin getting carried away with complacency.

But the feeling, however, isn't bad either.

The sunny Shiki, the shadowy Shiki, and the physical Ryougi Shiki.

Three wives who look the same on the outside but have vastly different personalities, together with Broly, constituted a solid rectangular prism.

And the other special one is the Digimon wife Tailmon, who possesses multiple forms.

Affected by the Tiger Talisman's power of yin-yang separation, she can separate out the forms of Angewomon and LadyDevimon, Holy Angewomon and Lilithmon; as for the others, it won't work.

After two days and nights, the Tiger Talisman possessing the power to balance yin and yang in the Adventure Chronicle World was stubbornly used as a magical erotic novelty tool for the Crystal Palace.

"If the good and evil sides separated by the Tiger Talisman could continue to be split further using the Tiger Talisman, that would be great; this way, everyone in the Crystal Palace could have one of you, and naturally wouldn't need to harbor any petty schemes to pull you off to their own worlds."

There was subtext in Roxy's words, and she was referring to Rin Tohsaka, regarding the matter of pulling her to the Type-Moon World.

"The Tiger Talisman separates a person's yin and yang sides; it doesn't conjure an extra clone out of thin air. It's impossible to keep splitting further.

However, if you have that kind of need, Miss Roxy, I can help make a life-size automaton of Broly when I return — one that moves and can have a simulated Broly consciousness embedded inside. Do you want one?

My fees aren't expensive; just give me some magical materials from your world."

【A moving, life-size doll with a simulated consciousness?】

Roxy merely imagined it and couldn't help but shudder.

"Not needed. That kind of doll would likely blur my feelings for Broly.

Mhm, thank you for your kindness, Miss Touko.

If you need magical materials from our world, I can give you some."

"Thanks. To be honest, I still prefer fair trade. By the way, does anyone else want one?"

Aozaki Touko thanked Roxy and asked the others.

"No thanks."

The Crystal Palace members who had been somewhat eager, upon hearing Roxy's words, all refused as well.

"What a real pity."

Aozaki Touko felt some regret, but could also understand the others' reservations.

After all, the automatons she makes by hand are capable of passing for the real thing.

If one cannot distinguish real from fake, it is quite possible to transfer one's feelings for a person onto a fabricated dead object.

"Well then, everyone, since fate brings us together, let's meet again next year."

The floating continent used for the Crystal Palace Martial Arts Tournament was not cancelled; under Esdeath's proposal and everyone's unanimous agreement after discussion, they planned to hold a martial arts sparring tournament once a year, but whether it was truly for sparring or for a Crystal Palace team-building activity, that remained unknown.

Broly did not return to his own world, but instead followed Rin Tohsaka and the others to the Type-Moon World.

London, inside a coffee shop with relatively good privacy.

The Gravekeeper girl hugging a birdcage covered with black cloth sat restless in the booth.

"What's wrong, Gray? You're nervous?"

"Of course I'm nervous, Add."

"What are you nervous about?"

"Naturally I'm nervous about the stranger we're about to meet."

"No no no, it's not 'we' meeting them; it's just you meeting them."

"Ah—"

The Gravekeeper girl sighed even more deeply, as if meeting a stranger next was a tremendous trial for her.

"What's there to be nervous about? Since being brought to London by your teacher to study at the Clock Tower, haven't you already met many strangers you didn't know before?"

"It's not the same, Add. The stranger I'm about to meet next could possibly become my future marriage partner...

... symbol."

"What nonsense 'marriage partner'? You wouldn't actually intend to fulfill that dating-and-marriage quest Waver that guy randomly issued to you before, would you?"

"Since it's something Teacher Waver told me to do, there's naturally his reasoning. As a student, I should just properly complete it."

The sentient sealing Mystic Code — Add — didn't know what to say; its current user's overly simple and honest personality was troubling, or rather, giving this Mystic Code a bit of a headache. A dating-and-marriage quest or whatever was obviously just Waver that guy joking around, yet Gray actually took it seriously.

Just as Add was preparing to say something, the booth door was pushed open, and a tall, twin-tailed figure walked in.

"Good day, Senior Sister Tohsaka."

Gray stood up and greeted the person who had entered.

"Wasn't a meeting time agreed upon? Why did you come so early?"

"I read in a book that when meeting someone for a date, it's best not to be late, so I came early."

【Forget it, let Gray experience more things and meet some strangers; as for the future marriage partner, I'll be the one to vet them~】

Add thought this, and inside the cage it craned to look at the person behind Rin Tohsaka.

"This is Senior Sister's husband, uh————"

"His name is Broly."

"Ah, right. Hello, Mr. Broly."

Rin Tohsaka led Broly to sit opposite her.

"Um, Senior Sister Tohsaka, the person you said you'd introduce me to — they haven't arrived yet?"

After they both sat down, and after Rin Tohsaka ordered two glasses of juice, Gray asked cautiously.

Assigned a dating-and-marriage quest by Waver, just as Gray was troubled over how to find someone, Senior Sister Rin Tohsaka came running over to ask: Gray, do you want a husband?

Although the words weren't put that bluntly, the meaning was more or less the same.

Only, right now, the Gravekeeper girl was somewhat confused — where was the person being introduced to her?

Could it be they had something come up and didn't come, or were they late?

But whichever it was, the person not being here made Gray's heart involuntarily relax.

"Isn't he right here?"

"Huh? Where?"

"Far off at the horizon's edge, yet right before your eyes."

Following where Rin Tohsaka's finger pointed, the Gravekeeper girl and the Saiyan boy met eyes.

"Senior Sister Tohsaka, please don't joke with me — isn't this your husband?"

"Yes, the one I'm introducing is my husband. As a dating-and-marriage partner, I think he's the best person there is."

Upon confirming Rin Tohsaka wasn't joking, Gray's expression also turned somewhat dazed.

She had read books, and books said good things should be shared with friends.

But, that didn't say you could share your husband too, right?

"Alright, Gray, don't be nervous. I'm just playing matchmaker, letting you and my husband formally get acquainted. As for whether you're willing to date Broly, or even ultimately choose to join our family — that depends on his ability, and your own wishes."

The situation of Senior Sister introducing her husband as a dating partner was somewhat absurd, but this was England, and across the sea lay France; she knew quite a bit about French culture too — for instance, they're very open and tolerant about extramarital lovers — only, Senior Sister Tohsaka didn't seem to be French, nor did she have French lineage————

*Gulp~*

Taking a mouthful of bitter black coffee, Gray calmed her thoughts.

"Then thank you for Senior Sister Tohsaka's kindness, willing to introduce your————husband to me.

Um, I'm Gray. Mr. Broly, this counts as our second meeting. Please take care of me."

As Gray spoke, inside she thought: 【This kind of self-introduction should be correct, right?】

The sentient Mystic Code Add:

【Nani, why are you able to so easily accept someone introducing their own husband to you as your dating partner, this setting!?】

Add really wanted to retort but held back, only because the person opposite gave it an unfathomable feeling; it was afraid that if it misspoke it would bring Gray big trouble.